Freedom Scoops - The Open Source Game

Welcome

Welcome to the Freedom Scoops webpage! Stay tuned for the latest updates and patches on the right. Freedom Scoops is a free, open-source game. About heroic Waffle saves the galaxy.

Creator Thoughts

This project and webpage are a work in progress. Some details may change in the future. I tried to keep stuff fair and balanced as possible. Let me or a maintainer know if anything seems missing, Thanks for understanding! - ZNukem

Story

Story So far? You play as The Waffle Crusader aka Waffleton a super cool hexagon shape cereal hero fights for freedom to take down the Floragons alien plant monsters. Waffleton is a hero has his own secret layer and gadgets even a cool space cruiser. Like a hero from a comic book I can say. After the (First Contact) by Floragons you as The Waffle Crusader heared thier evil plans. And was send out on mission to stop them along the way they had more plans underway. They took over a station (First Crunch) you fly by after hearing the message came from Delta Base 27 you must sneak in and save those need to escape the base. That was merely a diversion. (Second Crunch) They had been hiding in the hero's home planet, creating Goozite, which are green slimy like monsters that terrorize the city. Waffleton discovers their cloning base. Shut them down. Locking up Floragons and Goozite. To be sent off to space therefore main story ends. To be continued. Story is still working in progress. Want to read more detailed story you can take look at it: Here

You can also check out the PDF manual in package if need to learn more about the items and gear.

Downloads

Grab a copy of the First and Second Crunch mini iwads by clicking the buttons below.

Keep in mind that this project is still in development, so there are no stable builds available at the moment. You can currently test the development builds. They are generated by pulled commit. Make sure you check the continuous integration badge above the active commits to see if it passed. Most of the time, they fail and there no package.

Download Stable Download Dev

Get the latest version of the game and the source code: Here

This is just raw data but you need source port to play the game. To pick one you can use Chocolate-Doom, Woof or ZDoom based port such as GZDoom even the DOS version should work fine in many cases. Pick the one that best suits your preferences!

If you happen to like the game or project, Don't forget to add a star on GitHub. Share your love for Freedom Scoops and encourage others to try it.

Showcase

Here's a glimpse of what the game looks like so far.

Artwork and Concepts

Here is some early artwork showcasing the initial concepts and designs that were thought out. The idea of the style have some some colorful and cartoon comic touch. Floragons are alien based plants and Goozite are clone monsters by Floragons, these are some rough idea for enemies in the game. Weapons and Gear you see currently in-game or screenshots (12-29-24) are just mock ups in concept. The Hero name and design has changed lot. He was formerly look like a cornflake, but I feared his design would break easily into crumbs, so he became a strong tough cool waffle. He initially had more lines but later adjusted the design due to confusion with his appearance. After numerous revisions, this is main concept of now. He is mainly now called The Waffle Crusader since acts more like hero and all. When gallxy calls he is there to save the day. - ZNukem

All screenshots, Artwork and Concepts of Freedom Scoops is licensed under this license.

If you want to see more cut Freedom Scoops stuff in the vault click here to explore the repository.

What Is Freedom Scoops

It is open source video game inspired from the mid 1990's cereal game Chex (C) Quest food game, which was made on a ID Software DOOM Engine, Based on a modified Final Doom source code. This project acts like data replacement similar as Freedoom. But has a very different scope has no relation to the original Chex (C) Quest game and it’s completely independent as its own unique creation. Speaking of Freedoom we forked the game and tools for the project. Pretty cool, right? All you need to know about a Asset Replacement or Total Conversion if want to call it that. It’s a collection of entirely original, handcrafted game resources that replace existing assets to create a brand-new game. These resources are then compiled into a game data file (commonly referred to as a WAD in DOOM terms). Which can be run on any DOOM-compatible engine or port. Thanks to the open-source nature of the DOOM source code, we can freely build and customize everything we need to bring this project to life. This helps us making our own new game at same time.

