diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-017/freenukum-somersaults.gif b/content/posts/newsletter-017/freenukum-somersaults.gif new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f0e0b75f5 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/newsletter-017/freenukum-somersaults.gif differ diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-017/freenukum.png b/content/posts/newsletter-017/freenukum.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1663e553c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/newsletter-017/freenukum.png differ diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-017/index.md b/content/posts/newsletter-017/index.md index 524cc4ba4..a5f45b7ac 100644 --- a/content/posts/newsletter-017/index.md +++ b/content/posts/newsletter-017/index.md @@ -239,6 +239,36 @@ This month in development: [@bombfuse_dev]: https://twitter.com/bombfuse_dev +### [FreeNukum][fn] + +![The first original Duke Nukem 1 level in FreeNukum](freenukum.png) + +[FreeNukum][fn] is a free software clone of the 1991 DOS game *Duke Nukem +1* jump'n run by [@silwol]. Development of the game started in 2007, back +then it was written in C using SDL1. In 2020, the codebase was gradually +migrated to Rust, after that it got updated to SDL2. The first version +fully implemented in Rust was [released to crates.io][fn-crates-io] and +[announced on Reddit][fn-reddit-announce] in December 2020. + +Some of [this month's changes][fn-changelog]: + +- Controller support was added. +- Some of the actors found in the original game were added. +- The hero can do somersaults when jumping with boots. +- The project's wiki now has a ["FreeNukum Screenshots" page][fn-screenshots]. +- A [Matrix chat room][fn-matrix-chat] is now available. + +![FreeNukum showing the hero making somersaults](freenukum-somersaults.gif) +_Somersaults!_ + +[fn]: https://gitlab.com/silwol/freenukum +[fn-reddit-announce]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/k9dw50/freenukum +[fn-crates-io]: https://crates.io/crates/freenukum +[fn-screenshots]: https://gitlab.com/silwol/freenukum/-/wikis/FreeNukum-Screenshots +[fn-matrix-chat]: https://matrix.to/#/#freenukum:matrix.org +[fn-changelog]: https://gitlab.com/silwol/freenukum/-/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md +[@silwol]: https://chaos.social/@silwol + ### [Weegames][weegames-itch] ![Four Weegames minigames](weegames.jpg)