SuperTuxKart Wiki

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The SuperTuxKart Wiki is about the open-source 3D arcade racing game featuring the Linux mascot, Tux, based off of the original TuxKart. This Wikia is open to contribution and editing, so as information comes in people can share the wealth!

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About


SuperTuxKart is an arcade racing game featuring the Linux mascot Tux. The game runs natively on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Solaris. The game was originally conceived as an enhanced fork of TuxKart by the Game of the Month team consisting of Ingo Ruhnke, Charles Goodwin, and several others, eventually evolving into a largely original game. The latest version of the game is version 1.2 and was released on August 27, 2020.

It is written in the C++ programming language and uses OpenAL for sounds. It used the libraries SDL and PLIB for graphics until milestone 0.7, when the project switched to the Irrlicht Engine.

History
Charles Goodwin proposed the original project for Game of the Month. The Game of the Month project was started with the original developer of TuxKart on board, Steve Baker. However, the project went nowhere as the Game of the Month volunteers lacked either the ability, time, or interest for achieving the goals. From there, the work preceded in a disorganized fashion.

Eventually, in December 2004, the project was considered dead by Ingo Ruhnke and the work forked off. According to Steve Baker, the Game of the Month development team didn’t know anything about 3D graphics and refused to take his advice. They broke the game, leaving it in an unusable state. Later on the project was picked up by a new team around