SuperTuxKart

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SuperTuxKart is a Free 3D kart racing game, with many tracks, characters and items for you to try. Wikipedia describes it as a Mario Kart-like arcade racing game featuring the Linux mascot Tux. SuperTuxKart Portable can run from a cloud folder, external drive, or local folder without installing into Windows. It's even better with the PortableApps.com Platform for easy installs and automatic updates. SuperTuxKart is a 3D open-source arcade racer with a variety characters, tracks, and modes to play. Our aim is to create a game that is more fun than realistic, and provide an enjoyable experience for all ages. In Story mode, you must face the evil Nolok, and defeat him in order to.

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SuperTuxKart
Original author(s)Steve and Oliver Baker
Developer(s)
  • 'Benau'
  • 'Alayan'
  • Marianne Gagnon 'Auria'
  • Jean-Manuel Clemençon 'Samuncle'
Initial releaseAugust 6, 2007; 13 years ago
Stable release
Repositorygithub.com/supertuxkart/stk-code
Engine
  • Antarctica
PlatformLinux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS (in beta), Nintendo Switch[2]
TypeRacing
LicenseGPLv3 (code)
GPL, CC BY-SA or more permissive (assets)
Websitesupertuxkart.net

SuperTuxKart (STK) is a free and open-sourcekart racing game, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3. It features mascots of various open-source projects. SuperTuxKart is cross-platform, running on Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS (beta), and Android systems.[3]

SuperTuxKart started as a fork of TuxKart, originally developed by Steve and Oliver Baker in 2000. When TuxKart's development ended around March 2004, a fork as SuperTuxKart was conducted by other developers in 2006. SuperTuxKart is under active development by the game's community.

Gameplay[edit]

GNU and Nolok in the beginning story of Story Mode in STK
Split-screen 4-player multiplayer in SuperTuxKart (2017, 0.9.3)

SuperTuxKart's gameplay is similar to that of the Mario Kart series, but also has distinct elements, such as collecting and using cans of Nitro. The game features the mascots of several open source projects. For example, Mozilla Thunderbird plays the referee, flagging the start of the race and saving players when they drive off the course. The game supports single player, local multiplayer, WAN multiplayer, and LAN multiplayer modes. Networking modes were introduced in version 1.0.[4][5]

Characters[edit]

Similarly to Warmux, the official characters are the mascots of free and open-source projects, for instance Thunderbird (Referee) (for Mozilla Thunderbird), Tux (Linux kernel), Adiumy (Adium), Beastie (BSD), Emule (eMule), Hexley (Darwin), Pidgin (Pidgin), Suzanne (Blender), Wilber (GIMP), Gnu (GNU), Konqi (KDE), Puffy (OpenBSD), Xue (Xfce), Sara (OpenGameArt.org), Amanda (Window Maker), Kiki (Krita), and Gavroche (Media Goblin). An exception is Nolok,[6] who does not represent a particular open source project, but was created by the SuperTux project as the antagonist of Tux.

Better touch tool review. The mascots for many other projects are available as add-ons from SuperTuxKart's add-ons website, including Geeko (for openSUSE), Blinky (FreeDOS), Minix (Minix 3), Chinchila (Big Buck Bunny), Gooey (WebGUI), Kitty (AROS), Python (Python), Choqok (ChoqoK), Penny and Mr. Iceblock (SuperTux), Amiga (Amiga OS), Android (Android), Audacity Girl (Audacity), Proog (Blender Foundation), Transmission (Transmission), Beagle (Beagle Desktop Search), ElePHPant (PHP), Mozilla (formerly) (Mozilla), and Buggie (Bugzilla).

Plot[edit]

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Unlike Mario Kart, STK has a story associated with gameplay, similar to Crash Team Racing.Story mode is used to unlock tracks and characters for single and multi-player modes.At the beginning of story mode, Gnu, the leader of the free/libre and open-source world, is captured by Nolok, the villain in STK, with his spaceship. Nolok then visits Tux and tells him that he has kidnapped Gnu; unless Tux and his friends can defeat Nolok, the 'King of the Karts', Gnu would become his supper. After the player defeats Nolok in Fort Magma, the final track of STK, Tux rescues Gnu from his prison.

History[edit]

Screenshot showing character selection screen (2018).
TuxKart - Tux Tollway, from version 0.4
Supertuxkart
SuperTuxKart 0.7, the first version to use the Irrlicht Engine

SuperTuxKart is based on TuxKart, a project initiated by Steve Baker in April 2000. Due to TuxKart project internal disagreements the development stalled and collapsed ultimately, and the project was abandoned in March 2004. The project was forked as SuperTuxKart,[7] but remained in an unplayable and unmaintained state. In 2006 Joerg 'Hiker' Henrichs[8] resurrected the project and, with the help of Eduardo 'Coz' Hernandez Munoz,[8] released the game in a playable state.[4] In 2008, Marianne Gagnon (aka. 'Auria') joined the project and eventually replaced Coz as one of the project leaders after his retirement.

