Hey folks!

A couple people have asked me to set up a subscription system that would bill automatically every month.  Just to make sure we're clear, donations and subscriptions are, and always will be, completely optional.  OGA will never have a special subscribers-only section of the site, as it would defeat the purpose.  Rather, the benefit of your donation is that every penny of the money donated will go toward commissioning freely-licensed art and music that can be used in FOSS games (I will always cover the monthly server costs myself, along with some commissions).

Hey folks!

Hey folks!

I just wanted to give a shout out to an underappreciated segment of the game artist population -- namely writers.  In terms of game development, writing is a different animal from audio and graphics, in that it's not something that can be easily re-used.  Writing, by its very nature, is unique from game to game.  It's one thing to share graphics and audio between game projects, but it's quite another to share plot and dialogue.

Hello again, FOSS Gaming Community!

I highly recommend checking out CODE:FREE Magazine, which is an online magazine that showcases art made with Free / Open Source software, such as Xara, Glips, Krita, K-3D, 3D Canvas, Gogh, Blender, and others.  While it's not game-specific, it's a great way to see what kinds of art people are producing with Open Source software.

We're getting a lot of new visitors today.  If you like what you see, perhaps you can help give the community some direction.  Why not leave a post on our forum and plug your game project (regardless of whether it's a mature, well-established project, just a twinkle in your eye, or anything in between).  Tell us about it.  Let us know what kind of art you're looking for.  We'd love a chance to serve the community better. :)

Peace,

Bart

Hey folks!

If you're reading this entry, why not take a minute or two to upload something to OGA?  I'd like to expand our sound archive a bit, so why not contribute a sound?  Here are a couple things you could do:

First, a quick postmortem.  I clearly didn't give the Mini-contest enough time for the news to get around.  People heard about it, but mostly after it had ended, which means we got very few entries.  However, the entries we did get, while few in number, are quite good.  All entries are judged for creativity, execution, and effort, on a scale of 1 to 5.  Here they are:

Little Shrooms, by Blarumyrran

Greetings!

OpenGameArt.org is currently running another pixel art contest!  This time, we're looking for small (32x32 or smaller) details that might be found in a nature setting, such as rocks, mushrooms, plants, flowers, vines, etc.  The best entries will be added to the OGA Community Tileset (currently in progress).

The contest runs until 11:59 PM EST on September 1.  Results will be announced 2 days later.  You can read the complete rules here.

Peace,

Bart

Greets!

I've been doing some more work on the OGA community tileset.  As you can see, I'm quite serious about making it happen, but it would be nice if I could get some additional contributors other than just myself.  If you're at all interested, stop by and leave a comment on our Community Projects forum.

Peace,

Bart