Trosnoth

Trosnoth is a very very addictive and fun network team game written in Python and PyGame.

What is new in this release:

• Grenades are now colour-coded according to team
• Adjusted upgrade costs to balance game.
• New in-game chat interface.
• Added a "Game Over" game phase when you can hunt rabbits without bots getting in the way.
• New and updated achievements.
• Respawn gauge now shows countdown to game start.
• Rogue shots now look more like ye olde Trosnothe shottes.
• Server now has an XMPP bot that can notify people of running games.
• Replaced "Play Special" menu with "Server Settings".
• Added ability to change user password on authentication server.
• Added ability to select tournament mode if server supports it.
• Fixed bug where stars and grenades did not always appear in the correct place on all clients.
• Game no longer crashes on computers with no audio devices
• Various bug fixes.

What is new in version 1.5.1:

• New upgrades: machine gun, shoxwave, ninja. These replace the turret and phase shift upgrades.
• You can now tell what upgrades a player has by looking at them (e.g. players with machine gunner and shoxwave have a visibly different gun, player with minimap disruption wears a radar hat).
• New zone capture indicator on minimap: zones on minimap have coloured circle showing whether the zone can be captured or is in danger of capture.
• Players can now mark zones on the minimap to draw the attention of team-mates.
• Added practise mode (with bots) to menu.
• Authentication server lobby now adds bots players to the game up to a certain minimum number of total players.
• Authentication server now also runs a web server which displays player achievements.
• Initial work on "Trosnoth core", a web-based menu system for Trosnoth that integrates with the authentication server web site.
• When playing Trosnoth from the Trosnoth core, you now have the ability to add authentication servers other than the defaults.
• Console output is quieter: only errors are logged unless a debug flag is given.
• Some refactoring, including some efficiency gains.

What is new in version 1.4.1:

• Included achievement graphics in release package.
• Fixed spelling mistake in change log.

What is new in version 1.4.0:

• Updated graphics.
• Zone tags are no longer permitted after the game is over.
• Grenade explosions now kill everything in their blast, rather than firing shots in all directions.
• Grenade can now be launched in any direction, and they bounce.
• If a long time has passed since the last zone tag, stars start appearing which can be collected to increase your star count.
• Updated physics: you can no longer fall through the floor at certain buggy map locations.
• Updated physics: if you press and hold jump while in the air, you will jump the moment you touch ground.
• Simplified mechanism for purchasing upgrades: you now select an upgrade with number keys, and press space bar to buy and use it.
• When you first join the game, your ghost is now placed closer to where there is action.
• Added a lobby mode between games, where players can vote on the settings for the next game.
• When connecting to a server in lobby mode, you automatically join the game.
• Players can change their nickname from the menu, but only during lobby mode.
• Added Trosnoth authentication servers - users can create accounts so that their statistics and achievements can be recorded against the unique player.
• Added achievements.
• Added some sounds (disabled by default).
• Changed default team names to Standardators and Defaulticons (from Blue Team and Red Team).
• Removed internet game discovery protocol in favour of games registering themselves with a central server.
• Disabled pirate theme (until such a time as bugs in the way themes work can be fixed)
• Various miscellaneous bug fixes.

What is new in version 1.3.2:

• Fixed bug where if you joined a game mid-way through, you wouldn't get all the information about who owned what zone.
• Statistics now work even if you leave the game and rejoin.
• Connection error messages are now more informative.
• Fixed a bug regarding saving of streak statistics mid-game.
• Empty chat messages are no longer sent.
• Fixed bug where you didn't always lose your upgrade when you died.
• Increased speed of minimap disruption.
• Fixed very rare bug if two players on the same team bought minimap disruptions: this is no longer allowed.
• Fixed bug where if a team had a captain before you connected to the server, you could not see who the captain is.

What is new in version 1.3.1:

• Fixed replay saving, which did not work in 1.3.0.
• Fixed statistics saving, which did not work in 1.3.0.
• Fixed bug where players would sometimes jump when respawning.
• The total number of enemy stars is now shown on the leaderboard.
• Layout of keyboard settings page has been improved.
• Fixed bug where chat box would not vanish after sending message to team.

What is new in version 1.2.2:

• Fixed mouse drift and removed right-click to lock crosshairs.

What is new in version 1.2.1:

• Fixed a bug which caused the game to hang.

What is new in version 1.2.0:

• Settings menu can now be accessed from in the game.
• Themes have been added.
• Alt+Tab in full-screen mode minimises game (except on OSX).
• Physics change: players can walk along concave surfaces without leaving the ground.
• Right-clicking in full-screen mode locks the crosshairs.
• Display options for centring on player and to disable smooth panning.
• Click to respawn.
• Some UI changes.
• Various bug fixes.

Requirements:

• Python
• pygame
• Twisted