OpenArena

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OpenArena
Developer(s) Free software community
Initial release2005;20 years ago (2005)
Stable release
0.8.8 / February 2012;13 years ago (2012-02)
Repository
Written in C with the ioquake3 game engine
Engine
  • ioquake3
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Platform
Type Single-player, multiplayer First-person shooter
License GPL-2.0-or-later
Website lei-lei.neocities.org/openarena/

OpenArena is a free and open-source video game. It is a first-person shooter, and a clone of Quake III Arena .

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Development

The OpenArena project was established on August 19, 2005, one day after the id Tech 3 source code released under GNU GPL-2.0-or-later license.

OpenArena was officially released for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS. Third parties have also ported the game to FreeBSD, [1] OpenBSD, Android [2] and iOS. [3] The game was also unofficially ported to the Raspberry Pi. [4]

Gameplay

Screenshot showing gibs in OpenArena OpenArena-Gibs.jpg
Screenshot showing gibs in OpenArena

OpenArena's gameplay mirrors that of Quake III Arena with some quality of life improvements, such as awarding a character points for pushing another character to their death. The game can be played online (against other human players) or offline (against computer-controlled characters known as bots). "Singleplayer" mode allows players to play a predefined series of deathmatches, unlocking a new "tier" of four maps after completing the previous one, or to create custom matches in any game type through the "skirmish" mode.

Game modes

OpenArena has the following gamemodes:

Reception and impact

The game is one of the most popular open-source first-person shooters, particularly among fans of the original Quake III Arena[ citation needed ]. However, some others has criticized it as incomplete, saying that this detracts from long term play. [5] [6] The game has been praised for its portability and ability to run on old hardware, [7] as well as creative bot design. [6] OpenArena has been used as a platform for scholarly work in computer science. Some examples include streaming graphics from a central server, [8] and visualizing large amounts of network data. [9]

See also

References

  1. OperaArena FreeBSD Port on FreshPorts.org
  2. OpenArena Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine on Google Play Store
  3. Beben III on iTunes Store
  4. "OpenArena on Raspberry Pi store". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  5. Weimer, Hendrik (29 May 2007). "Pleasure to Frag". OS Reviews. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  6. 1 2 Lake, Steve (June 20, 2007). "Open Source Game Review: OpenArena". Raiden's Realm. Archived from the original on 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  7. Andrew (2 July 2008). "Review: OpenArena 0.7.7". HeadShotGamer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  8. Eisert, Peter; Fechteler, Philipp (July 2007). "Remote rendering of computer games". Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications (SIGMAP). Barcelona, Spain.
  9. Lucas Parry (August 2007). L3DGEWorld 2.1 Input & Output Specifications (Technical report). CAIA Technical Report 070808A.