TuxKart
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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) | Linux, macOS, Windows XP (or later) |
| Release | 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 GPLv3+. It features mascots of various open-source projects. SuperTuxKart is cross-platform, running on Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows systems from XP onward. 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 a fork of 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:
Similarly to Warmux, the official characters are the mascots of free and open source projects, except for Nolok, who does not represent a particular open source project, but was created by the SuperTux Game Team as the enemy of Tux. There are also other characters that can be downloaded as add-ons from the SuperTuxKart add-ons website.
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.
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