F-Droid @lemmy.ml ZeroOne @lemmy.world 4 wk. ago

Awesome Fdroid Games

Here we'll simply share the names of some cool Libre/OpenSource ANDROID-GAMES that are available (Or should be made available) on Fdroid

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Shattered Pixel Dungeon, popular roguelike (as in, actually like Rogue)
- on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon/
Mindustry, factory based sandbox tower defense (mobile Factorio)
- on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/io.anuke.mindustry/
- How are the mobile controls?
  
  Playable for sure, but in bigger battles its complicated to keep an overview over big maps
  
  Very frustrating for people with fingers.
  
  Honestly I much prefer playing on desktop, but it's playable on mobile if a bit frustrating.
- It isn't quite like Factorio.
  
  It is better
Unciv, 4x civilization game.
- on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.unciv.app/
Luanti a game engine that runs an Open Source massively moddable Minecraft clone, among other games.
- This one deserves a nice big bold underline, this project has already come such a far way!
Simon Tatham's Puzzles contains many classic puzzle games and many more that are destined to be future classics.
lichess has finally published it's mobile version on f-droid.

droidfish is another great alternative chess game, though with no online component.

there's also endless sky
Antimine Minesweeper
Pixel Dungeon a rogue-like that is very like Rogue.
- Since this is not updated or maintained anymore, there is a spin off with very active development: https://github.com/00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon
  
  Ooh, great point!
- Great minds think alike.
- It looks like it is build for a older version of Android
Feudal Tactics, conquer-the-world strategy game with randomly-generated levels
- Sometimes a bit too random. The start positions heavily influence the winning probability
- Is it an Antiyoy clone?
  
  Antiyoy is a nice little game, it just lacks some depth IMO.
Not sure if someones mentioned it yet but unciv is civ V
Rabbit Escape, basically Lemmings with cute bunnies. Don't let them splat!
- Thanks for this one. Hadn't seen it before and I used to love Lemmings games.
Box Stacker

A physics puzzle-game.

Join the sticky 'tetrominoes' to move a ball/box/car to the scoring zone.

Includes online leaderboard to view the solutions of players around the world. A faster finish with less total pieces is better.

Challenging and fun game, with a quality physics model.

https://f-droid.org/packages/net.artificialworlds.boxstacker/
Apotris is probably the best version if tetris available, and it's foss.

You can get a compiled ROM for GBA and play it on android with a FOSS emulator like Lemuroid. It works!
Xeonjia: Ice Adventures, extremely cute sliding-ice puzzle game
Chip Defense, an interesting and challenging take on tower defense.
- I got really into chip defense. The concept is a really fun twist on classic enemy hp mechanisms in tower defense. However I think the game's controls design "scales" poorly with its difficulty curve. Building a new "tower" takes too many taps for the game to continue running in the background. Same for upgrading towers. The worst is when starting a level, you kind of need to rush placing towers to not mechanically end up in a fail state.
  
  If the game let you build and upgrade when paused (or at least queue up those actions to be executed when un-paused) I would have continued playing it.
Does forkyz count? I got addicted into crosswords recently, and this one is nice.
- Sure
Or should be made available

Could, then, people here in the comments bring FOSS games from other sources too?
- As long as it can be played without any issues on AOSP/De-Googled-Android
I've played a lot of Lato. It's a simple skiing game where you tap the screen to jump and can hold to rotate yourself in the air. There are rocks and pits to avoid and coins to collect.

Good for killing awkward amounts of time.
https://github.com/dulvui/pocket-broomball/

https://github.com/agateau/burgerparty
Gauguin, a kenken style sudoku-like game where you place numbers in a grid.

A simple, fun math game with nice customization and difficulty settings.
I enjoyed Space Trader.
Luanti, Mindustry, vector pinball, super tux cart and Tux rider.

Honorable mention: Tailscale+Moonlight (game streaming)
- vector pinball is amazing
  
  I never play it as it gets boring after a while.
  
  Cool app though
1010 Klooni
- Link: https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.lonami.klooni/
- Thank you for this one, this is basically one of the games that I get advertised on Duolingo after completing a lesson (the "playable ad" kind) and it sucks me in every time. Nice to have a version that's FOSS.
  
  Now, if someone would just implement a FOSS version of that "wooden screw puzzle" game I'd be over the moon.
Regex Crossword. Unfortunately it doesn't have as many puzzles as the non-FOSS alternative.
I really want to figure out how to play Xonotic on mobile using cod-mobile style claw touchscreen controls...
I really liked Flowit. I wish there were more of it (tho admittedly when I go back to it, I have often forgotten enough that it's fun again)
Egyptian Mouse Pounce. Fun simple card game against cats I like to play to mindlessly pass the time.
Open source Yu-Gi-Oh! simulator with all cards ever created

https://projectignis.github.io/
- cant find it on F-Droid: https://search.f-droid.org/?q=ignis
  
  no, but you can download in the link that I shared
Talking about Games that need to be FOSSified, I think it would be cool <u>if we had FOSS clones of</u>:-

Plants vs Zombies

Angry Birds

Lonely Hacker

Sim City (Any City-Building game)
- For an Angry Birds clone, check out Apple Flinger
  
  For a SimCity-like game, check out OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon Deluxe)
- If we are talking a about apps we wish were Foss here is my list:
  
  Bad piggies
  
  Stumble guys
  
  Age of Empires (now discontinued but I want a spiritual community continuation)
  
  Clash of clans
- These two are already FOSS,
  
  but I would be happy if H-Craft Championship could be added to f-droid. (basically wip3out hover-racing)
  
  Also, Gravity Defied is an excellent trials-bike mountain climber, similar to xmoto. It currently does not install for me in f-droid.
  
  https://hexgl.bkcore.com
  
  Not on android, but it does have a web version with touch controls.
Reposting this awsome lemmy thread by @MITM0@lemmy.world with hashtags for the benefit of people following me on Mastodon:

Here we’ll simply share the names of some cool Libre/OpenSource Android games that are available (Or should be made available) on Fdroid

#gaming #LinuxGaming #FLOSS #FOSS #FossGames #FDroid #Linux #Android

@fdroid@lemmy.ml
- Ok then
In the category of "should be made available" here's some LucKey Productions titles that could be compiled for Android and are suitable for playing on mobile:

heXon

Open Saucer

Quatter

A-Mazing Urho

Tux!

Blip 'n Blup

I (main developer) however do not own a smartphone. Come aboard the Colourship if you'd like to help out!
Klondike Solitaire

(just kidding there are literally no good freecell or solitaire games on f-droid, go look I implore you!)

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