Greetings one and all. We have decided to release Fool's Gold a few days early, take a sneak peak at the first Gold-Farming Role Playing Game ( GF-RPG ) ever made. You can download it free of charge off the Fool's Gold download page.
Questions? Comments? Reviews?
Post them in the comments section of this blog!
Comments (29)
*eltrohc*
I'll grab this once I get my new box next week and put up a review on MBB.
Posted by Corvus | March 30, 2007 9:01 AM
Posted on March 30, 2007 09:01
Too bad I won't get to try this. You have a Mac OSX version so you DO have a unix-like port, but you did not release a Linux version so it was nice seeing this on Slashdot (a site full of Linux users) but I won't get to try it.
Posted by Linux User | April 1, 2007 2:21 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 14:21
It's not stupid, it's advanced!
Posted by Ctrl-Alt-Elite | April 1, 2007 2:36 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 14:36
[edited to remove swear words so my boss doesn't hurt me... please, no more beatings... edits in square brackets ]
HOW [ MALE EJACULATE ] THERE ISNT NE REAL MONY...THIS GAME [ FORNICATING ] SUX I WANT MONEY BAK 4 EVN PLAYIN THIS [ FECES ]
Posted by THBJEfjF | April 1, 2007 2:37 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 14:37
What do you use that compiles for both Windows and OSX yet doesn't for Linux?
Posted by Anonymous | April 1, 2007 2:40 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 14:40
Torque Game Engine from Garage Games. Maybe next year we'll do just a Linux game for April Fools.
To be honest we just didn't take the time to do a Linux port this year. Perhaps we'll release it in, like, 6 months and make it all buggy. As a late April Fool's joke. You know, like how so very many games get ported late and badly to both Linux and Mac OS.
:)
Posted by Marcus Riedner | April 1, 2007 2:53 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 14:53
Well, thanks for releasing a Mac version, anyway!
Posted by madS | April 1, 2007 3:24 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 15:24
The Linux version should feature no money. Instead, the gold should be shared freely between all the news and goldfarmers alike. Everyone should be able to examine the shape, mass, density and smell of gold freely, and they should be given the right to make stuff out of gold if they want to.
Posted by AC | April 1, 2007 3:53 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 15:53
AC: does that mean the only way to make money with the Linux version is to sell support services?
:P
Posted by Marcus Riedner | April 1, 2007 3:57 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 15:57
And the Linux release for the game...is where?
Posted by Ron O | April 1, 2007 4:10 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 16:10
Linux Users: Go play Quake.
Posted by linuxisghey | April 1, 2007 4:13 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 16:13
Why farm gold when you can throw chairs?
Posted by Steve Ballmer | April 1, 2007 5:34 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 17:34
So, where is the friggin linux port, you cant be so lazy to release a mac version, and not a linux, one...
Posted by Luis | April 1, 2007 9:05 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 21:05
Haha, Linux...
Thx for the osx version.
Posted by YossarianT | April 1, 2007 9:16 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 21:16
LOL WTF NOOBS! I BEAT THIS GAME IN LIKE TEN MINUTES! THE LAST BOSS IS HARD.
Posted by Aikao | April 1, 2007 10:33 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 22:33
Is the source code available?
Posted by Chris Nystrom | April 2, 2007 1:53 AM
Posted on April 2, 2007 01:53
test
Posted by teset | April 2, 2007 3:20 AM
Posted on April 2, 2007 03:20
Congrats, you've been /.'d!
Which is why, of course, this post is gaining so much pro-Linux cruft. I wonder if Torque engine games run under WINE these days? I suspect they do.
Posted by Corvus | April 2, 2007 6:12 AM
Posted on April 2, 2007 06:12
The /. effect also known as a DDOS attack I believe only the good kind :)
Posted by Drowth | April 2, 2007 7:44 AM
Posted on April 2, 2007 07:44
I think the /. effect can officially be called the 'OH MY GOD WHERE'D MY BANDWIDTH GO!!' effect, or OMG-WMBG effect. For a while there we thought our site was under an actual attack, but apparently it was just our bandwidth choking out a wee bit.
Torque runs fine under WINE ( or so I have heard ). In fact, I did some digging and it looks like it even runs on straight up Linux. Anyone want to volunteer to do a Linux port?
As to source code, you can get all of it from www.garagegames.com , we used and reused a lot of stuff from the forums and demo kits.
Posted by Marcus Riedner | April 2, 2007 10:24 AM
Posted on April 2, 2007 10:24
Yeah, I know that you can compile Torque engine projects for Linux, I've purchased a couple. Perhaps I could work with you to port Fool's Gold. First, I have to get my new computer up and running.
Posted by Corvus | April 2, 2007 12:25 PM
Posted on April 2, 2007 12:25
Nice critics on the current state of affairs in both the virtual worlds and the real virtualized world.
Haven't looked into the game yet but I will give it a try soon.
How about a Linux version, by the way?
Posted by Carsten Klein | April 2, 2007 12:49 PM
Posted on April 2, 2007 12:49
This is as brilliant as gazing upon Roseanne Barr at a strip club.
Posted by DPS PALLY | April 2, 2007 1:02 PM
Posted on April 2, 2007 13:02
Whoa! My eyes are sore *rub eyes* I've just been playing this for 5 hours, it's pretty good but just starting now to get boring. I'll definitely play again later today!
Posted by Chris | April 3, 2007 5:18 AM
Posted on April 3, 2007 05:18
Great game, but I can't find the entrance to the cave.
Posted by Blind Fish Guy | April 3, 2007 11:32 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 23:32
This is the best game I have ever played! I really see forward for the next release.
Or is this game maybe not for real ;-)
Posted by Dani | April 6, 2007 2:13 AM
Posted on April 6, 2007 02:13
Hi! How r u?
nice site!
Posted by shadowman | April 29, 2007 6:07 PM
Posted on April 29, 2007 18:07
i didn't play this game long before i got totally bored and didn't know what to do...i didn't know how to exit so i just comitted suicide...in the game i mean:P
Posted by miss.mmorpg32 | June 29, 2007 3:07 PM
Posted on June 29, 2007 15:07
i didn't play this game long before i got totally bored and didn't know what to do...i didn't know how to exit so i just comitted suicide...in the game i mean:P
Posted by miss.mmorpg32 | June 29, 2007 3:07 PM
Posted on June 29, 2007 15:07