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

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Owen Swerkstrom <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
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 GNU/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 on-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.  No code that will actually be part of Bontz exists now, 
but we\'ve read up on including the proper text in each source file etc to be 
GPL-compliant.  All we currently have running are generic testing-purposes 
\"cycle-this-set-of-sprites-and-play-an-ogg\" type stuff.  You can catch a 
glimpse of some artwork, but no code, at 
http://bontz.sourceforge.net
which, if all goes well, will soon vanish as we\'d prefer to have this project 
hosted on Savannah instead.

Other Software Required:
SDL
possibly OpenDivX or similar, later on

Other Comments:
I submitted this before, and let slip a \"linux\" instead of \"gnu/linux\"... 
oops!  I\'m usually pretty good about that.  :^)