Wormux
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| Wormux | |
|---|---|
 Wormux 0.8 beta 4 | |
| Genre | Turn-based strategy |
| Code license | GPL |
| Media license | GPL |
| Latest release | 0.8.2 |
| Release date | October 20th, 2008 |
| Library | SDL |
Wormux is a Worms-like game that is licensed under the GPL, including its data.[1][2] The latest version of the game is 0.8.2 released on October 20th, 2008.[3]
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[edit] Gameplay
The players control teams of cartoon-style free software mascots and use various weapons to kill each other. Teams are made up of mascots from the GNU, Linux, FreeBSD, KDE, GIMP, OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird, Workrave, NuFW and SPIP projects.
Although strategy is required to win, Wormux is preeminently a "convivial mass murder" game in which, turn by turn, each member of each team attempts to produce the maximum amount of damage to his opponents.
[edit] Development
The author of Wormux approached Team17, the authors of the orginal Worms series, asking for approval to develop a free software clone. Team17 gave no approval but didn't tell the Wormux project to stop.[4]
It used the SDL library.[5]
[edit] Version history
- 0.8 released on May 20th, 2008.[6]
- 0.8.1 released on September 17th, 2008.[7]
- 0.8.2 released on October 20th, 2008
[edit] References
- ↑ Copyright text file on Wormux' SVN repository
- ↑ Wormux-data's copyright file at Debian packages
- ↑ Wormux blog post on 0.8.2
- ↑ Email from Team17 on Wormux' wiki
- ↑ Wormux package entry for Debian Sid
- ↑ Womux blog post on 0.8
- ↑ Wormux blog post on 0.8.1
