Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released

Cannon Fodder is a retro action-strategy gem from 1993 that was originally released on my old love the Amiga, and the modern open source port just got upgraded. Open Fodder works with Cannon Fodder 1 and Cannon Fodder 2 which you need need the original data files to play it which you can grab from GOG.

The open source game engine adds in a number of enhancements to run it on modern PC platforms, and includes a random map system to play through too.

Pictured - Open Fodder on Fedora KDE

For version 2.0.0 released December 16th the changelog notes:

• Added the missing unarmed helicopters, stopped them being grenade droppers
• Improved helicopter briefing screen:
  • Corrected mission text positioning
  • Smoother movement, correctly scaled to your display’s refresh rate
• Fixed intro and briefing visual issues on the DOS version
• Fixed a bug where the random map generation screen text cleared incorrectly
• Fixed mouse locking when using alternative mouse modes
• Fixed rare crashes and visual glitches with soldier sprites on modern systems (original engine bug)
• Fixed an issue where soldier animations could break when changing direction or animation state (original engine bug)
• Improved Flatpak usability (XDG_DATA_HOME now supported)

Open Fodder itself is available on Flathub for Linux / SteamOS. There's some issues with it currently though that should hopefully be solved soon to make the install easier.