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The Platform Shooter 0.5 Released

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http://www.ubuntuvibes.com – The Platform Shooter is a third person shooter for Linux. It features a single player game where you must collect power cells and make your way to exit as well as multiplayer mode where can you fight against your friends over Internet or LAN. The game also has a built-in level editor. The Platform Shooter 0.5 has been released with many new features and fixes: Added two more single player levels. Added new enemy type called "dragon". Added slowly regenerating health (up to 25%) for the player character. Reworked whole AI code to make it more configurable and simpler. Enemies (guards (HowTos)

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