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SuperTuxKart 1.0 Release

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Re: SuperTuxKart 1.0 Release

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post #5

Great news! Now if only we could get FreeCol [1] 1.0.0. Or at least 0.12.0. If you like free strategy games or loved the original Sid Meier's Colonization, this is a must-play. [1]: http://www.freecol.org/ .

Sort of relatedly, Unknown Horizons is being rebuilt with Godot Engine:

https://github.com/unknown-horizons/godot-port

Re: SuperTuxKart 1.0 Release

#42
post #26

SuperTuxKart is one of the best examples of how open source software can be on par and even superior to commercial software. As a Linux user I can confidently say that a lot of software for the platform is rough around the edges, but SuperTuxKart is absolutely awesome.

I can't tell if you're being serious or not. Just seeing the word "tux" reminds me of a lot of really sub-par quality games and applications of ~2003 that people would talk about as if they were just as good as the commercial offerings. People would seriously talk of it being "the year of the linux desktop" and "the year of linux gaming" while trying to claim that tux racer felt like a AAA game. If the best thing the…

SuperTuxKart is an open source game.

It doesn't have to be AAA-worthy, the fact that it's open source is what makes it awesome. If I were looking for something proprietary and more AAA-like, I'd look at 10985 games available on the Steam store that are Linux-compatible (not comparable to 52616 available on Windows, but comparable to 18087 available on macOS).

Re: SuperTuxKart 1.0 Release

#43
post #26

SuperTuxKart is one of the best examples of how open source software can be on par and even superior to commercial software. As a Linux user I can confidently say that a lot of software for the platform is rough around the edges, but SuperTuxKart is absolutely awesome.

I can't tell if you're being serious or not. Just seeing the word "tux" reminds me of a lot of really sub-par quality games and applications of ~2003 that people would talk about as if they were just as good as the commercial offerings. People would seriously talk of it being "the year of the linux desktop" and "the year of linux gaming" while trying to claim that tux racer felt like a AAA game. If the best thing the…

If you're comparing STK to Mario Kart it's obviously going to lose.

But there are millions of kart racers out there, and many of them are pretty poor. STK is better than most of them.

Re: SuperTuxKart 1.0 Release

#44
post #22

SuperTuxKart is one of the best examples of how open source software can be on par and even superior to commercial software. As a Linux user I can confidently say that a lot of software for the platform is rough around the edges, but SuperTuxKart is absolutely awesome.

>SuperTuxKart is one of the best examples of how open source software can be on par and even superior to commercial software. Care to expand on how SuperTuxKart is superior to commercial racing games?

Ignoring Mario Kart, many of the kart racing games are just lousy. There's a lot of licensed shovelware. EG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek_Smash_n%27_Crash_Racing

Re: SuperTuxKart 1.0 Release

#45
I remember seeing some TuxCart arcade machines in the Middle East last time I visited. Really wasn’t expecting an open source game to be in an arcade! But after thinking about it, it makes tons of sense: no royalties just the cost of the cabinet and sticks.

Re: SuperTuxKart 1.0 Release

#47
post #27

I tried unsuccessfully to get a usb Xbox controller to work with this game recently on ubuntu. Never found a workaround to get it to be recognized as a controller or keyboard. I do love this game though!

Did you try antimicro? It's what I use it to play Unepic using a controller to send keyboard presses. The game is supposed to have controller support, doesn't seem to work but it works flawlessly with antimicro, though the controller doesn't provide quite enough buttons for all the hotkeys in that game.

Re: SuperTuxKart 1.0 Release

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post #43
post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't tell if you're being serious or not. Just seeing the word "tux" reminds me of a lot of really sub-par quality games and applications of ~2003 that people would talk about as if they were just as good as the commercial offerings. People would seriously talk of it being "the year of the linux desktop" and "the year of linux gaming" while trying to claim that tux racer felt like a AAA game. If the best thing the…

If you're comparing STK to Mario Kart it's obviously going to lose. But there are millions of kart racers out there, and many of them are pretty poor. STK is better than most of them.

You're counting the wrong thing. They're not talking about the number of kart racers out there, they are talking about the number of people who play better kart racers.

Like the reason "the year of the Linux Desktop" hasn't happened is not explained by pointing out that there are a lot of OSs and Linux is better than most. It hasn't happened because everyone is using Windows and MacOs. If STK isn't comparable to Mario Kart, then it isn't good. Everyone is playing Mario Kart; that's the standard to beat.

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