Aerofoil – modern port of the classic Glider PRO game

Aerofoil is a modern port of Glider PRO, the classic paper airplane game developed by John Calhoun for Macintosh computers.

The objective is to guide a paper airplane through the rooms of a house, using air currents from floor vents to stay airborne. Players must avoid furniture and other obstacles while collecting stars scattered throughout the levels. The simple controls disguise a game that requires careful navigation and timing.

Aerofoil recreates the original game’s distinctive appearance and gameplay while making it accessible on modern systems. It includes the houses from the original CD-ROM edition, together with facilities for creating and playing custom houses. These can range from relatively simple layouts to elaborate environments containing hundreds of interconnected rooms.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Faithfully recreates the gameplay of the original Glider PRO.
• Includes the original CD-ROM houses.
• Provides a classic 1990s-style graphical interface.
• Supports keyboard and gamepad controls.
• High-quality graphical upscaling and colour correction.
• Includes a full port of the original house level editor.
• Create and modify houses with custom rooms, obstacles and interactive objects.
• Supports custom graphics, icons and sound resources in house files.
• Import community-created houses using conversion tools for vintage Macintosh file formats, including MacBinary, BinHex, StuffIt and Compact Pro.
• Export custom houses for use with the original Glider PRO.
• Save games and resume them from the main menu.
• Full-screen display support.
• Playable directly in a web browser.
• Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Website: github.com/elasota/Aerofoil
Support:
Developer: Eric Lasota and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

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

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