Comments on Free Gamer - open source games: Nexuiz 2.5 (taking my time)

There once was a player of Nex who wrote on each r...

2009-06-23T03:50:24.362+01:00

There once was a player of Nex
who wrote on each rocket he'd launch:
"If you cannot see
because of the smoke,
then boy, you are standing too close."

Hi; i haven't knew Nexuiz until the last week; I t...

2009-05-31T02:49:18.652+01:00

Hi; i haven't knew Nexuiz until the last week; I think is a good game in comparation with many others that I have played before.
http://atsprogramming.blogspot.com/

Dont worry... I have a task now.. 121 games.. ludu...

2009-04-20T16:37:00.000+01:00

Dont worry... I have a task now.. 121 games.. ludum dare O_O

Very nice article Q! Sorry I'm so quiet ATM. Nee...

2009-04-20T16:19:00.000+01:00

Very nice article Q! Sorry I'm so quiet ATM. Needs must.

Level design depends on the designer, no? Well and...

2009-04-19T07:13:00.000+01:00

Level design depends on the designer, no? Well and on the editor I guess. But on the engine? Portals aren't more advanced in UT2003.. they just need to be de-uglyfied. No clue about bots.

Blogger is owned by Google. Maybe that explains it.

I don't see a pressing need, but there are certain...

2009-04-19T00:11:00.000+01:00

I don't see a pressing need, but there are certainly some areas where the darkplaces engine (i.e. a heavily modded Quake1) shows its age. From blocky level design, the "portals" and (maybe) the bots. Maybe a (heavily) modded Quake2 would fix some of that, but in that case why not use Ogre or something like that? The developers seem to want more flexibility, and I'm doubtful about using a Q1-derived engine to achieve it.

Don't get me wrong, I like Nexuiz (relatively), but I just have to wonder a little.

As an aside, is it Blogger in general that refuses to remember to use my OpenId? It keeps wanting me to use a gmail account.

akujunkan: How do you mean? As I understand the de...

2009-04-18T16:38:00.000+01:00

akujunkan: How do you mean? As I understand the developers of the darkplaces engine (used by nex) are close to nex' development. Why a new egine? Do you see a need for it?

Your review mirrors my opinion quite well, "Race" ...

2009-04-18T15:32:00.000+01:00

Your review mirrors my opinion quite well, "Race" should be an option not a req. and the bots need some real love. In DM/TDM they're ok, but they have no strategic actions, and get stuck on jump-pads a lot. But it is pretty. Also, some of the "special" maps in the campaign need to be rethought.

I do wonder a bit why the people behind this haven't tried making a new engine? They seem talented enough, and a more traditional style one wouldn't necessarily cannibalize things like Sauerbraten.