{{Short description|Video game whose source code is open-source software}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}File:FG-A-10.jpg|thumb|FlightGear FlightGearAn open-source video game, or simply an open-source game, is a video game whose source code is open-source. They are often freely distributable and sometimes cross-platform compatible.
Definition and differentiation
File:Lutris-Screenshot.png|thumb|left|200px|Game manager Lutris LutrisNot all open-source games are free software; some open-source games contain proprietary non-free content. Open-source games that are free software and contain exclusively free content conform to DFSG, free culture, and open content and are sometimes called free games. Many Linux distributions require for inclusion that the game content is freely redistributable, freeware or commercial restriction clauses are prohibited.WEB,weblink Software Packages in 'stable', games section, Debian, 2022-07-20,
Background
{{see also|List of commercial video games with available source code}}File:Game Jammers 3.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Participants in the (:File:Free Knowledge Game Jam - Presentation at FOSDEM 2016.pdf|Free Knowledge Game Jam) 2015, an open source and open data oriented game jam game jamIn general, open-source games are developed by relatively small groups of people in their free time, with profit not being the main focus. Many open-source games are volunteer-run projects, and as such, developers of free games are often hobbyists and enthusiasts. The consequence of this is that open-source games often take longer to mature, are less commonWEB, Tozzi, Christopher, 10 December 2013, Linux Foundation, Valve Promote Open Source Games for the Cloud,weblink The VAR Guy, 2014-05-23,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140524030050weblink">weblink 2014-05-24, dead, and often lack the production value of commercial titles.WEB, Larabel, Michael, 2012-06-13, Most Open-Source Game Artwork is Awful,weblink Phoronix, 2016-09-14,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160507081707weblink">weblink 2016-05-07, live, In the 1990s a challenge to build high-quality content for games was the missing availability or the excessive price for tools like 3D modeller or toolsets for level design.WEB, Hargreaves, Shawn, July 1999, Playing the Open Source Game,weblink talula.demon.co.uk, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111010003911weblink">weblink October 10, 2011, dead, In recent years, this changed and availability of open-source tools like Blender, game engines and libraries drove open source and independent video gaming.WEB, Blake, Michael, 22 June 2011,weblink PC Gaming: Doomed? or zDoomed?, IGN, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140221222302weblink">weblink 2014-02-21, FLOSS game engines, like the Godot game engine, as well as libraries, like SDL, are increasingly common in game development, even proprietary ones.WEB, Dealessandri, Marie, 2020-04-15, What is the best game engine: is Godot right for you?,weblink GamesIndustry.biz, 2022-07-20, Given that game art is not considered software, there is debate about the philosophical or ethical obstacles in selling a game where its art is proprietary but the entire source code is free software.WEB, Stallman, Richard, Richard Stallman, Nonfree DRM'd Games on GNU/Linux: Good or Bad?,weblink GNU Project, 2020-08-02, WEB, Marchant, Julie, The Gaming Trap,weblink The Diligent Circle, GitHub Pages, 2021-03-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20191125215630weblink">weblink 2019-11-25, dead, WEB, Lunduke, Bryan, 2015-10-30, The Gaming Paradox: There just aren't enough Free and Open Source video games,weblink Network World, 2023-02-11, File:Godot3.4.png|thumb|left|250px|Godot engine Godot engineSome of the open-source game projects are based on formerly proprietary games, whose source code was released as open-source software, while the game content (such as graphics, audio and levels) may or may not be under a free license.WEB, Matthews, Matt, 2002-08-31, Linux Games,weblink Freshmeat, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20021017064413weblink">weblink 2002-10-17, dead, Examples include Warzone 2100 (a real-time strategy game)WEB, About,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130701000445weblink">weblink 2013-07-01, wz2100.net, 2022-07-20, and Micropolis (a city-building simulator based on the SimCity source code). Advantage of such continuation projects is that these games are already "complete" as graphic and audio content is available, and therefore the open-source authors can focus on porting, fixing bugs or modding the games.File:WZ2100BASEANDUNITS.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Warzone 2100 Warzone 2100In a 2004 article, Adam Geitgey questioned the compatibility of the open-source culture with respect to the game development process. He suggested that perceived open-source development advantages do not work for games because users move on to new games relatively quickly and so do not give back to the project. Geitgey further noted that music and art development is not built up from the work of others in the same way that coding would be. He argued that high quality art content is required, which is typically produced commercially by paid artists. While Linux operates on the open-source philosophy, this may not benefit game development.WEB, Geitgey, Adam, 2004-08-31, Where are the Good Open Source Games?,weblink OSnews, 2010-04-13, As of September 2015, the Steam gaming service has 1,500 games available on Linux, compared to 2,323 games for Mac and 6,500 Windows games.MAGAZINE, Newman, Jared, 21 September 2015, Steam for Linux tops 1,500 games as launch of Valve's Steam Machines nears,weblink PC World, 20 July 2022, WEB, Orland, Kyle, Machkovech, Sam, 15 October 2015, Steam's living room hardware blitz gets off to a muddy start,weblink Ars Technica, 20 July 2022, WEB, Orland, Kyle, 26 February 2015, The state of Linux gaming in the SteamOS era,weblink Ars Technica, 20 July 2022,
History
Beginnings and early games
File:Angband.png|right|thumb|200px|Angband]]Just as in most other forms of software, free software was an unconscious occurrence during the creation of early computer games, particularly for earlier Unix (:Category:Unix games|games). These are mostly arcade conversions, parlour games, and text adventures using libraries like curses.WEB, Allen Holm, Joshua, 2017-06-21, Revisit Colossal Cave with Open Adventure,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-05, WEB,weblink Unix ASCII games, Sergey, Bronnikov, GitHub, 2023-03-18, A notable example of this is the "BSD Games", a collection of interactive fiction and other text-mode titles.MAGAZINE, GagnÃ©, Marcel, 1 September 2000, The Ghost of Fun Times Past,weblink Linux Journal, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110607182135weblink">weblink 2011-06-07, WEB, Steven, Vona, 2021-03-11, Linux Gaming Old School - Terminal Based Games on Linux,weblink Putorius, 2023-02-18, Game fan communities such as the modding community do include some aspects of free software, such as sharing mods across community sites, sometimes with free to use media made for the modification.WEB,weblink Brief overview of the differences and similarities between open source software development and co-creation in digital games, Jedrzej, Czarnota, Gamasutra, 2013-08-07, 2023-03-11, With the rise of proprietary software in the mid to late 1980s, games became more and more proprietary. However, this also led to the first deliberately free games such as GNU Backgammon, GNU Chess, GNU Go, and GNU Shogi of the GNU Project established in 1983, part of whose goal is to create a complete free software system, games included.WEB, Stallman, Richard, Richard Stallman, Linux and the GNU System,weblink GNU Project, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170319145123weblink">weblink 2017-03-19, Some of our system components, the programming tools, became popular on their own among programmers, but we wrote many components that are not tools. We even developed a chess game, GNU Chess, because a complete system needs games too., More advanced free gaming projects emerged, such as Moria and its descendant Angband, Hack and its derivatives NetHack and Slash'EM, in addition to Xtrek successor Netrek, variants of robots, and adventure game Dunnet, which has been included with GNU Emacs since 1994 among others.WEB,weblink Mastering Emacs, Fun and Games in Emacs, Mickey, Petersen, 2022-05-24, 2023-03-18, WEB,weblink Terminal fun: Games and more..., CNET, 2009-09-02, 2023-03-18, Still developed and played today, front-ends for frameworks such as X11, SDL, GTK and Qt, plus fuller featured variants such as Iso-Angband, glHack and Vulture's Eye have kept the games accessible.WEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2023-01-23, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 22: Happy Hacking,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-02, WEB, Barton, Matt, 2007-11-14, Computer role-playing games for GNU/Linux,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160319143547weblink">weblink Free Software Magazine, 2016-03-19, 2023-02-10, Roguelikes have continued to be produced, including (Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead), Tales of Maj'Eyal, HyperRogue, DRL, Isleward,WEB, Dawe, Liam, 2020-01-28, Isleward - a free and open source cross-platform roguelike MMO,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-07, Egoboo, S.C.O.U.R.G.E.,WEB, M. Zinoune, 19 Awesome Open Source Games for Linux,weblink 2023-02-06, Unixmen, Shattered Pixel Dungeon,WEB, Dawe, Liam, 2022-03-24, Shattered Pixel Dungeon arrives on Steam eight years later,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-06, as well as Linley's Dungeon Crawl and its offspring Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. The source code to the original Rogue was released under the BSD license in 1986.(File:Xevil 2 0 beta7 unix.gif|thumb|200px|left|XEvil)As PC gaming began to emerge in the late 1980s, free gaming also advanced. More complicated games utilizing the X Window System for graphics started to appear, most beginning with the signature letter X.WEB, Ryan, Armstrong,weblink Old X Games, Zerk Zone, 2020-11-18, 2023-02-14, These included XAsteroids, XBattle, XBoing, X-Bomber, XConq, XDigger, XEmeraldia, XGalaga, XGammon, XLander, XLife, XMahjong, XMine, XSoldier, XPilot, XRobots, XRubiks, XShogi, XScavenger, XTris, XTron, and XTic.WEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2022-01-10, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 8: Shovelware with a Penguin,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-09, XBill is notable as one of the earliest free gaming titles to feature an activist theme of halting proprietary software adoption, later echoed in titles such as Virus Killer, Defendguin and FreedroidRPG.WEB, Linux Journal, Cooking with Linux - The Game of Security,weblink Marcel, GagnÃ©, 2004-10-01, 2023-02-10, XEvil followed the development cycle of many early pieces of free software, having originally been developed as a university project on the Project Athena network, although it was freeware for a while.WEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2022-01-31, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 10: For I Have Sinned,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-09, The game was also one of the first free titles to feature controversial subject matter such as graphic violence and drug use.WEB, Entry: XEvil,weblink Home of the Underdogs, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070929124027weblink">weblink 2007-09-29, XTux was also an early deathmatch game for Linux, featuring various free software mascots, a theme that would continue to be revisited.MAGAZINE, GagnÃ©, Marcel, 1 March 2000, Fun Educational Morsels, Linux-Style,weblink Linux Journal, 2023-02-12, Rocks'n'Diamonds is another earlier free software game, and one of the first for Linux.WEB, fervi, 2017, Rocks'n'Diamonds - Libre gaming,weblink Steemit, 2023-02-12, Other games targeted or also supported the SVGAlib library allowing them to run without a windowing system,WEB,weblink Developer.com, Easy graphics: A beginner's guide to SVGAlib, Jay, Link, 1999-09-30, 2023-09-29, such as LinCity, Maelstorm, and SABRE.WEB,weblink Linux Gazette, Sabre: An Svgalib Flight Sim, Larry, Ayers, 1998-07-01, 2023-09-29, The General Graphics Interface was also utilized,WEB,weblink Linux-GGI Project, Andreas, Beck, 1996-11-01, 2023-12-20, Linux Journal, with games like Heroes,WEB,weblink Announcing Heroes 0.7, Alexandre, Duret-Lutz, November 2000, Simple DirectMedia Layer, Thrust,WEB,weblink Identical Software, Dennis, Payne, Inertia Blast, 2021-09-19, 2024-01-21, U.R.B.A.N The Cyborg ProjectWEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2024-03-12, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 40: The Cyborg Project,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2024-03-13, and Dave Gnukem.WEB,weblink Software Announcements, 2000-01-06, 2024-01-21, Linux Weekly News, File:Freeciv2 1-beta1Big window.png|right|thumb|200px|FreeCiv FreeCivThe Freeciv project was started in 1995 and gave rise to another new style of free game development. Similar to the cooperative nature of the Linux kernel development, Freeciv was extended by many volunteers, rather than only one or two authors.WEB, Wen, Howard, 21 November 2001, Building Freeciv: An Open Source Strategy Game,weblink LinuxDevCenter.com, 2009-04-14,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081229073619weblink">weblink 2008-12-29, dead, It had started out as a small university student project but then branched out into its current form and is still being developed today. Freeciv also proved to be one of the earliest very popular free software games, and was among the first to be included with Linux distributions, a system commonly known now as a source of peer review or selection of quality for free gaming projects. Magazines, news sources and websites have also started noting free games, often in listings.WEB, Top 100 Free Linux Games,weblink LinuxLinks, 2009-02-08, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100206185745weblink">weblink 2010-02-06, WEB, Menga, Rich, 6 January 2009, 16 Free Games - Part 1,weblink PCMech, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090622031313weblink">weblink 2009-06-22, MAGAZINE, Sbarski, Peter, 2008-01-21, Top 5 best (free) open source games,weblink APC (magazine), APC, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100210135624weblink">weblink 2010-02-10, dead, WEB, Gatlan, Sergiu, 12 November 2008, Six Free and Must Have Games for Your Mac,weblink Softpedia, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091213203544weblink">weblink 2009-12-13, Freeciv and other archetypes have led to the development of many other clones of popular proprietary games.WEB, Monks, Neale, 2007-11-29, Open Source Mac Gaming: 10 Free Games Reviewed,weblink Tidbits, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100515150016weblink">weblink 2010-05-15, WEB, Fox, Alexander, 2018-01-05, The Best Open Source Clones of Great Old Games,weblink Make Tech Easier, 2023-02-04, Lincity was also started in 1995, despite there having been a Unix version of its namesake officially released by DUX Software in 1990.WEB,weblink Lin City, Halo Linux Services, 2022-01-07, 2023-02-12, Beyond directly tying to the operating system, various free game development frameworks emerged starting with Allegro in 1990, SDL in 1998, ClanLib in 1999, OpenAL in 2000, SFML in 2007, as well as SDL 2 and Raylib in 2013. The GNU Image Manipulation Program, MyPaint, Kirta, Inkscape, Synfig, Pencil2D, Audacity, Rosegarden, MidiEditor,WEB,weblink Editing your Midi files for free: MidiEditor, Alex, Di Nunzio, 2014, Musica Informatica, 2023-12-08, OpenShot, Kdenlive, Pitivi, Blender, MakeHuman, MM3D,WEB,weblink Misfit Model 3D 1.3.0 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-14, WEB,weblink Maverick Model 3D, PureOS, 2023-02-14, and other applications have provided an entire open source toolchain for creative projects. Various free software emulators and compatibility layers have also been produced, such as MAME and MESS, Mednafen, higan, Executor, Darling, lxrun, Cygwin, Dosbox, ScummVM, Anbox, Wine and Proton, allowing games to run in new environments (broadly targeted by the RetroArch front-end).
