Open Source Gaming
- Cataclysm DDA Release 0.H Herbertcataclysmdda.org Releases
Official homepage of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead open source turn-based survival RPG development project. Hosts downloads of game and links to community sites...
Yes, the text in the release says Hebert but some posts on Discord indicate that it was a typo and they meant Herbert.
Looks like around 21 months of development in this one. It looks pretty feature packed.
I enjoy playing Cataclysm DDA.
- Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.10.0 out now bringing UI updates, fancier shaders, renaming workwww.gamingonlinux.com Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.10.0 out now bringing UI updates, fancier shaders, renaming work
With Minetest now called Luanti, a fresh release is out bringing work towards getting things renamed along with some new features and fixes.
New Release!
- Open source evolution survival sim Thrive v0.7.1 is a feature-filled releasewww.gamingonlinux.com Open source evolution survival sim Thrive v0.7.1 is a feature-filled release
Thrive is an open source evolution sim that has continued to impress me, and the latest release version 0.7.1 is nice and feature-filled.
I need to try this game out some time.
- Unvanquished 0.55: Awesomeness has arrivedunvanquished.net Unvanquished 0.55: Awesomeness has arrived - Unvanquished
Unvanquished is a real-time strategy game played as a first-person shooter where evolving aliens and heavily armed humans fight for their survival.
New Unvanquished Release. I almost missed it.
- Minetest changing name to Luantiblog.minetest.net Introducing Our New Name
After more than a year of public and internal discussions, we're ready to announce our new name!
I don't know how I feel about the name, but I think it is good that they moved away from minetest.
- Nazi Zombies: Portable is a free and open source Call of Duty: Zombies demakewww.gamingonlinux.com Nazi Zombies: Portable is a free and open source Call of Duty: Zombies demake
I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this one before! A few developers have been building Nazi Zombies: Portable, a Call of Duty: Zombies demake powered by various enhanced forks of the Quake engine.
First I have heard of this, I will have to try it out.
- The Powder Toypowdertoy.co.uk The Powder Toy
The Powder Toy is a desktop version of the classic 'falling sand' physics sandbox game, it simulates air pressure and velocity as well as heat!
Fun! Literal sandbox game!
- Open source evolution sim 'Thrive' adds sprinting, visual upgrades, more competitive AIwww.gamingonlinux.com Open source evolution sim 'Thrive' adds sprinting, visual upgrades, more competitive AI
I love watching Thrive continue to grow. A free and open source evolution sim where you start off life as a single microbe. The latest release version 0.7.0 is out now adding new gameplay features.
I have never played this. Is it fun?
- Unvanquished FPS Asymmetrical RTSunvanquished.net Unvanquished
So you want to be a hero? Play the game and save your species from the invasion! Handle your big weapon and dress that impressive exoskeleton to save the human race like a boss. Or if you prefer, be a monstrous beast and save those cute grangers from those two-legged invaders who only know how to tu...
It's been a while since I have played it, but when I did it was fun. It's hard to get a big enough group of friends to play.
- Xonotic: The Free and Fast Arena Shooter - Xonotic
Blast your enemies and your friends!
- Descent 3 open source project gets a first releasewww.gamingonlinux.com Descent 3 open source project gets a first release
After getting open sourced back in April and now run as a community project, the Descent 3 open source engine has a first release available.
Looks interesting. I haven't tried it. Looks like you need to own a copy of the original game. I am sure you could probably find it on GOG.
- Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
Looking for a good roguelike? Give this one a try!
- What FOSS Games have you been playing?
Or planning to play?
For me, I am looking forward to some SS14 this weekend. https://spacestation14.com/
- Free classic RTS OpenRA mod 'Command & Conquer - Combined Arms' has a huge overhaulwww.gamingonlinux.com Free classic RTS OpenRA mod 'Command & Conquer - Combined Arms' has a huge overhaul
If you love your classic RTS games, especially those from Westwood like Command & Conquer and Red Alert, you need to play the OpenRA mod Command & Conquer - Combined Arms.
Looking at their GitHub, it appears to be open source, but I don't see it advertised anywhere. https://github.com/Inq8/CAmod
- Beyond All Reason ★ RTSwww.beyondallreason.info Beyond All Reason ★ RTS
Beyond All Reason is the ultimate epic-scale RTS game for Windows and Linux. Command colossal armies in battles with thousands of units in fully simulated environments. Wage war across land, sea, and air with 2 factions and 400 unique units. Enjoy skirmishes, scenarios, co-op, and multiplayer matche...
If you haven't played it, it is a fun Real Time Strategy game!
- Godot 4.3 Release!godotengine.org Godot 4.3, a shared effort
With over 3,500 commits authored by over 500 contributors, the latest Godot Engine release comes packed full of new features and improvements.
- Space Station 14: Multiplayer Disaster Simulatorspacestation14.com Space Station 14: Multiplayer Disaster Simulator
A multiplayer game about paranoia and disaster, remaking the classic Space Station 13
If you haven't played a space station game before, it's a fun time. Try one of the Wizard's Den servers if you are new.
- Anyone heard of the game Abuse?
It's a 2d game that's like Doom apparently
- Release candidate: Godot 4.3 RC 3godotengine.org Release candidate: Godot 4.3 RC 3
With all known major regressions fixed, we are now publishing a third release candidate to confirm that 4.3 is ready to go stable.
- Minetest 5.9.0 brings performance improvements, a godrays shader and work towards SDL2www.gamingonlinux.com Minetest 5.9.0 brings performance improvements, a godrays shader and work towards SDL2
The latest release of Minetest with version 5.9.0 is out now, bringing new features and work towards using SDL2 for this free and open source voxel game engine.
