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 OpenArena Mappack (b4)

AM/NK's OpenArena Mappack (b4)

Mar 23, 2009 Multiplayer Map 3 comments

My mappack for OpenArena. ATM 11 maps, 6 CTF and 5 DM.

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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vus
vus Jul 8 2009, 6:19am says:

this looks cheap. even for a free game :/

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leilei
leilei Jul 11 2009, 7:42am replied:

$0 budget does that

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Eagle12687
Eagle12687 Mar 24 2009, 9:35am says:

I discovered something. Quake III: Arena maps are compatible with Open Arena! Just place them in Open Arena as you would Quake III: Arena! Of course if any of the original textures from Quake III: Arena are used in the map, then they appear as a black and white grid. I think that the makers of Open Arena should go to Planetquake.gamespy.com and ask the level makers if they mind converting their levels over. That could make the library of high quality maps in Open Arena huge! Just my recommendation anyway. They'd have to use all non-Id textures of course.

Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

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Neon_Knight
Neon_Knight Oct 3 2009, 7:53am replied:

And part of their work has been already included in OA, in the form of retexturized maps.

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leilei
leilei Mar 24 2009, 11:30am replied:

the 'levelmakers' mostly got jobs in the industry and have moved on though. Some gpl their old works though (like vondur and rpg)

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Neon_Knight
Neon_Knight Mar 23 2009, 8:37pm says:

Sometimes is better to leave those haters/whiners alone.
When we need them to test what we've done, they don't appear, they just like to whine "OMGOASUXS0B4D!!!".

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SolidSnakeXL
SolidSnakeXL Feb 25 2009, 4:21pm replied:

I know, who wouldnt like it?

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f0rqu3
f0rqu3 Mar 1 2009, 2:01pm replied:

haha those haters!

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SolidSnakeXL
SolidSnakeXL Feb 25 2009, 4:23pm replied:

bah who needs these newfangled games anyway

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leilei
leilei Feb 28 2009, 4:29am replied:

answer: every cool kid on the block that has to have the latest sepia tone hyped up 'epic' so their lunches won't be stolen at their elementary school by the bullies

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