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Looking for FOSS Games

Hey there,

I enjoy Linux gaming via WINE/Proton, but I often wonder about Linux-native FOSS games. You often see brilliant titles like 0AD and Mindustry mentioned, but there are also some unspoken gems in the “genre” like Minetest and it makes me wonder what other FOSS games are out there, that people just don’t talk about much? I’m looking to discover and play more of these titles.

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

BAR - Beyond All Reason, for Total Annihilation/Supreme Commander style RTS, learned about this one in another thread here on lemmy

Zero-K - similar premise, plays different from BAR, also the graphics seem less demanding

OpenSoldat - 2D arena shooter. For anyone that never played or saw something similar, think of multiplayer maps of halo, quake or unreal, but if it was a 2D platformer

Not quite open source, but Daggerfall Unity is a FOSS update to the engine for Daggerfall, a game which Bethesda has made free for years now. You can get the game off GOG, too.

Zachariah ,
@Zachariah@lemmy.world avatar

www.minetest.net and libregamewiki.org/VoxelLibre

Cube6392 ,

Didn’t see any mention of dungeon crawl stone soup so I’m adding it here

scroll_responsibly ,
@scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

BZFlag has existed for a while now.

DreitonLullaby ,

I haven’t played it yet, but a game called Veloren looks really good, and I’ve heard great things about it.

Outsider9042 ,

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

cataclysmdda.org

HipsterTenZero ,
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

Hell yeah CDDA.

I’m currently installing solar panels and wind turbines on the roof of a firestation to act as my garage and home base while I’m fixing up a luxury RV that I drove out of a mall. Surprisingly, it was in great condition except for all of the glass, boards, and quarterpanels; the chassis itself and all of the internals are practically untouched.

soulsource ,
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There is a Wikipedia article about this: en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_open-source_video_game…

It is, however, vastly incomplete, as entries without “reliable sources” get deleted. Mind that linking the source code repository, the steam page, the license file and news about a game going open source are not enough to count as “reliable source”.

s12 ,

Does Katawa Shoujo count? It’s not quite FOSS, but it’s a renpy game under CC BY-NC-ND.

poVoq ,
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There is !opensourcegames here on Lemmy.

MonkeMischief ,

Many thanks! No idea how I wasn’t already subscribed to that!

Wijnie ,

I can also recommend Rota, it’s a relatively new puzzle platformer. snapcraft.io/rota

Lemongrab ,

Snap is closed-source backend and is hardcoded to use Canonical’s repo (therefore centralized). Kinda ironic I think. I can’t find it through flathub sadly.

vintageballs ,

Ones I’ve played (mostly when I was younger) and enjoyed a lot:

Teeworlds

Warmux

SuperTux

Cube 2: Sauerbraten

proceduralnightshade ,

Hell yeah Sauerbraten all the way

nasi_goreng ,
@nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip avatar

Unfortunately Warmux is now a dead project, with official site taken over by unrelated company and only unofficial Flathub distribution exist.

Even Windows built and other OS is gone.

VinesNFluff , (edited )
@VinesNFluff@pawb.social avatar

Unciv - this one’s especially good on mobile

FreeDoom

Sonic Robo Blast 2 if fangames are acceptable

Edit: Since I mentioned FreeDoom – Gzdoom acts as a sort of platform for Libre FPSes. Ashes 2063 and Wolfenstein Blade of Agony for instance.

Monstanner , (edited )
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Here is also a website where you can see if there is an open source port to non-open source games or an alternative that e.g. tries something of its own / based on the gameplay. As an example, the following “clones” are listed for Minecraft: Minetest, Mineclone2 (now VoxeLibre), ManicDigger and more.

Edit: fixed some grammatic fails.

Prunebutt ,

Selaco is a quite recent FOSS game, pased on DOOM.

MonkeMischief ,

Selaco looks awesome, and GZDoom it’s running on is indeed FOSS, but the game itself appears to be a commercial endeavor and not FOSS itself, from what I could find. :)

Absolutely a cool looking game though. Super impressive.

Prunebutt ,

FOSS doesn’t require that it’s not sold commercially.

The “Free” is as in speech.

I think it’s great that FOSS developers can get paid.

Monstanner ,
@Monstanner@lemmy.ml avatar

To name a few: AssaultCube, Battle for Wesnoth, Cube2: Sauerbraten, FligthGear, Freeciv, Freeciv21, Nexuiz Classic, OpenArena, OpenHV, OpenRA, OpenTTD, Remnants of the Precursors, SpeeDreams, Stone Kingdom, SuperTux, SuperTuxKart, Unciv, Urban Terror, Veloren, Warozone 2100, Widelands, Xonotic

P.S. It may be that not all of them are FOSS, but they run natively on linux.

jerkface ,
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I have thousands of hours in Urban Terror. I wish the jump mechanics could be enabled in other games. I have so many neurons dedicated to it.

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