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Depot Games: sparklet
Current Version: 0.9.9
Project Status: Beta Release
Links: Web Site
Category: Space Shooters
Developers: Milan Mimica
Number of Players: 8 (Game Server)
Ports: Linux, Windows
Source Code: Available
Author's Description: Sparklet is a networked multiplayer 2D space shooting game where the player pilots a space ship and fights other players. Different maps, space ships and game modes are available. It is written in pure ansi c++ and runs well on linux and Windows.
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What's New:
0.9.9
- Upgrades in the libraries the game uses
- Fixed a problem when player connected with the same name
- A scoring fix in team deathmatch mode
- Lots of other improvements and bugfixes
0.9.8
- IP addresses of the public internet game servers is obtained from the web
- added 9 new sounds
0.9.7
- implemented command interpreter (console) inside message lister
- message lister now supports multiple colors
- message writer now has the history feature
- added commands to change map, team, kick someone from the game etc.
- fixed a team deathmatch scoring bug
- delayed flushing of config file until the game (gracefully) exits
0.9.6
- more server security fixes
- workaround crash on Intel915 graphics
- other minor bugfixes
0.9.5
- many security fixes
- a first public internet game server
- smaller packages
- a lot of minor bugfixes
0.9.4
- many critical bugfixes
0.9.3
- plenty of minor bugfixes
- a new map and new sounds
0.9.2
- critical bugfixes and collision reaction improvements
0.9.1
- fixed variety of minor bugs
- redesigned map selecor
- added a new map
0.9.0
- added ping time to the score rang list
- added who killed who no notifications
- made message writer automatically hide after the message has been sent
- not using 100% CPU all the time any more, unless an option manually set
- enhaced timing code to provide much smoother gameplay on lower FPS
- fixed some minor camera and bombs related bugs
- added MS Visual Studio 2005 project files
- fixed swapped stereo channels
- added sinusoidal motion of fuzzygun's secundary fire mode
- reduced possibility of accidental self-shooting
- made some bitmaps power-of-two sized, still not sure why did that
- added a new weapon
0.9alpha15
- added a new ship
- implemented ship selector
- fixed weapon status freeze
- added a server option to send some more packets over the reliable protocol
- planty of minor improvements
0.9alpha14
- optimized collision detection code a bit more
- cleaned up physics code to be more physically correct
- major changes it the underlying network library
- made smart camera follow to avoid map edges
- fixes a crash when X11 server was running at 16 bpp color depth
- planty of minor improvements
0.9alpha13
- two new weapons
- new map
- background stars
- sound subsystem
- a lot of bugfixes and optimizations all over the code
0.9alpha10
- made network protocol immune to packet loss, reordering and corruption
- made standalone command line server version of sparklet (sparklet_s)
- linux x86 binary package
- a lot of minor bugfixes and stability/usability/performance enhancements
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Public Opinion Overall Rating: 8.0
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