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Zoidcom is a network library, UDP based networking library providing features for automatic replication of gameobjects and synchronization of their states over a network connection in a highly bandwidth efficient manner.
This is achieved by multiplexing and demultiplexing object information from and into bitstreams, which make it easily possible to avoid sending redundant data. Bools only take one single bit, integers and floats are stripped down to as many bits as needed.
A great deal of the tedious work that appears when attempting to develop an efficient network protocol is handled by Zoidcom, e.g. deciding when to send which data to which client, how to get it efficiently and reliably through the line, what to do when data gets lost and a lot more.
Main features:
Easy And Flexible
- simple and straightforward C++ API
- no additional build steps needed
- custom memory management
Connectivity
- fast, UDP based networking protocol using bitstreams - very little control data overhead
- NAT friendly - the whole system can operate on one single UDP port
- maximize the header/payload ratio by sending fewer big packets instead of lots of small ones
- dynamic bandwidth distribution & limitation
Advanced Object Replication - Make best use of the available bandwidth
- delegate ownership of objects to arbitrary clients (e.g. for AI processing or player control)
- adjustable object priorities
- adjustable object relevance per client (e.g. field of view)
- object subscription groups (e.g. for different, distinct game areas)
Object Events - Easy as communication can become
- direct communication between authority and (groups of) replicated object(s)
- no need to pass around object messages throughout your whole application
- full control - intercept object events for debugging, monitoring and cheatprotection
- object based file transfer - transmit files easily in the background of a running session - the higher the objects priority, the faster the transfer will complete
Automatic Object State Synchronization
- synchronize bools, ints, floats and strings
- interpolate ints and floats
- only send data that really changed
- full control
- minimum and maximum update frequency for each single data item
- intercept, manipulate and prevent data updates for debugging, monitoring and cheatprotection
- efficient
- adjust the amount of relevant bits per replicated item
- default values to avoid transmission of redundant data
- interpolation with adjustable interpolation strength or totally custom interpolation
Useful Utilities
- asynchronous hostname resolution
- accurate ping measurement
- LAN session discovery
- quickrequest feature - talk to a remote host without creating a full connection
- connection grouping
- extensive connection statistics
Enhancements:
- This release adds a method for defining the default relevance of an object to all connections.

Penumbra: Overture project is a first person adventure game which focuses on story, immersion and puzzles. Instead of using violence to progress the player has to use his/her wits to guide Philip on his quest to unravel the past.
Played from a first person viewpoint, Penumbra is very different from other adventure games. Not only is it powered by a 3D engine utilising cutting edge technology, it also has an advanced physics system which allow for a never before seen environment interaction. The player can open drawers, pull levers, pick up objects and more using natural mouse movements creating a highly interactive and immersive game world.
The weapon system differs from your average game; swinging a melee weapon is done using the mouse which increases the realistic feel of combat. Fighting enemies is not something best done with brute force though, in most situations fighting is a last resort and the player is often better of using his/her wits. The AI of the enemies will also do its best to hunt and scare the player. The creatures encountered can break down doors, use group co-ordination, interact with the physics and more.
Penumbra: Overture will keep players on the edge as they have to explore scary and immersive environments never knowing what is behind the next corner. The world is detailed, graphical as well as a story wise making the player feel part of the world as secrets are uncovered.
Currently the Linux demo is only being released via Bit torrent. If you wish to help in distributing, just keep seeding it when you have finished downloading it. Once I get feedback and fix any new found bugs from this beta we will release the final demo and push it out to mirrors. Please do not mirror this demo at this time.
Report any issues to this forum thread as I will be checking this thread regularly for feedback.
To install just download the PenumbraDemo.sh from the torrent.
Then run
sh ./PenumbraDemo.sh
from a terminal.
This does NOT need to be run as root, and would be preferrable not to do so. By default the installer will install into a directory of PenumbraEp1Demo in your home directory.
