SuperTuxKart
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| Genre | Racing game |
| Code license | GPLv3[1] |
| Media license | Ambiguous[2] |
| Latest release | 0.6.1a |
| Release date | February 19th, 2009 |
| Language | C++ |
| Libraries | SDL, PLIB, and OpenAL |
SuperTuxKart is a racing game featuring the Linux mascot Tux. It is an enhanced fork of TuxKart.[3] The latest version of the game is 0.6.1a and was released on Feb 19th, 2009.[4] It is written in the C++ programming language. It uses the SDL and PLIB libraries for graphics and OpenAL for sounds.[5]
SuperTuxKart was worked on by the GotM team through July to December 2004.[6]
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[edit] Development
The first official version of the game was released in September 2006 as version 0.2.
They have a milestone page planning several versions ahead,[7] and a forum on FreeGameDev.net to coordinate development effort.
The game will be switching to the Irrlicht graphics engine in version 0.7.[8]
[edit] History
Charles Goodwin proposed the project for GoTM.
The GOTM project was started with the original developer of TuxKart on board, Steve Baker. However, the project goes nowhere Steve Bakers argue with other developers about the direction of the project. Eventually in December 2004, the project was considered dead by Ingo Ruhnke and the work forked off.[reference required]
According to Steve Baker, the GoTM development team doesn’t know anything about 3D graphics at all and refuses to take his advice. They broke the game, leaving it in an unrunnable and unplayable state.[reference required]
Eventually the project was picked up by somebody else and was developed to the status it is today.[9]
[edit] Contributors
The development team for SuperTuxKart consists of 12 members.[10] They are:
- Joerg
- Ondrej Kollar
- Marianne Gagnon
- cherryprice (real name unknown)
- Dominique Leuenberger
- Coz(real name unknown)
- Constantin Pelikan
- Baskervil (real name unknown)
- Paul Elms
- hoffi(real name unknown)
- Robert Schuster
- Tux_penguin (real name unknown)
[edit] Version history
- 0.2 - Initial release[11]
- 0.3 - Released on July 10th, 2007. It add support for fullscreen mode, new karts, improved AIs, high score lists among others feature addition.[12]
- 0.4 - Released on March 5th, 2008. There were the usual improvements in kart, AIs, and tracks. Also, better physics and improved GUI and input handling were added.[13]
- 0.5 - Released on June 1st, 2008. Several new and improved tracks were added. The player has to complete the challenge mode to unlock the tracks. Also the GUI and gaming control handling were improved. [14]
[edit] References
- ↑ SuperTuxKart is based on TuxKart which is released under GPL3
- ↑ Media license
- ↑ SuperTuxKart's history page
- ↑ Download page for the SuperTuxKart project hosted by SourceForge.net
- ↑ STK FAQ accessed on October 21th, 2008.
- ↑ SuperTuxKart's GotM proposal thread accessed on October 21th, 2008.
- ↑ SuperTuxKart's milestone page
- ↑ Blogpost detailing the planned features for STK
- ↑ Ingo Ruhnke interview mentioned the end status of SuperTuxKart accessed on October 23, 2008.
- ↑ Sourceforge.net's membership list for the SuperTuxKart project accessed on October 26th, 2008.
- ↑ Release note for 0.2 on sourceforge.net accessed on October 22nd, 2008.
- ↑ Release note for 0.3 on sourceforge.net accessed on October 22nd, 2008.
- ↑ Release note for 0.4 on sourceforge.net accessed on October 23th, 2008.
- ↑ Release note for 0.5 on sourceforge.net accessed on October 24th, 2008.


