New Breed Software News

Tux's Turtle announced

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:55:00 +0000

Announcing a new project by New Breed Software, for Tux4Kids: Tux's Turtle! (Inspired by Delta Drawing, from over 25 years ago.)

Learn more...

Defendguin 0.0.12 source released

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000

A minor bugfix to our shoot-em-up game has been released. (Source-code only, so far!)

Learn more...

Go Go Garbage Truck

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:55:00 +0000

Go Go Garbage Truck is a new, very simple game for young children, for the Atari 8-bit.

Learn more...

Mad Bomber for Mac OS X

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:05:00 +0000

Mad Bomber is now available for Mac OS X.

Learn more...

Mad Bomber for Maemo

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:05:00 +0000

We discovered that our bomb-catching game, 'Mad Bomber', has been ported to the 'OS2008' flavor of the Maemo platform (used by Nokia's Internet tablets). It's been patched to support the full 800x480 screen resolution those devices support.

Learn more...

Fight or Perish alpha

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:25:00 +0000

Fight or Perish is a Dandy-inspired dungeon crawling action game. It utilizes cellular automata to allow for literally hundreds or thousands of enemies on the map. The current alpha version has rudimentary graphics, no sound, and only one partial map, but supports 1-4 players on the same system, using keyboard and/or joysticks. Contact us if you'd like to supply art and/or sound effects to this project!

Learn more...

Mad Bomber and Teeter Torture for Nintendo Wii

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:30:00 +0000

Our bomb-catching clone of 'Kaboom!', Mad Bomber, and clone of the never-released prototype shooting game Teeter Torture are now available for the Nintendo Wii game console. (Note: A homebrew hack is required to use it.)

Learn more...

Vectoroids for Nintendo Wii

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:20:00 +0000

Our asteroid-shooting game is now also available for the Nintendo Wii game console. (Note: A homebrew hack is required to use it.)

Learn more...

Defendguin for Nintendo Wii

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Our shoot-em-up is the first of our games to be ported to the Wii game console. (Note: A homebrew hack is required to use it.)

Learn more...

Bill Kendrick on 'FLOSS Weekly'

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:45:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick of New Breed Software, and lead developer of Tux4Kids's Tux Paint project, will be on This Week in Tech's FLOSS Weekly netcast, together with David Bruce, maintainer of Tux4Kid's TuxMath and TuxTyping projects. The episode will be posted on February 21st.

Learn more...

Gem Drop X (new) and Madbomber (update) for PalmOS 5

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:30:00 +0000

An updated version of SDL for PalmOS has been released, and project lead Thomas Borris has released a new version of our Mad Bomber game for PalmOS. He also ported our game Gem Drop X to PalmOS, too. Enjoy!

Learn more...

New and Updated BeOS/ZETA/Haiku Releases

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:30:00 +0000

Two more of our games are now available for BeOS and compatible platforms: Entombed! and TTT (Tic-Tac-Toe). Also, updated versions of Defendguin, Mad Bomber, Circus Linux! and Gem Drop X are available.

Learn more...

Announcing libcrtxy

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:10:00 +0000

We're creating a library for developing vector-based games in the style of classic arcade games, with the goal of being scalable and user-centric. See the website for more details, screenshots, and an initial source-code download.

Learn more...

Defendguin available for Mac OS X

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:55:00 +0000

We've received a build of Defendguin thsat should work on Intel Macs. Enjoy!

Learn more...

Tux Paint 0.9.20 available

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:15:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.20 includes some minor bug fixes, nearly 100 new pieces of art for the Stamps tool, and once again supports older versions of Windows (95/98/ME). See the press release for more.

Learn more...

Circus Linux! for PlayStation2

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:15:00 +0000

Circus Linux! has been ported to Sony PlayStation2. (Note: a mod-chip and homebrew tools are required to use it.)

Learn more...

Bill Kendrick interviewed by Punto Informatico

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:30:00 +0000

Tux Paint's lead developer is interviewed about open source educational software, and Tux4Kids' participation in this year's Google Summer of&nsbp;Code program, and Tux Paint, of course.

Learn more...

Vectoroids for PlayStation 2

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:55:00 +0000

We've just been told that Vectoroids is available for the PS2. (Once we know what's required to run it, we'll updated the new PS2 page on our site.)

Learn more...

More MorphOS ports

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:40:00 +0000

We just discovered that Defendguin, Gem Drop X and Vectoroids had been ported to MorphOS, an operating system for Amiga and Pegasos computers.

Learn more...

Circus Linux! in Linux Journal

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:30:00 +0000

Circus Linux! was reviewed in the 'Learning...Disguised' article in the June 2008 issue of Linux Journal magazine.

Learn more...

Bill Kendrick interviewed by ComputerWorld

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:15:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick is interviewed by Computerworld Australia.

Learn more...

Tux Paint receives 5-stars from Softpedia again

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:35:00 +0000

Tux Paint was once again given a 5-star "Editor's Pick" review from Softpedia.

Learn more...

Vectoroids for UIQ-based phones

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:05:00 +0000

Our asteroid-shooting game has been ported to handsets running the Symbian/UIQ system.

Learn more...

Tux4Kids to participate in this year's Google Summer of Code

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:50:00 +0000

The Tux4Kids organization, which includes our Tux Paint project, TuxMath (originally developed by NBS), and TuxTyping, applied to be a mentoring organization in this year's GSoC program, and has been accepted!

Learn more...

Vectoroids available for iStation V43 portable music player

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:15:00 +0000

Our asteroid-shooting game has been ported to the iStation V43 music player. Here's a photograph. Hopefully more of our games will follow!

Learn more...

Bill Kendrick on 'Jumping Monkeys'

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:45:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint, was interviewed on episode 31 of This Week in Tech's "Jumping Monkeys" netcast.

Learn more...

Mad Bomber for PalmOS (GarnetOS)

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:31:00 +0000

SDL has been ported to the PalmOS 5 mobile platform, and our game Mad Bomber is now available.

Learn more...

Tux Paint for OLPC XO-1

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:30:00 +0000

Development is underway to improve Tux Paint on the One Laptop per Child "XO-1" tablet computer, and the latest version has been built and posted. See the new XO-1 download page at the Tux Paint website.

Learn more...

Tux Paint 0.9.18 released

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:25:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.18 has been released, and is available for Windows Vista, 2000 and XP, Fedora CORE Linux 2-6 and Fedora Linux 7-9, PowerPC-based Apple Mac OS X, and as source-code. See the press release.

Learn more...

Tux Paint 0.9.18 test builds available

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:25:00 +0000

A test version of the upcoming Tux Paint 0.9.18 is available for Windows and Fedora CORE Linux 2 thru Fedora Linux 7. Please try it out and let us know how it works for you!

Learn more...

Tux Paint Plugin API talk in San Francisco area

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:05:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint, will be talking about the new 'Magic' tool plug-in API coming in version 0.9.18.

Learn more...

Tux Paint 0.9.18rc1 source

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:50:00 +0000

Release Candidate 1 of the next version of Tux Paint, version 0.9.18, has been released for testing purposes. Currently, only the source-code is available. It can be downloaded from our FTP site. Please report any issues to Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint.

Learn more...

Pop Star alpha available

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:12:00 +0000

In June 2006 we started a small puzzle game project called 'Pop Star.' We've finally decided to release an alpha version, for people to comment on. (Artists welcome, too!)

Learn more...

Mad Bomber on Virgin America Airlines

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:57:00 +0000

Mad Bomber was one of first the games included in 'Red', the touchscreen-and-controller-based in-flight entertainment system found in Virgin America Airlines planes.

Learn more...

Entombed! for GP2X and new Source

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:45:00 +0000

Our little game Entombed! has been build for the GP2X handheld game system. In response to the GP2X's need for 320x240 support, we've also released a new source version that runs at a smaller size. (We hope the GP2X community will port this version, too, for improved performance.)

Learn more...

Tux Paint 0.9.17 now available

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:30:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.17 has been released, along with an updated graphical configuration tool and an expanded stamp artwork collection. Major improvements include support for SVG-based stamps, and Japanese and Korean text entry. For more, see the press release!

Learn more...

Tux Paint presentation in Davis, California

Tue, 08 May 2007 07:10:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint, will be discussing the latest improvements to the program at the Linux Users' Group of Davis, California, June 18th.

Learn more...

Tux Paint in SchoolArts magazine

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:15:00 +0000

Tux Paint is mentioned in an article on Open Source software in the May/June issue of SchoolArts magazine.

Learn more...

Tux Paint in Macworld Magazine and TUAW

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:20:00 +0000

Tux Paint is mentioned promimently in the April issue of Macworld Magazine, and reviewed in a post today on The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

Learn more...

Another Tux Paint presentation in San Francisco

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:15:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead author of Tux Paint, will be speaking at the Bay Area Linux Users Group in San Francisco on Tuesday, February 20th.