Once installed run the "penumbrademo" script in the install directory.
cd ~/PenumbraEp1Demo
./penumbrademo
Enhancements:
- Full Version is now available for sale!
- Fixed issue with no steam appearing in Refinery
- Fixed issue with slow SPF in the Refinery.

Cold War follows the story of a freelance journalist who finds himself in the midst of an international conspiracy that aims to control the U.S.S.R. Twelve hours after arriving in Moscow for a routine story, he has been stripped of all possessions, beaten unconscious and thrown into the KGBs political prison.
Using only recovered weapons and improvised gadgets, he must now evade or overcome elite Soviet forces and defeat the conspiracy before he is sent to a Siberian prison camp or killed.
Cold War is an RTS game for Linux and Windows.
Razor Kane, an Independent Journalist and former CIA Agent, takes on the KGB in the former USSR at the height of the Cold War.
Razor Kane is a journalist with an edge, or three. Having been kicked out of the CIA for his extracurricular activities, Razor is now writing articles about his exploits for all the readers back home. Razor Kane is as much a newsman as Indiana Jones is an archeologist. Part investigative journalist, thrill seeker and adrenaline junky, Razor always ends up in the middle of the action, in whatever remote country he may find himself, which is usually one where the alcohol flows and exotic, friendly woman are plenty.
This time Razor penetrates the deepest depths of the Former USSR to hunt down a group of communist hardliners who are plotting to threaten world peace. Razor will fight and match his wits against the enemy in environments like Chernobyl, Mausoleum and Kremlin, some of the most well-known and symbolic places of the former Communist rule. This is the world behind the Iron Curtain, a world of a totalitarian Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.
Razor has to draw upon all his skills and experience for this challenge. Stealth plays a leading role: Razor has to move quietly and deliberately; slip behind enemies unnoticed; duck for cover behind objects; and hide in the shadows. He can disable alarms, pick locks or confound security cameras. When in a tight spot, he is good with a gun, but usually outfoxing the enemy is the best way to succeed.
Venture Inside the Former USSR
Cold War achieves a first in gaming history, by transporting players inside a realistic depiction of some of the most well known places of the Former USSR, a place which has captured the imagination of the general public in books and films for generations, but has only been lightly covered in electronic games. This is not a highly stylized and fictional USSR, but the real thing. Who better to develop this environment, than a talented team of developers living in Eastern Europe.
Realistic Gameplay - Pierce the Iron Curtain
Outnumbered and on their turf, tactics and stealth are required for pulling off this mission. Just blasting away, Razor may win the battle but will definitely lose the war. Realistic play is required to pierce these almost impenetrable beacons of the Former USSR.
Master the Interactive Environment
Cold War provides a highly interactive environment, where clues to unraveling this conspiracy are found logically inside the game, not in disruptive pop-ups and pictures.
Use the highly interactive environment: If you cant slip past security cameras, disable them; pick a lock to access a safer route; enemy approaching through an elevator? - then shut it down.
Encounter Numerous Types of Enemies
Full of different types of enemies with unique AI, a large range of tactics and strategies are required: run away from a slow soldier; confuse a dog with pepper; or eliminate a soldier wearing night-vision goggles with a flash grenade. By observing the enemy and understanding their behavior, discover new strategies for outfoxing them.
Weapons & equipment
Full of equipment to allow a variety of problems to be solved using a number of methods: At night, use night vision goggles; for long distances, use binoculars; a heart beat sensor detects enemies behind walls; a uni-direction microphone can be used to overhead enemy plans.
Sound like a typical feature set of a typical game? - Well, Razor is anything but typical! And his unconventional approach is extremely frustrating for, well, the rather conventional enemy. He is able to cleverly use every day items to create superb tactical and lethal gadgets. For example, an alarm-clock and paint thinner, on their own, are rather harmless, but by combining the two, a dangerous trap can be created which will not only lure the enemy to the bomb, but blow them away in a fiery mess.
