What are your favorite open-source games?

I really wish someone would do an OpenRCT3. It was so much fun being able to ride your creations. I had a 3D projector back then too, which made the game even more awesome. Such an underrated sequel.

And yes I'm aware that Planet Coaster exists but has anyone actually tried playing that game? They made everything way too complicated and I just can't get into it. I don't want to engineer every single bend and design the perfect landscaping from scratch, I just want to slap some rides together, see the guests come pouring in, and occasionally ride one of my rides (in VR, ideally). No game since RCT 3 has satisfied that itch for me.

OpenRCT2 is awesome, but as of now you still need the original commercial game to play it, since the open source version doesn't have graphics.

Maybe one day they're going to recreate graphics from scratch, like they did with the other Chris Sawyer's reversed engineered game OpenTTD.

Another vote for mindustry! That game is a blast.

+1 for Pixel Dungeon, never heard of Techmino I'll check it out

OpenTTD is fantastic. The graphics might give new players pause, but if you like building networks or logistical puzzles, or just like trains, it's still one of the best in the genre.

This is brilliant. Thank you!

You might not be aware but there's also a fairly content-rich successor project called SpaceStation 14! Its obviously nowhere near as featureful as 13 is, due to lack of development time but has a very active development community around it.

One of the major (imo) improvements is a move to per pixel "real time" movement instead of the tile movement of ss13, it helps make them game feel much more alive and interactive.

Definitely worth a look for fans of ss13, and its also open source and Linux compatible.

https://spacestation14.com/

It's not open source, but I do want to mention Barotrauma here -- it's not totally unheard of, but I don't think many people realize that it's a spiritual successor to SS13. Supports a lot less players, but still up to 12 or something on the bigger ships, and it manages to turn the absolute insanity of SS13 into a compelling survival game that still has plenty of goofiness.

Is there anyway to play on Linux? I've always wanted to try a role playing game but never found one that I think I'd vibe but ss13 looks right up my alley.

I entered SS13 with the ssethtide and I stuck around past the worst of it but I haven't logged in since probably 2021. Is it a good time to come back and see what's up? I enjoyed high population servers and a lot of people were leaving with the tide around and before when I did. What's an average server pop these days?

The overcomplexity of the game is part of why I love it so much but it's also what drove me off of it, because I couldn't figure out how to run an offline server to practice roles and I wasn't trying to do my first day of engineering or doctoring on a public lobby if I could help it. I had a lot of fun in Mining and Cargo and occasionally just faffing about as an assistant helping Botany grow weed or bringing monkeys to the chef - but I'd like to learn "a real job" one of these days (he says, knowing exactly how pissed off everyone gets if mining or cargo either die or are understaffed). And most folks didn't usually seem inclined to adopt assistants, unfortunately. Remember folks, adopt wandering assistants and then spay and neuter them because unattended assistants will cook their hands off trying to break into the armory.

Simutrans

Can I finally create a city with proper public transportation, full of trams???😳

Wait, there's opentdd, another similar game👀

I too hate myself

Endless Sky is a great game, and the Android port is solid. If you liked any of the Escape Velocity games then you'll love Endless Sky.

Me too.

It’s a modern Escape Velocity and captures the feel of those games very very well.

Morrowind was Bethesda's peak moment, so obviously foss engine keeping it alive to this day is awesome!

I love me some OpenTTD.

Is this something like counterstrike/tf2? Seems interesting

Edit: I see there are Assault Cube, Assault Cube reloaded, Xonotic etc. Didnt know there were so many

I played this in high school circa 2013. There was a server up 24/7 that hosted an infinite loop of the Venice map that always had the highest server pop. You'd occasionally find other servers going, or be able to host your own and get randoms, but more often than not, I played a TON of Venice for about a year. Good times.

Early game is a bit confusing and direction less last I played but once you get your bearings its a load of fun

Which one? And does it have killer sudokus?

Wesnoth's soundtrack is such a classic

That still requires you to own the original Thief Gold though, so I'm not sure it qualifies as truly open source.

The mod is excellent though, played it earlier this year. Thief is still one of the best games out there.

Is Thrive exceptionally similar to Spore?

I'm still playing this, I like history

Great game, can recommend! Used to play it a lot with a friend.

I've lost many hours to Mindustry on my Galaxy Fold with an S pen...

...and you can continue the same game at home in PC. Just gotta send the save game file.

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

I haven't thought about this game since I was in junior high. Wow. I should look into it again since guitar hero and rock band have become so inaccessible. Used guitar controllers going for $150+. Fucking outrageous.

vim is not a game.

vimgolf

How about VimBeGood? https://github.com/ThePrimeagen/vim-be-good

Is that game open source? That's cool, I love that game

Heroes 3 were the best heroes ever. Followed by Heroes 2 which are covered by fheroes engine too :-)

NodeCore is another great Minetest game. I haven't been able to find a game that matches the feeling of discovery it provides as you learn about the rules of the world.

Reading SuperTux Advance made me imagine a Game Boy Advance demake of SuperTux, that would actually be so cool.

Edit: Oh, it seems I was half correct. It appears to be a re-imagining of the original game in a GBA art style.

This looks cool! Gonna try it but I will probably be hella overwhelmed by the complexity :3