Ive been playing zero-k recently, and wondering what other great open source video games are out there?

  • fafff@lemmy.ml
    21·
    2 years ago

    Great suggestions in this discussion! Rather than adding my favourites, I will add some resources that list more games.

    • Libregamewiki: it is really comprehensive (sometimes too much, including even not-so-good-games). They care about licencing and is is very easy to browse, top-notch for me.
    • Open source games: a more relaxed repository, with lots of material.
    • bobeff open source list: this is curated, which means that there are not so many games but each and every one is stable, good, maintained.
    • Arcane Cache: a fantastic blog with reviews of libre games — or more precisely, underground games, there is a lot of discussion on how gamedevving philosophy too. The reviews are always in-depth and allow you to experience the games on another level, and each game is a small jewel in its category. Strongly recommended!
      • PeterPoopshit@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 years ago

        inability to freely save and load in a game

        Oof. That’s a really major downside. Bummer.

        Edit: just downloaded to see for myself. You seem to be able to save and load, at least in singleplayer on pc.

        • Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social
          3·
          2 years ago

          I suspect I didn’t explain myself well.
          If I remember correctly, you can enter and exit the campaign, and doing so saves the game. There is also a single autosave, which you can’t manually select and is there for better or worse.

          So in practice, one mistake or ruthless surprise can turn into a lot of wasted time. For the sake of my alopecia, I used to make regular backups to the whole folder, convenient enough using btrfs.

      • burgersc12@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 years ago

        Been using the android version, hadn’t updated in a while, excited to see they added another world and a lot more content it seems!

  • zaidka@kbin.social
    10·
    2 years ago

    Some of the most polished open source games are: 0 A. D., Xonotic, Beyond All Reason, Battle for Wesnoth, Mindustry, Minetest, Thrive. These are all great games open source or not. I’m sure I’m missing a few, but these stand out to me for their completeness and polish.

    • 6fn@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      I wasn’t expecting to find a new “polished” open source game I’ve never heard of from this thread, but somehow I’ve never heard of Thrive before. It’s even got a steam release!

  • Fisch@lemmy.ml
    8·
    2 years ago
    • osu! (The new lazer client, the old one isn’t open source)
    • Veloren
  • SkyNTP@lemmy.ml
    7·
    2 years ago

    Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, has a really strong community behind it. Be warned, it is an intensely deep simulation (as in dwarf fortress), that is often criticized for it’s tediousness. But that gameplay element critique aside, it’s a fantastic example of a community developped game.

  • philpo@feddit.de
    81·
    2 years ago

    OpenTTD is more a strategic game,but it’s great. OpenRCT sadly requires the graphics of the original RCT2, so it’s not really open source. But also a favorite.

  • islandmonkeee@kbin.social
    6·
    2 years ago

    0AD is great. And whilst not a game really, FlightGear is the best you’ll get for a FOSS flightsim. And really, for the prices that some X-Plane/MSFS planes and other addons go for, it’s actually proper good.

    • Lilium@lemmy.ml
      4·
      2 years ago

      Holy f— really? I used to love Amnesia back in the day. This is such a strange and unexpected, but really cool news!