Introduction to Epiar

Epiar is an open source, open-ended space action/trading game, currently in development. On this site you can download the full version of the game (for free), read the latest news about its development, meet the developers, and access the source code. If you're unfamiliar with Epiar, please read our introduction.

Epiar 0.5.0 Windows Fix

If you received errors complaining about a missing iconv.dll file when trying to play the Windows package of Epiar 0.5.0, please re-download the .zip file to retrieve the missing file.

Epiar 0.5.0 Released

Epiar 0.5.0 is now available in source code form and others. Binary installers for various platforms (Windows, Linux, OS X) and a change log are forthcoming now available.

Please be advised Epiar is still in development and the game may crash, lose your saved games, etc.

You can download it and any future posted binaries at the download page.

ChangeLog:

  • UI clean-up
  • Expanded missions system
  • Sound and music additions
  • Main menu
  • Editor greatly expanded
  • Misc. bug fixes

0.5.0 Delays, Bug Fixing

Version 0.5.0 has been pushed back as we aim to crush a few more bugs and round out some features to make it a better release.

If you're interested in the specifics or want to help, read or join the epiar-devel mailing list.

Epiar IRC Developers Meeting June 11

The developers will be meeting in IRC at #epiar,irc.freenode.net on June 11 at 1100 GMT-7. Please attend if you are interested in development, want to ask for help, or just generally want to hang out with the Epiar folks. See you there!

Epiar 0.5.0 Release Candidate Now Available [u]

A release candidate version of Epiar 0.5.0 is now available. Please test this version and alert us of any bugs by posting to the epiar-devel mailing list.

We are also looking for maintainers for various platforms. If you're interested in packaging Epiar and building a binary distribution for your platform (Windows, Fedora, Ubuntu, OS X, etc.), please contact us.

Epiar 0.5.0-RC (23 MB tar.bz2, source)
Epiar 0.5.0-RC (18 MB RPM, Fedora 15)