Category: util
Description: Game data library and tools for several data formats used by old Westwood games

This library is developed mainly with support for Dune 2 data to use by the Doon Lunacy (http://launchpad.net/doonlunacy) project in mind.

The library is none the less written in a generic manner to make it flexible and useful enough for others as well, providing SDL classes, python bindings and a command line tool based on the bindings to handle these data formats.

The library currently supports the following:
• Archiving:
  • reading and writing of PAK format
• Graphics:
  • reading of ICN + MAP format
  • reading of CPS format
  • reading of SHP format (for both formats used by Dune 2 demo & other versions)
  • reading of WSA format (for both formats used by Dune 2 demo & other versions and also (untested) WSA 2 format used by later Westwood games)
  • reading and writing of PAL palette format
  • writing to BMP format
  • pixel art scaling using scale2x, scale2x3, scale2x4, scale3x & scale4x algorithms
• Audio:
  • reading of VOC format
  • reading of ADL format (XMI, C55 & PCS in the works...)
  • several different OPL emulators, hardware OPL & disk writer plugin for midi playback
  • writing to WAV format
  • sample rate conversion using Secret Rabbit Code (aka libsamplerate)
• Other:
  • reading of text string format used by Dune 2 (ie. CREDITS.ENG, TEXT.ENG etc.)
  • assembly & disassembly of EMC "script" format
  • reading of FNT format for font rendering
  • reading of DOS MZ format & various data structures used in DUNE2.EXE
  • reading and writing of Dune 2 INI format

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Category: rpg
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Description: A graphical single player sci-fi RPG featuring Tux and evil MS bots

Changelog:

• Translation support was removed, as a consequence of the lack of a translation team, and technical glitches in our use of gettext for the translation system.
• New graphics for various items (mostly weapons and ammunition)
• Improved graphics of some floor tiles
• Added graphics for a few map elements
• Different difficulty levels, accessible in the Options menu
• Removal of level "interfaces" (the black borders between levels). Transitions between levels are now completely transparent, for a better immersion.
• Performance improvements in game startup as well as loading and saving games
• Improve script API, giving the ability to start a takeover game
• Add a random dungeon generator mechanism, used for now only on level 43
• Compress savegames to save disk space
• Removed "examine mode", a feature that was almost unused
• Add a persistent NPC inventory system for more realism in shops
• Change the armour system to use a "damage reduction" ratio instead of armour class
• Fix takeover game display in SDL mode
• Lots of bug fixes in all areas

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Category: card
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Description: A Doppelkopf card game for Linux and Windows

Changelog:

• improvements of the ai
• bug fixes

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Category: emulator
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Description: A collection of game console emulators

Changelog:

• Mac improvements
• the first-ever public emulation of the Super A'Can
• working support for the Super Cassette Vision and FM Towns
• partially working support for the 'Chintendo Vii' ripoff-system

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Category: action
Description: Run, jump, drag, shove and laser your way up that mountain

TINY&BIG - UP THAT MOUNTAIN

Set in a land, where common physics apply but everything else looks different.
You are Tiny, a little, technophile guy with a ray cutter, a gripping device, a bad habit and a fine attitude towards the world.

But now your nemesis Big stole the only heritage your grandpa left you: A fine pair of white, fine rib underpants and he's surely up to no good. Why else should he climb that haunted, ancient mountain in the desert. Where no one goes...

So load up that raygun and rope device and take your annoying and jabbering backpack to accompany you. It's always been good use to your gramps.

Run, jump, drag, shove and laser your way up that mountain, get back those underpants!

Features:
• Runs on our own gear, the ScApe Engine
• Dynamic hatch on environment and in shadows
• Realistic custom physics
• Tooling around with raygun and grappling hook
• All textures completely analogue drawn and handmade
• popping sounds
• ...a talking backpack

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Description: A real-time, excessive Worms-clone

Changelog:

• many crashes fixed
• somewhat better performance
• tooltip in chat for userinfo disappears correctly
• possibility to disable weapon combos
• some new default settings (only for those who start OLX for the first time)

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Category: util
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Description: Cross platform installer for Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, others

Changelog:

• Now Windows installers set the default installation language from a previous installation when updating
• Reduced memory consumption when unpacking large single-file installers
• Multiple improvements in CDROM installers
• Allow HTML licenses file in Qt mode
• New installer_builder_version and installer_builder_timestamp built-in variables
• License parameters now accept multiple localized licenses
• New "httpProxyInit" action to configure proxy to use with http actions
• New "xmlFileGet" and "xmlFileSet" actions
• New "addScheduledTask" and "deleteScheduledTask" Windows actions
• New "getWindowsFileVersionInfo" action
• New "foreach" and "if" actions
• New .password suffix to mask passwords in log messages
• Support for osx-intel and osx-pcc in platform test
• Fixed proxy configuration in autoupdate failing in some environments
• Fixed autoupdate failing on OS X when using minimalWithDialog ui mode
• Properly set default output and project directory on Windows 7
• Prevent downloaded installers to by launched in text mode by the autoupdater
• New tag to match hidden files on Windows
• Fixed "installerFilename" property being empty during build time
• FreeBSD 8 support
• Improve RPM removal process
• Fixed "singleInstanceCheck" failing on Windows when using "windows64bitMode"
• Fixed unpacking errors in some environments

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Category: action
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Description: Blood Frontier is a single-player and multi-player first-person shooter.

Changelog:

• Enhancements to the impulsing (double jump) system; sprint for more speed, run along walls, or kick off them.
• Fun new secondary fire modes for all weapons; stick grenades to walls, or liquefy your enemies with a big blue ball of death.
• New and improved maps from the community; enjoy a wider range of playing environments and settings.
• Refined and increased HUD visibility; always know what's happening and what you're looking at.
• More variables than ever; tailor gameplay to your tastes with more options than you could ever play with.
• Story mode concept; take the precursor to coop campaigns out for a spin with bots or online.
• Refinements and polish; gameplay flows easier, visual elements look better.

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Category: rpg
Description: a post-nuclear role playing game

PARPG is envisioned to become a post-nuclear role playing game:
• The game will be inspired in multiple ways by the classics of the golden age of isometric RPGs. First and foremost Fallout (settings-wise) but also Arcanum (quality of graphics) as well as Planescape: Torment (quality of written dialogue).
• The game will put heavy emphasis on choice & consequence, based on the stats of the character you play, trying to minimize the influence of the reflexes of the player who plays the game.
• Therefore combat will not be fought in real-time but in a turn-based mode as in the Fallout RPGs.
• Instead of full 3D flexibility, the game focuses mainly on using high quality isometric 2D graphics. This puts less demands on target platforms and also simplifies game development.
• The game will be completely written in Python, utilizing the FIFE open source isometric game engine.
• PARPG is also the temporary working title of the project. We can reconsider this choice once we've assembled a team and worked out the fundamentals especially setting- & story-wise.

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Category: rpg
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Description: PennMUSH is a MUD server

Changelog:

• align() columns can now have ansi color definitions.
• Heisencrashbug in command parser fixed.
• Bug in randword() and extract() fixed.
• Fix several memory leaks.
• Help fixes.
• Add more specific log messages when the chatdb fails to load.

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Category: strategy
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Description: An Open Source implementation of Colonization.

Changelog:

• The increased native land claims in 0.9.1 have been reverted to the more moderate 0.9.0 behaviour, following comment that this made the game too difficult. This feature will be back in a later release, but only after implementing the feature that at least exempts your *first* colony from having to buy its land (as was the case with the original Colonization).
• Fixed a serious bug in privateer combat.

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Description: Descent 2 OpenGL port

Changelog:

• Improved: Asymmetric frustum will now be properly set for anaglyph 3D rendering
• New: Added toe in projection for anaglyph 3D rendering (may provide better stereo separation for distant structures at the cost of a negligible distortion of the view)
• New: Added options to chose anaglyph 3D rendering projection and screen distance
• Fixed: Game crashed in pureD2 mode (apparently nobody uses this mode ...)
• Fixed: You couldn't turn off missile lock indicators
• Fixed: No cockpit was rendered in blue/red and green/red anaglyph 3D modes
• Fixed: The game crashed when trying to select 3D glasses if no glasses had been chosen before
• Fixed: The program could freeze when a lot of smoke effects were visible
• Fixed: No cockpit was shown when menus were opened in-game
• Fixed: Cockpit window background wasn't properly cleared in anaglyph 3D rendering mode
• Fixed: The HUD overlaid the automap
• Changed: The reticle will not be displayed while menus are open in-game
• Improved: Stereo separation can now be set in smaller steps (a smaller stereo separation creates less ghosting)
• Fixed: Rendering cockpit windows messed up the anaglyph 3D view
• Fixed: Vulcan ammo was getting less and less during multiplayer games.
• Changed: Vulcan ammo can only be picked up if the player can take the entire clip
• Improved: Added support for more anaglyph 3D glasses
• Improved: Added enhanced anaglyph rendering mode and anaglyph rendering brightness adjustment

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