Weapons must be used sensibly though, because ammunition supplies are not infinite and the player is usually outnumbered. And of course, more overt use of weaponry will increase the response by the enemy - who will swarm and fire more, than if silent but deadly methods are used.
Technology & Graphics
Superb graphics masterfully depict the rich environment of the communist USSR during the Cold War, using N-Djinni proprietary game engine. Due to the unique mix of the technologies designed especially for this project, we intend to achieve a graphically stunning game even on average hardware configurations.
Main features:
- Stunning locales from mid-1980s U.S.S.R: Chernobyl, the Mausoleum and the KGBs notorious Ljubljanka prison
- Strong esponage/stealth style with realistic AI enemies and missions based on real world events
- In-game elements are combined to create weapons and traps
- Innovative gadgets including an X-Ray camera
Gameplay:
Players match wits and strength against the powerful Russian enemy using only recovered weapons and improvised gadgets to eliminate opponents.

All users of Linux now have a new great game - Challenge Checkers! The game is a wonderful training for you logic force and strategy skills.
You play with your device or with your partner, getting more and more experience on several skill levels. Enjoy also great graphics and sound - endless pleasure for devoted chess player of any age. A real challenge for all checkers masters!
Main features:
- two players mode
- game autosave on exit
- demo mode with advanced AI engine
- various sound and animation effects
Game Rules
The game is played on a board with dark and light squares, arranged in an 8x8 grid. Each player sets his 12 pieces on his side of the board in three ranks on dark checks. Checkers is played on the dark squares only. The players move one piece at one turn. The pieces may be moved diagonally.
A piece can only be moved forward. If one of your pieces is next to the opponents
piece and the square beyond it is free, you are required to jump over the opponents
piece. The opponents piece is then removed from the board. It is possible to jump many times in a row with the same piece, capturing several of your opponents pieces.
The squares placed in the last row on the opposite side of the board are King squares. "If a piece reaches the far end of the board, then it becomes a king. " The king is allowed to move and jump diagonally backwards and forwards. Kings can be captured like any other pieces.
The game lasts until all of the opponents pieces are captured, or are blocked so that they cannot make a move. The player who loses all the checkers or has them blocked loses the game.
The game runs on major Linus flavors (RedHat, Debian, Mandrake, SuSE, Slackware and others)

DEFCON is a Global Thermonuclear War multiplayer online game, and nobody wins. But maybe - just maybe - you can lose the least.
Introversion Software presents its third title, DEFCON, a stunning online multiplayer simulation of global thermonuclear war.
You play the role of a military Commander hidden deep within an Underground bunker. Your mission - to successfully exterminate your enemys civilian population whilst disabling their ability to attack your own. Start by launching your battleships, subs and bombers in order to decimate your opponents defences. Scramble together your alliances but remember only one can stand victorious.
Prepare your pre-emptive strike before one of your supposed allies gets the same idea. Choose the perfect moment for betrayal, obliterating your opponents with an apocalyptic thermonuclear barrage, but get it wrong and their devastating counter attack will bring you to your knees!
Version restrictions:
- You may play the single player Tutorial, and you may play a single player game against one AI opponent. (The full game permits six player games with any of those teams played by AI)
- This demo has working multiplayer, over LAN and Internet.
- You can set up any multiplayer game, but you can only have a maximum of two players in your game (The full game permits six player games). You may only play the Default game mode.
- You can join any multiplayer game, but only if there are no Demo players already playing in that game, and only if the game is using the Default game mode.
- In other words, only one Demo user may join any one game at any time.
- You may specate any game of any size.
- Demo Users may not play any of the advanced Game Modes: Office Mode, Diplomacy, Speed Defcon, Tournament Mode.
- You can upgrade the Demo to the Full Game at any time - simply enter your purchased Authentication Key into the Demo Client and it will automatically upgrade. No further download is required.
Enhancements:
- Final version released