It's a game designed to be Free Software. It uses the id Tech 3 engine source code (which is released under the GNU General Public License v2), and fills in the blank with all new media to make a game.

  • It's not a 'scavenge the internet for stuff' compilation project, the only things scavenged are some maps, which are OKAY because their source was released under the GPL.
  • Everything is strictly open source so they can be improved forever (and ever). 
  • The additional "Missionpack" game types and weapons are merged into the base, so you get to lay the mines in overload maps. 
  • There's more game types than the base game, like Domination, Last Man Standing, and what not. 
  • Uses ioq3 for various feature additions, but it is not ioq3 dependent; it's also intended to be vanilla compatible. (The only thing that won't work is ogg music) 
  • The art direction is different and not strictly 'gothic'. There's more of a eastern slant than the usual 'put skulls n' blood all over it's cool' you find in most games. 
  • It's not next-gen, and computer compatibility range is wide enough to run on that dusty Pentium II in your attic. 
  • There are bots, perfect for when you're stranded on an island. 
  • There's also people playing it on the internet.
  • It is Free Software, so there's no guilt in downloading it and redistributing it.

OpenArena is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 - data and engine. Anyone can contribute to it, if it complies with the GNU GPL.

WARNING: OpenArena contains Mature Content. I'm serious. If you don't like shooting the bloody guts and beating hearts out of voluptuous barely modest combatants then don't play it, or play without the mature pk3 file and use com_blood 0/cg_showGibs 0 (but be aware that pure servers may not agree with this).

This game has Adult Content. Rated by TIGRS™

Mild Language
Intense Fantasy Violence
Blood and Gore
Suggestive Themes

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OpenArena Progress Report #2

2009-09-12


The color of the pen is rrrrrrr.....ROYAL BLUE


For a while i've been playing with colors for the classic menu system to break the hardcoded tradition of red/orange graphics that has been for all versions. The background is animated and I have no new buttons yet.  In the screenshot, there's also VoIP support picked up from ioq3 as well.



Spacekrieg

ArmageddonMan on the forums has been mapping for a bit and i've only just recently committed his map pack to the SVN. The map at the top is called Space Contact. Over below that is a joint production between Bozceq and ArmageddonMan for a map called Blitzkrieg 2.


Revenge of the cats

Neko is no longer an Angelyss skin anymore. She is now getting her own player model, hopefully looking great once she gets her joints all figured out. The skin is incomplete to the point there's still no clothing so all I can show here is just a wire view.  The double-skirt )one is asymmetrical, the other is just symmetrical, in UV mapping) allows many improvisations to the creative opportunities for skinning.  Also (for you pervs) she has the biggest chest in the game which makes her the final new 'mature' model. SHE'S ALSO FROM JAPAN, SO KAWAII =<^_^>=

 

Coming Up Next Week: what the font!!?

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AM/NK's 16-map mappack (v4)

AM/NK's 16-map mappack (v4)

Mar 23, 2009 Multiplayer Map 2 comments

My 16-map mappack for OpenArena. Plus, some extras.

OpenArena 0.8.1 ZIP archive

OpenArena 0.8.1 ZIP archive

Oct 31, 2008 Full Version 13 comments

This is the Windows/Linux/Mac version of OpenArena 0.8.1 archived in the ZIP format.

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Lord_Smithers
Lord_Smithers Oct 22 2009, 12:32am says:

Shut your god damn hole Nandos!

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Hungry_Nandos
Hungry_Nandos Oct 21 2009, 9:52pm says:

die you beasts

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Hungry_Nandos
Hungry_Nandos Oct 21 2009, 9:51pm buried:

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crap game

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leilei
leilei Sep 29 2009, 7:43am says:

crap! my last two weekly updates aren't here. I must have hit preview instead of submit. SUNUVABTHC

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Neon_Knight
Neon_Knight Oct 1 2009, 5:04pm replied:

Repost them then. :P

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Reock
Reock Sep 12 2009, 8:08pm says:

Reock's Reveiws!

Hey not bad, first off ITS FREE, thats always a bonus and when its free and dosnt make my computer explode, even better. For anyone who ever wanted to try Quake3 but didn't spend the money at the time, or don't want to go back and spend less money for a out of date game, this game here is perfect. You get all of the fast 'frag fest' goodness, gorey explosions and the occasional skimpy clad character model...did I mention terminator style skele robots and cat girls? Its not a graphical powerhouse, don't get me wrong there, this puppy ain't no Halo 3, but on the other hand its quite small and easy to run. Won't take most people three days to download and no need for some dual core processor powered by god and video cards that make bill gates weep.

If your looking for something to do, or something for your friends to do, this works quite well, just download it, slap in some bots (which for the record, fight dirty, dont fallow them they always have a rocket launcher stashed somewhere in that bikini.) and go to town, my only thought in hindsight is a real single player campaign (ala half-life, not player vs bots arena match.) would be nice to see, but this engine might not be suitable for that sort of thing.

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shotgun_org
shotgun_org Sep 12 2009, 9:38am says:

Man you guys are good at modding the engine to get what you need.

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Baron_Vengeous
Baron_Vengeous Jul 30 2009, 2:45am says:

It's alright but Q3A is better.

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Hungry_Nandos
Hungry_Nandos Oct 19 2009, 9:40pm replied:

i agree with your comment vengeous

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leilei
leilei Aug 2 2009, 12:57am replied:

q3a has millions of dollars worth in funding. Your point?

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