Freedom Scoops History

Everything you need to know about Freedom Scoops history began as an early backstory to Luke Ken's origin tale, one of my other game projects, in mid-August 2023 one morning, and grew into something larger as a sub-verse spin-off idea.

One day around September 20 2023 on the Freedoom Discord after there was a brief conversation about Chex Quest by Dari. Right after. I went on and pitched the idea doing a the concept of a free cereal iwad. Some responded positively, My friend Fraggle really like the idea.

Same day started up project repo the project was initially called "Freedom Flakes", I didn't know there was old meme shared same name until later on. In March 1st 2024 But I renamed it to "Freedom Scoops" accommodate future proofing with changing like character and designs. "Scoops" reflects the idea of a bowl of cereal, and "Freedom" represents its free, open-source nature. The project is part of the Luke Ken universe but in a sub-verse, hosted within the same discord community.

I began developing the game mainly just as a hobby project, creating assets and an intro fanfare track for game, also receive few contributions like placeholder music from Dari. However, later on have some technical issues with the original repository (including problems with commit system) forced me to redirect the project to a new repository, and the old one was archived. Started to release all later changes into new repository added the split into two part mini iwads FS1 First and Second Crunch with all resources even writen the story and some basic concepts.

Despite facing challenges, Freedom Scoops has continued to evolve, growing beyond its Chex Quest Itself. It remains free and open-source, and I'm still working on expanding it as I go, allowing it to develop into something unique. - ZNukem

If you prefer not to have your name mentioned in the project’s history, feel free to send me a pull request. I’ll ensure your decision is respected.

Licenses & Permissions

Licenses:

It’s always important to review licenses beforehand. Our project is licensed same of Freedoom's Modified BSD License. You’re free to use the Freedom Scoops assets, but keep the License and Credits intact in any project you add it in or do, This is essential when comes to open source, same as Freedoom data in this project as well.

Usage Permissions:

Help to prevent confusion back Freedom Scoops Team and ensure proper usage:

If you modify the game or create a derivative work, please change the name to avoid confusion back to the Freedom Scoops Team. If you're simply adding support to a source port, homebrewing on hardware, or creating a mod for the game, that’s completely fine. For any project, make sure to clearly state that we are not involved or affiliated. Remember to always include or feature the original licenses and credits of contributors even the owner that is provided with the package in your project.

I hope this is fair and balanced. If not, feel free to reach out to me or my Freedom Scoops Team make some exceptions to change it. Thanks for taken the time to read through this.

Supporting the Project

Any Ways To Help:

For sure, we have openings for some contributors like to help, Whether you're familiar with Freedoom development tools or not, there are plenty of ways to help. The project is aimed more towards vanilla dos type of game for compatibility. There is room for resources to be made such as graphics, sprites, and audio to be created. When comes down to levels are about five for both games, that is mainly handle by creator (ZNukem) for now since games is very short. Additionally, We’re also seeking maintainers to help oversee the project and keep things running smoothly. Even spreading your love for Freedom Scoops and encourage others to try it.

Bug Reports:

The project is under continuous development, unexpected bugs can occur. While some issues may already be known to the team or programmers, reporting bugs can help us address problems more efficiently. If you encounter a bug, please let us know on the issues page. Don’t forget to tag if just norrmal bug, audio, or graphics artifacting so our designers can fix them quickly if available. Level-related bugs can happen but norrmaly that kind of rare since just one person making levels. Development builds are really raw there might be lot of problems that is very norrmal. If you identify any bugs that are causing issues, please reach out of possible.

Website:

This website is also managed via git. If you have suggestions or want to assist with Freedom Scoops Webpage you can head here to the webpage.

Credits & Inspiration

Big thanks to Freedoom team for the tools and game we forked, am thankful this project to exist and it inspired other works to happen. Also big thank you to the Communities such as Doomworld, even the fans and contributors of Freedom Scoops for helping out with the project. I was inspired by the vibe World of Padman and Chex Quest to create this project. Additionally, my Luke Ken project the sparked idea and helped me get started to do it. - ZNukem

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