Gaming Daily A-Z

Rigs of Rods is going open source . How cool is that? Rigs of Rods (also known as RoR), is a truck, car, airplane and boat simulator. You can drive, fly or sail in total freedom in an open environment. What makes RoR different to most simulators is its unique soft-body physics: vehicles chassis and wheels are simulated in real-time as flexible objects, giving the simulation an extremely accurate behavior, while allowing the vehicles to be simply specified by their structural composition, as a network of interconnected nodes (forming the chassis and the wheels). Crashing into walls or terrain can permanently deform a vehicle in a realistic manner. In addition to its unique soft-body physics, RoR also features an advanced flight model based on blade element theory, allowing the accurate simulation of any airplane, base on their physical dimensions and wing airfoils. It also features an accurate buoyancy model based on elemental pressure gradients, enabling boats with complex hulls to m...

I shall be brief, for I am in my briefs, and briefly available to briefly brief you. Warzone2100 2.1rc1 - the first release to include the original game sound track. Read the announcement and the changelog for more details. It's like Command and Conquer. Except it's good. See video: Rising up... mmmmm mmmm... took my time took my chances... aaaah ooo... just a man and his will to survive... nmmmm mmmmm... its the Eye of the Tiger!" Gotta love that track. There's a new development release of Oolite , the elite-inspired game. Version 1.72 ( announcement , changelog ) has been a while coming and, as such, contains a long list of fixes. Looks pretty stable to me but *shrugs* not my project. FreeCol 0.8.0alpha3 - fixes a few bugs, they say. Vacuum Magic is R-Type style 2D side scrolling shoot 'em up action, and all Free Software. The game topic is a little off beat but the gameplay is pretty neat and there's plenty of levels to play. Check out the video...