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What are some great open source games? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by popcar2@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I'm usually a fan of open source games but rarely do they manage to be actually great. People like giving recommendations like Super Tux Kart that haven't aged well and don't play well. What are some open source games that are legitimately good that I've missed?

My favorites are:

Mindustry
Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart
Powder Toy
GZDoom (and all the amazing mods for it)
Veloren (even though it's still in alpha)

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[-] raptir@lemdro.id 47 points 1 year ago

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Battle for Wesnoth
Tales of Maj'Eyal

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

Adding to this:

Veloren
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Mindustry
The Dark Mod
Oolite
Flare: Empyrean Campaign
Xonotic
Unvanquished
Frozen Bubble

[-] orizuru@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago

Nethack

Yes the interface is a mess. But it's ridiculously deep once you get into it.

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Oh my goodness, yes! I spent hundreds of hours playing this as a kid. Angband too.

[-] ExLisper@linux.community 1 points 1 year ago

Did you ever finish it?

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I wish! I can’t even be sure I got past level 50. I was young haha.

[-] ExLisper@linux.community 1 points 1 year ago

I think I only managed to get past the dungeons couple of times and get to the first open space. I tried getting back to it later but learning all the rules about amulets and scrolls wasn't that fun the second time.

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I only got so far based on pure RNG and nothing more.

[-] andruid@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Xonotic is my favorite shooter too date. Just start it up and jump into an instaglib game for grapple hook sniper fun. The other game modes are good too though.