OpenMortal
| OpenMortal | |
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| Genre | Arcade fighting game |
| Latest release | 0.7.1 |
| Release date | June 15th, 2006 |
| Code license | GPL |
| Media license | GPL |
| P. languages | C++,Perl |
| Contribute | |
| OpenMortal is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. | |
 Gentoo:
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games-arcade/openmortal |
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 Mageia:
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openmortal |
 FreeBSD:
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openmortal |
OpenMortal (also called Mortal Szombat) is a fighting game and is a parody of the proprietary game Mortal Kombat. It is licensed under the GPL.[1] The latest version of the game is 0.7.1 released on June 15th, 2006, while the earliest listed is 0.2 from February 21, 2003. It is written in the Perl and C++ programming languages.
Instructions are provided on how to create new, realistic characters, so players and their friends could serve as actors for the game.[2] As of 2008-05-30, there were 24 characters at http://openmortal.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/characters.cgi. Although the assets are released under the GPL, the re-use of the character graphics are complicated by personality rights issues.[3] This has not stopped versions of the characters being released for the proprietary M.U.G.E.N engine (possibly compatible with Ikmen).[4]
The game is not available in Debian, because its would-be maintainer found that it seemed dead since 2006, and thus he would have to deal with all the potential bug reports.[5] It was removed for Fedora Extras from similar reasons.[6] The game was included on the LinuxCenter Game Collection from 2004.
References[edit]
- ↑ Copyright license on OpenMortal's CVS
- ↑ Character Creation HOWTO
- ↑ "Thanks for your interest in OpenMortal. The game, as the graphics in it, is free in both senses of the word. However, we, the crew of OpenMortal, are still people, and these are still our photos, and we would like to retain a bit of control over how they are used. For this reason we would like to ask you not to copy us into another project."
- ↑ Mortal Szombat / OpenMortal - Mugen Free For All
- ↑ Bruno Kleinert on why he dropped the packaging
- ↑ "Closing. Sorry but I have neither interest in patching those upstream fonts, nor fighting with legal issues. If someone else is still interested in an official Fedora Mortal, this here is your chance. Thanks a lot for your help so far."