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PlaneShift
[[Image:PlaneShift logo.gif|200px]]
Developer(s)Atomic Blue
EnginePlaneShift Engine
Multiplayer

PlaneShift is a free to play

Multiplayer Role Playing Game in a fantasy setting.[2] The framework is open source with the server and client released under the GNU General Public License,[3] while the artistic content is covered under a proprietary license. The game requires client software to be installed on the player's computer. The project is no-budget and produced by a group of developers guided by the Atomic Blue organization.[4] The development team comprises developers from all around the world, located in the United States, Europe, Canada and Australia [5][6]

PlaneShift takes place inside a colossal

races,[8] each of which have their own homelands and characteristics.[9]

Gameplay

[[File:Planeshift bd01.jpg|thumb|Screenshot showing Bronzedoors, an in-game area in ''PlaneShift'']] Like many MMORPGs, PlaneShift has no single objective for the players to complete, but provides many options based on the playing style.

One aim of the game is to explore all the available areas and to acquire knowledge about the world by speaking with the

roleplay between the players.[12] This is accomplished by attention to detail, background stories, books, and quests.[13]

Character creation

The PlaneShift character creation tool features two options. The first option is to choose to make a "quick" character, in which a player chooses a "path" and a character is randomly generated for them. A path reflects the career of the avatar in his youth, and has associated events which will drive the final skills and stats. The available paths are "Street Warrior", "Enchanter", "Fighting Monk", "Warlock", "Knight", "Rogue".[9] The second option is to make a character with the "custom" method. This method allows to choose many additional aspects of your character like the birth event, the parents jobs, the house and siblings, and the life events happened up to his adulthood.[11][14] What makes this unusual among other character creation tools is that the character's stats and skills will be revealed only at the end of the process.

Combat

Planeshift features both

guilds are at war with each other, they do not need to agree to a duel in order to initiate combat with each other.[9] Characters attain progression points (PP) when they successfully engage in combat and use certain abilities, which are used for training skills. PlaneShift uses a skill based progression system, which allows the player to develop this character in any skills without the mandatory choice of a profession.[15][9]

When a character dies they are transported into the Death Realm,[11] a large network that the player must navigate.

Development

The game is currently in the

alpha stage of development at version 0.5, codenamed "Arcane Chrysalis". The server side engine code and the client code is written from scratch by the PlaneShift team, while the 3D rendering features are based on the Crystal Space 3D engine. The first major version (0.1) released on May 2, 2002 was codenamed "Atomic Blue".[16][17] The next version (0.2) was released on March 7, 2003 and codenamed "Molecular Blue".[17] The Molecular Blue server was shut down on December 16, 2004 and replaced on December 24, 2004 with version 0.3, Crystal Blue.[18] This was subsequently replaced by the version codenamed, "Steel Blue" on March 2, 2008.[19] The current version "Arcane Chrysalis" was released to the public on December 10, 2009.[19]
The game engine is released under the GNU General Public License,[2][20][21] while the content is released under a proprietary license.[20][22] The artwork, ruleset, dialog, etc. of PlaneShift are proprietary[18] and licensed under a custom license: the PlaneShift Content License (PCL). The PCL prevents modifications, redistributions, and assigns the copyright of accepted contributions to Atomic Blue under work for hire clauses. This license also forbids using the content for profit or for unofficial hosting.[22] PlaneShift has been used in multiple studies as a base to develop video games and other free applications.[3][23][24] The PlaneShift development team organization resembles one of a software company, with departments and leaders, and has been studied as a collaborative software engineering organizational model.[25][26] Bandwidth for the servers is donated by sponsors.[27][28]

Reception

PlaneShift was elected in 2003, the "Most Promising Linux Game" of the year,[29] and later considered by CSC to be one of the most sophisticated open source multiplayer games.[6] In 2008 PlaneShift was invited as an emerging technology, to speak at GoogleTalk events in Google headquarters.[1] It was also noted that PlaneShift's licenses facilitate creativity among the development community, while preserving as unique the creativity of artists and designers who contribute. [6]

Planeshift has been criticized as being generic but good with its visuals, and for borrowing from the ideas of other MMORPGs.[30] While bandwidth for the servers is donated by sponsors,[17][31] latency times have been known to cause a disruption in playing the game partly due to lack of paid hosting services.[1][11]

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c "Massively Multiplayer Open Source Game Development". YouTube. 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  2. ^ a b "Product Review - Net-Z/Eterna, ReplicaNet, SDLNet, and Plane Shift". GameDev.net. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  3. ^ a b Free/Open Source Software Development: Recent Research Results and Methods - Advances in Computers, Volume 69, 2007, Pages 243-295 - Walt Scacchi
  4. ^ "PlaneShift. Download and information on Atomic Blue Corporation PlaneShift". Ptf.com. 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  5. ^ "PlaneShift World Map". Planeshift.it. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  6. ^ a b c http://assets1.csc.com/lef/downloads/1142_1.pdf
  7. ^ a b TUX December 2006 Issue 20, Pg 60
  8. ^ "PlaneShift for PC - PlaneShift PC Game - PlaneShift Computer Game". Gamespot.com. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  9. ^ a b c d "PlaneShift Player Guide". Retrieved 2009-07-23.
  10. ^ a b http://www.planeshift.it/pix/magazines/pcaction_page1.jpg
  11. ^ a b c d (in Spanish) https://www.linux-magazine.es/issue/18/Planeshift.pdf
  12. ^ http://www.onrpg.com/MMO/Planeshift/interview/Planeshift-05-Interview-Grinding-is-Pointless
  13. ^ "PlaneShift Roleplay Guide". Planeshift.it. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  14. ^ http://www.planeshift.it/pix/magazines/GameStar-LinuxExtra_July_2006.jpg
  15. ^ "Jeuxlinux - Le site des jeux pour linux - Planeshift". Jeuxlinux.fr. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  16. ^ "PlaneShift - News 2002". Planeshift.it. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  17. ^ a b c Thomas -Mystery- Valley posted on 29 Oct 2003 10:52 (2003-10-29). "WarCry Network : News : Free MMOG Planeshift breaks 100k Players!". Warcry.com. Retrieved 2010-05-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ a b Linux Format March 2005 Issue 64, Pg 13
  19. ^ a b "PlaneShift - News 2008 2009". Planeshift.it. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  20. ^ a b http://www.web3d.org/x3d/learn/presentations/Web3DGames2007Workshop.pdf#page=6
  21. ^ "Planeshift: a 3D MMORPG | Get Planeshift: a 3D MMORPG at". Sourceforge.net. 2000-07-17. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  22. ^ a b "PlaneShift License". Planeshift.it. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  23. ^ Prototyping Game Design Workshop (Second Edition), 2008, Pages 175-212 - Tracy Fullerton, Christopher Swain
  24. ^ "Using Virtual Reality to make cultural environments more accessible to people with physical disabilities". Re-Flex. 2005-06-22. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  25. ^ Collaborative Software Engineering By Ivan Mistra-K, Page 317/318
  26. ^ Software process modeling By Silvia T. Acuña, Natalia Juristo, Page 14
  27. ^ Claudius posted on 28 Aug 2003 10:59 (2003-08-28). "WarCry Network : News : Feel free to play - Literally speaking". Warcry.com. Retrieved 2010-05-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ http://laanx.fragnetics.com/
  29. ^ "PlaneShift - News 2003". Planeshift.it. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  30. ^ "PlaneShift Steel Blue Review | Video Game Blog, Video Game Reviews, Video Game News". Gamersyndrome.com. 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  31. ^ http://laanx.fragnetics.com/

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