Construo 0.2.0 is out, new features, new bugs Construo House of Horrors - Part 2 released, a pack of 9 new torture constructions by Mark Michelsen is available Construo House of Horrors, a pack of 9 torture constructions by Mark Michelsen is available Construo 0.1.0 is out
Construo is a simple 2D construction programm (it is currently not a real game) for objects which consist of rods and springs and let them react on physical forces. You can currently construct buildings and objects like bridges, towers, spaceshuttles, etc. and you let them fall to ground and see seem smash and break. Sound like fun, doesn't it =;-) The game is similar to Bridge Builder and heavily inspired from the Gamasutra article Collision Response: Bouncy, Trouncy, Fun. Its covered under the GNU General Public License, thats means source code is availabel and you are allowed to modify it.
The 'thing' is currently useable for constructing simple 2D objects, but there is really quite a lot stuff missing. There is currently no way to set different parameters for rods or springs, change their color or thikness. Building with prefabs could also be fun. Colliding rods would also be a usefull feature, currently only rod-ground collision is implemented. See the file TODO in the source directory contains a few more infos.
OS:
GNU/Linux or another Unix-like OS
CPU:
probally something fast, havn't tested it on anything sub-1Ghz
Libraries:
Only plain Xlib is required, which comes with every distro
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The versions up from 0.1.0 only require Xlib or Glut, which comes with every GNU/Linux and should be available an almost all systems, so you shouldn't have problems compiling it. Binary version for 0.2.0 arn't plant, but can be provided if anybody has throuble compiling themself. most current release, see NEWS for more info Information on how to access the Construo CVS tree (aka the working directory of the developers) can be found at the Savanna CVS page. These are statically linked binaries, that means they run without any extra requiremed libraries (except X11 and a GNU/Linux box). [Note: static binaries are no longer provided, since compilation should be relativly easy, if there is any demand for them I could start providing them again.] outdated binary release, not recomment Additional constructions, contributed by Construo users: Construo House of Horror 2 - A collection of 9 new torture machines by Mark Michelsen (already included in 0.2.0) Construo House of Horror - A collection of 9 torture machines by Mark Michelsen (already included in 0.2.0)