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Wolfire has noted the latest requisite update to their latest Humble Indie Bundle:

We’ve added Dungeons of Dredmor as a beat-the-average game to the Humble Introversion Bundle! If you’ve already purchased the Humble Introversion Bundle, check your download page to access it! Otherwise, you’ll have to pay more than the average price on the site in order to receive Dungeons of Dredmor (as well as Aquaria and Crayon Physics Deluxe).

In addition, all Humble Introversion Bundle customers now have access to the source code for Darwinia, Multiwinia, DEFCON, and Uplink! Introversion has distributed their source code before by offering “developer editions” of their games — and they’re doing so on an unprecedented scale with the Humble Introversion Bundle. Not only do all purchasers get access to the source code for Darwinia, Multiwinia, DEFCON, and Uplink, but they also get access to developer forums and wikis exclusively for those interested in making cool modifications to the games.

Dungeons of Dredmor is a fresh yet faithful take on the “roguelike” genre, featuring deep character customization, turn-based gameplay, and unrelenting difficulty that makes each victory sweeter than the last. Dredmor’s randomly generated levels and huge roster of items, skills, and abilities make for a vastly replayable dungeon-crawling experience. If you’ve already purchased the bundle, the game should already be on your download page.

We’re used to seeing cool stuff from arrangements like this — after the first Humble Indie Bundle went open source, the intrepid developer and hacker FrozenCow patched the physics platformer Gish to include the ability to grow and shrink the protagonist, a neat update that demonstrated new gameplay possibilities.

There are only seven days left to pay what you want for the Humble Introversion Bundle: Darwinia, Multiwinia, DEFCON, and Uplink and beating the average gets you Dungeons of Dredmor, and the award-winning Aquaria and Crayon Physics Deluxe as well! Support charity and DRM-free, cross-platform gaming by picking up the Humble Introversion Bundle today!

Ryan “icculus” Gordon, Time “Zakk” Doctor, and crew have launched a sequel project to ioquake3: iodoom3:

We’re still getting everything set-up, for now please file patches into bugzilla.icculus.org

You can chat with like-minded individuals on irc.freenode.net, in the #iodoom3channel.

You can subscribe to the mailing list here.

You can have a web-forum discussion with coolguys.jpg here.

We’re on twitter.

TODO on iodoom3 itself:

• Add SDL for portability on input handling and window management.
• cmake for building
• Cleanup compile-time errors
• 64bit
• installers for the top three platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux)

TODO on services:

• wiki (probably mediawiki)
• web-irc
• site that doesn’t look like a default wordpress theme

been playing?

The Humble Bundle crew (hey Wolfire!) has a new bundle!

Be sure to pay what you want for Darwinia, Multiwinia, DEFCON, and Uplink — the complete catalog from the British indie studio, Introversion! If you beat the average price, you also receive Aquaria and Crayon Physics Deluxe!

I’m pretty sure this is the first Linux release for Multiwinia, and all of the games are AWESOME, so go get it!

Thanks to TTimo for the heads up!

I’m a little drunk, which is appropriate as it’s time to celebrate: id Software has released the source code to id Tech 4, aka the Doom 3 engine, on GitHub:

Game data and patching:
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This source release does not contain any game data, the game data is still
covered by the original EULA and must be obeyed as usual.

You must patch the game to the latest version.

Note that Doom 3 and Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil are available from the Steam store at

http://store.steampowered.com/app/9050/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/9070/

Other platforms, updated source code, security issues:
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If you have obtained this source code several weeks after the time of release,
it is likely that you can find modified and improved
versions of the engine in various open source projects across the internet.
Depending what is your interest with the source code, those may be a better
starting point.

[...]

Compiling on GNU/Linux x86:
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The build system on GNU/Linux is based on SCons: http://www.scons.org/
Issue the scons command in the neo/ folder.

[...]

Back End Rendering of Stencil Shadows:
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The Doom 3 GPL source code release does not include functionality enabling rendering
of stencil shadows via the “depth fail” method, a functionality commonly known as
“Carmack’s Reverse”.

16BitSoft has announced a new version of their free open-source cross-platform multi-player Tetris game, TetriCrisis. This game allow up to 4 player simultaneous action and supports keyboard and 1-3 USB joysticks.

Download: [ TetriCrisis 4 100% A.I ]

This post was submitted by JeZ+Lee.

A new development version of Wine, version 1.3.33, has been announced. New feature in this release include:

• Support for text output in the DIB engine.
• Improved support for HTTP proxies.
• New version of the Gecko engine.
• A number of cursor fixes.
• Some fixes in bidirectional text layout.
• Various bug fixes.

Download: [ Wine 1.3.33 ]

After several years S2 Games has allowed community leaders to update their FPS/RTS title Savage 2: A Tortured Soul.

The game is still free to play. Anyone may register a new account and download the game.

Changelog:

Version 2.1.0.3

This is the first in a series of long-overdue updates to improve Savage 2.

Fixes:
- Shapeshifter sacrifice glowing fixed (EvilRebel)
- Footsteps now make the appropriate terrain sounds (eaxs)
- Lighter global Malphas effects (t1ck)
- Map editor brushes fixed (eaxs and Dark_Strider)
- Many fixes for existing maps

Improvements:
- Significant improvements were made to animations for the drawing of weapons by all characters. Major work from Dark_Strider.
- Behemoth armor upgrades are now implemented (Dark_Strider).
- Unit, skill and item descriptions correction
- Email verification for new accounts
- Brand new map: Duskwood by Dark_Strider.

This post was submitted by Nemoder.

Desura‘s Linux client is no longer in private beta, anyone may now make an account and download the software.
The following games are available now with more titles being added regularly:

This post was submitted by Nemoder.

id Software founder and lead programmer John Carmack updated his .plan fi– err, Twitter account to announce the id Tech 4 engine which powered Doom 3 will be released soon:

adamix_
@ID_AA_Carmack Please release idtech4 source code soon, or Shambler will kill me for waiting too long :(

@ID_AA_Carmack
@adamix_ doom 3 source is packaged and tested, we are waiting on final lawyer clearance for release.