diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index adcd5d2..cf2b058 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -215,8 +215,8 @@

- This game is not just a mere entertainment, it is an art that - categorically rejects capitalist technology. + This is an experiment and art that categorically rejects capitalist + technology.

screenshots @@ -224,13 +224,15 @@ MORE THAN A GAME

- This is not a mere entertainment toy meant for killing time or pursuing low - goals such as making profit, this is art, a tool, a blueprint, a manifesto. - Anarch is completely gratis and free as in freedom and besides entertainment - can also be used for hacking, education, research, media creation, as a benchmark, - as a test, as an environment, as an engine, as a basis for something greater. - You are not limited by anything. Nothing is hidden, everything is allowed, - no burdens are imposed. + This is not a mere entertainment or toy meant for killing time or pursuing + low goals such as making profit or something to put on portfolio, this is + much more. Anarch is completely gratis and free as in freedom and + besides entertainment can also be used for education, research, hacking, media + creation, as a benchmark, as a test, as an environment, as an engine, as + a basis for something greater. You are not limited by anything, there are + no conditions to agree to. Nothing is hidden, everything is allowed, no + burdens are imposed. The best motivation to creating something is only + pure love of creation for its own sake, unburdened by any other goals.

screenshots @@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ including the engine, graphics, sounds, music, even the font and palette, so that I could eventually give up all my rights and dedicate this game fully and completely to the public domain, - to you, my dear fellow human being. No one shoud be allowed to own + to you, my dear fellow human being. No one should be allowed to own information and art.

