Queen Karen has disappeared! Join the Amazon Princess Loren in her journey to find what happened to her mother. Play as Saren or Elenor, fight monsters, discover new places, find romance and defeat the evil Fost!
The developers of Tomes of Mephistopheles have released an alpha version! ToM is a new game from the creators of Steel Storm: Burning Retribution; it’s a FPS aRPG dungeon crawler with randomly generated dungeons.
A new release candidate of Wine has been announced. This 1.4 release candidate 4 has only bug fixes which is the standard with all release candidates for Wine. Download: [ Wine release 1.4-rc4 ]
Moon Breakers is a multi-player 3D space combat game that is free to play directly through your Chrome Browser. As either a Government or Pirate pilot, take to the stars in single-seat starfighters and engage in epic dogfights in and around the remains of Helium-3 mining operations.
Bastion is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
Zelda Classic is a tribute to (what we think is) the greatest video game of all time: Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda. It has been developed into an exact replica of the NES version that we all know and love.
A little puzzle game where you move crates, collect keys, open doors and rescue cats. You need to get to the next stairs to advance.
The story:
Cat Food Inc. - the major provider of cat food in town - has kidnapped Nanji, Guy's cat. Help Guy rescue Nanji and escape from the Cat Food Inc. building. And save other captive cats from their villainy, if you can.
Back in the 25th century, Earth launched a generation ship into deep space, with the goal of establishing the first interstellar colony. It dropped out of contact and disappeared, never reaching its destination. Thousands of years later, it has finally been found.
After almost a year of work a new version of Dwarf Fortress has been released. Changes include tombs, dungeons, vampires and werewolves for adventure mode and many bugfixes and improvements for fortress mode. Linux build is available for download. This post was submitted by Nemoder.
The multiplayer-focused DOOM variant Skulltag has, after many years of resistance, become an open source project, as announced on the project forum recently: Behold! What has been discussed and requested countless of times in the past, finally happens: Skulltag is open source now! And this not only covers the current version of the code, but [...]
It belongs to the IRS genre – Interactive Rodent Simulation. The game was inspired by Lemmings, a 1991 game by DMA Design that got ported to a lot of different platforms, most notably Amiga, DOS, and SNES.
The game will sport these features:
Networking mode for up to 8 teams. Play a classical 1v1 match,
It's been six months since the super secret secret service agency - RGB - started investigating the mystery of the gold missing from the main European bank, to no avail. They are so desperate that they went to a fortune teller for advice and she told them to make an average teenager, Mark Hopper, into an agent.
Meet Wolf, a bearded carpenter, who has lost his family and decided to wander the world and protect anyone in distress. He owns a magical medallion that can instantly create his double to aid him in his fight
MindLabyrinth is a game where you control an old mayan avatar and must solve puzzles to reach Patchamama's hidden temple.
The game is clearly a retro puzzling but it offers as a bonus a unique support for NeuroSky's MindWave headset - if you own it - to read your brain signals and interpret them.
With a set built entirely out of paper and cardboard, and sumptuously filmed, Lume is a game with a style and tactility unlike any other.
As Lumi, an inquisitive young girl, you discover that power to your grandad’s house has failed. What’s more, he’s nowhere to be seen, but appears to have left you some intriguing clues.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun has posted a review of Oil Rush, the naval-themed real-time strategy game recently released for Linux by Unigine that praises the game’s mechanics and originality: In these suprisingly roleplaying-heavy times, something as laser-focused strategic as this is entirely welcome. It’s a proper, honest-to-god RTS – but, delightfully uncommonly, it doesn’t bow slavishly [...]
Introversion has released new Linux binaries for both DEFCON and Multiwinia on their forum: It’s fair to say that we’ve neglected our linux fans for a little while now, but I’m hoping to change that. I have just finished uploading: - Nixinstaller - 32 and 64 bit RPM - 32 and 64 bit Deb Packages [...]
Frictional is teasing a sequel to their amazing survival horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent at the domain name nextfrictionalgame.com, with a blurry image that links to a location in China. Looking forward to more info (and well, the game).
As you may have heard by now, gaming luminary Tim Schafer’s development studio Double Fine has raised over ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS through a Kickstarter-hosted fundraiser. What’s even better is that both the Kickstarter FAQ and the Double Fine games page mention Linux as a possibility for this adventure game project: Q: What about [...]
…well, not death, but charity. A new Humble Indie Bundle has been running for a bit: As the vid mentions, the emphasis for this bundle is the Android platform, but you can also play these games on your Linux desktop. Additionally, Toki Tori was just added to the bundle! Hooray!
1.0 (The Humble Bundle for Android) released on 09 February 2012
Toki Tori is a highly entertaining puzzle platformer like nothing you have seen before. Push your brain to the limit as you guide Toki Tori through 80 challenging levels spread over 4 mysterious worlds - collecting eggs as you go.
Heroes of Newerth has a new event running to introduce 4 characters: More info can be had at the official FORUM: In a month long event, we will release an avatar for one of the Horsemen every Tuesday throughout February. Each will be priced as a standard premium avatar and includes new voices, animations, and [...]
Winner of Roguelike of the Year for both 2010 and 2011, Tales of Maj’Eyal is an open-source, single-player, tactical role-playing roguelike and action game. Why play this one? LEMME TELL YOU (courtesy of the SA Forums): For one a lack of consumable hoarding. The Tome philosophy is that hoarding potions and scrolls until the end of [...]
Hack, Slash, Loot is a single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Defender’s Quest is a tower defense / RPG hybrid that focuses on story, customization, and tactics. Frozen Synapse’s upcoming DLC will include Unreal Tournament-style mutators.
Three Dead Zed is an action/puzzle platformer drawn completely by hand. Breaking out of a testing facility, players take control of an experimental zombie that can transform into three unique and distinct forms. With quick reflexes, a little problem solving, and some rescued kittens, players make a violent exit that won't be forgotten by their captors.
Zombie Grinder is a multi-platform cooperative multiplayer arcade game, reminiscent in style and gameplay of retro games like Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Super Smash TV!, but with the added benefit of some newer game mechanics - achievements, ranking, player-c
Break Chance Memento is a modern science fiction story with a healthy serving of BL and forbidden love on the side, but the emphasis is on one family's attempt to right the wrongs of their.
A new release candidate of Wine has been announced. No new features are in this release as this is a bug fix only release. Enjoy! Download: [ Wine 1.4-rc2 ]
Anomaly is an intense reversal of the tower defense formula, with players managing a convoy's path through various war torn environs. Careful planning of powerups, unit composition, and more will make or break your journey.
EDGE is a casual puzzle-platformer that challenges you to roll your cube through over 100 levels. The innovative level design and "edge hangtime" mechanic will test your planning and reflexes. Nothing can quite describe the satisfying noise of rolling your cube to victory and securing a speedy finish.
The game concept is based on our old game Conquest of Elysium II, but apart from that most of the game has been completely remade.
If you have played and enjoyed Dominions 3 previously then you will be pleased to know that this game also focuses on many different monsters, special abilities and spells. It is still a turn based strategy game, but it is much quicker and less complicated than Dominions.
Conquest of Elysium 3 is an old school fantasy strategy game. You explore your surroundings conquer locations that provides the resources you need. Resources needed vary much depending on what character you are, e.g. the high priestess need places where she can gather human sacrifices, the baron needs places where tax can be collected and where iron can be mined. These resources can then be used for magic rituals and troop recruitments. The witch can use fungus to summon a catoblepas whose gaze can annihilate an entire row of enemies per turn. The demonlogist can summon powerful demon lords, but only if he is brave because the likelihood of a demon lord attacking his summoner is quite high. In short the main thing about this game is the amount of features and special abilities that can be used.
Michael (lgp-michael) Simms updated his blog to announce he is leaving LGP. The company will carry on however under the new direction of Clive Crous. Timothee (TTimo) Besset has also announced his departure from Id Software to join a new startup in Dallas. Best of luck! Thank you for all the hard work. Linux games [...]
The first release candidate of the 1.4 development tree of Wine has been announced. This marks the beginning of the code freeze period for this release. This release candidate has the following new items in the release. Improved crash dialog with support for saving the backtrace. Support for the Back button in built-in Internet Explorer. [...]
Unigine’s naval real-time strategy game OilRush has gone gold! We have finally completed development of Oil Rush, naval strategy game: http://oilrush-game.com/ Version 1.0 will be available worldwide on January, 25 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Distribution channels are: Steam, Desura, UNIGINE store, Ubuntu Software Center and some other digital stores. Retail release in UK, Germany, [...]
Game inspired by paper RPG tiled game "Death Maze" or "Labirynt Smierci" released in Poland long time ago. Game will feature random generated maze (while you playing), monsters, treasures, etc. Aim of the game is to find Dark Gates and kill Unnamed in order to destory Dark Gates.
In the vast labyrinth of ARK Island, once elder now Tyrannical Warlord, Lokahndril, has used the island's ancient mainframe entity to create his own army of corrupt androids. R-Blazer, the only survivor of the invasion, infiltrates the labyrinth and uses his foe's own weapons against them!
The year is 3079, many planets are being discovered full of life. One newly discovered planet has been unusually stricken with constant war. You have been sent to this planet to find out why.
Guild Software’s space combat massive multiplayer game Vendetta Online has had a few gameplay updates of late, revealed in their latest community newsletter: Gameplay Change Recap - Dropped cargo persists for 15 minutes, regardless of sector shutdown. Crates will eventually time out by class, making certain drops last much longer than others. - New missions from the PCC. [...]
Quick note that PC Gamer has named the team behind the Humble Indie Bundle (who include but are not limited to the developers of Wolfire Games!) as their community heroes of the year: But one of the main reasons these guys are our community heroes this year is what they’ve done with that success: they’ve [...]
Yamagi Quake II is an enhanced client for id Software’s Quake II, focusing on maintaining the original gameplay experience: Anisotropic filtering. Compatible with most mods (as long as their source is available). From scratch rewritten savegame system. Full 64 bit support. Ingame soundtrack playback via OGG/Vorbis. IPv6 support. Mature and stable codebase. No gameplay and [...]
Ryan “icculus” Gordon has made a .plan update describing the various open source tools he developed to port one of the most recent Humble Indie Bundle titles, Shank, to Linux: We try to get at least a little open source out of every Humble Bundle. Sometimes it’s epic–like a big pile of games–and sometimes it’s [...]
X-Plane 10, “the world’s most comprehensive and powerful flight simulator for personal computers”, has been released (thanks mike4!): Changes: many high-quality aircraft models with detailed 3-D cockpits, a brand new system for auto-generating plausible scenery for the entire world, a new, highly-detailed cloud and weather rendering system, a flight model with improved accuracy and even [...]
A new development release of Wine has been announced. This new release has the following new items included in it. UDisks backend for the dynamic device support. Polygons and geometric pens implemented in the DIB engine. JScript now compiles entire functions. Improved support for vertical fonts. A few more scripts in UniScribe. A bunch of [...]
Alien Arena version 7.53 is now released (thanks irritant!): Extended use of VBO for big performance increases Signifigant improvements to bot AI “Dm Lights” server option Improvements to menu code Improved stats algorithms Entity definition files Optimized and improved vegetation rendering Variety of bug fixes and code cleansing Two new maps Optimizations to IQM and [...]
Originally released in 1997, Conquest of Elysium II is a turn-based fantasy strategy game, and the precursor to the wildly popular Dominions series. As one of up to eight players (human, computer controlled, or a mixture) your goal, as suggested in the title, is very simple: total subjugation of all that do not fly your banner!
Choose your leader from twenty distinct character classes, including brutal barbarians, insane necromancers, mighty maharajas, sinister shamans, and even the Agarthan king from Dominions 3! Each character allows new strategies for the player to explore. The Priestess of Baal can summon demonic creatures, change the weather, and sacrifice the innocent. An Enchanter can create constructs out of corpses, lakes, forests, and more. Barons can build siege towers, raise levies, and keep his subjects in line, even in times of high taxation.
The world itself is ever changing with each new game. Worlds can be entirely randomly created, or players can customize the world creation, tailoring the world to the experience you want to play. Create maps that range from small to large, from thick with trees and mountains to barren steppes and plains, and even dictate the type of society.
Dominions 3: The Awakening, is the follow up to the acclaimed fantasy strategy game, Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars. While that game set the bar for rich, engrossing turn-based fantasy strategy gaming, Dominions 3: The Awakening seeks to raise it once more.
Leading one of over fifty possible nations in three different Ages, it is your goal to ascend to true godhood using all the power at your disposal. In a world of magic and steel the options to attain victory are as numerous as the cries of mercy from your vanquished foes. Whether you use military might, eldritch power, or subterfuge (or more likely, a combination of all three) every turn is about options. Recruit troops (more than 1500 units found in the game), assassinate the enemy, scout territory, research magic (600+ spells and 300+ magic items), perform rituals, do a blood hunt, storm a castle, construct, pray, forge - the list goes on.
Dominions II: The Ascension Wars is a turn based fantasy game in which you take the role of a pretending god. It's the sequel to Dominions: Priests, Prophets & Pretenders.
Each pretender is Lord and Master of one of seventeen cultures, each with its own individual strengths and weaknesses. With the aid of soldiers and mages you will conquer the lands of your neighbors in a struggle for total domination.
Priests and prophets will preach throughout the world to spread your dominion, the manifestation of your divine supremacy.
Dominions: Priests Prophets & Pretenders is a turn based fantasy game in which you take the role of a pretending god.
Each pretender is Lord and Master of one of fourteen cultures, each with its own individual strengths and weaknesses. With the aid of soldiers and mages you will conquer the lands of your neighbors in a struggle for total domination.
Priests and prophets will preach throughout the world to spread your dominion, the manifestation of your divine supremacy.
Alien Arena version 7.53 is now released! Some of the new general features for this release include: Extended use of VBO for big performance increases Signifigant improvements to bot AI “Dm Lights” server option Improvements to menu code Improved stats algorithms Entity definition files Optimized and improved vegetation rendering Variety of bug fixes and code [...]
The year is 3079, many planets are being discovered full of life. One newly discovered planet has been unusually stricken with constant war. You have been sent to this planet to find out why.
A new developer release of Wine has been announced. This version being 1.3.35 has the following new items included in it. Triangular gradients and cosmetic wide pens support in the DIB engine. All Wine dialogs can now be translated through po files. Many more scripts added to UniScribe. JScript using bytecode throughout now. Several MSXML [...]
Cheeseness sent in the following: Ever wanted to know how many Linux users have purchased the Humble Indie Bundle? Ever wanted to see how the average payments for MacOS have varied across every promotion? Perhaps you’re interested in the amount of money contributed by Windows for just the “Indie” branded bundles? Wish granted! With approval [...]
GBGames has released the first alpha version of “Stop That Hero!“, a “deceptively simple” strategy game where you play the villain. Features: Four minions for you to summon Five different types of heroes to fight Multiple structures to control, such as towers and dragon nests Five sample levels The game sells for $7.50 US.
most of you haven't missed the recent downtimes of this sites. In the beginning every second day but in the last week the site was more time offline than online. Those are hopefully problems of the past since the site was moved to a new server.
When Ichigo’s parents realize their daughter’s dream is to own and run a bakery they do everything they can to force her away from such a career and toward a more prestigious calling. However, in a fit of determination and frustration, Ichigo moves out and on her own with the desire to prove just how serious she is about her sweet passion.
The once peaceful Kingdom of Gorudo is threatened by an evil presence. The only hope for salvation is Cyrus, a wizard versed in a secret magic art called Wizorb! Explore many strange places from the derelict monster infested town of Clover to Gorudo Castle atop Cauldron Peak. Danger lurks around every corner so you'll need to keep your wits about you and have quick reflexes in order to survive.
Ars Technica has taken a look at the latest Humble Indie Bundle, complete with quotes from the project’s volunteers: One of the most exciting aspects of the bundles is that they mark the first time many of the games have been ported to platforms other than Windows, with each title offering full support for play [...]
Wizorb, a puzzle game with NES-style RPG elements: CoreBreach, a futuristic racer: Any other notable titles on Desura of late that I’ve missed? Thanks!
Super Giant Games’ action RPG Bastion, which has received a considerable degree of critical acclaim, is now available in the Chrome Web Store: This latest version of Bastion is built to run right in your web browser, using Google’s new Native Client technology. This really is the full Bastion experience, featuring our highly acclaimed 1080p [...]
Rock, Paper, Shotgun has posted a roguelike-retrospective for this year; the vast majority of which are available for Linux. I’ve mainly stuck to Dungeons of Dredmor and Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup, but what’s stuck out for you in 2011?
I! Uh. NO TIME TO EXPLAIN JUST WATCH: (indie platform No Time to Explain now has extra content available in the form of “Season Two” for everyone who has purchased or will purchase the game going forward)
Marble Arena is a game similar to games like Marble Madness, MarbleBlast Ultra or Neverball (though this is rather distant relative since marble in Marble Arena can move on its own). Basically we drive our marble around collecting things, mainly stars.
And so:
White star - 1 point
Green - 2 points
Blue - 3 points
Red - 4 points
1.0 (Humble Indie Bundle #4) released on 13 December 2011
Bit.Trip Runner radiates charm and challenge with retro-styled, music-platformer gameplay. Players take control of Captain Video as he runs through more than 30 levels. Each stage features a unique music track perfectly synced to Captain Video's hops and slides, resulting in a fresh and intuitive platforming experience.
1.0 (Humble Indie Bundle #4) released on 13 December 2011
Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.
1.0.0.132 (Humble Indie Bundle #4) released on 13 December 2011
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
1.0 HD (Humble Indie Bundle #4) released on 13 December 2011
NightSky is an action-puzzle game that offers an ambient gameplay experience unlike any other — cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. Each of these worlds is broken into different areas in which the player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance. There are no enemies, no bosses, and no violence in NightSky.
1.0 (Humble Indie Bundle #4) released on 13 December 2011
Super Meat Boy is a tough as nails platformer where you play as an animated cube of meat who's trying to save his girlfriend (who happens to be made of bandages) from an evil fetus in a jar wearing a tux.
Shank is a highly stylized, action-packed, 2D brawler, featuring satisfying fight combos and familiar platforming challenges. Players assume the role of Shank, a former mob-hitman, on an epic quest for revenge. In the solo game, Shank traverses levels filled with henchmen, culminating in awesome boss fights.
As rumored, the next Humble Indie Bundle has appeared: Like the video says, ALL of these titles are new to Linux as of this bundle: BIT.TRIP.RUNNER Cave Story+ Gratuitous Space Battles Jamestown Nightsky Shank Super Meat Boy Very exciting; donate to charity, play the games! You know the drill by now.
Due to a Steam (or is that a valve?) leak, Rock, Paper, Shotgun has the lowdown and what’s likely to be in the next Humble Indie Bundle: Details of the next Humble Indie Bundle have once more leaked, because Steam’s Content Description Record Viewer Thingamie is so ludicrously easy for people to spy. And it looks like [...]
The awesome people at Gaslight Games have announced on their blog that the cheeky roguelike Dungeons of Dredmor will be having a patch this week to address Linux issues: - 1.0.8: is just about done, and should be out either Thursday or Friday. So he shalt simply wait until then, and pass the savings on [...]
Congratulations to Minecraft for winning Spike TV’s “Best Independent Game” award! The #indieVisibility awards were announced (selected by RockPaperShotgun, IndieGames.com, Rob Fearon, Ricky Haggett and Notch) ; congratulations to Frozen Snyapse, Minecraft, and Project Zomboid for taking home various GOTY trophies. Indie DB is running their “Indie of the Year” awards, get voting!
As promised, S2 Games released version 2.5 of Heroes of Newerth this past weekend; there’s a rundown here of the new features, which include mentoring, reworked matchmaking, live spectating, new avatars, new items, and other improvements
LinuxLinks let us know they’ve taken a look at the various ASCII-based titles out there: The idiom ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ can be extended to ‘don’t judge a computer game by its graphics’. Whilst the games featured in this article have extremely basic graphics, they have many redeeming qualities beyond evoking fond [...]
Version 1.07 of The Dark Mod, which brings the gameplay of the Thief series to Doom 3, was released. Changes include international localization, vine arrows, improved combat, unlockable mines, and improved textures and AI. It’s also noted that while this is still a mod that requires the retail version of Doom 3, changes are afoot: [...]
As Tiny & Big in: Grandpa’s Leftovers enters beta phase this month, developers Black Pants Game Studio posted this trailer recently to show the game’s current state: The game’s predecessor, Up That Mountain, has a demo available you can play now as well: Set in land where common physics apply, but everything else looks different. [...]
S2 Games have announced the release of Heroes of Newerth version 2.3.5: ** The huge 2.5 patch is on its way! We will be patching the game with 2.5 tonight, so enjoy your time with Shadowblade as you prepare for 2.5 to go live later tonight! - Added a new Early Access Hero: Shadowblade - [...]
UNIGINE has announced that they’ve signed a deal with publisher Iceberge Interactive to have their upcoming game Oil Rush sold at retail: Videogame publisher Iceberg Interactive and UNIGINE Corp., are pleased to announce the signing of the naval strategy game “Oil Rush” for PC, Mac and Linux. The deal includes all boxed retail rights for [...]
A new development version of Wine has been announced. This version has the following new items included in it. Bytecode support in JavaScript. Support for gradients in the DIB engine. A number of Uniscribe improvements. Fixes for DirectDraw mode switching. A few more MSVC runtime functions. Various bug fixes. Download: [ Wine 1.3.34 ]
f2bgl is a rewrite of the engine used in the game Fade To Black made by Delphine Software.
This program is designed as a cross-platform replacement for the original executable.
The Flower Shop: Winter In Fairbrook is a dating and farming simulation game and takes place after the first Flower Shop game, Summer In Fairbrook.
This time, play as Natalie and met some of the characters of the first game like Clara, Susana, Steve, Trent, Jacob plus a "new entry": Ryan who runs the general store of the town.
Ten years ago, Essi's mother died in a questionable accident. She left a USB flash drive with a locked folder called "X-note". Unable to understand the purpose of it, Essi continued living her life as a normal junior high school student. However, Essi is hardly normal, for she possesses power beyond normal human.
Kubrik - the very latest addition to KDEGames package – is none other than a glamorous three dimensional (3D) Rubik's Cube game. The development is now nearing completion and we hope to offer the game to you as soon as KDE 4.1 release.
The original game of Rubik's Cube is quite famous, and is known to be the best selling toy ever made. The game is a puzzle and is usually played with a cube made out of small blocks, 9 of those per side. The sections can be spoon around horizontally as well as vertically, however not diagonally. From the start the cube is 'scrambled', meaning that each of its 6 sides is a multicolored mess. The player then has to rearrange the colors in such a manner that each of the six sides becomes one and the same color.
In essence the game of Kubrik simulates the original toy very well, allowing however for far more complicated puzzles than the original. The entire game play is situated in reach and visually clean 3D environment where you use a mouse to control the cube's various rotations. That as well as the ability to save and restore the game at any time will surely make Kubrik into a real highlight of KDEGames' impressive collection.
Using the occasion we, at KDEGames, also would like to mention that today Kubrik's developer, and one of KDEGames' more prominent members - Ian Wadham is celebrating a very special jubilee. We wish Ian all the best, and many-many games ahead.
It is our pleasure to welcome a new game into our selection. Kollision - a wonderful, addictive, and in every way innovative game straight from the lab of our gaming guru Paolo Capriotti. While it may seem very simple at the first glance, Kollision is one of the harder games in the whole gamedom, and what's best - it's all about high score. And all you have to do really, is to stay game for as long as possible.
In Kollision you use the mouse to control a small blue ball in a closed space environment filled with small red balls, which move about chaotically. Your goal is to avoid touching any of those red balls with your blue one, because the moment you do the game will be over. The longer you can stay in game the higher your score will be.
The game is now in the KDEGames 4 package and will make its debut as soon as KDE 4.1 is released. However, the impatient ones can check it out now by compiling KDEGames from source (Click here to see how).
A few hours ago the Qt snapshot in the KDE development tree was updated to Qt4.4
'And exactly what does it mean for KDEGames?', you may be asking.
Well, beside a multiplicity of various bug fixes, version 4.4 brings in some very interesting graphical features. One of those happens to be the ability to put widgets directly onto the drawing canvas. This new feature will allow some of our games to move all the important information directly onto the game screen, therefore making the gameplay even easier to perceive. The feature of course, will have to undergo a comprehensive testing before it will make its way to a screen near you.
Lately quite a few people have been asking about the new games and features planned for 4.1
Well, KDEGames team have spent the whole month of January planing and scheduling, and now we are more, or less set. As games of the project are numerous however, we have so decided to concentrate on a selected few, rather then spreading our attention thin-and-even around the project.
Kgoldrunner will receive a lot of attention within this release cycle, where new theming capabilities are being added as you read. There are also plans to introduce the long awaited sound and make the game all over fun and joy (as if it wasn't joyous enough as is).
Kpatience and consequently Letenant Skat are getting a major caching rework, which promises to make those games even faster to load and play, as some of the card decks are a real handful to handle.
Klines is getting some user interface changes that promises to somewhat enhance the game's usability and bring a gust of fresh air into the gameplay.
Konquest development is swift as ever. Game's restless developer is hard at work this release cycle, hoping to make our best, desktop-oriented mini-strategy-game even better.
There are currently plans for some on-line gaming and sound integration all over the project. Those however, are much dependent upon other parts of KDE project and therefore may not be ready by 4.1 release date.
Beside the existing gaming applications there is a handful of new, never before seen games, ready to jump up the KDE locomotive as soon as 4.1 release sees the light of day.
We have an all new Tetris game, which is not a resurrection of severely outdated Ksirtet, but a whole new game all together. Once complete it will feature easy and scalable theming, and gamer-friendly interface to go along. The game is already playable and should be finished in time.
As if Tetris wasn't exciting enough, we have yet another tasty dish to tickle your senses! If you are currently standing, you would better take a seat, because it's a mind-blowing Arkanoid game! Nearly completed, it features all you have come to love about the classic Arcanoid game, and much, much more.
Now, get ready for yet another big surprise! Kdiamond will make you jump up-and-down in your seat, because it's a stunning Bejeweled implementation. This game however, may, or may not be ready by 4.1 as the development was only just started, even though the developer is advancing through at the speed of light.
Another candidate aiming at 4.1 release is the long time KDE favorite Ksirk - the Game of Risk implementation. It is being reworked and updated for quite a while, and now is almost ready to join the official KDE games pack.
A Rubik's cube-like game is planing to land safely into the 4.1 release and will of course be most welcome.
We have plans for a Picross-like puzzle game, but there are no dates named yet for this one.
There are two more games currently hard at work, but those are more of a big-birthday-surprise-cake type of games. Let us give you a small hint here. The first is quite simple, yet so addictive that should you try it just once, you will never be able to stop playing it. As for the second – let me just say that once you see it you are guaranteed to have a severe case of jaw dropping for the next two-three hours. Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, it will be that awesome! And did I mention massive explosions?
Alas, as you may have already figured, future holds a lot in terms of quality KDE entertainment. Just keep checking up on us, and keep playing.
And that means – KDEGames v 4.0 has been released along! The whole team is overjoyed, and so I'm sure, are you. It was a difficult year. Year full of a thousand cares and worries. Year of hard, fast paced, nonstop development. But it's all over now.
KDEGames team hopes you will enjoy playing our games just as much as we enjoyed making them. And do trust me, we enjoyed it a lot.
KDE4 has been officially tagged for 4.0 release on January 11th. This means our winter vacations are indeed over, and back to work we go!
Form now on the intensive development of KDEGames begins anew; which in turn means bringing in a lot of new, exciting features and improving the existing ones.
Wish us luck dear games, and don't forget to write :D
KDEGames team wishes to thank you for playing KDEGames all through 2007. We want to continue entertaining you in the coming 2008. With that we promise to make our games better, happier, and even more engaging then they already are :D
Happy New Year dear friends, and all the best to you!
Kubrik - the very latest addition to KDEGames package – is none other than a glamorous three dimensional (3D) Rubik's Cube game. The development is now nearing completion and we hope to offer the game to you as soon as KDE 4.1 release.
Using the occasion we, at KDEGames, also would like to mention that today Kubrik's developer, and one of KDEGames' more prominent members - Ian Wadham is celebrating a very special jubilee. We wish Ian all the best, and many-many games ahead.
It is our pleasure to welcome a new game into our selection. Kollision - a wonderful, addictive, and in every way innovative game straight from the lab of our gaming guru Paolo Capriotti. While it may seem very simple at the first glance, Kollision is one of the harder games in the whole gamedom, and what's best - it's all about high score. And all you have to do really, is to stay game for as long as possible.