3D games and source releases
File:Tuxracer.png|thumb|200px|left|Tux Racer Tux RacerProprietary games such as Doom and Descent brought in the age of three-dimensional games in the early to mid 1990s, and free games started to make the switch themselves. (Tuxedo T. Penguin: A Quest for Herring) by Steve Baker, a game featuring the Linux mascot Tux and introducing the PLIB library, was an early example of a three-dimensional free software game.WEB, Norbert, Cartagena,weblink Linux and the art of 3D game programming, Linux.com, 2002-04-17, 2023-02-09, He and his son Oliver would later create other popular 3D free games and clones such as TuxKart and contribute to those by other developers such as Tux Racer. BZFlag pre-dates all of these, inspired by Battlezone and started in 1992 and released in 1993. FlightGear, YSFlight, ACM,WEB,weblink ACM review, 2023-04-23, and GL-117WEB,weblink Soaring Like A Penguin with GL-117, 2014-02-15, 2023-02-09, Blowing up Bits, are also good examples of original 3D games, first started in 1997, 1999 and 2003 respectively (and the latter eventually forked as Linux Air CombatWEB,weblink Linux Air Combat â€“ LAC flight Sim, 2023-01-13, 2023-02-09, FOSS Games, ), especially noting that they are not first-person shooters but flight simulators; Danger from the Deep meanwhile simulates submarines.WEB, Maria, 2008-09-17, Top 5 Free Linux Games â€“ Download Now,weblink ixibo, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100126164648weblink">weblink 2010-01-26, The OpenGL specification provided a foundation for hardware acceleration since 1992, primarily through the free Mesa implementation since 1995, and later complimented by Vulkan since 2016.WEB, John, Mathews,weblink The Puzzle of 3-D Graphics on Linux, Linux Journal, 2000-09-01, 2023-02-13, The Direct3D API has also been made available on free operating systems via compatibility layers such as WineD3D and DXKV. The Glide API was also made open source following the dissolution of 3dfx in 2002.The Genesis3D engine project, Crystal Space and Cube also spawned other 3D free software engines and games, later joined by the likes of Retribution,WEB, Heng, Christopher, 2022-10-03, Free Game Engines, Programming Libraries and Source Code,weblink thefreecountry.com, 2023-02-10, This is a 3D game engine for Windows first person shooter (FPS) games. It uses OpenGL for hardware accelerated transformation and lighting and DirectSound for music and 3D sound effects. The engine supports particle effects, shaders, glow maps, volumetric fog and explosions, stencil shadows, chrome maps, weather effects, damage decals, etc. It has support for complex 3D models and a wide variety of generic weapon types (melee weapons like a fist, projectile weapons like a laser blaster, exploding projectile weapons like a rocket launcher, instant hit weapons like a pistol, beam weapons like a rail gun, grenades, and shotgun) that can be customised. It also has a scripting engine with a GUI interface that lets you create scripts without learning the scripting language. The engine comes with a variety of tools, including a level editor, a model editor and an episode editor. Also included are some freeware games. The engine is released under the GNU General Public License., Delta3D, Dim3, Neutron,WEB,weblink Alpha Shooter 0.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-17, WEB,weblink Alpha Shooter - A 3D sci-fi First Person Shooter, Nicola, Cocchiaro, 2023-03-17, SourceForge, Alpha Shooter is a 3D FPS game with a sci-fi setting, developed by Nicola Cocchiaro and released under the GNU General Public License. It is currently written in C++ and uses its own reusable game engine, named Neutron. The game (and its engine) will evolve to include simulated physics and artificial intelligence, a scripted storyline, involving music and sound effects and more., Lescegra,WEB,weblink Lescegra 20050218 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-22, Raydium,WEB,weblink Raydium 0.680 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-22, Drome Engine,WEB,weblink Drome Engine 0.3.3 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-22, Vanda,WEB,weblink Vanda Engine 1.0.0 Beta is now available for download, Khronos Group, 2013-07-31, 2023-03-25, Linderdaum,WEB,weblink Linderdaum Engine supports BlackBerry OS 10, Khronos Group, 2013-01-31, 2023-03-25, Lumix,WEB,weblink C++ Game Engines, GameFromScratch, 2018-09-29, 2023-03-25, Toy,WEB,weblink MYCPlus, Toy Game Engine: The Thin C++ Game Engine, M., Saqib, 2022-01-22, 2023-03-25, ezEngine,WEB,weblink ezEngine Free and Open Source 3D Game Engine, GameFromScratch, 2020-05-22, 2023-03-25, WickedEngine,WEB,weblink GameFromScratch, WickedEngineâ€“Open Source C++ 3D Game Engine, 2019-01-31, 2023-03-25, Limon,WEB,weblink 3D Game Engines, DevGa.me, 16 October 2018, 2023-03-25, Banshee,WEB,weblink Gecko & Fly, 12 Free Game Engines For Developing Desktop, Web and Mobile Apps, 2023-01-29, 2023-03-25, Esenthel,WEB,weblink Free and Open Source Game Engines for Developing Linux Games, Linux Hint, Nitesh, Kumar, 2021, 2023-03-25, Flax,WEB,weblink Phoronix, Michael, Larabel, Flax Engine 1.1 Released For This Impressive Open-Source 3D Game Engine, 2021-03-21, 2023-03-25, and the G3D Innovation Engine.WEB,weblink G3D Innovation Engine, GameFromScratch, 2018-05-18, 2023-03-24, Engines even exist for high-level programming languages such as PythonWEB,weblink Linux Hint, Good 3D Python Game Engines, Mats, Tage Axelsson, 2021, 2023-03-28, (Pyglet, PyOpenGL,WEB,weblink Top 9 Python frameworks for Game Development, NIIT, 2020-12-29, 2023-03-28, Spineless,WEB,weblink Spineless 2006-05-29 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-22, Soya3D, PyUnity,WEB,weblink PyUnity: a project of growth and learning, Medium (website), Medium, Ray, Chen, 2021-09-13, 2023-03-25, PyZOEWEB,weblink PyZOE 1.0a review, Nixbit, 2023-03-22, ), Pascal (GLScene, Castle,WEB, Liam, Dawe, Castle Game Engine building up towards a huge new release,weblink GamingOnLinux, 16 September 2022, 2023-02-11, nxPascal,WEB,weblink 20 Best Programming Languages for Game Development, Dunebook, Olanrewaju, Olakunle, 2022-02-05, 2023-03-25, Niklaus Wirth is the creator of this language. A lot of game engines like Mingro, Nxpascal, Castle game engines are written in Pascal language., ZenGLWEB,weblink FreePascal Wiki, ZenGL, 2023-03-25, ), Lua (LÃ–VR,WEB,weblink LÃ–VR â€” Open Source 3D Framework, GameFromScratch, 2021-08-07, 2023-03-22, LÃ–VE3DWEB,weblink LÃ–VE3D, LÃ–VE Wiki, 2023-03-25, ), Rust (Amethyst,WEB,weblink Experimenting with Amethyst: A Rust game engine, 2019-06-10, Vaporsoft, 2023-03-25, Bevy,WEB,weblink Joseph, Maurer, 2021-04-15, 2023-03-23, Making a game in Bevy: An open-source 2D and 3D engine built on Rust, Medium (website), Medium, Fyrox,WEB,weblink Fyrox Game Engine â€” Rust Powered RG3D Renamed, GameFromScratch, 2022-01-10, 2023-03-25, PistonWEB,weblink Victor, Jonah, 5 Rust game engines to consider for your next project, 2022-05-20, 2023-03-26, ), JavaWEB,weblink Java 3D Game Engine, Coding Guru, 2014-04-21, 2023-03-25, (libGDX, Jake2, jMonkeyEngine,WEB,weblink A Closer Look at jMonkeyEngine, GameFromScratch, 2015-08-31, 2023-03-24, Env3DWEB,weblink Learn Java in 3D with the Env3D library, May 2010, Jason, Madar, 2023-03-25, ), Kotlin (KorGE,WEB,weblink Korge Engine â€” Kotlin Powered Open Source Game Engine, GameFromScratch, 2021-01-26, 2023-03-26, MiniGDXWEB,weblink MiniGDX Kotlin Game Development Framework, 2021-05-14, GameFromScratch, 2023-03-26, ), GoWEB,weblink Top 10 Golang Game Development Libraries, Soham, Mukherjee, Golang Blog, 2023-03-26, (Azul3D,WEB,weblink My game development journey, Stephen, Gutekanst, Hexops, 2021-04-10, 2023-03-25, I spent the next 4 years of my life, almost 100% full-time working on Azul3D, a game engine in Go - and spent only minimal time attending online community college on the weekends., G3NWEB,weblink Best Golang Libraries For Game Development, SIIT - Scholars International Institute Of Technology, 2023-03-26, ), Ruby (Candy GearWEB,weblink High-performance real-time 3D graphics with Vulkan, Frederico, Linhares, Ruby Kaigi, 2023-06-09, 2024-01-30, ), Gambas (PS TechWEB,weblink Hedged 1.2, Internet Archive Internet Archive#Software, Community Software, 31 May 2021, 2023-03-25, It was written in Gambas 3.15.2 and uses Qt 5 for interfaces, SDL 2 for audio and OpenGL 2.1 for rendering. Created in six days, it features a beta version of the second revision of the PS Tech engine., ) FreeBASIC (OpenB3DWEB,weblink Blitz3D Legacy: History Repeats, Back2BASIC, angros47, May 2012, 2023-03-26, ) in addition to ActionScript (Away3D), Haxe (Heaps.io,WEB,weblink 2D Game Development with Heaps.io and Haxe, 2020-05-25, Rohan, Bansal, 2023-03-25, KhaWEB, Indepth look at 2D game engines for Haxe,weblink Koen, Witters, 2017-09-06, 2023-03-26, ) and JavaScript (Babylon.js, Three.js) using WebGL.WEB,weblink Top 10 HTML5, JavaScript 3D Game Engines and Frameworks, noeticsunil, NoeticForce, 2022-02-19, 2023-03-25, WEB,weblink 8 Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Game Engines, Monty, Shokeen, evanto tuts+, 2021-09-26, 2023-03-25, WEB,weblink 8 Best Javascript Game Engines, GeeksforGeeks, 2023-08-02, 2023-03-26, Several engines exist with rendering in low-level C or C++ with higher level scripting, such as Panda3D and UrsinaWEB,weblink Ursina Engine, GameFromScratch, 2020-01-27, 2023-03-24, for Python, Basic4GL, and Maratis,WEB,weblink Maratis Another Open-Source Game Engine, Liam, Dawe, 2014-03-23, 2023-03-25, Polycode,WEB,weblink C++ 2D Game Engines that Make Game Development Easy & Enjoyable, NarraSoft, Justine, Jordan, 2021-08-12, 2023-03-26, and Cafu for Lua, or offering a variety of language binding options such as Cocos3D,WEB, nCircle Tech,weblink Think You're Cut out for Doing Cocos3D?, 2020-01-01, 2023-03-25, Horde3D, Delta Engine,WEB,weblink Delta Engine â€“ 2D and 3D Application Engine written in C++, MYCPLUS, M., Saqib, 2021-12-21, 2023-03-26, Furthermore, the Delta Engine can be easily transformed between Java C++, C#, Objective-C and JavaScript. This makes it ultimately a cross platform Game Engine., HARFANG3D,WEB,weblink Geekflare, Bala, Priya, 2023-01-15, 2023-03-26, 9 Best Python Game Development Libraries/Frameworks, OGRE and the Irrlicht Engine. The games Yo Frankie! and Sintel The Game were developed by the Blender Foundation to showcase the abilities of the Blender modelling tool and the erstwhile Blender Game Engine, which has since been forked as UPBGE.WEB,weblink UPBGE Blender Game Engine 0.36 Released, GameFromScratch, 2023-06-10, 2023-09-15, Blender is also utilized by Urho3D/U3DWEB,weblink A closer look at the Urho3D Game Engine, GameFromScratch, 2014-10-16, 2023-03-24, WEB,weblink Urho3D Is Deadâ€¦ish, GameFromScratch, 2023-01-23, 2023-03-25, and Armory.WEB,weblink Top 12 Free Game Engines For Beginners & Experts Alike, Concept Art Empire, Josh, Petty, 24 December 2018, 2023-03-25, Since May 2023, the GDevelop tool allows low to no code 3D game creation.WEB,weblink GDevelop Engine Adds 3D Support, GameFromScratch, 2023-05-18, 2023-08-20, (File:GL-117.png|thumb|right|200px|GL-117)id Software, an early entrant into commercial Linux gaming, would also prove to be an early supporter of free gaming when John Carmack released the source code for Wolfenstein 3D in 1995 and Doom in 1997, first under a custom license and then later the GNU General Public License (GPL) in 1999 (later termed id Tech 1). This was followed by the release of Quake engine in 1999, the Quake II engine in 2001 (both known as id Tech 2), id Tech 3 in 2004 and most recently id Tech 4 in 2011 (including the updated version from the (Doom 3: BFG Edition) in 2012) before Carmack left id in 2013.id Tech 4 was released as free software, even amongst patent concerns from Creative Labs over Carmack's reverse,WEB, Kepley, Travis, 2011-11-30, How we almost lost Doom 3 and id for good,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-03-10, while the original Doom source release shipped without music due to complications with the Cygnus Studios developed DMX library (which lead to the Linux version being selected for release).WEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2022-03-14, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 16: We Are All Doomed,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-02, Carmack has continued to advise developers to be careful when depending on middleware, noting how it can limit the possibilities of later releasing source code.WEB, Plunkett, Luke, 2023-02-12, As More Games Disappear Forever, John Carmack Has Some Great Advice About Preservation,weblink Kotaku, 2023-02-10, Tim Sweeney has implied this issue has hindered potential releases of older Unreal Engine source code.WEB, Papadopoulos, John, 2015-01-19, Epic's Tim Sweeney Says That Unreal Engine 1 May One Day Go Open Source,weblink DSOGaming, 2023-02-10, The Godot, Nebula Device, Plasma, Torque,WEB,weblink Torque 3D engine going open-source and free, Alice, O'Conner, Shacknews, 2012-09-11, 2023-03-20, Bork3D, Stride, PlayCanvas, Dagor Engine,WEB, War Thunder game engine Dagor Engine from Gaijin now open source,weblink Liam, Dawe, GamingOnLinux, 2023-11-07, 2023-11-01, WEB,weblink Gaijin Entertainment open-sources its Dagor Engine, surprised to see Russian Nau Engine using parts of it, Evgeny, Obedkov, Game World Observer, 2023-11-03, 2023-11-07, and DefoldWEB,weblink King has open sourced and relinquished control of the Defold game engine, Chris, Kerr, May 19, 2020, May 19, 2020, Gamasutra, 26 May 2020,weblink live, engines were also initially commercial and proprietary, while