Editor

Historically licensed under version 2 of the GPL, in 2008 the game's source code was relicensed to the GPLv3.[9] The game's assets (textures, models, sounds, music, etc.) are licensed under a mixture of free content and DFSG conforming licenses: GPL, CC BY, CC BY-SA, and Public Domain.[10]

In 2010, SuperTuxKart switched away from using SDL and PLIB libraries (used through version 0.6.2) for graphics and started using the Irrlicht Engine. This change was released in version 0.7.[4] In 2013 and 2014, the game participated in Google Summer of Code as a mentoring organization.[11] The migration of the code repository from Sourceforge to GitHub was officially announced on 17 January 2014,[12] though the assets repository and downloads remain on Sourceforge.[13] On April 21, 2015, version 0.9 was released which used a highly modified version of Irrlicht,[14] including an entirely new graphics renderer dubbed Antarctica.[15] This enabled much better graphics with features such as dynamic lighting, ambient occlusion, depth of field, real-time shadow mapping, and more. In early 2018, Antarctica switched to using PBR in the git version of the game.[16] Antarctica Rendering Engine uses OpenGL 3.3+ (or OpenGL ES on suitable platforms) and GLSL for most of the graphical work.

In March 2017, SuperTuxKart was greenlit on digital distributorSteam.[17]. However, as of March 2021, SuperTuxKart is not available on Steam.[18] In May 2019, Joerg 'Hiker' Henrichs stepped down as a lead developer of SuperTuxkart, with 'Benau' and 'Alayan' taking over as the new project leaders.[19]

Reception[edit]

In 2004, TuxKart was selected by The Linux Game Tome to be their 'Game of the Month' project.In 2007 Full Circle Magazine named SuperTuxKart as one of the top five racing games available for Linux, describing it as the game to try if you're 'tired of realistic driving'.[20]Linux Journal also praised the game, saying that 'the courses in SuperTuxKart are fun, colorful and imaginative' and that 'If you've played the original, you'll be impressed by the new, hugely improved, SuperTuxKart.'[21] Although it did not make it into the APC Mag top five free games, it received an honorable mention in 2008.[22] In 2009, TechRadar cited it as one of the best games to put on a Linux netbook.[23] In 2016, OMG! Ubuntu! called SuperTuxKart 'the best kart racing game to not feature Mario, Toad or Diddy Kong'.[24]

Image cleaner apk. Since August 2007 SuperTuxKart has been downloaded over 3.2 million times from Sourceforge.net[25] and has over 100 thousand downloads on the Google Play store.[26]

See also[edit]

  • SuperTux, another game featuring Tux and friends
  • Tux Racer, another racing game that features Tux

References[edit]

  1. ^'SupertuxKart 1.2 release'. August 27, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. ^@supertuxkart (March 4, 2021). 'SuperTuxKart on Switch coming soon thanks to Mary!' (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^'SuperTuxKart Downloads'. SuperTuxKart. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  4. ^ abc'FAQ – SuperTuxKart'. SuperTuxKart. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  5. ^'Talk:Lobby implementation - SuperTuxKart'. supertuxkart.net. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  6. ^'Nolok - SuperTux'. supertux.lethargik.org. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  7. ^'Re: Still alive?'. Linux Game Tome (archived). June 6, 2012. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012.
  8. ^ ab'CREDITS'. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  9. ^'Updated the GPL version to GPLv3'. GitHub. June 13, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  10. ^'supertuxkart/stk-code'. GitHub.
  11. ^'SuperTuxKart participating in GSoC 2013'. blog.supertuxkart.net. April 12, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  12. ^Henrichs, Joerg (January 17, 2014). 'Migrating to GitHub'. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  13. ^'Source control'. SuperTuxKart. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  14. ^'Antarctica: Overview'. SuperTuxKart. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  15. ^'Antarctica: Technical Details'. SuperTuxKart. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  16. ^'Everything is Shiny'. SuperTuxKart. April 19, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  17. ^'We are Greenlit!!!'. blog.supertuxkart.net. March 1, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  18. ^'Search on the Steam store'. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  19. ^Joerg 'Hiker' Henrichs (May 16, 2019). 'My Departure from SuperTuxKart'. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  20. ^Min, Andrew (October 2007). 'Top Five Racing Games'(PDF). Full Circle Magazine (6). Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  21. ^Gagné, Marcel (November 1, 2007). 'Cooking with Linux – Because Nothing Says High Performance Like a Good Race'. Linux Journal. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  22. ^Sbarski, Peter (January 21, 2008). 'Top 5 best (free) open source games'. APC. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
  23. ^Oxford, Adam (February 12, 2009). '12 of the best games for your Linux netbook'. TechRadar. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  24. ^'SuperTuxKart 0.9.2 Released With New Tracks, Single-Player Modes'. OMG! Ubuntu!. July 3, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  25. ^'Download Statistics'. Sourceforge. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  26. ^'SuperTuxKart'. Google Play. Retrieved August 29, 2019.

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