ArenaLive, an Open Source MMOFPS

[racoq]

From Slashdot:

"ArenaLive is a new open source game based on the well-known OpenArena. Its aim is to become an open-source alternative to id Software's QuakeLive. The main idea is to make a game available in your web browser. So far, the game is playable and provides player stats, straight-forward settings for your account in a web browser and, of course, loads of fun with your friends. At the moment, it is available only for 32/64bit Mozilla Firefox on GNU/Linux, however, support for other platforms and browsers is coming soon. The game is licensed under GNU/GPL2. It's still in an early development stage, so players and developers both are welcome to join."

Although it's in alpha quality, you can register and play here:

http://arenalive.zexos.org/

Screenshots available here:

http://arenalive.zexos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3

Help the developer in this great cause, by at least testing it, or volunteering for help in tasks like programming or aditional artwork.

[spadewarrior]

Hell yeah! Sounds cool. Thanks for the link!

[arcdrag]

MMOFPS sounds awesome in theory...but I have trouble believing that massive battles could actually work well on today's networks. I'd love to be proven wrong though.

[Bölvaður]

MMOFPS sounds awesome in theory...but I have trouble believing that massive battles could actually work well on today's networks. I'd love to be proven wrong though.

ArenaLive is not like that. Currently it is just that you play OpenArena in your webbrowser and scores are stored in a server and posted on the website. This is not a huge battleground, just normal OpenArena.

[racoq]

This is not a huge battleground, just normal OpenArena.

Still... it is a great effort, from aparently one guy!

That's why he could use some help!

[ELD]

Sounds like a cool idea, although i doubt i will play i bet a lot of people will!

[doorknob60]

It sounds a lot like Quake Live to me. If so, that's good! Quake live is nice but Linux support is still "in development"

EDIT: Hey, native x86_64 support! I like this

[ELD]

It sounds a lot like Quake Live to me. If so, that's good! Quake live is nice but Linux support is still "in development"

EDIT: Hey, native x86_64 support! I like this

Of course it sounds like it, as noted in the OP it is an alternative

[xakh]

I have to say it worked better than I expected. It's not a life changing program, but it's pretty fun to have distributed OA.