the Open 3D Engine is derived from released code from Amazon Lumberyard originally based on CryEngine.WEB,weblink Amazon shifts Lumberyard to open source 3D game engine supported by 20 companies, VentureBeat, July 6, 2021, Dean, Takahashi, File:Tremulous - human base goons.jpg|thumb|left|Tremulous TremulousThis led not only to source ports that allowed the playing of the non-free games based on these enginesWEB,weblink The Best Modern, Open Source Ports of Classic Games, How-To Geek, Michael, Crider, 2017-12-24, 2023-03-20, (plus fan added enhancements)WEB, Chakraborty, Angsuman, 20 August 2007, How To Play Doom, Heretic, Hexen & Strife in Linux (Free),weblink The Gaea Times, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120415141519weblink">weblink 2012-04-15, on free engines and systems, but has also to the production of standalone free games.WEB, MrCopilot, 17 December 2007, Free Quake: Open Source Gamer's Guide to Free Games,weblink Yahoo! Voices, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140619143824weblink">weblink 2014-06-19, dead, These include Freedoom, Blasphemer, Open Quartz, LibreQuake, Nexuiz/Xonotic, Tremulous/Unvanquished, Quetoo,WEB, Liam, Dawe, Quetoo, a free and open source FPS is looking to get on Steam,weblink GamingOnLinux, 8 February 2017, 2023-02-07, and OpenArena on id Tech, plus Terminal OverloadWEB,weblink Terminal Overload, LinuxLinks, 2023-03-15, and UebergameWEB, Liam, Dawe, Uebergame, a free and open source shooter has a new release,weblink GamingOnLinux, 26 September 2017, 2023-02-07, on Torque. Freeware games, such as Harmony,WEB, Rock Paper Shotgun, Kieron, Gillen,weblink Harmony in My Head: Harmony, 2009-11-18, 2023-02-22, The Adventures of Square,WEB, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe,weblink The Adventures of Square is mildly amusing retro FPS that's free with a second episode out now, 2018-04-19, 2023-02-19, The Hunted Chronicle 2,WEB,weblink The Hunted Chronicle 2 review, Nixbit, 2023-04-23, (Force: Leashed),WEB,weblink Jay Is Games, Force: Leashed, Tricky, 2012-08-25, 2023-04-24, Retro Blazer,WEB,weblink TIG Source, RetroBlazer (Alpha), Derek, Yu, 2012-01-16, 2023-04-24, Alien Arena, World of Padman, and Urban Terror,WEB, Sepht, 2007-12-29, Comparison of free software shooters,weblink linuX-gamers.net, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100107023339weblink">weblink 2010-01-07, dead, have also taken advantage of these free engines and sometimes have given code back to the community. Development and editing tools are also commonly released freely, such as GtkRadiant,WEB, GPL GtkRadiant,weblink Blue's News, 18 February 2006, 20 July 2022, Qoole, Doom Builder, LibreSprite,WEB,weblink LibreSprite Animated Sprite Editor and Pixel Art Tool, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2021-10-11, 2023-02-12, Ogmo,WEB,weblink OGMO Level Editor, GameFromScratch, 2019-11-18, 2023-09-17, LDtk,WEB,weblink Free and open source level editor LDtk 1.0 is out now, Liam, Dawe, GamingOnLinux, 2022-03-30, 2023-02-06, LevelEditor,WEB,weblink Sony Open-Sources A Universal Game Level Editor, Michael, Larabel, Phoronix, 2014-09-03, 2023-09-17, Tile Studio, and Tiled.WEB, Theodore, McKenzie, Tiled: A Flexible and Free-to-Use Level Editor,weblink 2021-06-21, 2023-02-05, 80LV, WEB, Nick, Bruner, Introduction to Tiled Map Editor: A Platform-Agnostic Tool for Level Maps,weblink 2012-12-10, 2023-02-05, 80LV, Released engines have also been used for fangames such as Sonic Robo Blast 2,WEB, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe,weblink Check out Sonic Robo Blast 2, a 3D open-source Sonic the Hedgehog fangame built from Doom, 2021-05-11, 2023-02-19, (Wolfenstein 3D|Wolfenstein: Blade of Agony),WEB, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe,weblink Wolfenstein - Blade of Agony gets another big update in the 3.1 release, 2021-06-13, 2023-02-19, ZBlood/Transfusion,WEB,weblink I Live, Again..., Maxim, Bardin, Linux Gaming News, 2009-11-09, 2023-02-19, SUPERQOT,WEB, Smith, Graham, 2015-04-29, SUPERQOT: Play Quake With SUPERHOT's Time Mechanic,weblink Rock Paper Shotgun, 2023-06-25, and Slayer's Testament,WEB, Papadopoulos, John, 2021-01-29, Slayer's Testament is a Doom 2016/Eternal Demake in the Quake Engine,weblink DSOGaming, 2023-06-25, and even commercial games such as (Wrath: Aeon of Ruin), Steel Storm, and DOOMBRINGER,WEB, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe,weblink DOOMBRINGER is a new first-person shooter from veterans of the Doom and Quake communities, 2021-07-09, 2023-02-19, on the DarkPlaces engine, as well as Hedon,WEB, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe,weblink Hedon, another retro FPS using the GZDoom game engine is officially out, 2019-03-26, 2023-02-19, Selaco,WEB, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe,weblink It's hard to believe Selaco is running on GZDoom in the latest 3 minute trailer, 2021-08-16, 2023-02-19, Vomitoreum,WEB, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe,weblink Vomitoreum is a FPS Metroidvania with a sprinkle of horror out now, 2021-08-03, 2023-02-19, and SuppliceWEB,weblink PC Gamer, Supplice is a new retro-FPS made by Doom modders, and it really feels like old-school Doom, Andy, Chalk, 2023-04-06, 2023-04-13, on the GZDoom engine and also titles by Blendo Games on the id Tech 2 and id Tech 4 engines. The games Ion Fury and A.W.O.L are built on the source available Build engine,WEB, Liam, Dawe, A.W.O.L. is a new FREE retro FPS using the Build Engine (Duke Nukem 3D, Ion Fury),weblink GamingOnLinux, 2022-09-16, 2023-03-15, and (Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge) on Aleph One. Liblast is an open source multiplayer first-person shooter built using the Godot game engine.WEB,weblink Liblast â€“ Godot Based Open Source Team Fortress Style Game, GameFromScratch, 2023-08-17, 2023-09-16, File:BOEcombat1.png|thumb|right|200px|Blades of Exile Blades of Exileid partners and related, such as Raven Software, Bungie, Volition, GarageGames, Cyan Worlds, and 3D Realms, as well as Two Tribes,WEB,weblink Two Tribes Makes Its Impressive Game Engine Open Source, Thomas, Whitehead, 2021-12-20, 2023-03-25, Nintendo Life, Pangea Software, and several of the developers who participated in the Humble Indie Bundle,WEB, Blankenhorn, Dana, 14 May 2010, Open source can juice the video game market,weblink ZDNet, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100630103353weblink">weblink 2010-06-30, have also (:Category:Commercial video games with freely available source code|released code) and it is now accepted practice for some mainstream game developers to release legacy source code. (:Category:Formerly proprietary software|Formerly proprietary) games such as Jump 'n Bump, Dink Smallwood, Clonk, Seven Kingdoms, AstroMenace, Warzone 2100, Glitch, Maelstrom, Planet Blupi,WEB,weblink Planet Blupi Strategy and Adventure Game â€“ How to install Planet Blupi on ubuntu, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2019-11-21, 2023-02-12, Avara, Eat the Whistle,WEB,weblink Eat The Whistle 3.2 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-11, Blades of Exile, Star Control 2, SimCity, Fish Fillets, HoverRace, Duelyst, as well Abuse and the unfinished Golgotha have even been entirely released freely, including multimedia assets and levels.WEB, Suehle, Ruth, 2014-02-11, Creative Commons enables the return of the game Glitch,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-05, Some games are mostly free software but contain proprietary content such as the Cube sequel, (Cube 2: Sauerbraten|Sauerbraten) (and (Cube 2: Sauerbraten#Derivatives and forks|later forks), but not Red Eclipse), Warsow / Warfork, or the former id Tech mods The Dark Mod and Smokin' Guns, but some developers desire and/or work on replacing these with free content.WEB, lululaglue, 2009-06-24, Entretien avec l'Ã©quipe de Smokin'Guns,weblink Jeuxlinux, fr, 2010-01-05, Alas, artists are always conservative for their creations. For me, the most important thing was to have the code under a free license... it always leaves the opportunity for other creators to take over the game with new data, but it's a hell of a job! Honestly, I am for free, but free is not always the panacea and our creators do not want to find their babies anywhere without their consent. Anyone today who wants to offer free content to replace cc licensed content with better quality will be welcomed with open arms as a possible future team member :D And anyone who wants to use our content for another project is safe ask permission on our forum., 19 March 2021,weblink dead, WEB, Liam, Dawe, Based on the classic FPS Warsow, the new Warfork is now live in Early Access,weblink GamingOnLinux, 19 August 2019, 2023-02-07, Mods for originally proprietary games have gone standalone following the source code being released for their parent game, such as Nexuiz for Quake, (CodeRED: Alien Arena) for Quake II, and Urban Terror for Quake III, as well as (Penumbra: Necrologue) for (Amnesia: The Dark Descent). Derivatives of released code or recreations have even been used for commercial re-releases of vintage games such as Wolfenstein 3D Classic for iOS,WEB,weblink Wolfenstein: Old Code Never Dies, Stephen, Cass, Discover Magazine, 2009-04-07, 2023-02-19, Abuse Classic for iPhone, (Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition),WEB,weblink Review: Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour-Immature Fun With A Price, spiderslash, 2020-06-13, 2023-03-20, Shadow Warrior Classic Redux,WEB,weblink History Lessons: Shadow Warrior, Waltorious Writes About Games, waltorious, 2021-03-22, 2023-03-20, Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II for the Evercade,WEB,weblink Duke Nukem 1+2 Remastered, Nikolai, Wuttke-Hohendorf, Rigel Engine, 2023-10-03, 2023-11-12, If youâ€™ve seen or used RigelEngine before, some of the new features will sound familiar â€“ the project is in fact based on RigelEngine., and (The Original Strife: Veteran Edition).WEB, Hamish, Wilson, GamingOnLinux,weblink Some thoughts on The Original Strife: Veteran Edition, 2017-03-08, 2023-02-19, Source code releases were used however for unauthorized versions of Lugaru and Abuse that were allowed onto the App Store prior to takedown claims by the original developers.WEB,weblink The Case Of The Identical Rabbit Games, Stephan, Tolito, 2011-02-02, 2011-02-03, Kotaku, WEB,weblink Abuse abuse, Indie Game Producer, 2009-08-14, Dave Taylor (game programmer), Dave, Taylor, 2023-04-14, Primarily proprietary developers have also helped free gaming by creating free libraries. Loki Software helped create and maintain the Simple DirectMedia Layer and OpenAL libraries and Linux Game Publishing created and maintained the free network layer Grapple. LGP also avoided publishing games similar to popular free titles.WEB, Linux Game Publishing: An Interview with Michael Simms,weblink Linux Gazette, 3 June 2005, 20 July 2022,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20050712080821weblink">weblink 12 July 2005, dead, Many libraries/infrastructures have been created without corporate assistance however, such as the online game system GGZ Gaming Zone,WEB, KDE games: meet GGZ gaming zone,weblink Roland, Wolters, Liquidat, 2007-03-05, 2023-02-05, WEB, GGZ Gaming Zone: Multiplayer gaming framework,weblink Josef, Spillner, FOSDEM, 2008-02-24, 2023-02-11, Gamerzilla achievement integration,WEB, Dennis, Payne, Open source game achievements,weblink Fedora (operating system), Fedora Magazine, 17 September 2021, 2023-02-04, GamingAnywhere cloud streaming,WEB, Alex, Campbell, Open source cloud gaming, play remote games for free,weblink HelpWire, 6 April 2022, 2023-02-04, Mumble voice over IP,WEB, Liam, Dawe, Open source voice-chat levels up with Mumble 1.4 out now,weblink GamingOnLinux, 17 January 2022, 2023-02-05, OBS Studio for screencasting,WEB, Liam, Dawe, Live Streaming On Linux, Now With OBS Studio,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2014-07-16, 2023-02-23, and the Lutris game manager.WEB, Seth, Kenlon, Lutris: Linux game management made easy,weblink OpenSource.com, 25 October 2018, 2023-02-04, Physics engines such as Box2D, Bullet, Chipmunk, OPAL, Open Dynamics Engine, Tokamak and Newton Game Dynamics have been made available as open source. In addition, various game creation systems are free softwareWEB,weblink Landscape of open source games, Jim, Whitehead, 2009-10-29, 2023-09-17, Expressive Intelligence Studio Blog, One was how many open source game-creation systems I found (4, more than the zero I expected). These are Game Editor (2d with export to some mobile devices), Construct (2d, some 3d), Novashell (2d), and Sandbox (3d)., such as the ZZT remake MegaZeux,WEB,weblink Succeeding MegaZeux, Evelyn, Wood, fuzzy notepad, 2016-10-06, 2023-02-14, ZGameEditor,BOOK,weblink Learning and Education Games: Volume Two: Bringing Games into Educational Contexts, Karen, Schrier Shaenfeld, 2016-04-10, 265, Lulu.com, 978-1329703568, Novashell,WEB,weblink Bright Hub, Open Source Game Creation Software: Working in 2D, 7 October 2009, SLUDGE,WEB,weblink Cheese Talks, Josh, Bush, Cheese talks to himself (about the SLUDGE engine), 2015-07-09, 2023-09-17, the JavaScript based Ct.jsWEB,weblink 2D game editor ct.js goes open source and it's closing in on a new major release, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe, 2019-08-21, 2023-09-18, and Pixelbox.js,WEB,weblink Pixelbox.js Game Engine, GameFromScratch, 2020-04-14, 2023-09-18, versions of Game Editor, Adventure Game Studio, OHRRPGCE, Game-Maker, the engine behind Stencyl, the original Construct, GDevelop and Godot.
