0verkill – free 2D deathmatch game in ASCII art

0verkill is a client-server 2D deathmatch game in ASCII art. It supports free connecting/disconnecting during the game. Graphics are in 16-color ASCII art with elaborate hero animations including gushing blood and rolling guts.

0verkill features 4 different weapons, grenades, invisibility, and armor. The package also contains reaperbot clients, a simple graphics editor, and a level editor.

Features include:

• 4 types of gun
• Grenades
• Armor
• Counting frags and deaths
• Walking, running, jumping, shooting, creeping, walking up the stairs, climbing up and down ladders
• Automatic weapon switching
• Damage depending on distance and hit body part
• Item respawning
• Invisibility
• Chat
• Online help
• Players respawning on random places
• Players can see own death
• Boundless connecting/disconnecting during the game
• Choice of 15 different colors of hero, choice of male/female hero
• ASCII-art graphics in full 16 color text mode
• Client-server architecture
• Client’s motion prediction => decent running on slower lines
• Raw keyboard
• Simple level editor, but not very user friendly, currently only for initiates
• Graphics editor
• Top players list
• Complete X support
• Experimental reaperbots
• Multi level support
• Lethal objects
• Two levels done at this moment
• Experimental 3D support (like stereogram)
• Programmer’s documentation

Website: github.com/hackndev/0verkill
Support:
Developer: Karel Kulhavy, Petr Kulhavy
License: GNU General Public License

0verkill is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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