[Savannah-hackers] submission of Bontz! - savannah.nongnu.org

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Owen Swerkstrom <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
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Package: Bontz!
System name: bontz
Type: non-GNU

Description:
Bontz is a satirical role-playing game stylistically similar to Chrono Trigger 
or Final Fantasy.  In terms of content and tone, the game could be described as 
Monty Python meets Back to the Future, as time travel is a central theme and 
the humor is mostly absurd, sometimes obscure, and full of terrible puns.  :^)

Developed on Linux and designed to run on any unix-like system, windows, and 
possibly dreamcast and ps2 later, Bontz uses SDL and is designed from the 
ground-up to be hugely modifiable, should a player just want to cheat and 
modify his savegame or if another group wants to take our engine, plug in their 
graphics, music, maps, and scripts and make their own game, or anything in 
between.  That means simple text files (possibly xml later) for scripting, 
animation, and configuration data, PNG images for background tiles, characters, 
enemies, and menus, an as-of-yet undetermined (but free) video codec for 
in-game cutscenes, and ogg vorbis for music and sound effects.

Styled primarily after Chrono Trigger but with 3D-rendered characters, Bontz 
plays like a modernized 16-bit-console RPG.  Players travel across huge worlds, 
meet many characters and battle many foes, gaining abilities and party members 
as the game progresses.  Largely non-linear feeling but with several distinct 
story \"branches\", the story takes place across time, circumstances in the 
future influenced by players\' actions in the past.

No code is available yet, primarily due to flakiness of sourceforge.net\'s CVS 
setup.  Since we ditched QT in favor of straight SDL, we should be 100% clear 
of any possible dependancy issues that could inhibit us from putting the 
project on Savannah.

Other Software Required:
SDL
possibly OpenDivX or the like, later on

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