SuperTux

''SuperTux'' is a free and open-source two-dimensional platform video game published under the GNU General Public License (GPL). The game was inspired by Nintendo's '' Super Mario Bros.'' series; instead of Mario, the hero in the game is Tux, the official mascot of the Linux kernel.

History

The game was originally created by Bill Kendrick and is maintained by the SuperTux Development Team. It is written mostly in the C++ programming language. Many of the in-game graphics were created by Ingo Ruhnke, author of '' Pingus''.

The game was developed under usage of Simple DirectMedia Layer as cross-platform middlelayer targeting OpenGL and OpenAL. Game engine and physics engine are own developed. The game's metadata are ''S-Expressions'' of the programming language Lisp, scripts are written in Squirrel.

Updates

The development occurs in a series of stable milestones, each one improving steadily upon the last:

* Versions from 0.0.0 (2000) to 0.0.6 (2003) were betas with only one level called "Antarctica"
* Milestone 1 (versions 0.1.0 to 0.1.3) was released in 2004
* Version 0.3.0 was released on December 17, 2006, and features a whole new forest world
* Version 0.4.0 was released on December 20, 2015, which features significant improvements to gameplay, all new graphics, a switch to SDL2, and new features.
* Milestone 2 (versions 0.5.0 to 0.5.1) was officially released as stable in 2016. It adds a built-in level editor and temporarily removes the forest world.
* Version 0.6.0 was released on December 23, 2018 with redesigned Icy Island and Forest, revamped rendering engine and many minor improvements.
* Milestone 3 (versions 0.7.0 to 0.7.1) is planned to release at the end of 2023, which will feature a fully revamped games with new textures for every tile, badguy, character and decal, a ton of new features, including multiplayer, sliding, a world select menu, and revamped powerups
* Version 0.8.0 is planned to introduce a tropical world with volcanos, a temple and 2 new bosses to unlock after Ghosttree is beaten.

On January 13, 2022, ''SuperTux'' was released on Steam as an Early Access game.

Gameplay

Gameplay in SuperTux is similar to '' Super Mario Bros.''. Tux can jump under bonus blocks marked with question marks to gain coins or retrieve power-ups such as the egg, which makes Tux bigger and allows him to take an extra hit before dying. Other objects such as trampolines and invincibility granting stars can also be obtained from these blocks. Tux can defeat some bad guys by jumping on them, and most can be defeated or frozen by shooting bullets after collecting a fire flower or an ice flower. Earth flowers grant Tux a miner helmet with a spotlight for dark areas and can give invincibility for a few seconds, and air flowers allow Tux to glide in the air, jump higher and move faster. If Tux gets hit after he collected a flower, he loses his helmet and transforms back into big Tux. The objective of each level is to get to the end, usually marked by checker-patterned poles.

At the end of each world is a boss, such as the Yeti