LOSP
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| LOSP | |
 screenshot from Alpha 7 |
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| Developer: | Erik Lindroos |
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| Latest release: | Pre-beta 10 / July, 2004 |
| OS: | Windows |
| Use: | Platform |
| License: | Freeware |
| Website: | Official website |
LOSP (Liero Open Source Project) is a free multiplayer computer game. It was written in C++, based on the original code of Liero 1.33, by the Swedish programmer Erik 'Gliptic' Lindroos using reverse engineering method (since the original source code was unreleased and lost).
The intention was making the physics as close to the original game as possible - basically an open source copy of Liero. The game features the same forty weapons as Liero, as well as the Ninja rope.
It was meant to be concluded with Liero+, the intended end product of LOSP, enabling you to play the game via a LAN or over the internet.
In 2005 Erik decided to discontinue further development and joined Mario Carbajal with developing Gusanos using code and ideas from LOSP. The last version released was "Pre-beta 10" (released July, 2004).
Unlike what the name suggests, the source code was withheld by Gliptic until November 17, 2006 when it was released [1] to the public. The reason for withholding the source was the flaws of the code which made it impossible to compile LOSP, as well as the incorporation of all vital LOSP code into Gusanos which rendered LOSP obsolete.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- LOSP's forum, hosted by GU (The Gaming Universe) (Now archived disallowing further posts)
- LOSP and Liero fansite
[edit] References
- ^ LOSP source released. ComSer News. Retrieved on November 20, 2006.
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