Antares (video game)

I’ve cut a release candidate for Antares 0.9.0: Download Antares 0.9.0~rc1 for Mac OS X 10.7+. Download the Antares 0.9.0~rc1 sources. Bugs and reports welcome! 0.9.0 brings a new, text-based plugin format. You can edit plugins in any …

Antares 0.8.3 has been released. This release runs on Mac OS X 10.7+ and Linux. Download Antares 0.8.3 for Mac OS X 10.7+. Install Antares 0.8.3 for Debian and Ubuntu. Download the Antares 0.8.3 sources. This is a minor release …

Antares 0.8.2 has been released. This release runs on Mac OS X 10.7+ and Linux. Download Antares 0.8.2 for Mac OS X 10.7+. Download the Antares 0.8.2 sources. Debian and Ubuntu users can also now install Antares directly through the built-in ... [More] package management system. Run the following commands from a terminal: $ sudo -s $ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sfiera/id/master/sfiera.asc | apt-key add - $ apt-add-repository "http://apt.arescentral.org contrib" $ apt-get update $ apt-get install antares $ exit This is a minor release. It includes support for earlier versions of Mac OS X, back to 10.7, and on Linux, integrates better with the system: Issue 173 (Build .deb for Debian and Ubuntu) Issue 184 (Look for scenarios in $PREFIX/share/games/antares/) Issue 186 (Supported OS X version not set correctly) Issue 181 (Use system libraries when possible) Issue 185 (Linux preferences reset on each run) Issue 183 (Warn when $PREFIX/share/antares/app is missing) Issue 182 (.gn missing from 0.8.1 source release) [Less]

Antares 0.8.2 has been released. This release runs on Mac OS X 10.7+ and Linux. Download Antares 0.8.2 for Mac OS X 10.7+. Download the Antares 0.8.2 sources. Debian and Ubuntu users can also now install Antares directly through the built-in package …

I’ve cut a release candidate for Antares 0.8.2: Download Antares 0.8.2~rc1 for Mac OS X 10.7+. Download the Antares 0.8.2~rc1 sources. As with all release candidates, bugs or reports are welcome. The 0.8.2 release should fix the following …

I’ve cut a release candidate for Antares 0.8.2: Download Antares 0.8.2~rc1 for Mac OS X 10.7+. Download the Antares 0.8.2~rc1 sources. As with all release candidates, bugs or reports are welcome. The 0.8.2 release should fix the following issues: ... [More] Issue 173 (Build .deb for Debian and Ubuntu) Issue 181 (Use system libraries when possible) Issue 182 (.gn missing from 0.8.1 source release) Issue 183 (Warn when $PREFIX/share/antares/app is missing) Issue 184 (Look for scenarios in $PREFIX/share/games/antares/) Issue 185 (Linux preferences reset on each run) Issue 186 (Supported OS X version not set correctly) As with 0.8.1, these are mostly of interest to Linux users, but for Mac users, the supported version of OS X has been rolled back to 10.7+ (it was formerly 10.9+). Debian and Ubuntu users can also now install Antares directly through the built-in package management system. Run the following commands from a terminal: $ sudo -s $ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sfiera/id/master/sfiera.asc | apt-key add - $ apt-add-repository "http://apt.arescentral.org contrib" $ apt-get update $ apt-get install antares $ exit [Less]

I’ve cut a release candidate for Antares 0.8.2: Download Antares 0.8.2~rc1 for Mac OS X 10.7+. Download the Antares 0.8.2~rc1 sources. As with all release candidates, bugs or reports are welcome. The 0.8.2 release should fix the following issues: ... [More] Issue 173 (Build .deb for Debian and Ubuntu) Issue 181 (Use system libraries when possible) Issue 182 (.gn missing from 0.8.1 source release) Issue 183 (Warn when $PREFIX/share/antares/app is missing) Issue 184 (Look for scenarios in $PREFIX/share/games/antares/) Issue 185 (Linux preferences reset on each run) Issue 186 (Supported OS X version not set correctly) As with 0.8.1, these are mostly of interest to Linux users, but for Mac users, the supported version of OS X has been rolled back to 10.7+ (it was formerly 10.9+). Debian and Ubuntu users can also now install Antares directly through the built-in package management system. Run the following commands from a terminal: $ sudo -s $ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sfiera/id/master/sfiera.asc | apt-key add - $ apt-add-repository "http://apt.arescentral.org contrib" $ apt-get update $ apt-get install antares $ exit [Less]

Antares 0.8.1 has been released. As before, this release runs on Mac OS X 10.9+ and Linux. Download Antares 0.8.1 for Mac OS X 10.9+. Download the Antares 0.8.1 sources. This is a minor release with a couple of enhancement for Linux …

Antares 0.8.1 has been released. As before, this release runs on Mac OS X 10.9+ and Linux. Download Antares 0.8.1 for Mac OS X 10.9+. Download the Antares 0.8.1 sources. This is a minor release with a couple of enhancement for Linux users: Issue ... [More] 158 (Add antares-launcher on Linux) Issue 166 (make install rule or documentation of needed files) As well as a few bug-fixes: Issue 83 (Replace “typedef Fixed” with “struct fixed32_t”) Issue 111 (Support tabbing out) Issue 127 (Gameplay stops during mission) [Less]

Great news just in: another Ambrosia classic has received an open source release. As of this week, Avara is now available as open source. There’s a lot of work that goes into creating a playable game from that (it took a year for Antares) but ... [More] releasing the code is the first step. If you’ve got the time, also check out the 20th Anniversary Livestream. To my knowledge, there are now three Ambrosia games from the MacOS Classic era that have been open-sourced: Avara, since 2016. Maelstrom, the oldest of the bunch, since 1999 (17 years!). The data files have also been freely available since 2010. And of course, Ares, since 2008. Aside from that, there are a couple of other projects in the open source community based on old Ambrosia games: Endless Sky is an EV-alike that I enjoyed playing through. While it introduces some new gameplay systems to distinguish itself (power! heat!) it really captured for me a lot of what I enjoyed about the original. delvmod is a set of tools for modding Cythera. The official release of Cythera was complete (but buggy) and had a mod patcher (but no tool for mod creation). delvmod has already been used to fix the fishing and Fetch bugs. For even more open-source games, like Bungie’s Abuse and Marathon, see osgameclones.com. [Less]