Author Archives: alriddoch

Last chance to submit talks for FOSDEM Open Source Games Room

Posted on Friday 23rd of December, 2011 by alriddoch

Nils Kneuper has posted a reminder that the deadline for talk proposals for the Open Source Games Room at FOSDEM next year is less than 24 hours away. View the original proposal here. The idea for this room was born … Continue reading →

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An inspirational video from Terraria

Posted on Thursday 19th of May, 2011 by alriddoch

Terraria has just been released this week, and is a 2D game with a lot of similar elements to Minecraft. Check out the video below for some of the amazing things their world simulation can do, including blasting out the … Continue reading →

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GSoC applications are now open

Posted on Tuesday 29th of March, 2011 by alriddoch

Google have announced that student applications are now open for their Summer of Code program until next Friday April 8th. WorldForge has been accepted once again, so we are hoping to take on a number of students. If you are … Continue reading →

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Cyphesis 0.5.26 Release

Posted on Wednesday 2nd of March, 2011 by alriddoch

Cyphesis version 0.5.26 has been released and is now available from the WorldForge download site. Cyphesis is a small to medium scale server for WorldForge games, with builtin AI. This version includes the demo game Mason which is currently in … Continue reading →

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I built this!

Posted on Monday 28th of February, 2011 by alriddoch

I built this all by myself, with only a little teeny bit of resorting to admin access! With the recent addition of a new task type to Mason, it is now possible to use a shovel tool to raise a … Continue reading →

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WorldForge History

Posted on Monday 17th of January, 2011 by alriddoch

An old article on WorldForge from 2001 has recently been republished here and is well worth a read. It gives interesting insights into the ambitious goals we have had since the beginning nearly 13 years ago, and how many of … Continue reading →

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Improvements to the forums and blog

Posted on Sunday 16th of January, 2011 by alriddoch

Comments and discussions on this blog, and the Community Forums are now much more open. Since I introduced both services over five years ago, keeping spam comments under control has proved very difficult, and for a a while all forum … Continue reading →

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Your own desert island

Posted on Friday 7th of January, 2011 by alriddoch

Here is a video of me creating a small island from scratch in four minutes. It shows how to select the Terrain Editor from the admin menu, and then how to drag and adjust the control points to get the … Continue reading →

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Year 2010 in review

Posted on Tuesday 4th of January, 2011 by alriddoch

It’s the middle of winter, so what better time for a beach party? A bit cold for that? Perhaps I’ll write up what happened last year then. For me 2010 was pretty quiet as far as WorldForge was concerned, but … Continue reading →

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Cyphesis 0.5.25 Release

Posted on Wednesday 17th of November, 2010 by alriddoch

Cyphesis version 0.5.25 has been released and is now available from the WorldForge download site. Cyphesis is a small to medium scale server for WorldForge games, with builtin AI. This version includes the demo game Mason which is currently in … Continue reading →

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