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SuperTuxKart
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 19^th, 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]

Contents 1 Development 1.1 History 1.2 Contributors 2 Version history 3 References 4 External links

[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 10^th, 2007. It add support for fullscreen mode, new karts, improved AIs, high score lists among others feature addition.^[12]
• 0.4 - Released on March 5^th, 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 1^st, 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

1. ↑ SuperTuxKart is based on TuxKart which is released under GPL3
2. ↑ Media license
3. ↑ SuperTuxKart's history page
4. ↑ Download page for the SuperTuxKart project hosted by SourceForge.net
5. ↑ STK FAQ accessed on October 21^th, 2008.
6. ↑ SuperTuxKart's GotM proposal thread accessed on October 21^th, 2008.
7. ↑ SuperTuxKart's milestone page
8. ↑ Blogpost detailing the planned features for STK
9. ↑ Ingo Ruhnke interview mentioned the end status of SuperTuxKart accessed on October 23, 2008.
10. ↑ Sourceforge.net's membership list for the SuperTuxKart project accessed on October 26^th, 2008.
11. ↑ Release note for 0.2 on sourceforge.net accessed on October 22^nd, 2008.
12. ↑ Release note for 0.3 on sourceforge.net accessed on October 22^nd, 2008.
13. ↑ Release note for 0.4 on sourceforge.net accessed on October 23^th, 2008.
14. ↑ Release note for 0.5 on sourceforge.net accessed on October 24^th, 2008.

[edit] External links

• SuperTuxKart homepage