Rise in popularity and diversity
File:Supertux 0.3.1.PNG|thumb|left|200px|SuperTux SuperTuxIndividuals and teams have continued creating many popular free software games, starting really in the late 1990s to the present day. Many of these are clonesWEB, Terrance, Smith,weblink 8 Free, Open Source Alternatives To Popular Games, 2023-01-09, 2023-02-06, such as Pingus, Lix,WEB,weblink Lix Open Source Puzzle Game, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2022-08-25, 2023-02-06, and Rabbit EscapeWEB, ACCU (organisation), ACCU, Andy, Balaam,weblink Testing: Choose the Right Level, 2018-02-12, 2023-02-10, (Lemmings), BomberClone (Atomic Bomberman),WEB,weblink Bomber Clone 0.11.9, PC World, Jakub, Kuchnio, 2010-12-13, 2023-03-08, Enigma (Oxyd), Beats of Rage (Streets of Rage), TetriNET (Tetris), GAV,BOOK,weblink Marcel, Busse, Bernd, Lamparter, Martin, Mauve, Wolfgang, Effelsberg, Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM 2004 workshops on NetGames '04 Network and system support for games - SIGCOMM 2004 Workshops, Lightweight QoS-support for networked mobile gaming, ACM Digital Library, August 2004, 85, 10.1145/1016540.1016543, 158113942X, 1381103, Blobby Volley, and SlimeVolleyWEB,weblink DesdeLinux, SlimeVolley: Simple volleyball game on Linux, Alexander, 2023-12-09, (Arcade Volleyball), Ace of Penguins (Microsoft Solitaire),WEB,weblink Ace of Penguins, Zerk Zone, Ryan, Armstrong, 2020-12-15, 2023-02-12, Crack Attack (Tetris Attack),WEB,weblink Crack Atack! 1.1.15 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, Pang ZeroWEB,weblink Pang Zero 0.17 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, and PiX PangWEB,weblink PiX Pang 1.6d review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, (Super Pang), System Syzygy (Systems' Twilight),WEB,weblink System Syzygy, Zarf, Andrew, Plotkin, 2018-11-19, 2023-03-07, Troll Bridge, (Fanwor: The Legend of Gemda)WEB,weblink Fanwor, Identical Software, Dennis, Payne, 2023-12-09, and ZQuest ClassicWEB,weblink Zelda Classic and the ZQUEST editor, WestnileOD, NerdPress O.D., 2019-11-20, 2023-12-09, (The Legend of Zelda), Rocks'n'Diamonds and EpiphanyWEB,weblink Epiphany, Think Pengiun, 2023-12-09, (Boulder Dash), Numpty Physics (Crayon Physics),WEB,weblink Numpty Physics: An Addictive Crayola-istic Puzzle Game!, rtaibah, Rami, Taibah, 2009-06-27, 2023-03-07, Pathological (Logical),WEB,weblink Pathological 1.1.3 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, PainTown (MUGEN),WEB,weblink PainTown 3.3.1, PC World, Jakub, Kuchnio, 2010-10-26, 2023-03-14, FloboPoyo,WEB,weblink FloboPuyo 0.20 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, GTK Puyo PuyoWEB,weblink Linux Journal, Focus on Software, David A., Bandel, 2000-01-01, 2023-12-18, (Puyo Puyo), Paranoid,WEB,weblink Paranoid 0.99.9 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, LBreakOut 2,WEB,weblink Open Source For You, Linux Game Review: LBreakOut 2, Shayon, Pal, 2009-09-01, 2023-03-08, and BriquoloWEB,weblink Recommended software from Deepin Software Center, Deepin Technology Community, 2014-01-09, 2023-03-08, (Breakout), BurgerSpace (BurgerTime),WEB,weblink Alexey, Beshenov, burgerspace: a free clone of the classic arcade game Burgertime, Debian Package of the Day, 2007-08-29, 2023-02-23, Einstein Puzzle (Sherlock),WEB,weblink Xye 0.7.6 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, UltraStar (SingStar), OpenClonk (Clonk), FreeGish (Gish),WEB, Joris, van de Donk, FreeGish,weblink 2012, 2023-02-12, Mooses.nl, Hexoshi (Super Metroid),WEB, Alex, Gleason, Libre Game Spotlight, idea for a video series about libre games, 2018-09-26,weblink 2023-02-12, Hexoshi â€“ this gameâ€™s resemblance to Metroid makes it relatable to gamers. The gameâ€™s tight controls and solid gameplay may be a good stepping stone for people., I Have No TomatoesWEB,weblink Fun Tomato Smashing Game â€“ I Have No Tomatoes, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2022-09-13, 2023-02-08, and BombicWEB,weblink Bombic 0.0.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-04-23, (Dynablaster), Scorched 3D and XScorchWEB,weblink xscorch 0.2.0 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, (Scorched Earth), FreeVikings (The Lost Vikings),WEB,weblink FreeVikings 0.5 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-08, Savage Wheels (Destruction Derby),WEB, Georgi Dimitrov, Georgiev,weblink Linux release of the game Savage Wheels (Destruction Derby like game) is out!, PC Freak, 2010-11-17, 2023-03-10, Penguin Command (Missile Command),WEB,weblink Penguin Command 1.6.10 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, Sable (Space Harrier),WEB,weblink Sable 1.0 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, Circus Linux! (Circus Atari),WEB,weblink Circus Linux! 1.0.3 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, Falling Time (Fall Down),WEB,weblink Falling Time, The Linux Game Book, 2023-03-08, Toppler (Tower Toppler),WEB, Top 10 OSS Games You've Never Played,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080629232246weblink">weblink 2006-04-06, 2008-06-29, Intelligent Blogger, WEB,weblink Linux Journal, Upfront, David A., Bandel, 2003-03-01, 2023-12-18, Gem Drop X (Gem Drop),WEB,weblink Gem Drop X 0.9 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, Fish SupperWEB,weblink Fish Supper 0.1.4 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, and FroggixWEB,weblink Froggix, Open Source Game List, 2023-02-12, (Frogger), OpenMortal (Mortal Kombat),WEB,weblink OpenMortal 0.7, GameInformer, 2023-02-08, WEB,weblink OpenMortal 0.7.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-08, Triplane Turmoil and SDL SopwthMAGAZINE,weblink HotPicks, Nick, Veitch, Linux Format, 135, September 2010, 71, (Sopwith), Taisei Project (Touhou Project),WEB, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe,weblink Taisei, a free and open source fan game based on Touhou Project has a new update out, 2021-05-03, 2023-03-15, Crown and Cutlass (Sid Meier's Pirates!),WEB,weblink Crown and Cutlass, Open Source Game List, 2023-02-12, IceBreaker (JezzBall),WEB, Lee, Anderson,weblink Top 10 Linux games for the holidays, 2000-12-20, CNN, 2023-02-06, Monsterz (Bejeweled),WEB,weblink Monsterz 0.7.0 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, Tux FootballWEB,weblink Tux Football 0.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-06, and YSoccerWEB,weblink Yoda Soccer 0.73 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-11, (Sensible Soccer), iMaze (MIDI Maze),WEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2023-01-23, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 26: Coming to You Live,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-20, PixBros (Bubble Bobble),WEB, Georgi Dimitrov, Georgiev,weblink PixBros a nice Arcade Game remake of Bubble Bobble for GNU/Linux, PC Freak, 2011-09-26, 2023-03-10, Surge the Rabbit (Sonic the Hedgehog),WEB, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe,weblink Move over Sonic, Surge has arrived with Open Surge - a game engine and retro platformer, 2020-01-17, 2023-02-06, Dave Gnukem (Duke Nukem),MAGAZINE, Zymaris, Con, July 2001, The Open Source Lucky Dip,weblink AUUGN, Australia, AUUG, 2023-02-06, Written by David Jaffe, Dave Gnukem is a 2D scrolling platform game, similar to Duke Nukem 1. It includes a sprite and level editor. It uses GGI and thus runs on the console as well as X, windowed or fullscreeen. It also runs on Windows, using DirectX. Download it and blow yourself away, FormidoWEB,weblink Formido, The Linux Game Book, 2023-12-09, (Phobia), VioletlandWEB,weblink Violetland, LinuxLinks, 2012-12-09, and GrimsonlandWEB,weblink Grimsonland, Lutris, 2023-12-09, (Crimsonland), Minetest (Minecraft),WEB, 2021-02-01, Minetest 5.4.0 to make downloading mods and games a lot easier,weblink live,weblink 2023-08-02, 2023-08-02, GamingOnLinux, en, SolarWolf (Solar Fox),WEB,weblink SolarWolf, LinuxLinks, 2023-03-08, FreedroidBOOK, Negus, Christopher, 2009-04-22, Fedora 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible,weblink United States, John Wiley & Sons, 293, 9780470407080, Clone of the C64 game Paradroid., and NighthawkBOOK, Nguyen, Binh, Linux Dictionary,weblink 1095, An improved version of Paradroid - a strategic shoot-em up. You are a droid out to save the universe. To do this, you must do more than simply blasting everything in sight - you have to transfer to better droids in order to conquer more advanced droids, and go through walls to reach parts other droids cannot reach., (Paradroid), Tile World and EscapeWEB,weblink Escape, The Linux Game Book, 2023-12-09, (Chip's Challenge),WEB,weblink Tile World 1.2.2 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-06, FreeOrion (Master of Orion),WEB, Liam, Dawe,weblink FreeOrion, the open source game inspired by Master of Orion has a massive new release today, GamingOnLinux, 2017-05-17, 2023-02-06, TuxÃ¡nci (BulÃ¡nci), Super Tux Party (Mario Party),WEB, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe,weblink The Sunday Section - keeping up with some missed Linux and gaming bits, 2017-05-17, 2023-02-06, Neverball (Super Monkey Ball),WEB, Games,weblink OpenDisc, 2009-03-30,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090227045352weblink">weblink 2009-02-27, dead, (Raptor: Call of the Shadows#Legacy|Kraptor/RafKill) ((Raptor: Call of the Shadows)), Trackballs (Marble Madness),WEB, LWN.net, josh,weblink The state of Linux gaming, 2010-10-07, 2023-02-07, Hurrican (Turrican),WEB,weblink Hurrican Free Jump and Shoot Game, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2022-04-09, 2023-02-12, OpenTyrian (Tyrian),WEB,weblink OpenTyrian Shooter Game â€“ How to install OpenTyrian on Ubuntu, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2019-10-18, 2023-02-12, HexGL (Wipeout),WEB,weblink Play this: 'HexGL' is an unabashed 'Wipeout' clone built with HTML5, JavaScript, and WebGL, Chris, Welch, The Verge, 2012-09-12, 2023-02-12, Zaz (Zuma), Ostrich Riders (Joust),WEB, Tim, Schuermann, Linux Magazine,weblink Gifts for Gamers: Some End-of-Year Recommendations, Part 4, 2015-10-24, 2009-12-31, Endless SkyWEB, Liam, Dawe,weblink Endless Sky, An Open Source & Open World Space Sim Inspired By Escape Velocity, GamingOnLinux, 2015-10-24, 2023-02-06, and NaevWEB, Liam, Dawe,weblink Free and open source space sim 'Naev' has a big overhaul update out now, GamingOnLinux, 2020-12-17, 2023-02-06, (Escape Velocity), Pioneer and Oolite (Elite), SuperTux, Secret Maryo Chronicles and Mari0 (Super Mario Bros.),WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140726173706weblink">weblink 2014-07-26, Free Platformers: Open Source Gamers Guide to Free Games Part 3, MrCopilot, Yahoo Voices, 2007-12-31, 2023-04-02, SuperTux 3DWEB,weblink SuperTux 3D, The Linux Game Book, 2023-12-09, (Super Mario 64), WarMUXWEB, Rustybolts,weblink GamingOnLinux, Warmux 11.01, 2011-02-01, 2023-02-07, and HedgewarsWEB, Liam, Dawe,weblink The free and open source Worms-like 'Hedgewars' is now on Steam, GamingOnLinux, 2022-12-19, 2023-02-07, (Worms), OpenLieroX, NiL,WEB,weblink Open-source, networkable shooter has Linux gamers buzzing, CNN, Lee, Anderson, 2000-04-12, 2023-03-06, LieroLibre (Liero) as well as Frets on Fire (Guitar Hero), and StepMania (Dance Dance Revolution).File:Kikinanobot.png|thumb|right|kiki the nanobot kiki the nanobotFrozen Bubble, originally a clone of Puzzle Bobble, has become a classic known for its addictive gameplay and winner of many Linux Journal Reader's Choice Awards.WEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2023-02-06, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 24: Mother Knows Best,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-06, These games and others have also helped expand the prevalent Tux genre which started with titles and like A Quest for Herring and are related to the activist content of games like XBill. As well as ground up clones,WEB, Love, Dylan, 3 October 2021, 11 Classic Games You Can Now Play For Free,weblink Business Insider, 2023-02-04, open source re-implementations of various proprietary games have become increasingly common, which utilize the original game data.WEB, Bolding, Jonathan, 4 September 2022, Y'all know about these huge lists of free, open-source game clones, right?,weblink PC Gamer, 2023-02-04, More original games such as the platformers 0verkill,WEB,weblink Cooking with Linux - Exciting Arcade Action in Glorious ASCII, Marcel, GagnÃ©, Linux Journal, 2007-12-01, 2023-03-01, Abe's Amazing