Recently came across these two very comprehensive lists of open-source game engines for proprietary games edit: and various clones and inspired projects:Reddit postOpen Source Game Clones websiteI 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 people g
Play FreeCiv in your browser (HTML5)
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.
OpenXcom takes a giant leap
Main menuOpenXcom is one of those projects I've been following religiously, not only because I'm a huge fan of the X-COM series, but also because it promised to deliver a fully stable and bug free engine port released under a Free Software license.The last time I talked about it, it seemed like there was still much work to be done, but apparently things have changed, as the developers suddenly ju
Heroine Dusk, cool in browser retro dungeon crawler
Clint Bellanger, the awesome guy behind the Flare RPG (engine), just landed a surprise hit for the #OneGameaMonth competition(?):Heroine DuskThe fully JavaScript (and thus in Browser game) is called Heroine Dusk, and can be played here as a first demo. Game play seems to be heavily influenced by those early 1990ties pseudo 3D dungeon crawlers (similar to the recent indie-game hit "Legend of Grimr
Updates from Rogue Republic, that modern warfare 0 A.D. mod
The really nice looking modern warfare mod for 0 A.D. is steadily improving:Rogue Republic's Russian buildingsYou can now also check out their blog and facebook page, and to quote one of the main developers:With hope of finding a proficient 0 A.D. coderSo please help out these guys, if you know some Javascript and are willing to learn how to code for 0 A.D.!
WTactics Summer of Cards
WTactics is a beautiful, freely licensed card game which pleasantly surprises for example by having it's amazing assets under free licenses, not shying away from employing same-sex love themes and now, by inviting game designers to share an apartment in lovely Sweden on WTactics development during July 2013.People all over the world are hereby welcomed to participate in Summer
SuperTuxKart accepted in GSoC2013!
Google's Summer of Code, is an annual sponsorship of programmers to improve selected open-source programs (or games :D ).This year, quite a few interesting FOSS game projects got accepted (again) and one being our very own friends of the SuperTuxKart project.Read more about their role as a mentoring organization here. So how about applying as a participant yourself and helping out this great FOSS
Some idTech4 games progress
Great news from the people behind the idTech4 powered stealth FPS The Dark Mod: They are making great steps to leave their Doom3 mod legacy behind and a standalone version should not be all that far from now.New The Dark Mod replacement artworkYou can follow the progress here on their forums, and maybe you can also give them an helping hand.Interestingly there are two other recently updated Doom3
Bushido Blocks: Slicing Puzzle
Bushido Blocks is a puzzle game for Android under GPL license, inspired by block-bashing games such as Bejeweled, Diamond Dash and Tap Blox.Bushido Blocks ScreenshotsTap matches of three or more blocks to slice them with your katana. The more blocks you can slice in one go, the more time you gain on the clock. Special blocks eliminate whole rows of blocks but don't give you any extra t
2x0ng: Procedural Puzzle-Action Adventure
Retro and art-game fans will love this.2x0ng is a challenging action/puzzle game with procedurally generated levels. It is pronounced "TWO-zong", and is the sequel to David O'Toole's 2009 PC puzzler Xong.2x0ng framebuffer examplesAt its core, this game is a mashup. 2x0ng's design is a nonlinear combination of several different late 70s/early 80s home video games, combining related aspects of each
Libre Software Meeting Call for Papers
Developers of free and open source games!The Libre Software Meeting in Brussels is looking for talks about the "Free Gaming World".An ideal place to introduce your project, talk about how to work with other people on open source game projects and meet other free software developers!The deadline for submission is 31 March 2013!Some previous talks, if you're not sure what to expec or what they expe
Red Eclipse 1.4 and a missed birthday
Good news is that the long awaited Red Eclipse version 1.4 was released yesterday.Read the announcement (with full change-log) here. Besides general polish the most notable features are: Vanity items and improved colours: dress up and frag with style. Visible legs in first person: know where you are kicking and parkouring. New and revamped maps: bringing you even more variety. Better viewing: lev
The Castle Doctrine: New Jason Rohrer MMO
Jason Rohrer is a quite controversial independent game developer with a track record of thought provoking games. His latest offering (in alpha state for 50% off sale with public domain source code included) The Castle Doctrine is a MMO about "burglary and home defense". Better than I could do it here shortly, these two (1, 2) articles give you an idea what the game is about.Build defenses to prot
Are We Alone? Atmospheric 2D
Are We Alone screenshot: Safe on EarthLet's Play Are We Alone?Are We Alone - a space game where you travel from planet to planet, between star systems in search of intelligent life - has been released on Github under MIT license.It was made for Ludum Dare 22 "alone" and is a quite atmospheric piece.Code License: MITContent License: Unknown
Shunned Survivor: MMORTS Tower Defense
Defending your outpost in Shunned SurvivorShunned Survivor Commentary VideoShunned Survivor is one of the entries for PyWeek #15 September 2012 "One Way Trip".In the genre mix between MMORTS, city building, economy simulation and tower defense game, you control an exiled human, with the apparent goal to get back to earth.The interaction with other players is quite indirect. You can attack ot
Gigalomania, LPC and updates
Some of you might remember Mega Lo Mania back from the days when you could be amazed by PC speaker voice output... so if you spend way too much of your childhood playing that game (like me) you should probably stay clear of the FOSS remake called Gigalomania!Gigalomania now using LPC spritesAs the creator recently stated, it now uses the cool Liberated Pixels Cup contest sprites, but there is sti
Winter Shorts 3: PyWeek #16 in April, Rainbow Rooms, Valyria Tear on OS X
PyWeek #16 in AprilPyWeek logoPyWeek is a game jam that obviously goes on for one week and requires the use of Python. It takes place online and there are overall winners in team and solo categories, as well as awards. The dates of the 16th PyWeek challenge are 00:00 UTC April 14, 2013 to 00:00 UTC April 21, 2013. Registration opens on 15. March 2013.There is a message board for the community and
