Plee the Bear
| Plee the Bear | |
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 Plee the Bear tutorial level | |
| Genre | Platform game |
| Latest release | 0.7.1 |
| Release date | February 8 2017 |
| Developers | Julien Jorge, Sébastien Angibaud and contributors[1] |
| Code license | GPL |
| Media license | CC BY-SA v3 |
| Engine | Bear Engine |
| P. language | C++ |
| Library | SDL |
| Contribute | |
| Plee the Bear 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. | |
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Plee the Bear is a 2D platform game in which the player controls a bear in single or multiplayer mode. As of 2015-01-07, the latest version of the game is 0.7.
The game's source code is licensed under the GNU GPL v3, while the game's media is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license v3.[2][3]
It is written in the C++ programming language using the SDL library.
Development[edit]
It is mainly developed by Julien Jorge and Sébastien Angibaud, with the help of several contributors[1].
Since the end of april 2010, the website features a weblog where news on the upcoming releases are presented. A forum has also been installed for better exchanges with the users.
History[edit]
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2007-03-22 | A testing release |
| 2008-01-03 | First demo available |
| 2008-01-06 | Now works on x86_64 |
| 2008-01-09 | Website interface update |
| 2008-01-13 | Improved demo |
| 2008-03-27 | 0.2 released |
| 2008-07-09 | 0.3 released |
| 2009-08-23 | 0.4 released |
| ? | 0.5 released |
| ? | 0.7 released |
| 2017-02-08 | 0.7.1 released |
Availability[edit]
- Web site
Is currently down but the source code can be found on GitHub. See link to archive below. The game’s web site until 2014 provided:
- the source code for the game and the editor (in one archive)
- Ubuntu packages
- standalone Linux .tar.gz
- Windows XP .exe
- Debian GNU/Linux and GNU/kFreeBSD
- As of 2009-10-02, Debian testing (squeeze) includes packages with version 0.4.1-2 for amd64 hppa i386 ia64 mips mipsel sparc, unstable also includes packages for kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386. There is also a 0.2.1-2 package for m68k.[4]
- Editors are provided as a package called "bear-factory", version 0.4.1-2, for amd64 hppa i386 ia64 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel sparc.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Contributors list on the project's wiki
- ↑ See Plee The Bear's LICENSE file
- ↑ License section on the game's git repository.
- ↑ http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=plee-the-bear&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=main
- ↑ http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=bear-factory&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all§ion=main