I still jump into Quake 3 DeFRaG sometimes. It’s a movement game, probably one of the earliest examples of a game / mod where the primary focus is on movement as opposed to shooting or some other mechanic. Its mere existence heavily inspired a lot of source engine movement communities like surf, bhop, kz, etc.
Here’s a good video showcasing what DeFRaG movement looks like. Each map is ran on two variations of the physics. One is VQ3 (vanilla quake 3) and CPM (Challenge ProMode Arena, which was originally a Quake 3 mod that heavily altered the physics to make it more fun for professional play). While there’s no one DeFRaG game, there’s a shitload of open source mods to the original game that modify the physics and allow you to join servers running DeFRaG maps. Some of them even hook up to the online database allowing you to register times without recording your runs and submitting them the traditional way. There’s usually a new open source defrag mod rolling out every 3 years or so, and each one builds upon the successes of the previous one. The one I currently use is iDFe which I think came out around 2018 or so? I’m pretty sure there’s a new one, and there are other games in the works in both modified Source Engine and Unreal Engine 4 that are looking to emulate the VQ3 and CPM physics for modern engines.
The community is pretty dead, but it rises from the ashes every few years for DFWC (the video I linked above was DFWC 2017). You can always play any one of the thousands of maps in singleplayer too.
edit: I should add, it’s not totally open source. You still need to own a copy of Quake 3 (or visit the high seas, at least) because each DF mod requires you to verify your ownership of the game by using a valid CD key. There is a “universal” developer CD key, but I don’t remember what it was. When you download defrag you’re effectively downloading quake 3, but it’s bricked if you don’t have the CD key.
That’s amazing. It reminds met of the “hardjump” maps that used to be hosted on Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory servers. It was just an insanely big obstacle course.
You’ll find all sorts of maps in defrag. Lots of them are “race” style maps, but some are obstacle courses, others are puzzle maps, there’s even a few with stories. Lots of people also like to race on the official maps, like on CTF maps showing how fast they can capture a flag given unlimited ammo and time to practice. I even saw a horror map once. They are all anchored by the whole “go fast and get a good time” thing though.
You might also like this video, which is of the map “Final Torture,” a compilation map of 5 “torture” maps, where if you fall at any point in the map you have to restart the entire thing. Only two people have ever completed it iirc.
I still jump into Quake 3 DeFRaG sometimes. It’s a movement game, probably one of the earliest examples of a game / mod where the primary focus is on movement as opposed to shooting or some other mechanic. Its mere existence heavily inspired a lot of source engine movement communities like surf, bhop, kz, etc.
Here’s a good video showcasing what DeFRaG movement looks like. Each map is ran on two variations of the physics. One is VQ3 (vanilla quake 3) and CPM (Challenge ProMode Arena, which was originally a Quake 3 mod that heavily altered the physics to make it more fun for professional play). While there’s no one DeFRaG game, there’s a shitload of open source mods to the original game that modify the physics and allow you to join servers running DeFRaG maps. Some of them even hook up to the online database allowing you to register times without recording your runs and submitting them the traditional way. There’s usually a new open source defrag mod rolling out every 3 years or so, and each one builds upon the successes of the previous one. The one I currently use is iDFe which I think came out around 2018 or so? I’m pretty sure there’s a new one, and there are other games in the works in both modified Source Engine and Unreal Engine 4 that are looking to emulate the VQ3 and CPM physics for modern engines.
The community is pretty dead, but it rises from the ashes every few years for DFWC (the video I linked above was DFWC 2017). You can always play any one of the thousands of maps in singleplayer too.
edit: I should add, it’s not totally open source. You still need to own a copy of Quake 3 (or visit the high seas, at least) because each DF mod requires you to verify your ownership of the game by using a valid CD key. There is a “universal” developer CD key, but I don’t remember what it was. When you download defrag you’re effectively downloading quake 3, but it’s bricked if you don’t have the CD key.
That’s amazing. It reminds met of the “hardjump” maps that used to be hosted on Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory servers. It was just an insanely big obstacle course.
You’ll find all sorts of maps in defrag. Lots of them are “race” style maps, but some are obstacle courses, others are puzzle maps, there’s even a few with stories. Lots of people also like to race on the official maps, like on CTF maps showing how fast they can capture a flag given unlimited ammo and time to practice. I even saw a horror map once. They are all anchored by the whole “go fast and get a good time” thing though.
You might also like this video, which is of the map “Final Torture,” a compilation map of 5 “torture” maps, where if you fall at any point in the map you have to restart the entire thing. Only two people have ever completed it iirc.