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- Thank You!It’s the Thanksgiving holiday in the US today, but even if you don’t celebrate that holiday, we want to thank you for contributing to ioquake3 over the years. We really appreciate it. Whatever the contribution is, code, or documentation, or making your own game/mod, or running a server, or playing ioquake3 and the other games…Read more: Thank You!
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What isioquake3?
ioquake3is a free and open-source software first person shooter engine based on theQuake 3: Arena andQuake 3: Team Arena source code. The source code is licensed under the GPL version 2, and was first released under that license byid software on August 20th, 2005. Since then, our dedicated team has working hard to improve it, fixing bugs, and adding just the right new features to make the engine even better than before.
What can I do withioquake3?
You canuse it to playQuake 3: Arena, Quake 3: Team Arena, and the mods people have made for those games. See ourPlayer’s Guide for instructions and help playingioquake3, or ourSysAdmin Guide to get started running your own game server. Orplay a game that other great teams using ioquake3 have made if you don’t already haveQuake 3.
You can also make your own game fromour source code in git ongibhub.
If you likeioquake3 and you’d like to give back or get involved, excellent, we could use your help!
Check out the all of the ways to do that by clickingthis link or just follow uson Mastodon to keep in touch.
Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who has ever contributed toioquake3, this project would not exist without you!
ioquake3would not be possible without contributions from volunteers and important resources fromDigital Ocean,Discourse.org, icculus.org, andNuclear Monster.



