SuperTuxKart
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| Developer(s) | Joerg Henrichs, Marianne Gagnon, Eduardo Hernandez Munoz, Steve Baker, various others |
| Artist(s) | Jean-Manuel Clemençon, various others |
| Engine | Antarctica (0.9–) Irrlicht (0.7–0.8.1) PLIB (0.0.0–0.6.2) |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X/macOS, Linux, AmigaOS 4, AROS, MorphOS, Cross-platform |
| Release date(s) | 2006 (first release) 2016 (latest release) |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
SuperTuxKart, also known as STK, is a free and open-source kart racing video game, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, historically under version 2 of that license, but under version 3 since 2008. It features mascots of various open-source projects. SuperTuxKart is cross-platform, running on Microsoft Windows, OS X/macOS, Linux, AmigaOS 4, AROS, MorphOS and other Unix systems. The latest stable version of the game is version 0.9.2 and was released on July 1, 2016. As of version 0.9, SuperTuxKart features an all-new graphics engine called "Antarctica".
SuperTuxKart started as TuxKart, an open source Linux game by Steve Baker which stopped being developed after version 0.4.0.
SuperTuxKart's gameplay is similar to that of the Mario Kart series of games, but has become more distinctive over time. The game features the mascots of various open source projects, with Mozilla Thunderbird being the race referee. The game may be played in single player or local multiplayer mode. Online multiplayer was scheduled to be added in version 0.9.3.
SuperTuxKart has several race modes:
SuperTuxKart is based on TuxKart. In 2004, TuxKart was selected by The Linux Game Tome to be their "Game of the Month" project. The project collapsed due to disagreements, and the project was forked. The result, dubbed SuperTuxKart, remained unplayable and unmaintained until 2006 when Joerg "Hiker" Henrichs resurrected the project and, with the help of Eduardo Hernandez "Coz" Munoz, released the game in a playable state. In 2008, Marianne Gagnon (aka. "Auria") joined the project and eventually replaced Munoz as one of the project leaders after his retirement.
In 2010, SuperTuxKart switched away from using SDL and PLIB libraries for graphics and started using the Irrlicht Engine. This change was finalized in version 0.7. In 2013 and 2014, the game participated in Google Summer of Code as a mentoring organization. The migration of the code repository (but not the asset repository) from Sourceforge to GitHub was officially announced on 17 January 2014 (the download site remains on Sourceforge). On April 21, 2015, version 0.9 was released which used a highly modified version of Irrlicht, including an entirely new graphics renderer dubbed Antarctica, which enabled much better graphics with features such as dynamic lighting, ambient occlusion, depth of field, global illumination and more.
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