Linux Journal also praised the game, saying that "the courses in SuperTuxKart are fun, colorful and imaginative" and that "If you've played the original, you'll be impressed by the new, hugely improved, SuperTuxKart." Although it did not make it into the APC Mag top five free games, it received an honorable mention. Receptionįull Circle Magazine named SuperTuxKart as one of the top five racing games available for Linux, describing it as the game to try if you're "tired of realistic driving". On April 21, 2015, version 0.9 was released which used a highly modified version of Irrlicht, including an entirely new graphics renderer dubbed Antarctica, which enabled much better graphics with features such as dynamic lighting, ambient occlusion, depth of field, global illumination and more. The migration of the code repository (but not the asset repository) from Sourceforge to GitHub was officially announced on 17 January 2014 (the download site remains on Sourceforge). In 20, the game participated in Google Summer of Code as a mentoring organization. This change was finalized in version 0.7. In 2010, SuperTuxKart switched away from using SDL and PLIB libraries for graphics and started using the Irrlicht Engine. The game's assets (textures, models, sounds, music, etc.) are licensed under a mixure of licenses: GPL, CC BY, CC BY-SA, and Public Domain. Historically licensed under version 2 of the GPL, in 2008 the game's source code was relicensed to the GPLv3. "Auria") joined the project and eventually replaced Munoz as one of the project leaders after his retirement. The result, dubbed SuperTuxKart, remained unplayable and unmaintained until 2006 when Joerg "Hiker" Henrichs resurrected the project and, with the help of Eduardo Hernandez "Coz" Munoz, released the game in a playable state. The project collapsed due to disagreements, and the project was forked. In 2004, TuxKart was selected by The Linux Game Tome to be their "Game of the Month" project. There are also other characters that can be downloaded as add-ons from the SuperTuxKart add-ons website. Similarly to Warmux, the official characters are the mascots of free and open source projects, except for Nolok, who does not represent a particular open source project, but was created by the SuperTux Game Team as the enemy of Tux.
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