Tux Racer
Tux Racer is an open-source winter sports racing video game made by Sunspire Studios. The player moves Tux, the Linux Penguin. In the game, Tux goes down a hill on his belly and collects fish. There are many things that slow Tux down. There are also things that may be hard for Tux to get past.
| Tux Racer | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Sunspire Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Sunspire Studios |
| Director(s) | Jasmin Patry |
| Composer(s) | George Sanger Joseph Toscano |
| Platform(s) | Linux, Windows, Mac |
| Release | Linux:
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Controls
- Turning: Left and Right buttons
- Paddling (makes Tux go faster): Up button
- Braking (makes Tux slow down): Down button
- Jumping: Hold down the "E" button, then let go
- Hard Turn (makes Tux turn when he is moving fast or when you want him to turn a lot): Down and Right or Left buttons at the same time
- Reset (makes Tux Get out when he is stuck): Backspace Button
- Quit (exits the game): "Q" Button
Updated version
The developers of Tux Racer have long abandoned making and programing the game. But some programmers took the source code and they call their new version Extreme Tux Racer, it is much newer and has many improvements over the old Tux Racer.
Tux Racer Media
Gameplay featuring Tux. From top-left clockwise, the user interface is composed of the time elapsed, the total number of herring collected, and a speedometer and "energometer" used for charging jumps.
Tux Racer was developed in the University of Waterloo Computer Graphics Lab.
Screenshot of an early version of the game, featuring a basic gameplay
Tux Racer is the first GPL-licensed video game to receive an arcade adaption.
