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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

            
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Battle for Wesnoth
Tales of Maj'Eyal

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Adding to this:

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nethack

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you ever finish it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The dark mod is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Tales of Maj'Eyal is a great little game if you're an rogue-like fan! I played so many hours of that game a few years back, it's seriously great!