Learn more...

Defendguin ported to Nintendo DS

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:30:00 +0000

Defendguin has been ported to the Nintendo DS handheld game system.

Learn more...

Tux Paint 0.9.16 CDROM available

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:00:00 +0000

The latest version of Tux Paint is now available on CDROM from CafePress for USD $6.99. It includes versions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Happy New Year!

Learn more...

Gem Drop X for GP2X and Dreamcast

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:30:00 +0000

Today we discovered that Gem Drop X has been ported to both the GamePark GP2X handheld video game system and the Sega Dreamcast home video game console.

Learn more...

Vectoroids for Nokia770

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:25:00 +0000

We just discovered that Vectoroids has been ported to the Nokia770 internet tablet.

Learn more...

Les Trophees du Libre

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:35:00 +0000

New Breed Software lead developer Bill Kendrick is on the jury of this year's international free software awards.

Learn more...

Tux Paint 0.9.16

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.16 is now available. See the press release for more!

Learn more...

Teeter Torture for RISCOS

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:35:00 +0000

Teeter Torture is now available for RISCOS, thanks to Neil White.

Learn more...

TUX Magazine article on games

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:15:00 +0000

The September 2006 issue of TUX Magazine includes an article by New Breed Software lead developer Bill Kendrick, and his wife Melissa Hardenbrook, covering three popular Open Source Linux games. (The magazine is a PDF download, with free subscription.)

Learn more...

tuxpaint.org

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:05:00 +0000

Tux Paint's website is now at www.tuxpaint.org. The original version at www.newbreedsoftware.com remains, as a mirror.

Learn more...

New Breed Software RSS Feed

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:30:00 +0000

Our news udpates are now available as an RSS feed!

Learn more...

Tux Paint presentation in San Francisco

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:05:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead author of Tux Paint, will be speaking at the San Francisco Linux User Group on Sunday, September 3rd.

Learn more...

Defendguin for Sony PSP handheld

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:00:00 +0000

Two different releases of Defendguin have been created for Sony's PlayStation Portable.

Learn more...

Mad Bomber for GP2X handheld

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:00:00 +0000

Mad Bomber has been ported to the GP2X handheld game system.

Learn more...

Softpedia reviews Tux Paint

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:00:00 +0000

Softpedia gave the latest version of Tux Paint both an "Excellent" Editor's Review and a "5/5: Pick" rating, in their online review.

Learn more...

Tux Paint turns 4

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:00:00 +0000

The first alpha version of Tux Paint was released four years ago, today!

Learn more...

Tux Paint reviewed by Connected Photographer

Mon, 15 May 2006 19:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint received a 4 out of 5 rating in a review by Connected Photographer!

Learn more...

Tux Paint for OS/2

Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint is now available for OS/2.

Learn more...

Teeter Torture for Windows

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:00:00 +0000

The alpha release of Teeter Torture is now available for Windows.

Learn more...

Teeter Torture for Amiga OS 4 & MorphOS

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:00:00 +0000

We discovered our beta release of Teeter Torture has been ported to Amiga OS4 and MorphOS. Enjoy!

Learn more...

Vectoroids for PSP & Symbian

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Vectoroids has also been ported to the Sonly PSP handheld, and we discovered that it was also ported to cellphones running Symbian!

Learn more...

TTT for PSP

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:00:00 +0000

TTT (Tic-Tac-Toe) has been ported to the Sony PSP (Playstation Portable) handheld game console.

Learn more...

Tux Paint for Nokia 770

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint is being ported to the Nokia 770 ("Maemo") Linux-based handheld Internet Tablet!

Learn more...

Defendguin 0.0.11

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Graphical artifacts have been corrected, persistent high score added, and joystick configurations added to the Options screen.

Learn more...

Tux Paint 0.9.15b available on CDROM

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

You can now purchase a CDROM containing Tux Paint for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, from our CafePress shop!

Learn more...

Tux Paint Artist on Board bumper sticker

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Steve Groundwater created artwork for a Tux Paint bumper sticker, now available from our CafePress shop!

Learn more...

Tux Paint 2006 Calendar

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Bill collected his 12 favorite images from the Tux Paint artist gallery, and constructed a 2006 wall calendar, available from our CafePress shop.

Learn more...

Vectoroids for GP2X

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Vectoroids has been ported to the Gamepark "GP2X" handheld game system!

Learn more...

New Tux Paint merchandise

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Additional CafePress merchandise (sporting the Tux Paint logo) is now available!

Learn more...