In my never ending search for a FOSS game engine that is usable for game modding with out having to reinvent the wheel (nor requiring to be a C++ code master) & having decent tools for content creation (because I am spoiled and think that is a minimum requirement for a game engine) I have become quite disillusioned lately. That is because *spoiler alert* sadly … Continue reading DevCorner: Underapprechiated game engines
Lost Sky is a PyGame-based Tactical J-RPG that runs on Linux, OS X and Windows. To play on a system that has mercurial and pygame installed, run: hg clone https://bitbucket.org/featheredmelody/lost-sky-project-publiccd lost-sky-project-public/Story\ of\ a\ Lost\ Sky/chmod +x srpg.py./srpg.py Lost Sky screenshots Video: Lost Sky Gameplay: Tactical jRPG on Linux [PyGame] Story of a Lost Sky is a Turn Based Strategy RPG with gameplay that is similar … Continue reading Lost Sky Tactical J-RPG [PyGame]
After an agonizingly long wait, I am happy to report that a new official release of the premier FOSS arena FPS Xonotic is available to the masses. Here is a nice (but slightly older) game-play video for those not having played Xonotic yet: Changes are quite extensive compared to the last official release… most notably an extensive update the the CTF mode, some neat additional … Continue reading Xonotic 0.7 released
UPDATE: First set of files has been released (license CC0) and on my advise he added some stretch goals: 600$ > 3 game ready Enemies! (models, sfx, animations, effects) 650$ > Dynamic optimized lighting system! (rich dynamic lighting with low resource usage ) 750$ > 4 new weapons!(model, texture, sound) 850$ > Triple the amount of the actual props! (interactive objects,explosibles, new walls, doors windows … Continue reading DevCorner: Liberate some great Blender game art!
Everyone’s favorite clone of worm-warfare, Hedgewars recently got a rather big new release as one of the developers pointed out to us by email. One of the new level themes for Hedgewars 0.9.19 The changes are quite extensive, so instead of failing to summarize them here, check out the above linked quite extensive original release announcement. You can also have a look at this fan-made … Continue reading Hedgewars 0.9.19 released
Here is another post about a project I found in the far ends of the internet (“here be dragons”), but which seems really promising never the less. But first of all a disclamer by the original creator: The screenshots you are about to see are not yet an eye candy, they’re rather to be seen as a ‘proof of concept’ with lots of crappy placeholders. … Continue reading WIP "OpenFlashpoint"
Recently came across these two very comprehensive lists of open-source game engines for proprietary games edit: and various clones and inspired projects: Reddit post Open Source Game Clones website I feel the latter has an a bit misleading title, as none of those are game clones (e.g. similar remakes) and most of those are based on the liberated original source-code also… but well I guess … Continue reading Comprehensive lists of open-source game engines for proprietary games
Today I bring you news of yet another rather low profile Darkplaces engine game (e.g. the same engine that runs Xonotic), called Dead Morning: As you can see in these other, more game-play oriented videos (1, 2, 3), it seems to be quite heavily influenced by another recent 1st person horror game… The website mentions a fully open-source release at the end of this year, … Continue reading Dead Morning, an open-source horror game
There seem to be not too many Kickstarter projects that promise open-source results (and I have to admit, incentives are lower if you don’t get a copy of a cool game at a discounted price 😉 ), but the Rhythos RPG builder project looks like one very much worth of support: The guy behind it (don’t miss the slightly goofy video on the kickstarter page … Continue reading Rhythos RPG Builder Kickstarter
FreeCiv is now available as a HTML5 implementation that runs right in your (modern) browser: Load times are quick too, so give it a try. It even supports multiplayer. Tip: Moving units is either done via the arrow keys (preferably the number key-pad ones as those allow diagonal movement) or by dragging a red line from the unit to the desired location. Continue reading Play FreeCiv in your browser (HTML5)
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