Development Info S.C.O.U.R.G.E. V0.2 rolls out

[Fez]

Tags: S.C.O.U.R.G.E.: Heroes of Lesser Renown

This one hasn't had a mention here for a while. The latest version of the free and open source 3D roguelike <a href=http://scourgeweb.org/tiki-index.php>S.C.O.U.R.G.E.: Heroes of Lesser Renown</a> has been unleashed. These are some of the changes mentioned for version 0.2:
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<li>Translations to languages other than English (German and Italian)
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<li>Outdoor Levels with villages and real terrain
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<li>Each level now starts in a village with its own set of npcs
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<li>User Interface has a new default color scheme and is now themable
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<li>New Models and Icons
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<li>Weather and ambient sound has been added for more engaging fantasy
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<li>New Monsters, Levels, Traps, Secrets and Story Additions
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<li>High Scores may be uploaded to SCOURGEweb
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<li>Walls in dungeons areas now become transparent in front of the camera
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<li>Many small features and bugfixes
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For those unfamiliar with the game:
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<blockquote>S.C.O.U.R.G.E. is a cross platform, open source rogue-like game in the fine tradition of NetHack and Moria It sports a graphical front-end, similar to glHack or the Falcon's eye. The design of the 3D UI is an attempt at the best of both worlds from old to new: It lets you rotate the view, zoom in/out, view special effects, etc with the feeling of the old-school isometric games like Exult or Woodward.</blockquote>
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There are player guides, installation guides and other information available on the S.C.O.U.R.G.E. site. You can download the game <a href=http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=98006>here</a>.

 

[Nedrah]

Yeah, I wanted to do a feature/lets play with this game a while ago. Crappy thing kept crashing and glitching on me. Hopefully they did a decent deal of under the hood work.

 

[Fez]

It could certainly do with more coverage. I've just downloaded the latest build, so I'll see what it's like when I get around to trying it. The previous versions were fun for a quick blast now and then. They are trying to do something a little different and as a bonus it is reasonably pretty for anyone who doesn't like ASCII or very simple roguelike tiles.

 

[Shoelip]

Is it really 3D, or does it just use 3D graphics on a 2D plane?

 

[Azael]

It might just be my system, but the things unstable as hell and crashes frequently. Too bad, since I'd like to try a roguelike that doesn't require that I'm hardcore enought to deal with ASCII.

 

[HunHam]

Is it really 3D, or does it just use 3D graphics on a 2D plane?

Scourge is actually a 3.1D game. System-wide use of open-source technologies allows us to easily integrate an extra 0.1 dimension thereby enhancing gameplay. An unfortunate side-effect of this is the occasional program crash. This is because the bonus 0.1 dimension shares a planar link with the Realm of Chaos.

 

[Fez]

Is it really 3D, or does it just use 3D graphics on a 2D plane?

Scourge is actually a 3.1D game. System-wide use of open-source technologies allows us to easily integrate an extra 0.1 dimension thereby enhancing gameplay. An unfortunate side-effect of this is the occasional program crash. This is because the bonus 0.1 dimension shares a planar link with the Realm of Chaos.

Impressive. The power of open source is great indeed.

 

[Severian Silk]

I remember playing this and it having a shitload of buttons.