diff --git a/media/texts.txt b/media/texts.txt index eb14e4c..e97a91e 100644 --- a/media/texts.txt +++ b/media/texts.txt @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ info see the website at or the repository at . The game has been ported to: - GNU/Linux, SDL +- GNU/Linux, CSFML - GNU/Linux, terminal - web browser, emscripten - Pokitto (220x116, 48 MHz ARM, 36 KB RAM, 256 KB flash) @@ -90,8 +91,9 @@ As a game, Anarch offers: - 6 weapons using 3 types of ammo - 7 types of enemies - optional primitive save/load system +- bosses - optional mouse support -- hidden secrets +- a few hidden secrets/easter eggs ======== short manual ======== @@ -134,9 +136,11 @@ general controls: I am releasing the version 1.0 of my uber game Anarch! + + It's a Doom-like first person shooter with 10 levels. It is completely public domain (CC0), so you can do whatever you wish with it: mod it, hack it, break -it, share it, even sell it. You can just grab it and start playing, however the +it, share it, even sell it. You can just grab it and start playing. The project has also become a manifesto of my philosophies, going beyond simple entertainment purpose, so if you wish to check it out further, visit @@ -151,17 +155,26 @@ platform and you can also play it on your computer, in a browser (), or on other consoles. However, it all started here, with the Pokitto community, when a few years back Pokitto showed me the joy of programming simple HW, when I began to play around with raycasting, which later -resutlted in raycastlib and eventually this game. Fot this I thank all of you. +resutlted in raycastlib and eventually this game. Fot this I thank you, the +amazing community. -Controls are: +downloads: + + + + + +controls: - arrows: movement - A: shoot, confirm - B: hold for strafing, cancel -- C + A, C + B: switch weapons +- C + A/left, C + B/right: switch weapons - C + up: jump - C + down: menu + + Enjoy! ========== gb meta =========== @@ -175,22 +188,25 @@ anything with it. It is a small manifesto to some ideas I hold: if you wish to know more, visit the game's website at or the repo at . You can also play the game in browser at . -I didn't spend too much time on the GB Meta port and I think it could be done -better, maybe rendered in higher resolution, with music and game's sounds. If -anyone skilled with Meta wants to pursue this task, just go ahead :) +I am not so knowledgeable about lower level Gamebuino, so I think this port can +be further imporved. If you could access the display directly, maybe you could +get more performance and better rendering. Also I couldn't figure out a way to +play the game's 8bit 8 kHz sounds, so I just play Gamebuino's sounds, maybe this +could be fixed. If anyone skilled with Meta wants to pursue this task, just go +ahead :) -Controls are: +controls: - arrows: movement - A: shoot, confirm - B: hold for strafing, cancel -- menu + A, menu + B: switch weapons +- menu + A/left, menu + B/right: switch weapons - menu + up: jump - menu + down: go to menu ======== opengameart ========= -These are the assets from my public domain Doom-like game Anarch (). +These are assets from my public domain Doom-like game Anarch (). I have made them all completely myself, from scratch, including taking my own photos, recording my own sounds etc. I release them all under CC0 1.O, public domain, for any use whatsoever. @@ -202,22 +218,26 @@ recordings. ======== social nets ========= -# Finally releasing my suckless game Anarch! +# Releasing my long in development suckless game Anarch! -I have spent a few years on this game. It is very special, one of its kind, a -manifesto to the ideas and philosophies I hold. +Hello, I am releasing my game that's a manifesto to the ideas and philosophies +I hold. -The game is extremely small, completely public domain (CC0) free software, has +It is extremely small, completely public domain (CC0) free software, has no-dependencies, is extremely portable, suckless, made completely from-scratch in the 90s-style of the original Doom. I made it for the benefit of all living beings and am now sharing it with you. Enjoy and spread it around! + + website: repository: play in browser: +#game #libregame #suckless #freesoftware #freeculture #publicdomain #CC0 #indie + ======= video trailer ======= This is a trailer for my public domain Doom-like game Anarch. The game is very @@ -228,74 +248,69 @@ It is completely free, both as in gratis and freedom. To get it, visit ====== wikimedia commons ===== -This is a screenshot from a public domain game Anarch which I made. All assets -in the game and the whole software were created completely by me and are -released under CC0, as is this screenshot. - -This is my gameplay recording of a public domain game Anarch which I made. All -assets in the game and the whole software were created completely by me and are -released under CC0, as is this recording. - -This is a public domain trailer of a public domain game Anarch which I made. All -assets in the game and the whole software were created completely by me and are -released under CC0, as is this trailer. - -This is a bytebeat soundtrack from a public domain game Anarch which I made. All -assets in the game and the whole software were created completely by me and are -released under CC0, as is this soundtrack. +This is a screenshot from a public domain game Anarch which I have made. All +assets in the game and the whole software were created completely by me from +scratch and are released under CC0, as is this screenshot. The game uses software rendering using raycasting and a custom 256 color palette. ======= libregamewiki ======== -Anarch is a completely public domain, free software, 90s-style anarcho-pacifist -Doom-like libre game. It was created by drummyfish, made with a special -philosophy in mind. +Anarch is a completely public domain, free software, suckless 90s-style +anarcho-pacifist Doom-like libre game. It was created by drummyfish, completely +from scratch. The game's aim is to experiment with a different game development +philosophy. -The game is made for entertainment, but also as a manifesto of certain +ABOUT + +Anarch is made for entertainment but also as a manifesto of certain philosophies and ideas, including suckless programming, extreme portability, anti-copyright, selflessness and anarcho-pacifism. -The game is special by its properties, which include: - -- Extremely small size, the game can fit into , including all assets. -- Very low hardware demands, being able to run on embedded CPUs. -- No library dependencies – The game is written in pure C without any I/O, which - is left for each platform's frontend to implement. -- Implementation simplicity – no build system is needed, only a single file - needs to be compiled. The whole source code has lines of code. -- All assets are part of the source code, so no filesystem is required for the - game. -- Extreme portability thanks to the above. Official ports exist for PC, browser - and embedded consoles like Pokitto and Gamebuino Meta. -- Made completely from scratch with only free software, including the engine and - assets. -- Completely public domain status, being released under CC0. - The game is a "pseudo 3D" first person shooter, like Doom, and consists of 10 levels. The graphics uses a 256 color palette and is a little simpler than that of Doom, having e.g. no textures on floor and ceiling and using just 32x32 pixel images. The engine uses software rendering and 2D raycasting for rendering. -There are multiple enemy types, weapons and items to pick up. Music is +There are multiple enemy types, weapons and items to pick up. Music is 8bit and procedurally generated (utilizing so called bytebeat). +FEATURES + +Some of the aspects of the game worth mentioning are: + +- Extremely small size, being able to fit into 200 KB, including all assets. +- Very low hardware demands, being able to run on 40 MHz embedded CPUs. +- No library dependencies – The game core is written in pure C without any I/O, + which is left for each platform's frontend to implement. +- Implementation simplicity – no build system is needed, only a single file + needs to be compiled. The whole source code has lines of code. +- All assets are part of the source code so no filesystem is required for the + game to run. +- Extreme portability thanks to the above. Official ports exist for PC, + terminal, web browser and embedded consoles like Pokitto and Gamebuino Meta. +- Made completely from scratch with only free software, including the engine, + assets and media. +- Completely public domain status, made completely from scratch by a single + person and released under CC0 (with an additional waiver of patents). + ===== freegamedev forum ====== Hello, -I am releasing version 1.0 of my suckless game Anarch that I've been working -on on evenings for a few years now. +I am releasing version 1.0 of my suckless game Anarch which I've been working +on on evenings for maybe two years. It's probably a little different from what you expect from a typical modern -game, it looks like from early 90s and will seem backwards and dumb at first, -but it's just trying to do things differently. It's not just a game but also a -manifesto of some ideas I hold. +game as it is a little experimental and purposfully trying to do things +differently. It looks like from early 90s and will seem shitty and backwards, +but it's just aiming for different goals than wide popularity or making profit. +It's not just a game but also a manifesto of some ideas I hold. It is extremely small, completely public domain, no-dependency, no-file, -portable suckless anarcho-pacifist from-scratch 90s-style Doom clone that runs -everywhere, made for the benefit of all living beings. For more see the page -at libregamewiki: . +very portable suckless anarcho-pacifist from-scratch 90s-style Doom clone that +runs everywhere (needs just 32 KB RAM and 40 MHz CPU), made for the benefit of +all living beings. For more see the page at libregamewiki: . Game-wise Anarch offers: @@ -305,8 +320,9 @@ Game-wise Anarch offers: - 6 weapons using 3 types of ammo - 7 types of enemies - optional primitive save/load system +- bosses - optional mouse support -- hidden secrets +- a few hidden secrets/easter eggs website: @@ -314,3 +330,13 @@ repo: play in browser: +Enjoy! + +==== twitter ==== + +Releasing my long in development #game #Anarch! . Also stop using +#Twitter, it's a #proprietary (#fascist) platform. + +==== website ==== + +Anarch: Very special suckless FPS Doom-like game in pure C.