Football / Soccer Simulation Game for Linux?

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Friday, April 16th 2004, 9:14pm

Hey,

I'm toying with the possibility of a Soccer Simulation Game written within the KDevelop environment, hopefully made available on Linux, Windows and Mac (though I'm unsure about the Mac environment). The program will hopefully be made available as a Beta within a year, and will be a community project, published under the GPL.

I hope to include all the features normally associated with games such as FIFA, ProEvolution and TIF, such as player likenesses, etc. but hopefully using the GPL arrangement to allow the community to work on things such as advanced ball control and physics, which are often over looked by the big game coding companies in the rush to get a game into boxes and onto shop shelves.

Within a month, I'm hoping to set up a website with a forum and Wiki pages, and eventually make the source RPMs available, but for the time being I would be interested in gauging interest in both potential users of this game and potential coders. Of course, if their is no forthcoming community, I will begin regardless in the hope that it may develop.

Joe

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Kenneth

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Sunday, April 18th 2004, 11:15pm

Yes, I think there's a need for one, because all the existing ones are old and unmaintained. What sort of simulation will this be? Will you actually be able to play as one of the players? Also, please try to not use RPMs only. They never seem to work. You should offer a installer, like the Loki installer.

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JosephBoyd

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Monday, April 19th 2004, 12:51pm

They game will primarily be an 'on-the-ball' simulation, with emphasis on realistic control and physics. I envisage a 'scenery library' online, where users can create their own models for grounds and players, and upload them. This is where the open-source arrangement really will come in useful. For instance, if you look at FIFA 2004, all of the smaller grounds have unrealistic, generic stands, and even some of the bigger grounds, such as St James Park, do not seem realistic interpretations of real-life.

Joe

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miga

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Wednesday, April 21st 2004, 11:32am

YES! Linux needs definitely some good soccer game! Will it be a 2d or a 3d game?
What about the real player names? Will it be legal to use them (or isn't that a problem with a GPL game)? Is multiplayer planned (how far are you with coding this game? Can you perhaps provide some screenshots already?).

I would be a user of this game.

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Masato

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Wednesday, April 21st 2004, 2:21pm

Is there anything available already ??
(except WINE-related)

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miga

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Wednesday, April 21st 2004, 2:32pm

I know:
http://www.uchian.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tuxfootball.html

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tuxnet

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Thursday, April 22nd 2004, 1:45pm

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Original von miga

I know:
http://www.uchian.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tuxfootball.html

This is a fantastic game, nice link thx.

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Kenneth

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Sunday, April 25th 2004, 9:59pm

Ah, just what I was lookfing for so far. It's 2D, but from what I can interpret from JosephBoyd's comments about models and realism, it sounds as if it's going to be 3D. Thanks for the link though.

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miga

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Saturday, May 1st 2004, 9:50pm

Any news?

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JosephBoyd

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Friday, May 7th 2004, 7:54pm

Hi All,

Sorry for the delay in replying, I've been completely side-tracked the past few weeks, but still found some time to get some coding done. The game is in the very early stages of coding, but hopefully I'll be able to get some screenshots to you soon.

The game will, of course be 3D. The game is going to be based around the idea's in FIFA Football and Pro Evolution Soccer. I'm unsure as to the legal issues surrounding player aliases, but when I do have an idea then I'll get back so you :wink: .

Joe

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Kenneth

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Monday, May 17th 2004, 6:25am

Thanks for the update. Don't worry about the player alias too much though. It's just an extra feature, and I'm sure we'd happy just to have a nice game that looks good and even better gameplay.

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Masato

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Wednesday, May 19th 2004, 5:01pm

Here some other soccer games for Linux:

http://etw.sourceforge.net/
http://hoverball.sourceforge.net/ - soccer-like

http://soccar.sourceforge.net/ - with cars

http://www.halflife2files.com/file.info?ID=23816 - International Online Soccer (Linux) (3.0) Released (HL)

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miga

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Friday, May 21st 2004, 5:09pm

They look ok, but I prefer real soccer games (no cars) in 3d

IOS-HL looks ok but the gameplay is....

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JosephBoyd

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Friday, June 4th 2004, 10:07pm

Hey,

I was wondering whether there is anyone on this forum who would provide a small amount of webspace on their server to host the site for GLSoccer?

The site, until downloads become available (by which point I hope to have my own server), will be relatively low on bandwidth usage and will only require around 10-20mb of webspace...

I hope that I can therefore get screenshots and news to you without having to use the forums, and possibly set up a forum dedicated to GLSoccer.

Joe

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miga

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Saturday, June 5th 2004, 2:52pm

Perhaps a free server could work too: e.g. http://coolfreepages.com/ (with php support, ftp, 50 MB)

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miga

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Wednesday, July 28th 2004, 4:32pm

Project still alive?

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tuxnet

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Thursday, July 29th 2004, 8:02pm

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Project still alive?

I am not sure I was wondering that myself! :?

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JosephBoyd

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Monday, August 2nd 2004, 9:17pm

Hey all,

Yes the project is still alive and kicking (excuse the pun...) I was working on the ball physics model, when I decided to back-up the project and take some time off for the summer. I am in the process of setting up my website, so the source code and list of micro projects for others to work on should be accessible soon.

I'll post here with details on the website address in approx. 2-3 weeks time.

Apart from that,
Slan go foill...

Joe