GNU FreeDink - Summary
This project is part of the GNU Project.
What is FreeDink?
GNU FreeDink is a free, portable and enhanced version of the Dink Smallwood game engine.
Check the homepage for a presentation.
What is also FreeDink?
FreeDink is an umbrella project for Dink-related tools, such as:
- DFArc v3, a frontend (portable version) - http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=freedink/dfarc.git
- Packaging for the free Dink data - http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=freedink/dink-data.git
- WinDinkedit, a game editor (portable version) - http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=freedink/windinkedit.git
Get FreeDink
Download the latest version from the Git repository (see the "Source Code" tab at the top of this page for all details).
Pre-release tarballs for the not-Git&autotools-savvy impatient can be found at: http://freedink.beuc.net/snapshots/
Registration Date: Sun 02 Nov 2003 12:08:59 PM UTC
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
Development Status: 4 - Beta
posted by Beuc, Sun 10 Aug 2008 08:41:21 AM UTC - 0 replies
v1.08 compatibility is done. All changes were merged in the code while still maintaining an alternate v1.07 mode. We're now looking for testers! See http://www.dinknetwork.com/forum.cgi?MID=94587
posted by Beuc, Thu 31 Jul 2008 04:42:02 PM UTC - 0 replies
FreeDink now can run on big endian architectures (such as PowerPC). The main blocker was the "raw" data loading technique, which is now rewritten portably.
posted by Beuc, Thu 17 Jul 2008 02:06:40 PM UTC - 0 replies
FreeDink now has v1.08-compatible true-color mode (--truecolor), allowing to play recent D-Mods requiring it such as "Bug Mania!". Significant effort was spent on an efficient, depth-independent fade to black effect which, for compatibility reasons, mustn't alter white pixels and thus needed to be written from scratch.
posted by Beuc, Thu 03 Jul 2008 07:19:54 PM UTC - 0 replies
After much thinking I decided to try and support both original v1.07 and v1.08 in the same engine. FreeDink now starts in v1.08 mode, and you can use the --v1.07 option to run D-Mods that don't work fine with the new engine (there's a new checkbox ...
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