Just downloaded Wesnoth due to this post. I'll try it out this weekend maybe. I was wrong in my other post -- I believe I played it around 20 years ago.
Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game
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Re: Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game
#102Sweet! Does anyone have a list of high-quality open source games like this? (Subjective interpretation, but something like, "I couldn't believe it's free, I would have paid for it anyway.")
https://www.beyondallreason.info/ is high quality and in active, open development. And fun. For some weird reason 8v8 is the default experience but there are several other modes: PVE, 1v1, etc.
Re: Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game
#103I remember playing this a lot back in the Ubuntu 6 days.
I think this was featured on the Ubuntu software manager at some point and that’s how I discovered it. It was one of the few games on Linux that’s was genuinely fun to play
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#104Highly suggest connecting with one of the lead developers, Charles Dang/Vultraz, if you have any C++ jobs in the USA. He's been a developer on Wesnoth since 2012 but only graduated university in 2024. Unfortunately, it's been an absolutely brutal market for new graduates. Even if you're a maintainer on one of the most popular OSS C++ projects on GitHub. I can't recommend him enough. edit: LinkedIn https://www.linkedi…
Thanks,our company is in the DC area so I just reached out with an offer to chat. Wesnoth is an incredible project, I can't believe he doesn't have a programming job.
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#105Sweet! Does anyone have a list of high-quality open source games like this? (Subjective interpretation, but something like, "I couldn't believe it's free, I would have paid for it anyway.")
If you like RTS Beyond All Reason is pretty amazing.
https://www.beyondallreason.info/
The amount of care they put into the little quality of life ui stuff is impressive. Something about how you can tell when the developers enjoy playing their game.
Re: Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game
#106Highly suggest connecting with one of the lead developers, Charles Dang/Vultraz, if you have any C++ jobs in the USA. He's been a developer on Wesnoth since 2012 but only graduated university in 2024. Unfortunately, it's been an absolutely brutal market for new graduates. Even if you're a maintainer on one of the most popular OSS C++ projects on GitHub. I can't recommend him enough. edit: LinkedIn https://www.linkedi…
Even with 5 (albeit small) linux kernel patches, 2 Firefox patches.. employers weren’t interested. I’ve stopped contributing to open source completely. I’m considering switching fields. It was interesting but these days I need some ROI, personally.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am very surprised if he can't find a job, as an American, in DC, with 12 years of C++ experience. Sure companies aren't great at assessing open source experience, but there is one area its easy to find a job as a dev: work that requires a clearance.
St. John’s college is a great place that draws a special type of young person, but its graduates are not very STEM-legible. As far as I know they still offer no choice of major & no hands-on classes — just the great books. Of course that makes this person’s skill all the more impressive.
For software development, degree is irrelevant. Employer-managed competency exams and public experience dominate.
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#108Sweet! Does anyone have a list of high-quality open source games like this? (Subjective interpretation, but something like, "I couldn't believe it's free, I would have paid for it anyway.")
Shattered Pixel Dungeon: https://github.com/00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon/releases
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Unfortunately, it's been an absolutely brutal market for new graduates. Furthermore, more and more companies are looking for "professional" devs using AI tools such as Claude Code. By "professional" I mean proficient in using those AI tools, not actual knowledge. And they don't even specify this in the job offer and you learn this during the interview.
I don't understand why you're downvoted. Many of my 2025 graduate friends are seeing this problem. Unlimited token-based usage of Claude Code is not in the budget for many students and employees. At the same time, companies are demanding experience with these tools. This is stratifying the industry. I have many talented classmates that can only use free GitHub Copilot. They're likely being screened out in favour of r…
$2000/month is cheaper than university tuition. Why attend the university?
Re: Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game
#110Sweet! Does anyone have a list of high-quality open source games like this? (Subjective interpretation, but something like, "I couldn't believe it's free, I would have paid for it anyway.")
Stardew Valley isn't open source, but it has been decompiled (.Net) and has a an open-source modding API inclding Harmony integration for patching the base game code and and a huge open-source modding community.
ttps://github.com/pardeike/Harmony