24 Aug 2016 » New Characters and Hats!

Work continues on extracting the original graphics format to prepare for enhancements (like improved animations). Here’s some early results enabled by that work:

These are extra character faces from Cyberdogs, now they can be played in C-Dogs SDL! But even the original C-Dogs faces have been enhanced; thanks to extra color keying work, we now have colorful shades, hats and more!

These changes will be part of the next release, look out for it soon!

22 Jul 2016 » C-Dogs 0.6.2 Released!

C-Dogs SDL 0.6.2 released; this version has optimized graphics performance and original tileset and sprites restored, alongside new ones.

Check out these benchmarks:

Version    | 0.6.1 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2
Brightness | yes   | no    | yes
-----------+-------+-------+------
640x480    | 71    | 71    | 71
720x480    | 71    | 71    | 71
800x600    | 65    | 71    | 71
1024x768   | 45    | 63    | 71
1280x768   | 38    | 54    | 71
1680x1050  | 22    | 33    | 71
1920x1080  | 19    | 29    | 71

For the level designers, this release also allows custom tiles, map objects and pickups.

Happy gaming!

Downloads and release notes: https://github.com/cxong/cdogs-sdl/releases/tag/0.6.2-2

24 May 2016 » C-Dogs 0.6.1 Released!

Introducing C-Dogs SDL 0.6.1, with a heap of new campaigns, editor improvements and bug fixes!

Thanks to sauer2, there are 6 new campaigns you can try out, many with unique levels and cool custom weapons!

Downloads and release notes: https://github.com/cxong/cdogs-sdl/releases/tag/0.6.1

11 May 2016 » Bleeding

Added bleeding. The trail of blood is a friendly reminder that you need to find a health pack!

07 May 2016 » C-Dogs is now free

C-Dogs SDL is now completely free! All original data has been released as CC-BY 3.0.

I have contacted Ronny Wester, the original author, who agreed to do the release. Now C-Dogs SDL is 100% free and open!

Look out for version 0.6.1 soon; it has a load of bug fixes and some sweet new campaigns courtesy of sauer2!