H-Craft Championship

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H-Craft Championship
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H-Craft Championship logo
Developer Irrgheist
Publishers Manifesto Games (international)
Akella (Russian version)
Engine Irrlicht [1]
Platforms Android, Windows, Linux
ReleaseMay 24, 2007 (English)
July 19, 2007 (Russian)
Genre Racing game
Modes Single-player, multiplayer

H-Craft Championship is a science fiction racing game developed by independent game studio Irrgheist. [2] The game was built using the free graphics engine Irrlicht for Windows, Linux and Android. In 2007 the game was released in digital distribution internationally by Manifesto Games [3] [4] and in a Russian version by Akella. [5] In 2014, after a long downtime, the developers released the game as freeware. [6] In February 2015 the source code was released as open-source under the zlib license. The media files remain proprietary. [7] [8] [9]

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Gameplay

The game features various hovercraft which race on superhighways in the sky, meaning that an important part of the game involves staying on track and not falling to the ground. [10] It features several different games modes: "Championship" acts as the single-player campaign, while "Rival" allows for multiplayer games with up to four players in sequence. [4] [11] [12] In addition it also features "Arcade" and "Time attack" game modes. [13]

Reception

Although not widely known, what reviews there are for the game are generally positive. AllForLinux included it in its list of top Linux games, [14] and LinuxLinks included it as part of their list of "42 of the Best Commercial Linux Games". [15] It also holds a four out of five star rating at The Linux Game Tome. [16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ H-Craft Championship Full Version Irrlicht3d.org
  2. ↑ contact
  3. ↑ H-Craft Championship Purchase "In order to purchase H-Craft Championship please visit our reseller www.Manifestogames.com" (2007)
  4. 1 2 H-Craft Championship ManifestoGames (archived)
  5. ↑ H-Craft Championship Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine CDnavigator.ru
  6. ↑ H-Craft Championship Freeware release announcement in Reddit
  7. ↑ H-Craft Championship Irrgheist News, February 25, 2015
  8. ↑ H-Craft Championship H-Craft Source Code
  9. ↑ Irrlicht News "Sci-Fi racer coded with Irrlicht got open sourced" on irrlicht.sourceforge.net
  10. ↑ H-Craft Championship Archived 2016-06-11 at the Wayback Machine LinuxLinks
  11. ↑ H-Craft Championship Worth Playing, August 20, 2007
  12. ↑ H-Craft Championship Jeux Linux, June 21, 2007
  13. ↑ H-Craft Championship Review Archived 2010-04-29 at the Wayback Machine linuX-gamers.net, June 17, 2007
  14. ↑ Top Linux Games List AllForLinux, April 25, 2010
  15. ↑ 42 of the Best Commercial Linux Games Archived 2016-04-04 at the Wayback Machine LinuxLiks
  16. ↑ H-Craft Championship at The Linux Game Tome
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