Description

XRally is a Linux clone of the classic Rally X arcade game. For those who don't know, in Rally X you control a blue (good) car, that has to collect yellow flags around a maze-like map, while avoiding the red (bad) cars. In order to help himself, the blue car can use clouds of smoke through the maze. If a enemy touch any of these clouds, it stops for a while. The enemy cars can also crash one with the other, what gives you some extra time.

XRally is written in C using only the basic Xlib and Xpm libraries. It's a project aimed mainly at newbie X11/Game programmers like me (but any experienced help is appreciated! :) )

This is the current progress for the version 1.0.pre2:

Graphics routines for initializing the display and drawing the map and the game sprites
Level loading from file. You can write your own levels easily
Basic car AI, so that if the blue car faces a wall and the player doesn't tell it where to go, it automatically chooses a side (the car can't stop!)
Basic enemy AI (very, very basic)
Menu for loading levels and maps
Game engine working. The player can can collect flags, use smoke, and has to check the fuel and avoid the enemies, who can also crash with each other
Nice score system, with extra points for remaining fuel and extra lives for big amounts of points
Nice graphics

What has to be done (see the file TODO in the distribution for more details):

Real enemy AI
Create more nice looking tiles
Create more real maps
Create a better splash screen

XRally is the result of the work of many talented people. Take a look at the authors page for details.
Special thanks to linuxgames for hosting the game
Homepage created by Ismael Orenstein (perdig@linuxbr.com.br)
Visit also my other project, KSnes9x .