Stand-Alone Quake3 Mod Tremulous Released

feTzu over at esreality has wrote: (not an Aprils fools :o/ ) Looks good...downloading.

The quake3 mod tremulous has just been released as a stand-alone game (which means you do not need to own a copy of quake3 in order to play). It is based off the icculus.org/quake3 codebase, which adds a bunch of new features such as OpenAL with Surround Sound support.

Here is the description given in the 'about' page:

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Tremulous is a free, open source game that blends a team based FPS with elements of an RTS. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans. Players on both teams are able to build working structures in-game like an RTS. These structures provide many functions, the most important being spawning. The designated builders must ensure there are spawn structures or other players will not be able to rejoin the game after death. Other structures provide automated base defense (to some degree), healing functions and much more...

Player advancement is different depending on which team you are on. As a human, players are rewarded with credits for each alien kill. These credits may be used to purchase new weapons and upgrades from the "Armoury". The alien team advances quite differently. Upon killing a human foe, the alien is able to evolve into a new class. The more kills gained the more powerful the classes available.

The overall objective behind Tremulous is to eliminate the opposing team. This is achieved by not only killing the opposing players but also removing their ability to respawn by destroying their spawn structures.

There is a preview /promotion video avaliable; and the mod can be downloaded here Windows & Linux

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Esreality