![]() This is a great way for younger players to not only see how games like this are constructed and programmed, but also to experiment with game mechanics and the idea that what works on paper might not always work in practice. This release, for instance, includes an in-game level editor, so you can tweak the levels yourself and see if you can improve on their magic. It's also fantastic that the game is still being actively developed, even if the version number gives no indication of its heritage. There is even an online poll for rating all the world 2 levels, so that developers can look at making similar improvements to those levels in a future release. This is something that doesn't happen overnight, and it's something that SuperTux has over the million other Mario-styled platformers. The thing that sets SuperTux apart is that, because the game has been in development for so long (since 2003), each level is finely tuned, with just the right amount of compulsive addiction. You use your lightening-fast reflexes and platforming skills to get your penguin across each level. SuperTux is a platform game that's taken a huge dose of inspiration from the various early Super Mario games. ![]() For many years, before SteamOS seemingly changed everything, it was one of the few genuinely finished and playable games for our platform of choice, although that doesn't include the great work done by Loki, LGP, and Tux Racer. There can't be many Linux users who haven't played SuperTux. The development team are working on an Android version, currently in Beta, that might just bring Marble to a much wider audience, and we can't wait. Plugins link to Wikipedia and other local information and, because much of the data can be cached locally, would make an ideal tool for the classroom or travel. Marble can be used with a GPS and navigate routes on foot, bike, or road or connect to the flight simulator, Flight Gear, to provide real-time map support. We'd love some rich anthropologist to create a similar data set of higher resolution imagery. The satellite view looks good from a distance and serves its purpose perfectly for wide-angle geography, but it can't compete with Google or Microsoft when zoomed in because it's using public domain images, mostly from NASA. These layers are Marble's biggest strength, because there's so much to discover while focused on a single location.Įverything is beautifully rendered and presented, even on modest hardware, thanks to the new OpenStreetMap vector rendering, which covers the entire globe and looks fantastic. Plus, you can explore the moon, although the new navigation feature didn't seem to be able to plot a route between Mare Tranquillitatis to Mare Smythii without a detour via Paris. While you scroll around the 3D globe exploring different parts of the Earth, the data in any layer you're using will be completely "Free," including OpenStreetMap layers, global temperature and precipitation maps (from December and July), weather, real-time clouds, political maps, and even the Behaim Globe from 1492. Unlike Google, all the data used by Marble is open. Marble is basically an open source version of Google Earth. This KDE application often gets overlooked, as well, and the release of the 2.0 update is the best excuse to look again. There also is a local multiplayer and an online mode which both of them I haven't tried out. Need I say more? STK has a story mode with some bad animations at the beginning. STK also has three original game modes like a soccer game (aka Rocket League), egg hunting game, and a follow the leader mode, as well as three difficulty and an unlock-able SuperTux mode. I would guess there is upwards of 100-200 unique things that you can download and play on or as. Lots of the racers are unique as well such as a tarantula or a person driving a cop car. Like for example, there is a city track, a classroom track, and TONS of other tracks, as well as characters. Lots of these tracks and characters are crazy unique. One thing that sets STK with other kart racing games is that there are downloadable tracks, racers, and arenas all made by players. STK is a game for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and I think IOS.It's a kart racing game with original characters and characters from the Linux Universe, Such as Tux, the Red Devil guy, and The GIMP mascot. ![]() But there is one kart racing “clone” that I would argue that rivals Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. When you think of a clone, you think of a bad game that looks horrible and was made in Brazil with Windows XP Computers.
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