Tennix! News

Tennix gameplay video on YouTube

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I just spotted this video on YouTube, and think I might link it from here, because it really shows the gameplay (of version 0.5.0) and how the whole game looks and feels like:

Tennix 0.6.1 for Maemo released

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The 0.6.1 release of Tennix is now available for Nokia Internet Tablets (OS2008-based, i.e. N800 and N810). This release includes special Maemo support (see the latest Git commit for the source) that makes Tennix more usable on the Internet Tablet. Also, in this version, we finally have support for audio playback (Maemo's SDL does not include Ogg Vorbis support, so we use .wav) and complete support for all hardware keys, including the D-Pad. Click on the lower right icon with the Internet Tablet on this page to go to the Maemo Port download page.

Tennix 0.6.1 released

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This is not the result of a bi-daily hackanfall, but rather a bugfix release due to some minor installation issue that happens on Debian and Ubuntu systems with pbuilder. If you are using the 0.6.0 version, you're fine and there are no changes to the game itself, so you won't need to re-download 0.6.1. If you are a package maintainer or have problems installing Tennix on your Unix-like system, please download Tennix 0.6.1 from this page.

Tennix 0.6.0 released

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Three months after the big 0.5.0 release of Tennix, we are proud to announce the immediate availability of yet another great Tennix release: 0.6.0 has arrived, and features amongst other things new mouse support, faster graphics, support for Maemo's touchscreen and performance upgrades.

You can download the source tarball from the project website already or wait until binary packages become available.

Add manpage from Andrea Colangelo
Faster graphics; touchscreen support
Add FPS limiting code; fix touchpad movement
Remove some development code from makefile
Smoothen player racket movement (accelerate)
Fix and improve mouse input, initialize players correctly
Apply patch from Enrico Zini to improve ball movement
Add high resolution SVG icon (+install on Unix)
Generate ChangeLog in makefile; add "release" target
Fix mouse control, add mouse rectangle, enable mouse by default
Manpage and documentation updated for 0.6.0

Tennix for Maemo released

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The first release of Tennix for Nokia Internet Tablets (OS2008) is here. You can download it by clicking on the button on the bottom right of the Tennix website. This release features some advanced support for the Internet Tablets, such as Touchpad support. The changes needed to get it going are already in our Git repository, so the normal Tennix will probably also benefit from the Maemo changes (i.e. mouse support).

Discussion takes place in the Tennix-Maemo-Discuss forum over at the Maemo Garage. Enjoy!

Tennix on the Nokia N800

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I'm currently experimenting with porting Tennix to the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. I still have to work out the sound (I think the N800's libsdl-mixer doesn't include Ogg support), the input method (as you see in the video, there is a preliminary touchpad support) and performance. Here's a video:

Tennix in Debian

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Andrea Colangelo writes: I am happy to inform you that Tennix has just landed on Debian! It is in NEW, now, it needs a few days to appear.

I want to thank Andrea for taking the time to package Tennix for Debian and Debian-based systems, which also cleared up some copyright questions and added the manpage to the current code. All in all, this means easy installation from within Debian and Debian-based systems. Thanks, Andrea!

Tennix 0.5.0 released

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

This new release brings some improvements for the Win32 build, including a startup dialog box from which fullscreen mode can be toggled. Another nice feature is the addition of optional joystick support, which has to be enabled on the command line.

Apart from the addition of joystick support, keyboard controls have also improved: Player 1 can now play using the arrow keys and the Space key. If you are using an Apple MacBook in Linux and want to tilt your notebook to move the racket, just load the applesmc kernel module and enable it as joystick. You can tilt your notebook to move the racket, and press the left control key to swing.

Win32: startup dialog box, icon and installer
CLI: Better option parsing/ignoring
New sound routing, background music, image and sound IDs
Add icon to Win32 startup dialog box
Joystick support (for Player 1; via command-line arguments)
Additional keyboard controls for Player 1: Space, arrow keys
Support for BINARY_INSTALL_DIR, Makefile updates
Mac OS X: Merge version info into Tennix.app

Tennix 0.4.2 released

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

After nearly two months, a new Tennix release is here for your pleasure. And of course, we've improved the cool computer AI so the single player game mode will be even more challenging. Thanks to icelus on the Linux Game Tome for taking the time to review Tennix and give some hints and suggestions.

Apart from the improved AI, this release adds support for in-game pausing. Press the "p" button on your keyboard to pause/unpause.

