Dead Ascend, an open source point and click 2D adventure game
For those wanting to check out another open source game or perhaps see how they're made, Dead Ascend might be a fun choice for a little adventure.
Category: Open Source
vkQuake2, the project adding Vulkan support to Quake 2 now supports Linux
At the start of this year, I gave a little mention to vkQuake2, a project which has updated the classic Quake 2 with various improvements including Vulkan support.
Quake 2 now has real-time path tracing with Vulkan
If you have one of the more recent NVIDIA RTX graphics cards, here's an interesting project for you to try. Q2VKPT from developer Christoph Schied implements some really quite advanced techniques.
ET: Legacy, the open source continuation of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory has a new release out
I have some pretty fond memories of playing Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory online with friends many years ago, so to see it still alive and kicking with ET: Legacy is awesome.
The FOSS game engine 'Godot Engine' has a very exciting 2019 planned for features
While the big Godot Engine 3.1 release isn't out yet (soon), they're already working out a list of exciting features for the next few versions.
SuperTuxKart 0.10 beta is out with online multiplayer and it's looking good
SuperTuxKart, the free and open source racing game has hit the beta stage with the 0.10 release that's now available.
The latest OpenRA test build supports more single-player missions and features AI improvements
OpenRA, the incredible free and open source recreation of classic Command & Conquer real time strategy games has a new test build out.
The KKnD remake using the OpenRA game engine is coming along nicely
Keeping tabs on various open source projects, one I'm quite keen to see progress further is the KKnD and KKnD2 remake. They just recently pushed out a new build to improve it further.
Lutris 0.5 beta 2 is out to further refine the experience and it's looking great
Lutris, the excellent all-in-one game manager solution is really starting to show off now. The latest beta has some nice improvements to tidy it all up.
The free and open source game engine 'Godot Engine' is closing in on the big 3.1 release
Announced today, Godot Engine 3.1 alpha 5 is now officially available and the last alpha before they really lock it down to focus on critical issues.
Wyrmsun, the free and open source RTS adds seasons and better modding support
Wyrmsun, the classic free and open source RTS had an update recently which amongst other things added in seasons to show the passing of time in game.
Open source platformer SuperTux gets its first new stable release in quite some time
Here’s one that we missed in the holiday scramble. Following an alpha release, the penguin-themed platformer has its first big update in two years.
The free and open source RTS 0 A.D. has re-released Alpha 23 fixing issues
While Alpha 23 of the free and open source RTS 0 A.D. was released way back in May of 2018, it did come with some issues and they've put out an updated version now to improve it.
The latest progress report for the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is impressive again
The team behind the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 put out their November progress report at the end of last month, showing some impressive work once again.
Late last year Quake 2 gained Vulkan support thanks to one dedicated coder
It appears we missed this one from December last year, vkQuake2 is Quake 2 amplified with Vulkan support.
Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries, the classic open source RTS has a new release
Just before the end of 2018, the open source classic RTS Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries had a fresh release out.
Doomsday Engine for playing classic Doom, Heretic and Hexen has a new release
Earlier this month, the Doomsday Engine which runs classic titles like Doom, Heretic and Hexen had a new release out.
The KKnD remake using the OpenRA engine has a first release out
KKnD, the classic strategy game is being revived and the new open source project has the first release out.
KeeperRL had a pretty big release recently, adding in some modding support and lots more
KeeperRL is a great little game, one that mixes in roguelike and RPG elements with dungeon building and another release went out recently.
Mindustry, an open source sandbox Tower Defense game that's a little like Factorio
Mindustry is a free and open source Tower Defense game that pulls in elements rather similar to Factorio and it seems like it could be quite good.
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