Apricot Project Launch and DVD pre-order

[jorrit]

Finally it starts! The Apricot team has been selected and is ready to make a smashing game using Crystal Space and Blender.

Apricot is a joint effort between Crystal Space and Blender to create a fully open game with professional quality. All data and code will be published and can be used in other projects (Creative Commons license). In order to make the high level of quality possible that we are aiming for in this game we will have to work hard on Crystal Space for new features like a better animation system and a better renderer. So in this way, supporting Apricot also means supporting PlaneShift!

In order to support this Apricot project (and support Crystal Space!) you can pre-order the DVD. This DVD will contain material like the game for Linux, Windows, and MacOS/X. All sources. All artwork and also the original sources used to make this artwork. And also documentation, tutorials and video material. This pre-order is very important for us as it gives us the needed funds to make sure the project can go for six months. You can get more information and pre-order information at http://apricot.blender.org.

Thanks for your support!

[Talad]

Surely a nice initiative, and we should support it. My only note is that the message is a bit misleading. I will try to clarify.

Generally speaking, you can support PS by making a donation to PS directly. See our help pages on main web site.

Jorrit is the main developer of Crystal Space, the 3d engine PlaneShift is using.

Apricot is a different project, not created by PlaneShift team, hopefully not a fantasy mmorpg (details are still in definition stages).

Apricot is based on Crystal Space, the same engine PlaneShift is using. So if another game gets built on the same engine, the engine will be improved and so PlaneShift will also benefit from it indirectly (depending on the features they will add).

Having said that, full support to Jorrit and the Apricot project!

[ThomPhoenix]

Just ordered the DVD, quite a spiffy project this is! Since I live two hours away from the site where they're making the game I might even stop by to check on their progress

^{And sabotage them if the project is a fantasy MMORPG...}

[dorbian]

You know that actually sounds nice, Open source can always use all the support it can get, as soon as my credit card bill has been payed i will see if i can remind myself on buying one ( or two depends on the price ) DVD's

Now what was i supposed to do again...

[ThomPhoenix]

You can also use your bank, no creditcard is required.

[dorbian]

Just read a bit more and i'm actually quite psyched about it but still ahve to wait for the money train to pass my house

ThomPhoenix, thanks for the suggestion, but i have more money available on my CreditCard then my bank, the issues with traveling for work *sigh*

[jorrit]

Last weekend we had the first workshop on the Apricot Open Game project. You can read a full report here: http://apricot.blender.org/?p=51

Greetings,

[hulla]

Hi

It is life !
Somme great "publique domaine" softwar wath used for making commercial gamme


But in another hand somme great commercial gamme fall in the publique domaine

http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2008/01/10/simcity-source-code-released-to-the-wild-let-the-ports-begin.aspx

[jorrit]

Hi

It is life !
Somme great "publique domain" softwar wath used for making commercial gamme


But in another hand somme great commercial gamme fall in the publique domaine

http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2008/01/10/simcity-source-code-released-to-the-wild-let-the-ports-begin.aspx

Apricot is not a commercial game! The game will be fully Open Source with all content downloadable for free.

Greetings,