RoboRally is a board game where you program a robot to manuver a factory floor to touch flags while avoiding hazards and other robots. It is a lot of fun. We have played it after most every developer meetings since I got it for my birthday in October of 2005, and about half the people I play it with run out and buy their own copy. Both my wife and my 8 year old son really enjoy playing it. Most others whom I have spoken with also say their kids and spouses enjoy playing it.
When programmers play it, inevitablly someone talks about wanting to have a multi-player networked version for playing on the computer. Quite often someone in the group has started programming it, or is about to start working on writing it.
Well, thanks to Bots 'n' Scounts you don't need to worry about writing a program so you can play it on the PC any more! I know that is both good news and bad news (sometimes writing the program is half the fun!) That's right, you can now play RoboRally on your computer, but only if you are running Linux. It isn't a perfect clone, there are no upgrade cards for example, and it looks like the boards are different, but the idea is the same. This looks like a really good reason to install Linux, and quick!
I guess there is still space for someone to port the game to MS Windows.
Thanks Matt for the link!
Subject Tags: [Programming] [Software] [Linux] [Games] [RoboRally] [Robo Rally] [Board Games] [Fun]
1 comment:
Bots'n'Scouts is a Java game that runs just fine on Windows. I play it a lot.
Don't let that fact stop you from installing Linux, though!
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