Bitfighter 012 has been released for Linux, OSX and Windows. This is primarily a maintenance release, but does have some new features. With this release, players can drop flags, level designers can include asteroid spawn points, and there are fixes for several crash conditions.

Download the new version today; see the changelog on the download page for the full rundown of what's new.

Bitfighter 011 has been released for OSX and Windows. This is one of the biggest releases yet. There have many many upgrades, enhancements, and bugfixes since 010, so download the new version today!

Major enhancements include new and enhanced game items, levelgen scripts, and major improvements to the editor. Read the changelog on the download page for the full rundown of what's new.

Levelgen scripts allow you to create Lua scripts that generate level elements when a level is loaded, and are a powerful extension of the existing level creation methods. Levelgens are fully functional in the development codebase, and will be included in the upcoming 011 release. See the Wiki for documentation and code samples.

Bitfighter game and player status is now available via an improved live JSON feed, suitable for creating desktop widgets or displaying on other websites. A sample implementation is shown on this page, under the screen shot thumbnails. A full reference implementation is now available.

If you do anything cool with this, please let the devs know. Contact info is on the contact page.

A new gallery of working robots is being developed. If you're looking for some fully functional robots, try one of these.

We've posted a second alpha release of Bitfighter 011 now available (sorry, it's Windows only, but should compile on Linux or OS X).

Most of the updates since the first alpha release are related to improvements in the robot programming, done with the Lua scripting language. Expect more improvements and progress in the near future.

An improved (but still rough) documentation page has been set up in the Wiki if you want to get some idea where things are going. We've added more code samples and examples. If you are interested in helping design the robot interface, please contact us.

Stay tuned for more exciting news!

Bitfighter 010 has been released for OSX and Windows. There have many many upgrades, enhancements, and bugfixes since 009, so download the new version today!

Bitfighter now has an announcements mailing list. Sign up on the contact page.

The Bitfighter wiki has been launched. Check it out and pitch in. Flesh out an existing article, or create a new one. Level design tips, strategies, whatever strikes your fancy.