Lee Vermeulen of the Open Source game Nexuiz
This month I interviewed Lee Vermeulen founder and co-designer of the open source game Nexuiz. Nexuiz is a fast paced, futuristic multiplayer FPS (First Person Shooter) developed by a team of developers at Alientrap software. Nexuiz is an outstanding game along the great heritage of Doom/Quake style FPS’s. The project started back 2005 and its been on a path of outstanding accomplishments. Just after this interview the newest release 2.5 was made available so be sure to download and frag to your hearts content. I want to thank Lee and the whole Alientrap/Nexuiz team for all of their great gaming contributions to the FOSS world. If you enjoy Nexuiz remember you can get involved (join the project), donate or otherwise support its efforts. Please check out the following resources mentioned in this podcast below.
Podcast # 1 Download Links
Nexuiz Homepage
http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/
Nexuiz Forums
http://alientrap.org/forum/index.php?c=3
Nexuiz IRC
#nexuiz on irc.quakenet.org
Nexuiz Ninjaz (Community Site)
http://nexuizninjaz.com/
Alientrap
http://www.alientrap.org/
Download Nexuiz
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81584&package_id=153676&release_id=672474
Podcast Music by Gerd (elysis) Raudenbusch
http://www.elysis.de
Thanks for the Nexuiz coverage!
Definitely the most solid release yet. Big thanks to everyone involved, especially Rudolph “diVverent” Polzer, the main developer responsible for a large chunk of the development. Morphed and ai for some sexy new models, sev for a great new map and the various patch contributors (terencehill, MirceaKitsune, etc.). Shout-outs to all the other people who keep the community strong, MooKow, Doku, MrBougo, and all the rest. Keep up the great work
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divVerent would be able to give more insight on the development, you should really interview him.
Thanks for the link and kind words, glad you like the game
Thanks to OpenGamingNow for the coverage! For anyone who may be considering playing Neuxiz, the Nexuiz community is known to be a relatively friendly community. There are lots of people who are willing to help you if you have any problems with the game, or if you just want to improve your skill. I’ve personally done about 40 training sessions trying to get newer players up to speed quickly. There are lots of videos to help people improve their Nexuiz skill. There are videos to help people learn map editing.
So, if you haven’t tried it, give Nexuiz a try. If you haven’t tried Nexuiz in a while, give it another try. There are a lot of changes between the 2.4 and 2.5 releases.
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Yes, this is most definitely the best Nexuiz release to date! Everyone in the community gets a big thanks for all of their great contributions. Thanks for checking out the podcast and keep up the great work with the project. Bravo!
Dokujisan,
Thanks for all of your support for the Nexuiz community and your kind words for the Open Gaming Now podcast. Doku is right in recommending you all check out the newest 2.5 release because it is AMAZING! Go download it NOW!