From Ecksdee
Ecksdee is a futuristic racing 3D game, which is libre-software (under the GPL License), and still in development.
It is made with Crystal Space 3D SDK (CS) and Crystal Entity Layer (CEL), is mainly developed on GNU/Linux, but due to the multi-platform nature of CS, it should build and work on *BSD, MacOS/X and Windows too. More about Ecksdee...
The source code is derived from Interstate Outlaws.
- Stable version 0.0.9:
Downloads are located in the Files section in our SourceForge page. There are binaries (executables) for GNU/Linux and Windows, and a source code archive.
- Development version:
Source code is also accessible from Subversion repository.
See the development version page. Testing CELStart binaries for GNU/Linux and for Windows are available.
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News
- 2007-09-15: Hackest Crystal Space at La Fibra, Spain.
- 2007-08-13: Thanks to Renaud, we now have our lobby server up and running. See the development version page about running a networked game.
- 2007-07-25: Back from the Crystal Space conference (check the XD slides in PDF format).
The master server is in place for the development version.
A few updates and arrangements of this website. - 2007-07-12: No, Ecksdee is not dead ! A few good things are happening right now:
- The development version is getting nearer to releasable state.
- Almost all that was spoken about in an interview on Linux Revolution blog given after 0.0.9 release happened, and even more :-)
- It's now based on CELStart, and also has been rearchitectured following Interstate Outlaws (IO, formerly known as Automanic). IO was first released just a few days ago, check it out !
- This means that networking support is in !
- There's another Crystal Space conference this year in Aachen, Germany. And there will be an Ecksdee session about the progress in Ecksdee, and Mathews' work on artificial intelligence !
- 2006-11-25: Ecksdee 0.0.9 release (see the release notes). There are binaries for GNU/Linux (ecksdee-bin) and Windows (ecksdee-exe). Note that Ecksdee now use Sourceforge.net subversion (SVN). Take a look at the video.
- 2006-10-21: Ecksdee got a showing at the blender conference's Crystal Space presentation.
- 2006-07-24: Here's a report of the Ecksdee talk at the Crystal Space conference...
- 2006-07-14: We're on our way to Aachen (Germany) for the Crystal Space conference. Watch out Crystal Space website in the evening to get the video streams URLs. Ecksdee's conference should take place sunday at 13:00 (local time).
- 2006-05-30: Orogor level nearing completion. See Orogor level pre-release.
- 2006-04-20: Brand new logo envisioning the style and future theme of Ecksdee.
- 2006-04-18: First level is exported from Ecksdee into blender.
- 2006-04-11: Ecksdee-0.0.8 release (see the release notes).
- 2006-04-01: MediaWiki is installed.