Adventure,WEB, Georgi Dimitrov, Georgiev,weblink Abe's Amazing Adventure, A Dangerous Dave 2 like GNU Linux / FreeBSD Arcade Game substitute, PC Freak, 2011-12-14, 2023-02-08, Adventures on Planet Zephulor,WEB,weblink Adventures on Planet Zephulor, The Linux Game Tome, mrhollow, 2004-08-13,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20051214211659weblink">weblink 2023-02-12, 2005-12-14, Alex the Allegator 4,WEB, Reloaded.org, OvErLoRd,weblink Alex the Allegator 4, 2023-02-10, Amphetamine,WEB,weblink Amphetamine 0.8.10 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, B.A.L.L.Z.,WEB,weblink B.A.L.L.Z. Platform Game, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2022-12-03, 2023-02-12, Cow's Revenge,WEB,weblink Cow's Revenge Pixel Art Platform Game, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2022-05-26, 2023-02-12, Gilbert and the doors,WEB,weblink Gilbert and the doors, The Linux Game Book, 2023-03-07, Go Ollie!,WEB,weblink Go Ollie!, The Linux Game Book, 2023-03-07, GunFu Deadlands,WEB,weblink GunFu Deadlands, Derek, Yu, 2010-02-05, TIGSource, 2023-12-09, JVGS,WEB,weblink JVGS â€“ minimalistic platform game, 2017-12-15, Steve, Emms, LinuxLinks, 2023-12-09, Me and My Shadow,WEB, GamingOnLinux, Lii, Edward,weblink MeAndMyShadow puzzle platformer V0.3 Released, 2012-03-17, 2023-02-07, Mr. Rescue,WEB,weblink Mr. Rescue - Throw people out of a window of a burning building, all via this 2D Platformer, 2013-05-13, Indie Retro News, 2023-03-07, Nikwi,WEB,weblink Nikwi Deluxe 1.0 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, Plee the Bear,WEB,weblink Nouvelle version du jeu Plee the Bear, Julien, Jorge, LinuxFr.org, 2010-11-10, 2023-03-07, Super Bombinhas,WEB,weblink Video game Super Bombinhas, Freak Spot, 2021-12-03, 2023-03-07, Stringrolled,WEB, Stephen's Blog,weblink Python everywhere: computer games, 2009-04-02, 2023-02-07, Teeworlds, Which Way Is Up,WEB, MakeUseOf, Justom, Pot,weblink 5 Casual Linux Games You Probably Don't Know About, 2010-11-03, 2023-02-07, and Worminator 3,BOOK, Negus, Christopher, 2009-04-29, Fedora 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible,weblink United States, John Wiley & Sons, 287, 9780470485460, WEB,weblink Game Developer (website), Game Developer, Making it Work as a Solo Game Developer, Jeffrey, Nielson, 2017-05-05, 2024-03-10, puzzle games such as Anagramarama,WEB,weblink Anagramarama, Press Any Key, 2006-10-01, 2023-03-07, Angry, Drunken, Dwarves,WEB,weblink Cooking with Linux - A Gem of an Idea, Marcel, GagnÃ©, Linux Journal, 2006-07-01, 2023-03-01, Balls Blocks and Mazes,WEB,weblink BBM 0.3.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, Battery,WEB,weblink Battery, Open Source Game List, 2023-03-07, Brikx,WEB,weblink Brikx, The Linux Game Book, 2009-09-03, 2023-03-07, Chroma,WEB,weblink Chroma, Open Source Game List, 2023-03-07, Dynamite,WEB,weblink Dynamite 1.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, Hex-a-Hop,WEB,weblink Hex-a-Hop...heard of it?, GamingOnLinux, Liam, Dawe, 2011-05-27, 2023-03-08, irrlamb,WEB,weblink Como instalar o jogo irrlamb no Linux via Flatpak, Blog de Edivaldo, Edivaldo, Brito, 2023-02-25, 2023-03-07, kiki the nano bot, Krystal Drop,WEB,weblink Linux Journal, UpFront, 2003-12-01, 2023-12-18, David, Bandel, Marble Muncher,WEB,weblink Marble Marcher is what happens when Monkey Ball meets math, Rock Paper Shotgun, Dominic, Tarason, 2019-01-10, 2019-01-10, Memonix,WEB,weblink Memonix 1.6 Review, Michael, Black, Download3k, 2013-11-18, 2023-03-07, Minilens,WEB,weblink LinuxLinks, Minilens â€“ puzzle-platform game set on post-apocalyptic Earth, 2023-10-28, Steve, Emms, 2023-12-09, Raincat,WEB,weblink Medium (website), Medium, RainCat: Lesson 1, Marc, J Vandehey, 2016-09-07, 2023-03-07, Tetzle,WEB,weblink Review: Tetzle, God Minded Gaming, 2018-02-28, 2023-02-06, The Powder Toy, Wizznic!,WEB,weblink Wizznic!, Open Source Game List, 2023-03-08, and Xye,WEB,weblink Xye, Open Source Game List, 2023-03-08, arcade games such as Apricots,WEB,weblink Apricots, another of my entertaining 2D games, From Linux, Alexander, Gaara, 2014-12-15, 2023-03-08, Airstrike,WEB,weblink Airstrike, The Linux Game Book, 2023-03-08, Avoision,WEB,weblink Avoision, FreeBSD Software, 2018-05-26, 2023-02-13, Battle Tanks,WEB, Popov, Dimitri, 2007-08-17, Battle Tanks is a blast,weblink Linux.com, 2023-02-05, Barrage,WEB,weblink Barrage 1.0.2 review, Nixbit, 2023-04-21, C-Dogs, Chromium B.S.U., Emilia Pinball,WEB,weblink My DiY Pinball on Debian, MiniDebConf, Philippe, Coval, 2020-11-22, 2023-03-08, the Enemy Lines series,WEB,weblink enemy lines 6 1.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, WEB,weblink Enemy Lines 7 0.6 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-15, FLAW,WEB,weblink F.L.A.W â€“ top-down wizard battle game, 2023-10-29, 2023-12-10, Steve, Emms, LinuxLinuks, Free Tennis,WEB,weblink Free Tennis 0.4.8 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, the Geki series,WEB, Georgi Dimitrov, Georgiev,weblink Geki2 and Geki3 a Xenon 2 Megablast like games for GNU / Linux and FreeBSD, PC Freak, 2011-12-22, 2023-02-08, Hase,WEB,weblink Hase, Holarse, 2023-03-07, Help Hannah's Horse,WEB,weblink Help Hannah's Horse, The Linux Game Book, 2023-03-08, Heroes,BOOK, Negus, Christopher, 2006-11-24, Live Linux CDs: Building and Customizing Bootables,weblink United States, Prentice Hall Professional, 311, 9780132432740, Jammer the Gardener,WEB,weblink Jammer The Gardener â€“ cartoon game, 2022-11-13, 2023-12-09, LinuxLinks, KETM,WEB, Georgi Dimitrov, Georgiev,weblink Kill everything that Moves (KETM) an arcade spaceship Tyrian GNU / Linux game, PC Freak, 2012-01-17, 2023-03-10, Kuklomenos,WEB,weblink Kuklomenosâ€”Weird Space Shooter?, John, Knight, 2008-11-11, Linux Journal, 2023-03-08, Librerama,WEB,weblink Librerama, Open Source Game List, 2023-03-08, Luola,WEB,weblink Luola, The Linux Game Tome, nilfilter, 2003-10-15,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20050514073849weblink">weblink 2023-03-08, 2005-05-14, M.A.R.S.,WEB, Holm, Joshua Allen, 2018-01-08, 5 arcade-style games for Linux,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-05, Meat Fighter - The Weiner Warrior, Hikou no mizu,WEB,weblink Hikou no mizu, Frama libre, 2023-10-01, Moag,WEB,weblink Moagg 0.18 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-08, OilWar,WEB,weblink OilWar 1.2.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-04-21, osu!, Osgg,WEB,weblink OldSkoolGravityGame, The Linux Game Book, 2023-03-08, Orbital Eunuchs Sniper,WEB,weblink Orbital Eunuchs Sniper, 2023-10-29, Steve, Emms, LinuxLinks, 2023-12-09, Overgod,WEB,weblink Overgod, The Linux Game Book, 2023-03-08, Powermanga,MAGAZINE, December 22, 2015, Powermanga,weblink Linux Format, Australia, Future plc, 2023-02-08, WEB, Doane, J. Neil, 15 March 2018, Open-Source Gaming for Linux,weblink Linux Journal,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20010628031000weblink">weblink 2023-02-08, 28 June 2001, Ri-li,WEB,weblink Nixbit, Ri-li 2.0.0 review, 2023-03-08, Super Transball 2,WEB, 2023-03-08, Super Transball 2,weblink The Linux Game Book, Technoball Z,WEB,weblink Tecnoball Z - Unreleased Amiga Arkanoid style game sees light of day!, Indie Retro News, 2015-04-19, 2023-03-08, The Sheep Killer,WEB,weblink The Sheep Killer 1.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-04-21, Variations on Rockdodger,WEB,weblink Variations on Rockdodger 0.4 review, Nixbit, 2023-04-21, Warlock's Gauntlet,WEB,weblink Linux Action RPG Game 'Warlock's Gauntlet' Updated, Ubuntu Vibes, 2012-03-22, 2023-12-09, and Zorn,WEB,weblink Zorn 0.1.6 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, have been able to carve out their own niches.A number of these games and those mentioned earlier and later in this section have even received mainstream press coverageNEWS, Anderson, Lee, December 20, 2000, Top 10 Linux games for the holidays,weblink CNN, 2008-06-08,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20041206174427weblink">weblink December 6, 2004, dead, and commercial compilations,WEB,weblink OpenSource GamePower Vol.2, Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, 2006-01-06, 2023-03-11, and have helped to establish free gaming as a moderately popular pastime. Most prominently among LinuxWEB, Partho, 28 March 2009, Top 10 Free Linux Games in 2009,weblink The Gaea Times, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120415141523weblink">weblink 2012-04-15, users and other free Unix-like systems such as BSD,WEB, SolÃ¨ne, Rapenne, Top 12 best opensource games available on OpenBSD,weblink Data Swamp, 2021-03-07, 2023-02-06, Solaris,WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110312121637weblink">weblink Games on OpenSolaris - Games List, XWiki, 2011-03-12, 2009-10-26, 2023-03-01, Darwin,WEB,weblink Games, GNU-Darwin, 2023-03-03, ToaruOS,WEB,weblink codewalr.us, ToaruOS - Unix-like "hobby" operating system, gameblabla, 2016-11-08, 2023-04-25, I ported Helicopters, one of my games, just to show you how easy you can port games to it., Xv6,WEB,weblink Fuelled by Coffee, Takaya, Saeki, 2020-10-04, 2023-04-25, How we ran a Unix-like OS (Xv6) on our home-built CPU with our home-built C compiler, However, some teams put more energy into doing fun such as running games or playing music by connecting a speaker with their CPU. Group 6, to which I belonged, was a group of such people who loved entertainment, and we decided to run an OS as our team goal., Fiwix,WEB,weblink Packages, Fiwix, 2023-04-25, lxdoom-1.4.4, Redox,WEB,weblink Trying Out Redox, Redox (operating system), Redox, 2023-04-25, WEB,weblink Phoronix, The Current State & Plans For Porting Linux/BSD Software To Redox OS, Michael, Larabel, 2024-02-13, 2024-02-24, While not yet having accelerated graphics and their Wayland support is still some ways out, they have ported some games/emulators to Redox OS already like DOSBox, Neverball, OpenTTD, ScummVM, 2048, and others., OpenHarmony,WEB,weblink Developed based on the Cocos 2dx engine, the game "Happy Match" was successfully ported to OpenHarmony, Gaming Deputy, 2023-04-10, 2023-04-25, Kryzt, Bates, and SerenityOS,WEB,weblink SerenityOS Ports - Games, 2023-03-05, but also some MacintoshWEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091213203544weblink">weblink Six Free and Must Have Games for Your Mac, Sergiu, Gatlan, Softpedia, 2008-11-12, 2009-12-13, 2023-04-02, players and even a few Microsoft Windows gamers.WEB, Arjun, Krishnalal, Here Are Five Open Source Games for Windows You Can Play for Free,weblink TechWiser, 2019-07-16, 2023-02-07, As well, open source games have been made available for Palm OS,WEB,weblink Games, The PalmOS/WebOS Open Source Portal, 2023-03-15, Android,WEB, Allen Holm, Joshua, 2015-10-26, 12 open source games for Android,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-05, and iOSWEB, Open Source iOS Game List â€“ Source Code To Games In The App Store,weblink ManiacDev, 2014-08-25, 2023-02-07, mobile devices. Additionally, these games provide options for a variety of alternative and hobbyist systems,WEB,weblink ACM Digital Library, Game Programming with the Simple DirectMedia Layer, Bob, Pendleton, SDL officially supports Linux, Windows, BeOS, Mac OS, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, Solaris and IRIX. SDL also works with Windows CE, AmigaOS, Atari, QNX, NetBSD, AIX, Tru64 UNIX and SymbianOS. However, those OSes are not yet officially supported. This means if you write your application using SDL, you can port it with minimal rework to all those OSes. SDL provides a portable way to write games and multimedia applications on every major OS currently in use., including CP/M,WEB,weblink Writing a text-based adventure game for CP/M, Debian & Free Software, 2021-04-26, Steve, Kemp, 2023-03-04, OS/2,WEB,weblink List of Open Source Software - Games, OS/2 World, 2023-03-04, WEB,weblink Linux game review: OpenTTD, Opensource.com, 2015-07-21, Jason, Baker, 2023-03-04, While it runs on a number of platforms (including some surprising ones, like ReactOS, BeOS, and OS/2), the Linux installation of OpenTTD is quick and easy., BeOS,WEB,weblink History - Year 2000, Stendhal project, 2023-03-04, Also a BeOS version was released and hence Arianne was one of the first BeOS open source games., WEB,weblink Let 'The Battle for Wesnoth' continue with latest version 1.9.9, Unixmen, M., Zinoune, 2011, 2023-03-04, It is multi-platform game, which is easy to install on Windows to MacOSX and open source platform such