Emergence
Emergence is a multiplayer computer game that can be played over a LAN for free. To play it over the Internet, you must buy a key from this website.It will initially be available for computers running the Linux operating system. A Microsoft Windows version is in the pipeline. See the Roadmap for details.
Gameplay
Each player, once they have connected to a server, controls a spacecraft. The craft can rotate 360° on the spot, thrust in the direction it is currently facing and brake to slow down. Additionally, turning while braking causes the direction of velocity to rotate.All players playing on the server are present in the same map. A map consists largely of walls that will damage a craft's shield if they are flown into. A craft's shield can also be damaged by weapons and crashing into other crafts. Once a player's shield is completely diminished, the craft is destroyed and the craft is respawned for the player somewhere else in the map in perfect condition. If the destruction of the craft was directly caused by another player, then that player gains a "frag". If the craft is destroyed by crashing into a wall, then the craft's owner looses a frag. When the match is over, the player with the most frags has won.
Each craft has a railgun mounted on the underside of its belly. More rail ammo can me picked up in the map. Other weapons can be picked up that float beside the craft. These are miniguns, plasma cannons and rocket launchers. The craft can also drop proximity mines. More mines cannot be picked up, thus giving less dominant players a slight advantage as they will respawn more often and have their mines replenished.
Maps can also contain teleporters, gravity wells, speedup ramps and friction areas.