Open Geometry Wars aims to be an extremely faithful recreation of Geometry Wars Retro Evolved.

I was disappointed with the direction GW2 went in, and kept holding out hope that there would one day be a 4 player arcade version of what I consider the definitive version of GW - Retro Evolved. Unfortunately in 2011 Activision shut down the creator and developer of the game, Bizarre Creations.

As a software engineer and game programmer I set out to create something that could be used as a basis for a custom-built arcade cabinet. Something that was true to GW:RE but added the multiplayer aspect of GW2.

Inspired by the Wii version of Geometry Wars I experimented with support for some pretty crazy custom-shaped levels with holes in them etc, but ultimately decided to stick true to GW:RE. See the Wiki for more information on that version and for additional notes.

Features

  • OpenGL retro-evolved graphics
  • XBox joystick support for up to 4 simultaneous players
  • Faithful clone of the original game
  • Project currently set up using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Operating Systems

Windows

User Interface

OpenGL

Programming Language

C++

Registered

2014-03-17
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