Plee the Bear
| Plee the Bear | |
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 Plee the Bear tutorial level | |
| Genre | Platform game |
| Latest release | 0.7.1 |
| Release date | February 8 2017 |
| Developers | Julien Jorge, Sébastien Angibaud and contributors[1] |
| Code license | GPL |
| Media license | CC BY-SA v3 |
| Engine | Bear Engine |
| P. language | C++ |
| Library | SDL |
| Homepage | https://web.archive.org/web/20180201004909/http://www.stuff-o-matic.com/plee-the-bear/ |
| Contribute | |
| Plee the Bear is a free game. This means that the source code and media files are available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. | |
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Plee the Bear is a 2D platform game in which the player controls a bear in single or multiplayer mode. As of 2015-01-07, the latest version of the game is 0.7.
The game's source code is licensed under the GNU GPL v3, while the game's media is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license v3.[2][3]
It is written in the C++ programming language using the SDL library.
Development[edit]
It is mainly developed by Julien Jorge and Sébastien Angibaud, with the help of several contributors[1].
Since the end of april 2010, the website features a weblog where news on the upcoming releases are presented. A forum has also been installed for better exchanges with the users.
History[edit]
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2007-03-22 | A testing release |
| 2008-01-03 | First demo available |
| 2008-01-06 | Now works on x86_64 |
| 2008-01-09 | Website interface update |
| 2008-01-13 | Improved demo |
| 2008-03-27 | 0.2 released |
| 2008-07-09 | 0.3 released |
| 2009-08-23 | 0.4 released |
| ? | 0.5 released |
| ? | 0.7 released |
| 2017-02-08 | 0.7.1 released |
Availability[edit]
- Web site
Is currently down but the source code can be found on GitHub. See link to archive below. The game’s web site until 2014 provided:
- the source code for the game and the editor (in one archive)
- Ubuntu packages
- standalone Linux .tar.gz
- Windows XP .exe
- Debian GNU/Linux and GNU/kFreeBSD
- As of 2009-10-02, Debian testing (squeeze) includes packages with version 0.4.1-2 for amd64 hppa i386 ia64 mips mipsel sparc, unstable also includes packages for kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386. There is also a 0.2.1-2 package for m68k.[4]
- Editors are provided as a package called "bear-factory", version 0.4.1-2, for amd64 hppa i386 ia64 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel sparc.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Contributors list on the project's wiki
- ↑ See Plee The Bear's LICENSE file
- ↑ License section on the game's git repository.
- ↑ http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=plee-the-bear&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=main
- ↑ http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=bear-factory&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all§ion=main