Project: Starfighter - News
posted by onpon4, Thu 04 Jul 2019 07:52:21 PM UTC
I have decided to migrate this project to GitHub. You can find the new project page here:
https://github.com/pr-starfighter/starfighter
The website has also been migrated to GitHub Pages:
https://pr-starfighter.github.io
This corresponds with a very exciting new release, version 2.0. You can read about and download it here:
https://github.com/pr-starfighter/starfighter/releases/tag/v2.0
posted by onpon4, Thu 08 Jun 2017 10:23:28 PM UTC
I noticed in my mailbox that Project: Starfighter had been greenlit, so I went to submit the game. Unfortunately, due to ethical boundaries I refuse to break, despite being greenlit, I will not be putting Project: Starfighter on Steam.
That ethical boundary is, quite simply, a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), an agreement where one is given
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posted by onpon4, Thu 23 Mar 2017 12:42:17 PM UTC
I have edited together a trailer for Project: Starfighter over the past couple of weeks. That can be found here:
https://archive.org/details/ProjectStarfighterTrailer
Additionally, while Steam Greenlight is still active, I have decided to post a submission there for Project: Starfighter. That submission can be found here:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=888700125
posted by onpon4, Sat 04 Mar 2017 01:12:30 PM UTC
Project: Starfighter 1.7 is now available for download. You can find it on the Download page, as usual.
This release is a very significant milestone. All of the basic code cleanup has finally been finished, and the handmade Makefile has been replaced with an Autotools build system. This release also
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posted by onpon4, Tue 09 Aug 2016 11:16:45 PM UTC
My current focus is actually my contributions to Naev, but I've released another Project: Starfighter update since someone contributed the changes necessary to make it compile on Mac OS X. There is not currently a Mac OS X build, though, because I don't have access to a Mac OS X machine. [...]
posted by onpon4, Thu 14 Jan 2016 08:24:57 PM UTC
While I was recording the new gameplay video, I noticed a huge problem: the amount of sound mines produce is incredibly distracting and annoying. It's a total sensory overload. So I've decided to make a new bugfix release to fix that. As always, you can find it here: [...]
posted by onpon4, Tue 12 Jan 2016 03:27:55 AM UTC
Another year, another Project: Starfighter update! Version 1.5 is now available for download. As usual, you can find it here:
http://starfighter.nongnu.org/
This was at first going to be a small bugfix release, but ended up including a lot more than that. Here is the list of major changes:
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posted by onpon4, Thu 18 Jun 2015 12:05:45 PM UTC
Version 1.4 of Project: Starfighter has been released. You can download it here:
http://starfighter.nongnu.org/
There is also a new video of Project: Starfighter 1.4 gameplay, found here:
https://goblinrefuge.com/mediagoblin/u/onpon4/m/project-starfighter-1-4-gameplay/
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posted by onpon4, Wed 20 May 2015 03:47:36 PM UTC
First, I'd like to make a note about version 1.3.2: shortly after I released version 1.3.1, Guus Sliepen noted that the makefile wasn't installing music files, so that release was just 1.3.1 with a fixed makefile. I don't remember if I forgot to announce this version, or just wasn't going to. [...]
posted by onpon4, Thu 16 Apr 2015 05:00:16 PM UTC
Another release so soon?! Well, yes. Project: Starfighter version 1.3.1 is out, and you can download it here:
http://starfighter.nongnu.org
Changes from the previous version are:
- Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred whenever an enemy that produced debris (asteroids, bosses, and the player) was killed. This is the main reason for the
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