(Quake) Arena Live [Archive]

andre.m

07-06-2009, 01:49 PM

Hi, linux gamers are waiting to play with Quake Live, but now we can play Quake in our browsers, Arena Live is a nice online FPS base on quake, it free and fun.

http://arenalive.zexos.org/
http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2572

André

leilei

07-07-2009, 08:19 AM

What the crap is this game and why is it just openarena stuck in a linux browser plugin and why is it motivated for the lack of QuakeLive plugin for Linux that's bound to come anyway? Zealousism 'linux before windows' motives in this project than anything involving dedication and love of games. Can't really say that it shows any promise. There's hardly a benefit to turn a free game into a browser game. (Unlike QuakeLive, which is a limited, ad'd up free version of Quake3 which is still sold by id software)

On a positive note though, it does make a good framework for interactive visualizations of environments. With multiplayer. A better use out of this would be a simpler, water gun based game for everyone to enjoy, with optimized assets of its own rather than drag a huge 300mb violent and booby game over into the browser cache.

Svartalf

07-07-2009, 06:25 PM

On a positive note though, it does make a good framework for interactive visualizations of environments. With multiplayer. A better use out of this would be a simpler, water gun based game for everyone to enjoy, with optimized assets of its own rather than drag a huge 300mb violent and booby game over into the browser cache.

Heh... I'm thinking more along the lines of World of Padman done up that way... ;)

xav1r

07-08-2009, 06:43 PM

Yeah, every former q3 mod turned standalone game should get the browser treatment:

WoP Live.
Urban Terror Live
True Combat Elite Live
Enemy Territory Live

:D

L33F3R

07-08-2009, 08:53 PM

or maybe bind them all together. FOSS Live!

Then release the windows client late due to legal issues.

xav1r

07-09-2009, 07:49 PM

LINUX LIVE!!! Your own entire operating system on a browser!!!! Oh wait, that's already been done, it's called Google OS. :D

Kano

07-09-2009, 08:07 PM

Just that Google Chrome can not run any plugin yet ;)

L33F3R

07-09-2009, 08:14 PM

Datacenter LIVE. Run a datacenter from a web browser! :p

Setlec

07-09-2009, 08:26 PM

Then release the windows client late due to legal issues.

:mad::mad: let them get jealous first and then after a long dev coding winter you launch the windows version. Oh"and forget to make a IE X.X version too!:rolleyes:

Kano

07-09-2009, 08:43 PM

Delaying a Win or Mac version is no good idea. It would just show that multi platform apps/games are much harder to archive than single plattform apps. For me i like multi platform apps because you can focus on the app not on the os. I have got my own Linux distro, of course i like when an app/game can natively run on it, but others may just like parts and therefore those should run everywhere.

hax0r

07-09-2009, 09:07 PM

Let the id tech 3 engine die already, why making all of these crappy games when they suck so much, at least they could all work on xreal and put the effort to implement modern ways of rendering.

L33F3R

07-09-2009, 10:17 PM

or hope and pray to god for tech 4.

curaga

07-10-2009, 05:28 AM

Nobody is forcing you to play the games that suck, hax0r.

Setlec

07-10-2009, 07:14 AM

Hax0r, if you aren't happy with crappy games then go make one AAA FOSS game for us and then be happy otherwise keep your stupid comments to yourself.

L33F3R, aye sir i do agree with you...

Irritant

07-10-2009, 05:26 PM

Hax0r, if you aren't happy with crappy games then go make one AAA FOSS game for us and then be happy otherwise keep your stupid comments to yourself.

L33F3R, aye sir i do agree with you...

+1

Manners just don't seem to be the strong suit of some..

L33F3R

07-10-2009, 05:44 PM

manners are for tables :D

but i always need to give props to nice people.

xav1r

07-10-2009, 08:06 PM

Why "hope" for id tech4? Carmack said they were going to release it someday, didnt say when but that it would be released.

L33F3R

07-10-2009, 10:10 PM

things change. carmack may have forfit his power to do so with the sale of ID.

Milyardo

07-11-2009, 01:52 AM

things change. carmack may have forfit his power to do so with the sale of ID.

I don't think with Zenimax publishing for iD means they get the rights to IP iD developed while they were still on their own, without Zenimax monies.

L33F3R

07-11-2009, 11:04 AM

I don't think with Zenimax publishing for iD means they get the rights to IP iD developed while they were still on their own, without Zenimax monies.

I pray you are correct.

Dragonlord

07-11-2009, 11:48 AM

I'm not so positive in that matter. I know too much of the business world to know how take-overs usually end... and they don't end well... for the customers :(