Editing Tremulous (section)

== Reception ==

The release of the game as free and open source software allowed programmers to easily modify the game and game engine. A growing number of players are releasing patches/[[Mod (computer gaming)|modifications]] for the game in order to remove bugs, add features to the game or modify the game play itself. Tony J. White (tjw), a key developer of the [[ETPub]] mod for ''[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]'', released a widely used modification for Tremulous. The mod removes some bugs, and adds many commands for the benefit of server admins. The mod is highly regarded among the server admin community, and some consider it mandatory for running a server. The majority of his modifications are slated to appear in the next official release. tjw is also the developer of the unofficial ''[[Mac OS X]]'' version of the game.

During the game's time as a ''Quake III'' mod, it had a relatively small community. Since the release of 1.1.0 as a standalone game, it has grown such that there has been an average of around 300 players playing at any one time, up to a maximum of about 600. 1.1.0 has now been downloaded over 600,000 times from Tremulous' official download port, ([http://tremulous.net/files http://tremulous.net/files]) and over several hundred thousand games have been played. Moreover, multiple websites mentioned or reviewed the game<ref>[http://entertainment.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/06/0414224 NewsForge | Tremulous: The best free software game ever?]</ref><ref>http://features.moddb.com/283/tremulous/</ref> which further increased ''Tremulous'''s publicity and its number of players.

''Tremulous'' later came in first in a "Best free game based on GPL Quake source?" poll on the [[PlanetQuake]] website.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://planetquake.gamespy.com/sympoll/index.php?dispid=7 | title=Best free game based on GPL Quake source? | work=PlanetQuake | accessdate=2007-01-06}}</ref> At the beginning of 2007, ''Tremulous'' also took first place in the Mod Database "Mod of the Year" 2006 competition under the category of "Player's Choice Standalone Game of the Year" as well as honorable mentions in "Genre Award: Action" and "Editor's Choice Standalone Game of the Year".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://features.moddb.com/287/mods-of-2006-players-choice/?fpage=3 | title=Mod Database "Standalone Game of the Year" results. | accessdate=2007-05-27}}</ref> Tremulous was also mentioned in Games for Windows: 101 Free Games Issue for 2007, Games for Windows formerly being Computer Gaming World.

===Awards===
*[[ModDB]]'s 2006 Player's Choice Standalone Game Of The Year