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| AssaultCube | |
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| Developer(s) | Rabid Viper Productions |
| Engine | Cube Engine |
| Platform(s) | Windows,Linux,macOS,Android |
| Release | November 21, 2008 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
AssaultCube, formerlyActionCube, is an open sourcefirst-person shootervideo game, based onCube and uses the same engine, theCube Engine. Although the main focus ofAssaultCube ismultiplayer online gaming, asingle-player mode consists of computer-controlledbots.
AssaultCube utilises efficient bandwidth usage, allowing the game to be run with connection speeds as low as56kbit/s. It can run on older computer hardware as well.[1]
AssaultCube is available forfree onMicrosoft Windows,Linux,macOS,FreeBSD andAndroid.[2][3][4] Thegame engine isfree software, but parts of the accompanying game media, such as the graphics, are released under non-free licenses, theCC BY-NC-SACreative Commons license,[5] which makes the overall gamefreeware.
AssaultCube was designed to be more realistic and team-oriented thanCube while keepingCube's distinctive fast-paced gameplay. In comparison to other games,AssaultCube is slower-paced thanQuake but faster-paced thanCounter-Strike.[6] There are two different teams inAssaultCube, called the "Cubers Liberations Army" (CLA) and the "Rabid Viper Special Forces" (RVSF).
AssaultCube retains a movement bug fromCube that allows players to utilizestraferunning to move at a faster speed. This was left intentionally unfixed by the developers because it was considered an enjoyable feature ofCube, similar tobunny hopping inQuake.
Another feature of the game is the potential for using the recoil of the weapons (which pushes one backwards) to reach and perform moves that were previously impossible. This was also included intentionally, allowing players to achieve faster movement and jump higher. This feature was inherited fromCube, though it was absent in the original release ofAssaultCube.
AssaultCube's weapons are all fictional and fill the basic niches of a modern first-person shooter: the assault rifle, sub-machine gun, sniper rifle, carbine, shotgun, pistol and knife.
Despite its simplistic graphics and gameplay,AssaultCube maintained a consistent player base of hundreds of players, with over 60 user-run servers online at any given time around 2009.[7]
AssaultCube had several gaming clans, some of which participate in organized tournaments.[8]
AssaultCube's engine is an improved version ofCube. These improvements include several features from theCube 2 Engine, such as more menu features and the possibility to setvariables in scripts with the syntaxvariable = value (the old syntax,alias variable value, still works).
AssaultCube retains an in-game mapping feature from the originalCube game, resulting in a variety of custom maps. The diverse nature of theCube engine's mapping feature allows for creativity and almost endless possibilities for custom maps. Another aspect ofAssaultCube is the ease at which custom maps can be shared. These created maps can be played online fairly easily if they comply with quality pre-requisites.
AssaultCube has over a dozen different gamemodes, such asdeathmatch,capture the flag and variations thereof.
AssaultCube started out asActionCube in July 2004 by a few members of theCube community. The first official release was in November 2006. The plan was to create an entirely new game incorporatingCube's simplicity and movement style in a more realistic environment.[9]
In May 2007,ActionCube was renamed toAssaultCube due to a request from the developers ofAction Quake.[10][11]
Version 1.0 was released on November 21, 2008. Version 1.2.0.2 was released on November 10, 2013. The game received no updates until version 1.3.0.0, which was released on December 4, 2021.
The latest version is 1.3.0.2, released on April 1, 2022.[12]
AssaultCube, then under the nameActionCube, was named "Free Game of the Month" by the Germanvideo game magazinePC Action in February 2007.[13]AssaultCube was downloaded between 2006 and March 2017 alone overSourceForge 7,456,000 times.[14]
The game was forked into a version with a built-in gaming portal namedActionFPS in 2017. Features include an authentication system and a match client.[15]
Assault Cube is Freeware [...] The content, code and images of the AssaultCube website and all documentation are licensed under "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported" Creative Commons.
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