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Re: Ask HN: Favourite open source game?

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Post by albertzeyer »

kqr wrote: post #52

Liero is high up on my list. The original wasn't open source, of course, but a really good game with a few bugs. The author lost the source code in a crash and that precluded any future bugfixes. Eventually someone reimplemented it faithfully! I love FOSS! ---- OpenMW is my current vice, but obviously content is not open source.

There is OpenLieroX (https://www.openlierox.net/) (disclaimer: I'm one of the main developers) and then there is also a almost exact reimplementation of the original one (https://www.liero.be/).

Also see Webliero: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22980676

And there have been many other clones in the past like Gusanos.

Soldat is also similar, and has recently become open sourced. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26058312

And Teeworlds (always been open source) as well.

Re: Ask HN: Favourite open source game?

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Post by t-3 »

t-3 wrote: post #30

Others have mentioned Wesnoth, Oolite, and Cataclysm: DDA, but Angband and all of it's variants hold a special place in my heart. MAngband, ZAngband, TOME, all drew countless hours from my youth. FreeCiv is excellent. I think the name has changed (or it's been forked?) but Tremulous was a lot of fun.

I forgot about one of my favorites! LiquidWar, a distillation of RTS into one the most engaging multiplayer games ever.

https://www.gnu.org/software/liquidwar6/

Re: Ask HN: Favourite open source game?

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Post by kurupt213 »

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Re: Ask HN: Favourite open source game?

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Post by nickstinemates »

sitzkrieg wrote: post #65
nickstinemates wrote: post #60

Warsow - quake3 cpma clone. So good.

cpma clone is a stretch would be giving it quite a complement. the only thing that is cpma like is the movement speed and air control. dash and stun not so much - not to mention the low weapon damage. it's also been ill-fated to a single developer running it into the ground with superfluous code and antifeatures

My plot to find fellow cpma'ers worked! Wanna play some cpma? :) add me on discord keeb#1337 and we can set it up. Would be so fun.

Re: Ask HN: Favourite open source game?

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Post by tetris11 »

louisstow wrote: post #69

Lugaru: https://osslugaru.gitlab.io/

I remember this crazy game when I was a teenager, and followed its development on and off for many years -- the combat was just so ahead of its time. Glad that they found a narrative to back the action, and an appreciating audience with Overgrowth.
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