My good friend Robert has been working on this for many years, and it's finally out for the public. For those of you who know what it is, XBolo is a fully Mac OS X native clone of the old Bolo game for the Mac, with live fullscreen graphics and much improved networking.

A couple of articles back, I wrote an article about Bolo, and briefly mentioned an OS X version called nuBolo. Those of you who have tried it have no doubt noticed how authentic it is. You may also have noticed that it's lacking Bolo's Brains (AI plugins) support. I'm working on a module to add Brains support to nuBolo, and I've reached the stage where I thought I'd make a post about it.

Today I'm going to talk to you about the mechanics and social interactions in a little-known Mac tank game. Those of you who understood the title already know which one. For those of you who don't, the game is Bolo. For people suddenly hit with nostalgia, there's a Carbon port now available which is amazingly authentic.