as FreeBSD, Open BSD, NetBSD and now historic BeOS., RISC OS,WEB,weblink Games, riscos.info, 2023-04-26, WEB,weblink Packages in category: Games, RISCOS.info, 2023-03-04, WEB, Kickstarter,weblink RISC OS - Build the future OS for your power-saving computer, Cloverleaf RISC OS, 2023-03-04, In addition to games in these emulators, a plethora of games have been ported to RISC OS from Linux and other platforms, QNX,WEB,weblink Your Next Desktopâ€¦ QNX?, Hackaday, Al, Williams, 2017-05-03, 2023-03-05, The rest of the adventure went fairly well. He managed to build SDL and port over some games., IRIX,WEB,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070320130133weblink">weblinkweblink SGI - Freeware - Games, 2007-03-20, 2023-03-04, WEB,weblink SuperTuxKart IRIX Screenshots, SupterTuxKart.de, 2023-03-04, MenuetOS,WEB,weblink Forget Windows, Apples, and Penguins: enter a world of 'lost' OSs, CyberNews, 2021-09-28, Vilius, Petkauska, Impressively, MenuetOS is no thought experiment. To illustrate the point, the operating system ships with shareware versions of legendary games â€™Quakeâ€™ and â€˜Doomâ€™., Phantom OS,WEB,weblink phantomuserland - apps, Dmitry, Zavalishin, GitHub, 2023-04-25, doom... quake... tetris..., Genode,WEB,weblink Port of libSDL to Genode, Genode, 2009-01-23, 2023-04-26, HelenOS,WEB,weblink HelenOS Command Reference, HelenOS, 2023-04-25, tetris - Fork of BSD Tetris game, SkyOS,WEB,weblink OSNews, SkyOS Beta Build 6179 Released, Tomasz, Dominikowski, 2006-09-04, 2023-04-24, This new build also includes new ports, such as Quake III, Python, SDL with OpenGL support, and much more., TempleOS,WEB,weblink 2015-07-06, 2023-03-25, Porting third-party programs to TempleOS, Jack, Whitham, Without graphics support, the proof-of-concept application is quite limited in what it can do. I therefore chose to port "frotz". This is an interpreter for Z-machine games. The system requirements are minimal, but it can be used to play perhaps thousands of "interactive fiction" (text adventure) games., SymbOS,WEB,weblink Games for SymbOS, SymbOS, 2023-04-25, WEB,weblink SymbOS - A rather impressive Z80 multitasking operating system gets a new release, Indie Retro News, 2022-01-07, 2023-04-25, You can not only play the latest 8bit version of Doom converted by Prodatron, but many other games such as Sakoban, 2048 and yes even Flappy Bird via this graphically impressive Z80 operating system., FreeRTOS,WEB,weblink Playing Zork with FreeRTOS on ARM in three different Ways, 2018-12-02, Erich, Styger, MCU on Eclipse, I started my port of Zork for the NXP FRDM-K64F board using the port from Thomas Shane. You can find my port for the FRDM-K64F on GitHub (links at the end of this article). It should be fairly simple to port it to any other board. The game code has been converted to C using a converter (so the code looks rather ugly with lots of goto statements)., AmigaOSWEB,weblink Open Source Conversion, Lemon Amiga Database, 2023-03-04, WEB,weblink Simutrans: Free and Open Source Transport Simulation Game, From Linux, 13 April 2022, 2023-03-04, Simutrans is an open source simulation game under the Artistic License 1.0 for Windows, AmigaOS, BeOS, Mac OS X and Linux that focuses on freight, passenger, mail and energy transport., (plus WarpOSWEB,weblink Stratagus port for AmigaOS 3 with WarpOS, 2019-02-21, Amninet, 2023-03-04, ), and MorphOS,WEB,weblink Games, MorphOS Library, 2009-12-20, 2023-03-04, Many open source games have been ported to MorphOS, including several commercial games whose sources have been released, like id Software masterpieces Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom II, Quake, Quake II and Quake III., as well as later implementations such as FreeDOS,WEB,weblink FreeDOS 1.2 Updates - Games, ibiblio, 2022-07-31, 2023-03-05, ArcaOS,WEB,weblink Unix Ports for OS/2 & ArcaOS, Paul, Smedley, 2023-03-04, ReactOS,WEB,weblink Ubunlog, The popular open source Mario-style game arrives in its new version SuperTux 0.6.1, 17 December 2019, 2023-03-04, The game was originally released for Linux, Windows, ReactOS, Mac OS X. Versions for other computers include FreeBSD, BeOS, among others., Haiku,WEB,weblink Haiku operating system: porting applications and creating packages, Sudo Null IT News, 2018, Bergseth, 2023-03-04, WEB,weblink OpenTTD is out for open source BeOS, Haiku, Distrita, 2016-05-06, Michal, Bergseth, 2023-03-04, ZETA,WEB,weblink OSNews, Review: Zeta 1.5, Thom, Holwerda, 2007-03-19, 2023-05-01, Magnussoft also included a few emulators (including graphical frontends) in this release, two of which I want to highlight: DOSbox and Qemu. Using the DosBox emulator, I was able to play some old DOS games (Keen!), even though I had to edit the DOSbox config file in order to get some decent performance. The QemuVM frontend had problems in that it would not work correctly when using physical disks instead of image files., KolibriOS,WEB,weblink Forget Windows, Apples, and Penguins: enter a world of 'lost' OSs, CyberNews, 2021-09-28, Vilius, Petkauska, Kolibri features a rich set of applications that include a word processor, image viewer, graphical editor, web browser, and well over 30 exciting games,â€ states the authors of the operating system., Syllable Desktop,WEB,weblink 5 alternatives to Microsoft Windows, The Economic Times, 2016-05-30, 2023-03-04, Some of the other things you can download for free include games, rescue software and a VNC viewer., AmigaOS 4,WEB,weblink Open Source, AmigaOS 4, AmigaOS, Hyperion Entertainment, 2023-03-04, and AROS.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140320231619weblink">weblink AROS Page, SuperTuxKart, a Mario Kart open source clone., 2014-03-20, WEB,weblink Lugaru comes to the Amiga, 2010-06-27, 2023-03-04, Jeffrey, Rosen, Wolfire Games, Particularly prolific is New Breed Software, which offers games for all or most of those systems,WEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2022-09-12, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 18: Run Away and Join the Circus,weblink GamingOnLinux, Bill Kendrick has also created a number of other arcade conversions, edutainment, and experimental software toys which he ports to the widest possible range of platforms, all of which can still be found on the New Breed Software website., 2023-03-04, as well as for vintage computers such as the Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Amiga, homebrew for several game consoles such as the Sega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii, handhelds such as the Sony PSP, Nintendo DS and GP2X, as well as mobile platforms such as the Agenda VR3, OpenZaurus, Maemo, and SymbianOS.WEB,weblink New Breed Software, Welcome, Bill, Kendrick, 2023-03-04, File:Bos wars 2 5.png|thumb|left|200px|Bos Wars Bos WarsStrategy and simulation games have been a prevalent force in free software gaming,WEB, MrCopilot, 19 December 2007, Free RTS: Open Source Gamer's Guide to Free Real Time Strategy Games,weblink Yahoo! Voices, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120629182609weblink">weblink 2012-06-29, dead, partly due to the lack of proprietary options for free software operating systems as compared to other genres like first-person shooters and role-playing games.WEB, Rankin, Dave, 2019-07-18, 5 Open Source First-Person Shooter Video Games,weblink Lifewire, 2023-02-04, Xconq and XBattle, and later Freeciv and Lincity, began the trend, and were followed by other clone titles like FreeCol, UnCiv,WEB, Liam, Dawe,weblink UnCiv, a free and open source remake of Civilization V, GamingOnLinux, 2020-01-07, 2023-02-06, Crimson Fields,WEB,weblink Crimson Fields Open Source War Strategy Game, FreeWargamer, Dave, Mackey, 15 August 2012, 2023-03-15, C-evo, LordsAWar!, Freelords, Civil,WEB,weblink Civil 0.83 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-21, LGeneral,WEB,weblink LGeneral 1.2 Beta12 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-21, Open General,WEB,weblink Open General and OpenPanzer are classic turn-based strategy games, BetaNews, Mike, Williams, 2015, 2023-03-15, OpenPanzer,WEB,weblink 'No plan survives contact with the enemy' Open Panzer Computer Game Review, Armchair General Magazine, Rick, Martin, 2019-02-07, 2023-03-15, OpenCity, OpenRTS,WEB,weblink OpenRTS 0.2 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-21, TripleA,WEB, It's FOSS, John, Paul,weblink TripleA - An Open Source Strategy Game to Keep You Busy for Hours, 2019-10-29, 2023-02-06, Mars, Land of No Mercy,WEB,weblink Mars, Land of No Mercy 0.2.0 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-21, Ophiuchus,WEB,weblink Ophiuchus 0.3.2.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-21, Mindustry,WEB, Liam, Dawe,weblink Mindustry, an open source sandbox Tower Defense game that's a little like Factorio, GamingOnLinux, 2018-12-10, 2023-02-06, Tanks of Freedom,WEB, Liam, Dawe,weblink Have You Tried Tanks Of Freedom? An Open Source Strategy Game, GamingOnLinux, 2015-10-11, 2023-02-06, OpenRA, OpenRCT2, OpenTTD, Simutrans, StormWar,WEB,weblink StormWar 0.15.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-03-21, Advanced Strategic Command,WEB,weblink Advanced Strategic Command â€“ An Open Source Turn-Based Strategy Game, FreeWargamer, Dave, Mackey, 7 August 2012, 2023-03-15, Tenes Empanadas Graciela, (Endgame: Singularity), Thousand Parsec, Unknown Horizons and Widelands.The Stratagus project began as an attempt to recreate the proprietary Warcraft II engine, under the name FreeCraft. Blizzard Entertainment sent a cease and desist letter in 2003 over the use of the name "craft" in comparison to Warcraft and StarCraft.WEB, Wen, Howard, 15 July 2004, Stratagus: Open Source Strategy Games,weblink LinuxDevCenter.com, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111218162202weblink">weblink 2011-12-18, dead, Though the earlier free software strategy game CRAFT: The Vicious Vikings shared the name "craft" without controversy.MAGAZINE, GAMES FOCUS, Jason, Kroll,weblink Linux Journal, 2000-01-01, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090107231722weblink">weblink 2009-01-07, With the new, legally inoffensive name Stratagus and the old FreeCraft assets renamed Aleona's Tales, the team began work on a new strategy game called Bos Wars.File:Speed Dreams Ruudskogen.png|thumb|right|200px|Speed Dreams Speed DreamsDevelopment on this game still continues, as well as the modern Warcraft II port Wargus. Other games branched out of the engine project as well such as the Battle for Mandicor and Astroseries projects, the StarCraft port attempt Stargus, and most recently Wyrmsun.WEB, Dawe, Liam, 2015-11-11, Wyrmsun, A 2D RTS Game Inspired By The Classics, On SteamOS & Linux,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-02, After the Stratagus example, other real-time strategy games were developed, such as Globulation 2, which experiments with game management mechanics, the similarly experimental Liquid War, mutliplayer military game TUD,MAGAZINE, GAMES FOCUS, Jason, Kroll,weblink Linux Journal, 2000-01-01, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090107231722weblink">weblink 2009-01-07, the claymation based Dark Oberon,WEB,weblink Dark Oberon, The Linux Game Book, 2023-03-11, and the 3D projects 0 A.D. (a former freeware project), Boson,WEB,weblink Boson 0.13 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-11, Battles of Antargis,WEB,weblink Battles of Antargis 0.1.9 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, Spring and Glest.Racing games, another uncommon Linux commercial genre, have also seen development.WEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2023-01-30, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 23: Ready, Set, Go!,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-02, One of the earliest was RARS, which evolved following the principle of forking into TORCS and then Speed Dreams. MicroRacersWEB,weblink Microracers 0.2 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-11, and Toy CarsWEB,weblink Toy Cars 0.3.2 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-11, are inspired by Micro Machines, while Ultimate StuntsWEB,weblink Ultimate Stunts 0.6.3.1 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-11, and Stunt Rally,WEB, Dawe, Liam, 11 May 2014, Stunt Rally Has A New Version Released With New Tracks, New Graphics & More,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-03, are rooted in Stunts. Other racing games include versions of Racer, VDrift, Rigs of Rods, Slune,WEB,weblink