OpenLander
OpenLander is a Free "Lunar Lander" style game, in 3D. It is
inspired partly by Psygnosis' wonderful 3D
game Lander.
OpenLander is written in Python
using
the Soya3D
game engine.
This game has really been made possible by the Soya3D engine; I
don't know if I'd have got this far without it. It makes 3D
programming very natural and Pythonic. The excellent selection
of tutorials
and the open nature of the engine's sourcecode have helped greatly in
making the development of this game as rapid and straightforward as it
has been.
The game is currently licensed under the GPLv2 and Copyright (C) 2008
Mark Williamson.
Development blog
Keep up with recent developments at
the OpenLander Development
Blog
Game features
Many of these features are provided directly by Soya3D with minimal
effort from me. This is because Soya3D is amazing :-)
- Texture mapped 3D environment
- Flying camera
- Newtonian style physics, including semi-realistic collisions
- Lighting, with shadows
- Animated engine exhaust
- Engines kick up dust from the ground
- Vehicle spotlight for illuminating dark places
- Laser cannon kicks up smoke where it hits
- Exploding ships if crashed too many times, or hit by laser fire.
- Simple hovering AI, to give you something ot shoot at ;-)
Gameplay videos
Screenshots
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A lander accelerates past a cliff face.
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The player skims low over a mountaintop, the engines throwing up
dust from ground as the ship passes over.
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Flying through a canyon, banked with main thruster for turning.
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Liftoff from ground level - lots of dust thrown up by engines.
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Smoke trails left by laser fire
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Lander casts shadows during flight
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Lander casts shadow whilst skimming the ground, throwing up dust.
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Lander illuminates cliff using spotlight.
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Lander external camera with nose mini-camera showing.
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Mentions in other media
Downloads
Public Mercurial Repository at sharesource:
http://hg.sharesource.org/openlander/
Development snapshots. These may be buggy.
Mark Williamson
