Avoision
Avoision is a straightforward, yet captivating distillation of vintage arcade entertainment requiring strategy, precision, and perseverance with a singular objective: capture the red square while evading innumerable cruel, spiteful white squares.
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Releases: Avoision v1.1 Released
2012-03-10T19:23Z
Avoision v1.1 is now available for Windows and Linux!
Download:
- Avoision v1.1 Windows Installer
- Avoision v1.1 Windows Zip File
- Avoision v1.1 Debian/Ubuntu package (.deb)
- Avoision v1.1 Source Code (requires Radius Engine v1.1)
Releases: Avoision v0.7 Released
2011-08-09T03:31Z
Avoision v0.7 is now available for Windows and Linux!
In case you haven't played it before, Avoision is a simple arcade game; there's no story, no campaign, no learning curve--just frantic, high-speed gameplay. The rules of the game are as follows:
- Move the green block around with the arrow keys
- Capture the red block as quickly as you can to score more points
- Avoid all the white blocks that appear as you progress through the game
- Try to get the highest score!
This release fixes all known bugs and includes the following enhancements:
- More accurate collision detection
- Faster/better-sounding audio mixing
- Linux packages, desktop entries, and fixes
Download:
- Avoision v0.7 Windows Installer
- Avoision v0.7 Windows Zip File
- Avoision v0.7 Debian/Ubuntu package (.deb)
- Avoision v0.7 Linux package (.rpm)
- Avoision v0.7 Source Code (requires Radius Engine v0.7)
Releases: Avoision v0.6 Released
2010-12-14T03:27Z
Avoision v0.6 is now available for Windows and Linux:
This release includes the following changes:
- Revamped scoring system that rewards speed (and perhaps recklessness)
- New "Extreme" difficulty that includes new enemies
- Minor bug fixes and compatibility changes
At this point, the game has all of its planned features working. If there are no bugs discovered, this will likely end up becoming version 1.0.
Releases: Avoision v0.5 Released
2010-11-22T02:13Z
Avoision v0.5 (a simple arcade-style game) is now available for Windows and Linux!
Click here to download Avoision v0.5 for Windows.
With this release, Avoision is feature-complete, including:
- Arcade-style graphics and gameplay
- Music (by Lada Laika) and sound effects
- High scores list
- Customizable controls (with joystick and mouse support)
Here is a short gameplay video of Avoision v0.5:
In case you haven't played it before, Avoision is a very simple game; there's no story, no campaigns, no learning curve--just frantic, high-speed gameplay. The rules of the game are as follows:
- Move the green block around with the arrow keys
- Capture the red block before the timer runs out to score points
- Avoid all the white blocks that appear as you progress through the game
- Try to get the highest score
Of course, just because Avoision is now in beta doesn't mean that new features won't be added. If there's anything you'd like to see in subsequent version, go ahead and add a new feature request.
Finally, if Avoision doesn't install or work correctly for you, please create a support request so that the problem can be identified and fixed.
Update: If you are building from source on Linux and getting build errors related to "Avoision.rc" and "Avoision.ico", please re-download avoision-0.5.tar.gz (it now contains a fix for this obvious bug).
- Download Avoision v0.5 Installer for Windows
- Download Avoision v0.5 for Other Platforms
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