Slune 1.0.10 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, GLtron and Armagetron Advanced, YORG,WEB, Dawe, Liam, 15 March 2018, Yorg, a free and open source racing game with some hilarious handling,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-03, the Mario Kartâ€“inspired SuperTuxKart, Elasto Mania clone X-Moto, SkyRoads imitator Orbit-Hopper,WEB,weblink Orbit-Hopper 1.13 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-06, sledding game Extreme Tux Racer, the text based ZRacer,WEB,weblink ZRacer 1.0 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-12, and the top-down Trophy,WEB, Doane, J. Neil, 2001-06-06, Open-Source Gaming for Linux,weblink Linux Journal,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20010628031000weblink">weblink 2023-02-08, 28 June 2001, Dust Racing 2D and Pixel Wheels.WEB,weblink Pixel Wheels Retro Top-Down Race Game, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2022-11-09, 2023-02-06, File:One Hour One Life Screenshot.png|thumb|left|200px|One Hour One Life One Hour One LifeWorldForge, Ryzom, Crossfire, Solipsis, Illarion,WEB, Beau, Hindman, Rise and Shiny: Illarion,weblink Engadget, 2012-06-17, 2023-02-08, and The Mana WorldWEB, The Mana World Review: Open-Source MMO,weblink OnRPG, 2009-12-24, 2023-02-06, WEB, Danny, Stieben, The Mana World: An Open Source MMORPG For All Platforms,weblink MakeUseOf, 2013-10-21, 2023-02-06, are further examples of increasing diversification, offering free massively multiplayer online role-playing game worlds. Single-player role-playing games are also available, such as A Dark Room, Heroes of Allacrost,WEB, Rilogator,weblink Hero of Allacrost â€” Developer Interview, Launch Party Gaming, 2018-08-21, 2023-02-07, Valyria Tear,WEB,weblink Valyria Tear â€“ Free 2D JRPG Game with medieval-fantasy theme, 2022-03-11, 2023-02-11, FOSS Games, Empty Clip,WEB,weblink Empty Clip 1.0.2 review, Nixbit, 2023-02-11, Summoning Wars,WEB,weblink Summoning Wars â€“ free role-playing game, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2011-11-09, 2023-02-12, GNU FreeDink,WEB, Larabel, Michael, 2019-02-16, GNU's RPG/Adventure Game Updated For SDL2, Defaults To OpenGL Rendering,weblink Phoronix, 2023-02-12, FLARE,WEB, PC Gamer, Tom, Sykes,weblink Flare: a free open source RPG with tons of potential, 2012-09-27, 2023-02-08, Heroine Dusk,WEB, Ishaan, Sahdev,weblink Heroine Dusk, A Retro Style Dungeon Crawler Right In Your Browser, Siliconera, 2013-05-19, 2023-02-07, FreedroidRPG,WEB, Dawe, Liam, 23 January 2023, Free open source RPG 'FreedroidRPG' arrives on Steam,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-03, the Cube World inspired Veloren,WEB, Liam, Dawe,weblink Veloren, an open source RPG inspired by Cube World has a new release, GamingOnLinux, 2021-04-25, 2023-02-06, and the PokÃ©mon derived Tuxemon,WEB,weblink Tuxemon Open Source Monster Fighting Turn-based RPG Game, Manikandan, connectWWW.com, 2022-08-06, 2023-02-06, OPMon,WEB, Luigys, Toro,weblink OPMon: A Pokemon-Inspired Adventure Game for Linux, From Linux, 2021-11-17, 2023-02-07, and Pigeon Ascent.WEB, Dennis, Payne,weblink From Godot to RPM, Fedora (operating system), Fedora Magazine, 2018-03-26, 2023-02-07, The rise of the independent game development in the 2000s and 2010s was partly driven by the growing ecosystem of open-source libraries and engines; indie developers utilized the open-source ecosystem due to good cross-platform capabilities and availability for limited financial burden. Game jams such as Ludum Dare and Game Off are often run on open source principles, frequently using free frameworks such as pygame, Arcade,WEB,weblink How to create a 2D game with Python and the Arcade library, Opensource.com, Paul, Vincent Craven, 2018-04-24, 2023-03-28, Wasabi2D,WEB,weblink 21 Python Game Engines in 2023, Aqsa, Sheikh, 2022-08-02, 2023-03-25, and Ren'Py for Python, Ruby2DWEB,weblink Medium (website), Medium, Finally a Ruby 2d guide!!!, John, Ex, 2020-10-19, 2023-03-25, and GosuWEB,weblink The Ruby Unbundled Series: Creating Games with Gosu, Engine Yard, 2022-03-18, 2023-03-25, for Ruby, GGEZWEB,weblink Packt Hub, Rust as a Game Programming Language: Is it any good?, Amarabha, Banerjee, 2018-09-22, 2023-03-28, for Rust, LibGDX for Java, MiniGDXWEB,weblink MiniGDX Kotlin Game Development Framework, 2021-05-14, GameFromScratch, 2023-03-26, for Kotlin, LÃ–VE and Solar2D for Lua, EbitengineWEB,weblink Creating Cool Games With Ebiten, 2021-12-22, James, Smith, 2023-03-26, for Go, Phaser, Panda,WEB,weblink Top 15: Best open source javascript game engines, Carlos, Delgado, 2020-06-15, 2023-03-25, and SuperPower for HTML5,WEB,weblink 2023-03-26,weblink Social Mirror, Collection of Best open-source game engine, Nitin, Nair, 2022, 2023-03-25, as well as nCine,WEB,weblink nCine Is An Interesting Open-Source 2D Game Engine, Michael, Larabel, 2019-06-01, Phoronix, 2023-03-26, Solarus,WEB,weblink PC Gamer, Zelda's most dedicated fan game developers built an engine anyone can use, Jessica, Famularo, 2020-04-14, 2023-03-26, Starling, MonoGame, Twine, and Cocos2d.WEB, Finley, Klint, 2022-10-18, Open source is democratizing video game development,weblink GitHub, 2023-02-05, WEB, Elmenreich, Wilfried, 2018-04-27, How to Game Jam,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-05, Educational languages such as Snap! and Scratch are also free software,WEB, Sprague, Jared, 2017-12-21, How I designed a game with Scratch,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-01-30, WEB, Shapiro, Phil, 2012-10-08, Scratch, a programming language for kids,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-05, as is The Wick Editor animation and game creation tool.WEB,weblink Animate Learning with The Wick Editor, Miguel, Guhlin, 2020-03-12, 2023-09-16, TechNotes Blog, Conference for Educational Coaches, Individual developers such as Jason Rohrer, creator of Passage and One Hour One Life, and Kenta Cho have embraced open source.WEB, Dawe, Liam, 16 March 2018, The developer of One Hour One Life on keeping games code & assets open and not launching on Steam,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-03,
Greater organization
File:STK track 7.png|thumb|right|200px|SuperTuxKart SuperTuxKartDespite its initial roots as individual projects, the free software gaming scene has been becoming progressively more organized. The roots of this even go back as far as the games created for the GNU Project and to the original larger-scale free software projects like Freeciv. Still, for the most part free game development had very little organization throughout its history.WEB, Sogge Heggen, Erlend, 2011-02-08, Open source games: It's a team effort,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-05, Popular games were generally separate efforts, except for instances of people working on them known for other projects such as Ingo Ruhnke (Pingus), Bill Kendrick (SuperTux) and Steve Baker (TuxKart).WEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2022-09-12, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 18: Run Away and Join the Circus,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-02, He is most famous for starting work on the platformer SuperTux and crafting the drawing program Tux Paint, helping to popularize Tux as a gaming icon with others in the Tux4Kids initiative, all alongside the work of people like Steve Baker and Ingo Ruhnke., Games were commonly found in directories such as The Linux Game TomeWEB,weblink Site review: Linux Game Tome, LGT sponsors annual awards where members of the site vote for the best free and non-free games of the year. A â€œmiscellaneousâ€ category also singles out the best sounds, emulators, toys, and the most promising Linux game project. The current top free game is Frozen Bubble, and the favorite commercial game is Quake 3 Arena., 2004-12-16, Tina, Gasperson, Linux.com, 2023-02-19, and FreshmeatNEWS, Bar, Joe, July 21, 2000, Procrastinate with these Linux games,weblink CNN, Freshmeat was the focal point of my search. With over 300 games listed in the X11 section and 200 in the console section, it provided more games than I could possibly evaluate. Naturally, since I want instant gratification of my need for fun, I tended to look only at those with stable releases., 2023-02-19,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091007122550weblink">weblink October 7, 2009, dead, and hosted on sites like SourceForgeWEB,weblink Didip, Kerabat, Sourceforge: Games: Most downloaded projectsâ€¦, RAPD, 2007-08-27, 2023-02-19, WEB, David, Bolton,weblink More open source games on Sourceforge.net, Learn C Games Programming Blog, 2020-07-11, 2023-02-20, and GNU Savannah, but they were largely only ever brought together in the form of disorganized lists.WEB, Ahsan, Zohaib, 2020-09-01, Top 10 Free and Open-Source Games to Play in 2020,weblink FOSS Linux, 2023-02-04, WEB, Saive, Anusha, 2021-07-21, The Best Open Source Games for Linux,weblink FOSS Mint, 2023-02-04, WEB, Zinoune, M., 19 Awesome Open Source Games for Linux,weblink Unixmen, 2023-02-04, WEB, Top 10 Open Source Games 2022,weblink Open Source Listing, 15 December 2021, 2023-02-04, Other projects and games existed purely on isolated personal or project websites, often unknown and ignored.WEB, Anderton, Kevin, 2021-02-23, The Problem With Open-Source Game Development,weblink Forbes, 2023-02-04, (File:GNOME Mines 3.12.png|thumb|left|200px|GNOME Mines)The launch of the GNOME and KDE desktop projects in the late 1990s organized application and, to a certain extent, game development. Both attempts to create a more usable Linux desktop attracted volunteers to make utilities to that end. These programs included games, mostly recreations of small games like Minesweeper or Solitaire that come with Microsoft Windows, arcade classics and the like, games from combined sets such as Microsoft Entertainment Pack, and occasionally original ideas.WEB,weblink My favorite casual games to play on Linux, Seth, Kenlon, Opensource.com, 2022-02-26, 2023-05-01, These aren't by any means the only two games from the KDE project. There are many others, including card games, tile games, and arcade games. The nice thing about the KDE Games package is that they contain games you're happy to walk away from at a moment's notice, and they only require about a fourth of your attention. I use these to kill time while compiling code. Sometimes I don't get a full game in, but I always appreciate the subtle shift in mental gears., The variety and amount of these games, and other free games easily found in software repositories, have had GNOME or KDE-enabled Linux called a better option for out of the box casual gaming than Microsoft Windows.MAGAZINE, Mills, Ashton, 2007-09-17, Open Source Challenge part 9: Gaming,weblink APC (magazine), APC, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100116050924weblink">weblink 2010-01-16, dead, Thanks to open source, there are actually quite a few fun and free games to download and for which the Ubuntu repositories have a fine selection. From the Applications > Add/Remove menu there's a whole range of games from the basic classics like Nethack and Frozen Bubble through to 3D accelerated gems like Chromium and Neverball. I played all of these. And then I played some more. And then some more. How do they make these so damn addictive? They're not blockbusters, but they beat the pants off the free games bundled in Windows, and will keep you occupied for many hours longer. Good deal for the price point., They also provide games for other Unix-like operating systems, such as BSD and Solaris.