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Freeablo engine in its early stages Who doesn't love the original Diablo ? When it was first released in 1996, this game set a notable landmark for making the RPG genre more accessible to a broader audience, while still keeping many gameplay aspects of classic Rogue-derived RPGs, that kept the game fresh and unique even after being completed several times. This bridge between classic and modern aspects combined with an incredible attention to detail, a uniquely crafted atmosphere that still gives me the creeps, and a gameplay pacing and length that is just the right balance between level progression and grinding, has helped making Diablo one of my all time favourite games. Well, that and Battlenet, of course, we can never forget how Diablo was one of the first to make it so easy to just go dungeon crawling with a couple of friends online. There is, however, one thing that I don't like about Diablo. One thing that annoyed me all over these years of repeated runs and occasional m...

And Holarse.de even did a small trailer: P.S.: Sorry for the lack of updates lately. If you are interested helping out with the blog give us a notice here .

Quite close outcome this time for the Project of the Month 2014 vote over at linuxgameawards.org . But there has to be a winner: Here is a closer look that which project got how many votes: Congratulations to the winner Battle for Wesnoth !

After sorting through almost 400 applications of mentoring projects, Google has announced this year's list of projects students can contribute to. There aren't too many FOSS gaming related projects this time though. These are the relevant ones: Blender Foundation ( task ideas ) Ok, not really a game CodeCombat ( task ideas ) We covered it a while ago Copyleftgames.org ( task ideas ) Anyone got details on this one? Crystal Space Engine ( task ideas ) same as every year... Inkscape ( task ideas ) Ok I am stretchning it a bit here jMonkeyEngine ( task ideas ) great java game SDK ScummVM ( task ideas ) Point&click adventure game engine SuperTuxKart ( task ideas ) Yeah! Battle for Wesnoth ( task ideas ) No need to explain ;) Worldforge ( task ideas ) Also hosting: RyzomCore, CEGUI If you are not into game developer but would still like to contribute your programming skills I recommend you to have a look at these other selected projects (totally subjective and uns...

This week saw finally saw the official release of version 3.0 of FlightGear . Notable changes: Highlights in this release include integration of the FGCom voice communications client within the simulator, improved terrain rendering, faster scenery loading, and improved usability. This release also coincides with the release of FlightGear World Scenery 2.0 – massively improved scenery data covering the entirety of the planet and incorporating OpenStreetMap roads and detailed terrain information from a variety of sources. Also interesting is the " Bombable " add-on, which adds combat mechanics:

Two interesting projects I recently came across: 1. KeeperRL : Description from the author: KeeperRL is a Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress inspired dungeon simulator built on top of roguelike mechanics. My vision is that you are a Sauron-like character, searching for ultimate knowledge of destruction. What makes the game different from other RTS is that you can, and are encouraged to, control your main character and lead your minions to an open war. The characters use equipment, scrolls, potions, spells, and other things you would expect in a roguelike. Combat is turn-based and very tactical. The whole world is procedurally generated, and there is adventure mode too. See a video of the (still in ASCII graphics) action here and the GPL licensed code here . Latest development release can be downloaded here (Win&Linux). 2. OpenIG : A real classic is being reimplemented as OpenIG ( follow the development blog here ). Interestingly the original developers have granted the ri...

I tend to focus a bit on the 3D side of things, but the recently open-sourced Torque2D (note the "2") engine is pretty cool too: And in fact it got a whole lot better in the last couple of weeks with it being ported to Linux , Android and your browser (through Mozilla's emscripten ). So if you are thinking about developing an open-source 2D game targeting multiple platforms, Torque2D has just became a serious contender.