Computer AI: History-based positioning
Support for game pausing; clean-up n-gram predictor

Tennix available on SLAX/Galinux

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Teo Ramírez from Spain just informed me that he has converted our Debian package of Tennix to a Slax module. Slax is a small Linux distribution that can be run from CD or USB stick. I haven't tried it myself, but some of you might be delighted to know that you can now carry Tennix on your Linux USB stick. Of course, you could always have a Windows version of Tennix on your normal USB stick, too :)

If you want to try out Tennix on Slax, go here: Tennix! Slax module

Tennix 0.4.1 released

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

We've prepared a new Tennix release for you. This new release includes support for scoring a complete match of tennis, so you can finally play a complete match either against the computer or against a friend.

Other minor annoyances have been fixed to make the gameplay more realistic and a build-related bug has been dealt with. This release also adds the first cut of court textures support with the options being grass, clay or hard court. You can switch between the different court types by pressing "C" while playing.

Tennis-like scoring with games/sets and endgame handling
Fix "bad substitution" build error (bug #143997)
The ball cannot be hit after an "out"
Swing back racket when pressing the "swing" key for too long
Court textures (grass, clay, hard); press "C" in game to switch
Help text scroller in main menu; shows keyboard controls
Support for setting opacity of fonts when drawing

Tennix 0.4.0 released

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

It has been a good week for Tennix so far, and today we'll just push out another release, because I had a creative afternoon and evening with completely new, redesigned SVG graphics for Tennix. In addition to the new artwork, I've also added a referee to the in-game scenario.

Support for Unix-style installation ("make install")
Keep track of changed resource files in makefile
Fresh SVG artwork by Thomas Perl
Tennix now has its very personal referee :)
Removed some orphaned files

Debian GNU/Linux package available

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I'm happy to announce that I've created a Debian package of Tennix which is now available on our downloads page. If you're using Debian GNU/Linux, you can download and install the provided package from this page.

A Ubuntu package should be available on getdeb.net soon.

Tennix 0.3.4 released

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A very interesting week brings us a new release five days after the last Tennix release. This new version brings in (faded) line drawing, improvements to the font system and data embedded in the tennix binary.

Floating-point line drawing algorithm with optional color fading
Smoothened font animations and a new, stylish base font
Simplified and cleaned-up main menu
Quit using window manager's "X" button works now
On quit, fade out to black and then exit to system
Support for embedding resources (graphics, sounds) in the binary
(As of yet unused) button drawing routines in source

Tennix 0.3.3 released

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Seven weeks since the last Tennix! release, I am proud to announce the immediate availability of version 0.3.3. This version presents the new, funky dynamic text engine which will provide us with nice text effects!

Dynamic Text Engine with animations
Text Engine is presented in main menu (version, author, URL)
Scoring and "out" warnings are displayed in gameplay
Don't setup application window icon on Mac OS X

Tennix 0.3.2 released

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Rejoice! A new Tennix version has been released, including support for doing ball service, an improved AI for more challenging gameplay and fading between games to add for more smooth gameplay transitions.

Added application window icon setup code
Add "Playing Tennix" section in README
Move release information to makefile, update win32 target
Support for ball service; AI improved; gameplay fading

New website

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Tennix now has its own website where we can publish news items, more downloads and better documentation. The website will soon be published on icculus.org thanks to Ryan.

Tennix 0.3.1 released

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I've just released Tennix 0.3.1 out into the wild. This release includes some gameplay fixes and AI player support, so it is now for the first time possible to play a tennis match against the computer instead of only being able to play a two-player game.

Added tennis ball and its shadow to 3D test
Fix ball direction gameplay bug
First cut of single-player mode support (Player 2 = AI)
Modularize human input and AI input (AI vs. AI testing)
New main menu with highlight and elektron bling bling
Removed powershot sound
More elektron-based full screen menu bling bling
Add fading effect for menu/game transitions

The source package, a Windows binary package and a MacOS X application package are available for download now.

Tennix 0.3.0 released

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Tennix 0.3.0 is now available for download from this page.

testing 3d-to-2d conversion with a pygame draft script
First cut of gameplay updates, partly broken
Merge branch 'gameplay'
Bugfix for ball not moving completely off-screen
Support for ball out with sound
Compile-time debug mode, get_move_y gameplay fixes
Line drawing methods and new gameplay fixes

First version published

Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

You can now download a tarball of tennix svn-r20, the current development snapshot of Tennix. This version is the first public release of the SDL port and features improved graphics, more tennix-like gameplay and performance fixes.