Worms Armageddon 3.8

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Post by typh00n » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 12:25 PM UTC

Worms Armageddon 3.8
worms2d.info

Re: Worms Armageddon 3.8

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Post by typh00n » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 12:25 PM UTC

A game still in official development after 21 years of release and compatibility for Win9x machines.

Re: Worms Armageddon 3.8

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Post by Sharlin » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:30 PM UTC

21 years ago?! I'm officially old now.

Re: Worms Armageddon 3.8

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Post by dane-pgp » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:31 PM UTC

One of the interesting unique features of Worms Armageddon is that it somehow has the ability to predict the results of various elections:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Trlf2He3c

Re: Worms Armageddon 3.8

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Post by client4 » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:33 PM UTC

Sharlin wrote: post #3

21 years ago?! I'm officially old now.

I was just remembering I played worms on a slot loading Pentium two last... I sound like the guys taking about PDP-11 access when I was a kid.

Re: Worms Armageddon 3.8

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Post by CyberShadow » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:43 PM UTC

Worms Armageddon maintainer here, AMA :)

Here is a somewhat more nicely formatted list of highlights: https://worms2d.info/Worms_Armageddon_3.8_Features

Re: Worms Armageddon 3.8

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Post by komali2 » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:45 PM UTC

CyberShadow wrote: post #6

Worms Armageddon maintainer here, AMA :) Here is a somewhat more nicely formatted list of highlights: https://worms2d.info/Worms_Armageddon_3.8_Features

What's the motivation behind continually updating such an old, albeit very fun, game?

Re: Worms Armageddon 3.8

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Post by riggsdk » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:45 PM UTC

CyberShadow wrote: post #6

Worms Armageddon maintainer here, AMA :) Here is a somewhat more nicely formatted list of highlights: https://worms2d.info/Worms_Armageddon_3.8_Features

I bought the game when it was first released and I loved it. May I ask how come you are still working on the game? Out of sheer love for it? Did you work on the "original" codebase before becoming a maintainer?

Re: Worms Armageddon 3.8

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Post by sillysaurusx » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:51 PM UTC

Do you think anyone will write a web-based version of Worms? Multiplayer, in the browser. It seems like it would be hugely popular.

You could even turn websites themselves into arenas to battle in. :) Imagine blowing up a hacker news comment.

Re: Worms Armageddon 3.8

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Post by CyberShadow » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:51 PM UTC

riggsdk wrote: post #8

CyberShadow wrote: post #6

Worms Armageddon maintainer here, AMA :) Here is a somewhat more nicely formatted list of highlights: https://worms2d.info/Worms_Armageddon_3.8_Features

I bought the game when it was first released and I loved it. May I ask how come you are still working on the game? Out of sheer love for it? Did you work on the "original" codebase before becoming a maintainer?

> May I ask how come you are still working on the game? Out of sheer love for it?

Yes, for the game and its community. After so many years of playing the game and being part of the community, it is now an inextricable part of ourselves.

> Did you work on the "original" codebase before becoming a maintainer?

No; I started playing Worms World Party maybe around 2004. In 2006 I started writing third-party add-ons for the game, and I had been given a copy of the source code so I could continue maintaining it alongside Deadcode (David Ellsworth, the first maintainer).