LAN Party Event Planning

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Ubuntu is cool, and does well on a Live DVD.  Why not make one that has lots of games, then we can have a LAN Party where people bring in any computer and they don't have to worry about installing games.
 
Ubuntu is cool, and does well on a Live DVD.  Why not make one that has lots of games, then we can have a LAN Party where people bring in any computer and they don't have to worry about installing games.
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== The Games ==
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We've got the following games on the docket:
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* OpenArena - Quake 3 Arena Clone
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* BZFlag - 3D Tank battle game... gets pretty crazy
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* Boswars - Standard RTS
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* Globulation 2 - RTS where you don't control the units directly
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* Teeworlds - 2D capture the flag deathmatch platformer
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* Hedge Wars - Worms Clone
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* Scorched 3d - The mother of all games... IN 3D!
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* Armagetron AD - Tron Light Cycles
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* Pioneers - Settles of Catan Clone
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* xtris - Multiplayer Tetris
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* gtetrinet - Vindictive Multiplayer Tetris
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If we need more:
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* Tremulous - Humans vs. Aliens FPS
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* Warzone 2100 - RTS
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* Liquidwar - Unique multiplayer game
  
 
== Installation Instructions ==
 
== Installation Instructions ==
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You can install Ubuntu in Windows by using [http://wubi-installer.org/ Wubi].  If you do this, make sure that your disk is more than 10 GB.  The games alone take up 5.  You can then either install games individually, or install them all using the metapackage.
 
You can install Ubuntu in Windows by using [http://wubi-installer.org/ Wubi].  If you do this, make sure that your disk is more than 10 GB.  The games alone take up 5.  You can then either install games individually, or install them all using the metapackage.
  
To use the metapackage, go to ''System -> Administration -> Software Sources'', enter your password, go to the ''Other Software'' tab, choose ''Add...'', then enter the following into the box: <code>deb http://gerlach.ca/ubuntu/apt lanparty main</code>.  Click ''Add Source'' then ''Close''.  Reload your software list when it asks.  Then go to ''System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager''.  In the ''Quick Search'' box, type <code>lan-testing</code>.  Install that package. '''Warning:''' the lan-testing package requires 2.5GB of downloads and over 4GB of disk space!
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=== Installing the games via the metapackage ===
 
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== Game List ==
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I went through the Ubuntu games list and found some multiplayer games.
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# Go to ''System -> Administration -> Software Sources''
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# Enter your password if asked
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# Go to the ''Other Software'' tab
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# Choose ''Add...''
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# Enter the following into the box: <code>deb http://gerlach.ca/ubuntu/apt lanparty main</code>
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# Click ''Add Source'' then ''Close''.
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# Reload your software list when it asks.
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# Go to ''System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager''
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# In the ''Quick Search'' box, type <code>lan-2010-08-07</code>
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# Install the package that shows up.
  
* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/acm acm] - Combat Flight Sim
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== See also ==
* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/alien-arena alien-arena] - FPS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/armagetronad armagetronad] - Tron Light Cycles
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/assaultcube assaultcube] - FPS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/battleball battleball] - Soccer with tanks and helicopters
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/boswars boswars] - RTS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/btanks btanks] - 2D death match in vehicles
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/bzflag-client bzflag] - 3D tank battle game
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/castle-combat castle-combat] - Build and destroy castles
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/conquest-gl conquest] - 2D, team-based, space battle game
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/crack-attack crack-attack] - Tetris attack clone
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/crossfire-client crossfire] - Roguelike MMO
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/csmash csmash] - Table tennis simulation
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/dopewars dopewars] - Simple drug trading game
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/extremetuxracer extremetuxracer] - racing
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/freeciv-client-gtk freeciv] - Civilisation clone
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/freecol freecol] - Colonization clone
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/gbatnav gbatnav] - Battleship
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/glest glest] - RTS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/glob2 glob2] - Indirect RTS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/gltron gltron] - Tron Light Cycles
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/gplanarity gplanarity] - Clone of the Flash game Planarity... might be good for a race
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/gtetrinet gtetrinet] - Multiplayer Tetris with power-ups
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/gtkatlantic gtkatlantic] - Monopoly
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/hedgewars hedgewars] - Worms-style game
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/heroes-sdl heroes] - Tron/nibbles-like
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/imaze imaze] - simple FPS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/jumpnbump jumpnbump] - Deathmatch platformer
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/ksirk ksirk] - Risk
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/liquidwar liquidwar] - Neat game
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/mmpong-gl mmpong] - Massively-multiplayer pong
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/netmaze netmaze] - Simple FPS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/netrek-client-cow netrek] - 2D, team-based, space battle game
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/openarena openarena] - FPS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/pengupop pengupop] - Bust-a-move clone
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/pioneers pioneers] - Settlers of Catan clone
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/sauerbraten sauerbraten] - FPS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/scorched3d scorched3d] - Scorched Earth, in 3D
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/snowballz snowballz] - RTS with penguins
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/spellcast spellcast] - Unique turn-based game
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/spring spring] - RTS (Total Annihilation clone)
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/starvoyager starvoyager] - Star Trek 2D shoot-me-up game
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/stax stax] - Multiplayer Tetris and other games
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/supertuxkart supertuxkart] - Cart racing game
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/teeworlds teeworlds] - 2D deathmatch/capture the flag
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/tremulous tremulous] - Humans vs. Aliens team FPS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/warsow warsow] - FPS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/wesnoth wesnoth] - Turn-based strategy
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/warzone2100 warzone2100] - RTS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/wormux wormux] - Worms-like game
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/xbattle xbattle] - Simple RTS
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/xconq xconq] - Turn-based strategy game, civ-like
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/xevil xevil] - 2D platforming deathmatch
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/xpilot-ng xpilot] - 2D space deathmatch
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/xtris xtris] - Tetris
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=== Discarded Games ===
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* [[LAN Party Event Planning/Long Term Planning]]
  
* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/antigravitaattori antigravitaattori] - Multiplayer flying saucer game (''Not network - only hotseat'')
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[[Category:Event Plans]]
* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/attal attal] - Turn-based strategy (''Crap'')
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/ktron ktron] - Tron Light Cycles (''Single Player Only'')
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/luola luola] - Cave-flying game (''Hotseat only'')
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/kolf kolf] - Mini golf (''Hotseat only'')
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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/gnibbles gnibbles] - Nibbles (''Network play is broken - https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-games/+bug/565030'')
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Latest revision as of 00:11, 18 August 2011

Contents

The Basic Idea

Ubuntu is cool, and does well on a Live DVD. Why not make one that has lots of games, then we can have a LAN Party where people bring in any computer and they don't have to worry about installing games.

The Games

We've got the following games on the docket:

  • OpenArena - Quake 3 Arena Clone
  • BZFlag - 3D Tank battle game... gets pretty crazy
  • Boswars - Standard RTS
  • Globulation 2 - RTS where you don't control the units directly
  • Teeworlds - 2D capture the flag deathmatch platformer
  • Hedge Wars - Worms Clone
  • Scorched 3d - The mother of all games... IN 3D!
  • Armagetron AD - Tron Light Cycles
  • Pioneers - Settles of Catan Clone
  • xtris - Multiplayer Tetris
  • gtetrinet - Vindictive Multiplayer Tetris

If we need more:

  • Tremulous - Humans vs. Aliens FPS
  • Warzone 2100 - RTS
  • Liquidwar - Unique multiplayer game

Installation Instructions

You can install Ubuntu in Windows by using Wubi. If you do this, make sure that your disk is more than 10 GB. The games alone take up 5. You can then either install games individually, or install them all using the metapackage.

Installing the games via the metapackage

  1. Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources
  2. Enter your password if asked
  3. Go to the Other Software tab
  4. Choose Add...
  5. Enter the following into the box: deb http://gerlach.ca/ubuntu/apt lanparty main
  6. Click Add Source then Close.
  7. Reload your software list when it asks.
  8. Go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
  9. In the Quick Search box, type lan-2010-08-07
  10. Install the package that shows up.

See also

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