Just wanted to give props to Anton Lapshin for developing Bart's Game, based on an idea by yours truly and conceived right here on the OpenGameArt Forums.  The basic idea is that it's an arcade/puzzle game in which there's a human in a maze inhabited by monsters.  The catch is that you don't control the human at all (who is constantly freaked out and running in random directions) and instead you move the walls of the maze to corral the human toward the exit while preventing the monsters from catching him.  Check it out!

Please note that, while it works in its current form, it's still under heavy development.

Peace,
Bart

Hey folks!

I'd like to start pushing toward creating more 3D content for the community, including high-poly, rigged 3D models (perferably with textures and basic animations).  As things stand, we just don't have the budget to do that right now, as such a job would run between $1000 and $3000 or more for male and female models.

So, this is where donations come in.  To the right of this blog entry, there is a "Donations" box, and contained therein is a button marked "Donate to OpenGameArt.org".  In particular, I'd like to nudge people toward the small subscriptions ($3 or $5 per month) which, despite the small denominations, would go a long way toward purchasing more art for the FOSS community, particularly if a lot of people decided to help us out.

Also, I've mentioned this in the past, but it bears repeating: For the forseeable future (as long as our bandwidth usage doesn't exceed the capabilities of the fairly hefty dedicated server I'm renting), every penny of the donations to OGA will go toward commissioning art for the community.  In addition to that, I will continue to put money from my own pocket toward commissions on a monthly basis as I am able to do so.  You can see more about our costs in the "More Information" section of the donation page.

Finally, if you're interested in creating some art for OGA, we are always thrilled to accept art contributions.  If you'd be willing to donate some of your time and talent but don't know what to contribute, consider stopping by our IRC channel (linked in the upper right corner of the site) and asking around.  There's always something to do. :)

Peace,

Bart