H-Craft Championship is a science fiction racing game developed by independent game studio Irrgheist. The game was built using the free graphics engine Irrlicht for Windows, Linux and Android. In 2007 the game was released in digital distribution internationally by Manifesto Games "In order to purchase H-Craft Championship please visit our reseller www.Manifestogames.com" (2007) and in a Russian version by Akella.H-Craft Championship CDnavigator.ru In 2014, after a long downtime, the developers released the game as freeware.H-Craft Championship Freeware release announcement in Reddit In February 2015 the source code was released as open-source under the zlib license. The media files remain proprietary.H-Craft Championship Irrgheist News, February 25, 2015H-Craft Championship H-Craft Source CodeIrrlicht News "Sci-Fi racer coded with Irrlicht got open sourced" on irrlicht.sourceforge.net
Gameplay The game features various hovercraft which race on superhighways in the sky, meaning that an important part of the game involves staying on track and not falling to the ground.H-Craft Championship LinuxLinks It features several different games modes: "Championship" acts as the single-player campaign, while "Rival" allows for multiplayer games with up to four players in sequence. ManifestoGames (archived)H-Craft Championship Worth Playing, August 20, 2007H-Craft Championship Jeux Linux, June 21, 2007 In addition it also features "Arcade" and "Time attack" game modes.H-Craft Championship Review linuX-gamers.net, June 17, 2007
Reception Although not widely known, what reviews there are for the game are generally positive. AllForLinux included it in its list of top Linux games,Top Linux Games List AllForLinux, April 25, 2010 and LinuxLinks included it as part of their list of "42 of the Best Commercial Linux Games".42 of the Best Commercial Linux Games LinuxLiks It also holds a four out of five star rating at The Linux Game Tome. at The Linux Game Tome
See also Ballistics List of open source games
References
External links H-Craft Championship - official website