I’ve been trying to track down some interesting games that fall under foss philosophy. No preferences on genre, I just want to hear it all :)

  • Dave@lemmy.nz
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    I haven’t seen anyone mention Endless Sky.

    It’s in ongoing development, but there are many hours of content. You fly your ship around, you can be a trader selling goods between planets, be a pirate attacking other ships, or fight pirates and sell their stuff. There are lots of other quests, including a major and lengthy story line quest series and other minor side quests with multiple linked parts.

    There’s also an unofficial port to Android available on F-Droid here.

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    Here are some popular choices:

    • Xonotic, an arena FPS in the style of Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament that has a thriving online scene – including non-standard modes like Defrag
    • Hedgewars, an artillery game that’s basically “Worms: Armageddon”, but with some annoyances removed (like stray solid pixels get automatically removed, jumping is easier to do, etc.)
    • Teeworlds, a fast-paced 2D multiplayer action game
    • The Battle for Wesnoth, a turn-based strategy that (unusually for a PC title) adopts a gameplay structure more reminiscent of console TBSs (comparable to Advance Wars or Fire Emblem, but not a clone of either)
    • Minetest, an attempt to make a Minecraft clone that has since turned into a very flexible engine for block-based games

    And personal suggestions:

    • Mindustry and shapez.io have already been mentioned by another person here, they’re worth checking out
    • Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a newbie-friendly roguelike
    • speaking of roguelikes, NetHack is a classic, although not as user-friendly and way more difficult
    • Simon Tatham’s Puzzles, a collection of small games that all implement classic puzzles (Solo is sudoku, Pattern is “Japanese crosswords” aka Picross, etc.)
    • LAN Master (video, download), a legit public-domain open-source homebrew NES game where your goal is to connect all computers into a network by rotating pieces – obviously you’ll need an NES emulator for that, FCEUX, Mesen, Mednafen, ares and Retroarch are good FOSS choices for that
  • Lately I’ve been playing some AAAAXY, it’s a cute/confusing puzzle-platformer.
    And I’ve be a fool if I didn’t shill my favourite game, Hase. It’s a “gravity based artillery shooter.” It’s basically Worms/Hedgewars but in space with prettier graphics and fun multiplayer!

  • @cavemeat@beehaw.org @gaming@beehaw.org Lately I’ve been playing some AAAAXY, it’s a cute/confusing puzzle-platformer.
    And I’ve be a fool if I didn’t shill Hase, a “gravity based artillery shooter.” It’s basically Worms/Hedgewars but in space and with prettier graphics and really fun multiplayer :gutkato_kosmovojaĝisto: