Friday, February 02, 2018

Re: NEW: games/openfodder

On 01/29/18 00:17, Brian Callahan wrote:
> Hi ports --
>
> Attached is a new port, games/openfodder. OpenFodder is an open source
> port of Cannon Fodder game.
>
> ---
> pkg/DESCR:
> Cannon Fodder is an action-strategy shoot 'em up game developed by
> Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive.
>
> The game is military-themed and based on shooting action but with a
> strategy game-style control system. The player directs troops through
> numerous missions, battling enemy infantry, vehicles and installations.
>
> Open Fodder is an open source version of the Cannon Fodder engine, for
> modern operating systems.
> ---
>
> I am hosting a modified tarball for the distfile. This is because
> upstream's repo has the game's copyrighted audio in it! As well as
> some freeware demo games. My tarball removes all the copyrighted bits.
> The downside is that the GOG.com version (aka the DOS version) of the
> game has no music, but it does have sound effects. Of course, one
> could manually add back these copyrighted bits, and we can't stop a
> person from doing that, but I also don't think we should advertise it
> either, so I don't mention it in the pkg/README installation
> instructions.
>
> It plays well on amd64 with the GOG.com version.
>
> OK?
>
> ~Brian
>

Upstream released version 1.4.0 -- so here's a new port using that version.

~Brian

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