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ioquake3

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2025 7DFPS Game Jam Announced for December 5th to the 14th
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2025 7DFPS Game Jam Announced for December 5th to the 14th

Want to get started building a game with ioquake3? The perfect time to prep is now, because on December 5th the 2025 7DFPS game jam starts. You’ll have a little bit more than 7 days to build …

ioquake3.org

November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM

ioquake3

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🫡 github.com/ioquake/ioq3...

November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM

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Mr. Nuclear Monster

@mrnuclear.monster

anyone on macOS tahoe who can try @ioquake3.org and let me know if audio works without turning off OpenAL in 26.1? github.com/ioquake/ioq3...

macOS Tahoe: sound effects silent with OpenAL · Issue #806 · ioquake/ioq3

The various effects, like gun sounds and the sounds of other players, are silent under macOS Tahoe 26.0.1 (25A362). The stamp sound at start up works. Also sometimes the music for a given map works...

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November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM

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ruby0x1

@ruby0x1.ca

7DFPS 2025 - JOIN THE JAM - TELL A FRIEND
itch.io/jam/7dfps

#7dfps #gamedev #gamejam #itchio

November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM

ioquake3

@ioquake3.org

heads up! tomorrow is the day for removing the makefile and switching to CMake, see this announcement from August if you missed it: ioquake3.org/ioquake3/bre...

Breaking Changes: ioquake3 Switching to CMake; Makefile Deprecated

Here’s the quick summary: Thanks to Tim Angus, ioquake3 now supports CMake! If you want to compile from source for Windows, macOS, or Linux, and you’re already familiar with CMake you c…

ioquake3.org

November 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM

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🧟Zombuddy🧟‍♂️

@budbuddyguy.bsky.social

Logging on

October 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM

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ioquake3

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Quake 3 is Discounted for Autumn
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Quake 3 is Discounted for Autumn

Steam’s Autumn sale is going on now, which means everyone has Quake 3 discounted. In order to play Quake 3 and Team Arena you’ll need to buy a copy of the game to use with ioquake3. The…

ioquake3.org

September 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM

ioquake3

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Quake 3 is Discounted for Autumn
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Quake 3 is Discounted for Autumn

Steam’s Autumn sale is going on now, which means everyone has Quake 3 discounted. In order to play Quake 3 and Team Arena you’ll need to buy a copy of the game to use with ioquake3. The…

ioquake3.org

September 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM

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Ryan C. Gordon

@icculus.icculus.org

"What was your oddball childhood system that accidentally influenced the course of your life?" www.patreon.com/posts/projec...

Project: mojozork-libretro visual styles | Ryan C. Gordon

Get more from Ryan C. Gordon on Patreon

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September 18, 2025 at 6:28 AM

ioquake3

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Game Server Hosts: Please Do Not Spam the Directory Server with Fake Game Servers
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Game Server Hosts: Please Do Not Spam the Directory Server with Fake Game Servers

One of the discussions that has come up after our recent move to the mpdirectory server software has been players alerting us to false entries in the server browser for game servers that are duplic…

ioquake3.org

September 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM

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Ryan C. Gordon

@icculus.icculus.org

"...but more than that, I hope it is a joy to use. That's the actual thing all libraries should run towards. It's the only feature that matters, really." www.patreon.com/posts/projec...

Project: SDL3_mixer | Ryan C. Gordon

Get more from Ryan C. Gordon on Patreon

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September 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM

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Mr. Nuclear Monster

@mrnuclear.monster

there are only about 80 servers still stuck in the past and reporting to our old directory server, please update or restart your servers!

ioquake3 @ioquake3.org · Aug 31

Game Server Hosts: Please Make Sure Your Servers are Updated
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Game Server Hosts: Please Make Sure Your Servers are Updated

Game servers report their ip address and other server details to our directory server in order for you to find them. Whenever you play a multiplayer game of Quake 3: Arena or any other game based o…

ioquake3.org

August 31, 2025 at 8:52 AM

ioquake3

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Game Server Hosts: Please Make Sure Your Servers are Updated
ioquake3.org/ioquake3/gam...

Game Server Hosts: Please Make Sure Your Servers are Updated

Game servers report their ip address and other server details to our directory server in order for you to find them. Whenever you play a multiplayer game of Quake 3: Arena or any other game based o…

ioquake3.org

August 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM

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Mr. Nuclear Monster

@mrnuclear.monster

Here’s the @ioquake3.org video for anyone who missed it. Thank you for joining me in celebrating 20 years of ioquake3! youtu.be/UUtmeww0nws

20th anniversary of ioquake3 on Nuclear Monster Live

YouTube video by Nuclear Monster

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August 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM

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Stop Skeletons From Fighting | SSFF

@stopskeletons.bsky.social

I’m feeling myself right now - I reviewed Doom ’16 when it was new and I worked super hard on the intro. Unfortunately the Doom Ports video I released along side did much better and that would inform the direction of the channel, but not many people saw this intro I cut.

August 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM

ioquake3

@ioquake3.org

We will execute Orbb if you don’t join us to celebrate 20 years of ioquake3 ioquake3.org/ioquake3/20-...

20 years of ioquake3

On August 25th, 2005 the initial commits were made using svn to icculus.org for the earliest version of ioquake3 based on the Quake 3 source code id software generously released for free to the pub…

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August 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM

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ioquake3

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Breaking Changes: ioquake3 Switching to CMake; Makefile Deprecated
ioquake3.org/ioquake3/bre...

Breaking Changes: ioquake3 Switching to CMake; Makefile Deprecated

Here’s the quick summary: Thanks to Tim Angus, ioquake3 now supports CMake! If you want to compile from source for Windows, macOS, or Linux, and you’re already familiar with CMake you c…

ioquake3.org

August 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM

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ioquake3

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20 years of ioquake3
ioquake3.org/ioquake3/20-...

20 years of ioquake3

On August 25th, 2005 the initial commits were made using svn to icculus.org for the earliest version of ioquake3 based on the Quake 3 source code id software generously released for free to the pub…

ioquake3.org

August 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM

ioquake3

@ioquake3.org

Breaking Changes: ioquake3 Switching to CMake; Makefile Deprecated
ioquake3.org/ioquake3/bre...

Breaking Changes: ioquake3 Switching to CMake; Makefile Deprecated

Here’s the quick summary: Thanks to Tim Angus, ioquake3 now supports CMake! If you want to compile from source for Windows, macOS, or Linux, and you’re already familiar with CMake you c…

ioquake3.org

August 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM

ioquake3

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@lgr-yt.bsky.social you up for some ioquake3 on the 25th to celebrate 20 years of open source quake 3? ioquake3.org/ioquake3/20-...

20 years of ioquake3

On August 25th, 2005 the initial commits were made using svn to icculus.org for the earliest version of ioquake3 based on the Quake 3 source code id software generously released for free to the pub…

ioquake3.org

August 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM

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docvember

@docseuss.bsky.social

Hey! New article! This one's about the history of first person shooters, what makes 'em work, and why I like the shooters I like. It's also me lamenting how they've died, and talking a bit about why I want to go ahead and make one.

docseuss.medium.com/first-person...