The Castle

The Castle is an open source first-person shooter (FPS) game in a dark fantasy setting.

Your main weapon is a sword, so the fight is mostly short-range. 3 main levels included, packed with creatures, items and sounds.

Installation:

Extract downloaded archive to /usr/local/share/castle/ or $HOME/.castle.data/. You can move or symlink the executable castle to any place you like (e.g. $HOME/bin or /usr/local/bin). Run the game by running castle.

What is new in this release:

• This version tries harder to run in full screen mode now: in case it can't switch the screen resolution, It will use the current resolution.
• The code was upgraded to use Castle Game Engine 4.1.1, making it possible to use levels that refer to network resources.

What is new in version 1.0.0:

• The code has been upgraded to use the latest Castle Game Engine version 4.0.0, which brings many improvements and optimizations.
• Creatures are now a little smarter and more configurable.
• Collisions are handled in a uniform fashion, which fixes some problems with creature vs. creature collisions (for example, a creature can now step over the corpse of another creature).
• Collisions with the ground when the creature was pushed by a force are now fixed.
• The game data and source code are much simpler and easier to extend.
• Levels and creatures load much faster and require less memory.

What is new in version 0.9.4:

• Updated to use "Castle Game Engine" 3.0.0.
• Faster loading of 3D resources (levels, creatures, and such).
• The ability to design custom levels using X3D, with shader effects and other features from the latest engine version.

What is new in version 0.8.3:

• The VRML engine was updated to the newest version.
• This provides fixes for Mesa3d (especially on Intel GPUs) and frustum culling optimizations.

What is new in version 0.8.2:

• Support for the OpenAL-Soft implementation was fixed.
• OpenAL-Soft is detected now, new enumeration of available sound devices works, and everything else works as with older OpenAL implementations.

Requirements:

• libpng
• OpenGL
• OpenAl