Development Info FreeDroid RPG clambers to version 0.10.3

[Elwro]

Tags: Freedroid; Johannes Prix

Who cares it was released in September? Any day is a good day to celebrate the memory of Saint Proverbius, who a few years ago posted about this game every week. Saint isn't around anymore, but the guys behind <A HREF="http://freedroid.sourceforge.net/news.php">FreeDroid</A> still tinker with their creation. So, if you always wanted to play a linuxian penguin whacking evil robots with his flippers, head straight to the <A HREF="http://freedroid.sourceforge.net/download.php">download page</A>.
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What's new in this version?
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<blockquote>This release brought back Sorenson and Magic into the game.
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While those bits are not fully developed yet, they are a nice starting point.
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We also added a new quest, a new bot and a new area.
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A lot of things in the game were given new graphics, quite notably the main interface and dialog fonts.
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Translations are mostly up to date, we have German and French at the moment. The Polish and Russian translations are in progress.
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There were the usual bugfixes, small gameplay and performance improvements, etc.
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The game looks really nice for a free, indie title.
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Spotted at: <A HREF="http://freedroid.sourceforge.net/news.php">FreeDroid homepage</A>

 

[Globbi]

Sounds cool. Never heared of this game. Too bad there are no good drivers for my ati mobility shit.

 

[Elwro]

It doesn't work on your card? Weird, it doesn't look too next-gen.

 

[Ander Vinz]

What's exceptional about this game?

 

[elander_]

FreeDroid classic is only a clone of an old Commodore 64 game. FreedroidRPG looks much more interesting.

FreeDroidRPG is a free isometric RPG game inspired by elements of Diablo and Fallout.
Originally based on FreeDroid Classic, this project now has vastly deviated from its parent.

Some screenshots:
http://freedroid.sourceforge.net/screen ... drpg_9.jpg

 

[Shagnak]

I like the instructions for Linux users

If you are a Linux user, you are bright enough to figure everything out anyway, like which package you want for your system and the like, and I need not explain anything to you anyway.

BTW, this is the one that Fez did a mini-review of back in Feb 2005 in the Indie RPG thread.
http://rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=99479#99479 (half way down the post)
I imagine it's improved a bit since then.

 

[Jabbapop]

What's exceptional about this game?

I'll tell you what isn't exceptional: the whole open source rocks! - down with microsoft! shtick of of this game. pandering doesn't even begin to describe it. i never understood the whole appeal of linuxites making games around their mascot. it never struck me as particularly cute. in my mind it's only a step above mckids.