XmScorch is an X11/Motif clone of Scorched Earth, that DOS game that we all know and love. It requires X11R6 (of course), Motif 2.x (which you can get here if you don't already have it), and that's about it for now. Once sound support shows up, it'll probably require some sound library. The XmScorch code is released under the GNU GPL.
Network play is something that will likely come once I get all the weapons and defensive systems implemented; sure, I'd like to have it now, but I need to figure out how I'm going to do everything on the local host before I decide how I'm going to send it over the wire. It should help me to generalize everything better (and I like generalized code). I'm having a feeling that the best way to do things might be sending the random values over the wire, instead of each and every update, and let the clients do the drawing? I know, I know, never trust the client. That's why network support is not even started just yet.
TODO:
- Cause this page to not be ugly - logos, anyone? - In progress
- Integrate the GUI shell and the bomb-test programs - Done
- Rewrite broken-ass non-tunneling code
- Dirt falling on top of, not through, tanks/shields
- Proper tunneling
- Decent wind - Done
- Air viscosity
- Basically all the defensive systems
- AIs
- Sound
- Complete all other bomb types
- Nice backgrounds
- Scanned mountains
- Network code
Weapon status:
- Plain bombs: baby missile, missile, baby nuke, nuke - Done
- LeapFrog - Done
- Funky bomb - Done
- Multi-bombs: MIRV, death's head - Done
- Napalm, hot napalm - In progress
- Tracer, smoke tracer - Done
- Rollers: baby roller, roller, heavy roller - Done
- Riot funnels: riot charge, riot blast - Done
- Riot circles: riot bomb, heavy riot bomb - Done
- Diggers: baby, regular, heavy - TBD
- Sandhogs: baby, regular, heavy - TBD
- Dirt bombs: clod, ball, ton - Done
- Liquid dirt - Done
- Dirt charge - TBD
- Earth disruptor - TBD
- Plasma blast - TBD
- Laser - TBD
Other Scorch projects:
- Scorched Earth, the original
- Scorched Earth 2000, a Java version
- Scorched Earth 3D, a windows-only 3D version
- Scorched 3D, another windows-only 3D version
- xscorch, an X11/Gtk+ version
- Tread Marks, a really nice tank combat and racing game for windows; some CRAZY weapons in this one
- Pocket Tanks, a one-on-one-only game for windows
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