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180120071320weblink">weblink 2018-01-20, Michael, Lucas, 2001-03-22, ONLamp, FreeBSD Gaming, 2023-07-09, If you're running KDE or Gnome, you already have a few simple games installed. I'm not a fan of either desktop -- both strike me as bloated and obtuse -- but their games packages are a nice way to pick up a dozen simple favorites such as Solitaire, Asteroids, and Tetris., WEB,weblink Solaris 9 GNOME 2, Toasty Tech, 2023-04-26, The desktop includes a number of games that typically come with GNOME., Many such games are packaged into kdegames and the erstwhile GNOME Games package. Examples include GNOME Aisleriot, GNOME Quadrapassel, GNOME Tetravex, GNOME Mines, GNOME Robots, GNOME Nibbles, and KTuberling,WEB, Linux Journal, Cooking with Linux - Learning...Disguised,weblink Marcel, GagnÃ©, 2008-05-01, 2023-03-02, KMahjongg, KGoldrunner, KBreakout, KsirK, plus the original game Konquest.WEB,weblink Konquest: simple video game to conquer galaxies, Linux Addicts, 9 May 2021, 2023-03-05, Although designed primarily for application development, the underlying GTKWEB,weblink Creating board games in Haskell in 100 lines of code, Keera Studios, 2013-03-19, 2023-12-20, and QtBOOK,weblink Game Programming using Qt 5 Beginner's Guide, Pavel, Vladimirovich Strakhov, 2018-04-30, Packt Publishing, 978-1788390651, WEB,weblink Qt Based Games, Qt (software), Qt Wiki, 2023-12-20, toolkits have also been used broadly for game development, as have wxWidgets,WEB,weblink The tetris game in wxWidgets, 2007, 2023-12-20, Jan, Bodnar, The wxWidgets programming tutorial, Tk,WEB,weblink How to Create a Color Game in Python, Codingal, Amit, Dhanwani, 2023-12-10, 2023-12-20, and FLTK.WEB,weblink Listings in Wiki/Software/Games, FLTK, FLTK.org, 2023-12-20, The availability of free game engines, such as Stratagus, Pygame,WEB,weblink Projects, Pygame, 2023-12-09, LÃ–VE,WEB,weblink Category:Games, LÃ–VE (game framework), LÃ–VE, 2023-12-21, and ioquake3WEB,weblink New Games, ioquake3, 30 August 2007, 2023-12-09, have also helped unify free software development by making the engine projects themselves hubs of activity for games that make use of them.File:Wesnoth-1.6-5.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Battle for Wesnoth The Battle for WesnothThe Battle for Wesnoth project was started in 2003 and quickly became popular to both players and editors. It also showcased some new ideas when it came to free game development.WEB, Carollo, David, 2015-10-02, A look at Battle for Wesnoth's current game development strategy,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-05, Like Freeciv before it, it utilized the efforts of the gaming and free software community and their code, levels and artwork contributions but it also accepted storyline contributions and ideas for the game's entire fictional universe. The game's canon is maintained through review and discussion over which submitted campaigns become official, thus setting up a model for community input and organized results.MAGAZINE, Berg, Alan, Berg, Nelson, 2006-04-12, Battle for Wesnoth,weblink Free Software Magazine, 11, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100206210844weblink">weblink 2010-02-06, dead, This helped the game grow in scale and popularity to the point of being almost saga-like in scope. In addition, the project is worked on by many well-known free programmers, artists, designers and musicians such as the co-founder of the Open Source Initiative Eric S. Raymond,WEB, People at Gna!: Eric S. Raymond Profile,weblink Gna!, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100312014936weblink">weblink 2010-03-12, and Linux kernel hacker Rusty Russell.WEB, People at Gna!: Rusty Russell Profile,weblink Gna!, 2022-07-20,weblink 2011-05-17, CONFERENCE, Russell, Rusty, Rusty Russell, 16 January 2007, Wesnoth for Kernel Hackers (and everyone else),weblink linux.conf.au, linux.conf.au 2007, Sydney, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090326023922weblink">weblink 2009-03-26, Vega Strike has similarly allowed its community to expand the game and the surrounding lore while maintaining canon consistency.WEB,weblink Please Only Put "Authoritative" Data into the Wiki, Vega Strike, JackS, 2005-08-01, 2023-12-09, If one wishes to contribute, or is dismayed at the absence of any piece or pieces of data, one should ask, query, inquire - that is to say, communicate - via appropriate channels. We have a wiki because we are engaged in a collaborative attempt at documenting and presenting data that has been generated concerning the VS universe, and because we, as a community, would like to think we're up to developing a culture where that is a pleasant venture., The Wesnoth developers also worked on Frogatto & Friends, which features a free engine but mostly proprietary game data.
Hubs and development teams
File:Lincity-ng.png|thumb|left|200px|Lincity-NG Lincity-NGThe general lack of unity and organization has created and continues to generate some controversy among the free software community, with problems of "reinventing the wheel" by making similar clones, games and multimedia resources being cited as a notable problem to free game development.WEB, Saring, Jonathan, 3 April 2017, New data on open source: Reinventing the wheel every day,weblink ReadWrite, 2019-06-18, This is especially taking up more notice as other problems are corrected, such as a lack of tools, libraries, artists and coders. A more central knowledge bank, texture library, and discussion area had been lacking.WEB, Han, Dao, Strategies for Expanding Free Gaming, 2007-07-14,weblink Liberty Gaming,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20151025130912weblink">weblink 2023-02-04, 25 October 2015, Traditionally free software video games were developed as individual projects, some small scale and others larger scale. Programmers and other developers did often work on other projects, but the whole system was very unlinked.WEB, Mission statement or 'Free games development - you're doing it wrong!', 2009-01-19,weblink M64's Games Blog,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090212205136weblink">weblink 2023-02-04, 12 February 2009, More recently free software development teams have started appearing, groups that function like software companies and create multiple pieces of work. Examples include the developer Parallel Realities, which have released the games Project: Starfighter, The Legend of Edgar, (Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid), as well as its sequel, (Blob Wars: Blob and Conquer).MAGAZINE, Reed, Michael, June 10, 2010, Parallel Realities: Retro-themed Linux games,weblink Linux Journal, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100614064454weblink">weblink 2010-06-14, File:Tux_typing_2_screen_shot_1.png|thumb|right|Tux Typing Tux TypingThe Linux Game Tome "Game of the Month" team was an open group of game developers that revamp old free software games. Some examples include the transformation of TuxKart into the more modern SuperTuxKart, work on Pingus and SuperTux, and Lincity-NG, an updated version of Lincity with superior graphics.WEB, Highly Addictive Puzzle/Arcade Games for Linux,weblink Work on [Pingus] began in 1998. This game is the first Game of the Month by The Linux Game Tome, which has revamped such games as SuperTux, Super TuxKart, and Lincity. The first post-GotM version 0.6 was released in 2003 for Linux featuring new levels and a level editor., 2008-05-02, TechSource, 2023-02-04, A more recent project with similar goals exists called LibreGames, which has worked on Jump 'n Bump, OpenAlchemist and FreeTumble and JAG.WEB, Wilson, Hamish, 2023-01-16, Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 21: Fluffy Bunnies,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-02, Identical Software has also worked to modernize various libre games, including Ostrich Riders, Shippy 1984, OpenAlchemist, Mojotron, Seahorse Adventures, Thrust, and Mari0.WEB,weblink LibrePlanet, Free Software Game Restoration, Dennis, Payne, 2023-12-08, WEB,weblink LibrePlanet, Free Software Game Restoration II, 2022-03-19, Dennis, Payne, 2023-12-08, File:OpenHV Anti Freeze.png|thumb|left|OpenHV combines the CC licensed Hard Vacuum assets with the OpenRA OpenRA PlayPower is a non-profit organization founded in 2008 designed to create free educational computer software for low income families in India and other developing countries. The Tux4Kids initiative also maintains various educational games featuring the child-friendly Tux character such as Tux Paint, Tux, of Math Command, Tux Typing and related efforts.MAGAZINE, Diehl, Mike, 2009-10-21, Teaching with Tux,weblink Linux Journal, 2022-07-20,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160303215341weblink">weblink 2016-03-03, The GCompris suite is also available from KDE,MAGAZINE, Diehl, Mike, 2009-11-10, Learning with Gcompris,weblink Linux Journal, 2023-02-10, and the activity centre Childsplay is also available.MAGAZINE, Diehl, Mike, 2009-12-30, Learning is Childsplay
,weblink Linux Journal, 2023-02-12,
In recent years, content repositories such as OpenGameArt.org, Wikimedia Commons, Openclipart, and The Freesound Project have enabled developers to easily find appropriately-licensed content rather than relying on programmer art.WEB, Rodriguez, Juan, 2012-04-27, The Liberated Pixel Cup: proving the potential for free culture and free software game development,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-04, WEB, Hancock, Terry, 2009-09-16, Free-licensed art for free software games: OpenGameArt.org,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140715004924weblink">weblink Free Software Magazine, 2014-07-15, 2023-02-10, Such content is often under Creative Commons licenses or those in the GNU GPL family,WEB,weblink Landscape of open source games, Jim, Whitehead, 2009-10-29, 2023-09-17, Expressive Intelligence Studio Blog, A disappointment was the state of open content sharing. While some sites, like OpenGameArt and New Grounds provide tagging with a Creative Commons license, far more common are sites like Googleâ€™s 3D Warehouse that have site-specific terms of use, and provide no ability for artists to indicate they are willing to share their work via Creative Commons or an open source license., easily facilitating use by most free software projects.WEB, Davis, Hunter, 2015-01-15, Remixing open source games with Creative Commons content,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-04, WEB, Harmon, Elliot, 2014-07-24, Download Nick Liow's Open Game Art Bundle,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-05, OpenGameArt.org is also affiliated with related websites such as Libregamewiki, a database of purely libre games, the Free Gamer blogWEB, Sogge Heggen, Erlend, 2011-02-08, Open source games: It's a team effort,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-04, and the FreeGameDev forums.WEB, Behrenshausen, Bryan, 2014-07-21, What is open gaming?,weblink Opensource.com, 2023-02-04, WEB, Banks, Hunter, 2015-11-11, The State of Open Source Gaming on Linux,weblink FOSS Force, 2023-01-29, WEB, Hasan, Mehedi, 2022-07-13, The 20 Best Linux Gaming Websites That Every Gamer Must Know,weblink Ubuntu Pit, 2023-02-02, GitHub, GitLab and Gitea now hosts a significant amount of free and open-source games.WEB, Reilly, Lee, 25 August 2021, 30 free and open source Linux games â€“ part 1,weblink The GitHub Blog, 20 July 2022, WEB, Reilly, Lee, 26 August 2021, 30 free and open source Linux games â€“ part 2,weblink The GitHub Blog, 20 July 2022, WEB, Reilly, Lee, 27 August 2021, 30 free and open source Linux games â€“ part 3,weblink The GitHub Blog, 20 July 2022, The itch.io service is also a host for many open source games, and also features an open source client.WEB, Dawe, Liam, 2015-12-15, The Itch store now has an open source and multiplatform store application,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-01-29, The same is true for competitor Game Jolt,WEB, Kerr, Chris, 2016-01-13, Indie marketplace Game Jolt releases open source desktop client,weblink Game Developer, 2023-02-03, and was also the case for former distributor Desura.WEB, Desura Game Client Is Now Open-Source,weblink Phoronix, Michael, Larabel, 2023-02-05, A number of open source games have even been made available on Steam.WEB, Dawe, Liam, 2 May 2018, The open source fantasy turn-based strategy game 'Battle for Wesnoth' is now on Steam,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-03, WEB, Dawe, Liam, 13 January 2022, SuperTux released free on Steam, an open source classic,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-03, WEB, Dawe, Liam, 29 March 2016, Wyrmsun, the retro-themed & open source RTS is now free on Steam,weblink GamingOnLinux, 2023-02-03, Many free software games are also available from Flathub and Snap.
See also

List of open-source video games
List of commercial video games with available source code
List of freeware video games

References
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weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111010003911weblink">Playing the Open Source Game, a 1999 article by Shawn Hargreaves (archived on 10 October 2011)
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Open source game clones list
Game category of the Free software directory

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