<s>
Liquid	B-Application
War	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
multi-player	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
based	O
on	O
particle	B-Application
flow	I-Application
mechanic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thomas	O
Colcombet	O
developed	O
the	O
core	O
concept	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
shortest	B-Algorithm
path	I-Algorithm
algorithm	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Christian	O
Mauduit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liquid	B-Application
War	I-Application
6	O
is	O
a	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
package	O
distributed	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
particle	O
follows	O
the	O
shortest	B-Algorithm
path	I-Algorithm
around	O
the	O
obstacles	O
to	O
its	O
team	O
's	O
cursor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
by	O
up	O
to	O
6	O
people	O
on	O
one	O
computer	O
,	O
or	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
or	O
a	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
AI	B-Application
's	O
"	O
strategy	O
"	O
is	O
to	O
constantly	O
choose	O
a	O
random	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
enemy	O
and	O
move	O
its	O
cursor	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
shortest	B-Algorithm
path	I-Algorithm
algorithm	O
was	O
invented	O
by	O
Thomas	O
Colcombet	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
in	O
Spring	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
barely	O
usable	O
"	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
game	O
with	O
no	O
network	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
and	O
used	O
the	O
Allegro	B-Language
library	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	O
support	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
version	O
5.4.0	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
7	O
July	O
2001	O
.	O
,	O
the	O
current	O
stable	O
version	O
is	O
5.6.4	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
author	O
,	O
Christian	O
Mauduit	O
,	O
has	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
is	O
in	O
progress	O
to	O
produce	O
version	O
6.0	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
abandon	O
the	O
Allegro	B-Language
used	O
for	O
5.x	O
releases	O
for	O
a	O
full	O
OpenGL	B-Application
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
6.0	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
project	I-Application
and	O
was	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
a	O
CNN	B-Architecture
article	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
games	O
highlighted	O
the	O
fun	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
received	O
the	O
""	O
award	O
by	O
The	O
Linux	B-Application
Game	O
Tome	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2003	O
it	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
Les	O
Trophées	O
du	O
Libre	O
,	O
an	O
International	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liquid	B-Application
War	I-Application
was	O
also	O
distributed	O
by	O
various	O
download	O
portals	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
computerbild.de	O
counted	O
20,000	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
