Open source video game
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Lists:
- trilarion.github.io/opensourcegames/
- www.slant.co/topics/1933/~best-open-source-games
- libregamewiki.org/Main_Page
- www.reddit.com/r/opensourcegames/comments/197luuk/what_is_the_best_open_source_game_in_your_opinion/
- www.pcgamer.com/yall-know-about-these-huge-lists-of-free-open-source-game-clones-right/ is a list of lists
Why would anyone ever waste time playing a closed source game, when this will inevitably lead to endless hours of decompilation down the line when you want to:
- fully understand how the game works, notably to help with TASsing
- improve the game's flaws as devs drop support (or lose source code and have to late reverse-engineer their own fucking game?) :-)
Those who devote their time to the useless development of open source video games, before we even have decent open source development tooling, will, without a doubt, have their place in Heaven.
- tower defense
- www.edopedia.com/demo/pixeldefense possible source github.com/jesseakt/PixelDefense 2020-03 desperately lacks a fast forward button and enemy health bars
- platformer
- 2D platformer
- teeworlds: does not run on Ubuntu 21.10,
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- teeworlds: does not run on Ubuntu 21.10,
- 3D platformer
- 2D platformer
- OpenClonk: Terraria-like 2D mining crafting game. Pretty well done. Not sure if you can have a super huge open world. The fact that the music stops completely so often is a bit saddening.
- Pingus: Lemmings clone. Very good!
- github.com/The-Powder-Toy/The-Powder-Toy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling-sand_game in C++. No Ubuntu 19.10 package it seems, but was easy to compile from source.
- roguelike
- Worms clone
- Hedgewars
- pokemon clone:
- Tuxemon. Worked on Ubuntu 21.10. 20ea4181e1c0db04934ee69951ea1836a3b1f642
- ARPG
- Diablo II clones:v1.12 download Worked well on Ubuntu 21.10.
- github.com/flareteam/flare-game game engine
- flarerpg.org/mods/flare-empyrean/ game made with the engine
- The Mana World: www.themanaworld.org/ Started somewhat as a loose The Secret of Mana clone, but they've added online play capabilities, effectively making it a MMORPG.Their user acquisition as of 2021 is really bad. Download is a wiki page, there are two client versions, etc. The .deb did not work out o box on Ubuntu 21.10 due to unmet dependencies:fails with:
sudo apt install ./manaplus_amd64.debso it won't be able to play without trying to compile and possibly minor ports since the deb does not packs dependencies. Some requests for a release with all dependencies prepacked:Their home page says it all:manaplus : Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) but it is not installable Depends: libsdl-gfx1.2-4 (>= 2.0.22) but it is not installable Depends: manaplus-data (= 1.6.4.23-2) but 1.9.3.23-6 is to be installedSad.Server status: Online: 9 players
- Diablo II clones:
- Factorio clones:
- github.com/tobspr/shapez.io Also browser based.
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