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Been playing some BAR recently
Beyond All Reason is the ultimate epic-scale RTS game for Windows and Linux. Command colossal armies in battles with thousands of units in fully simulated environments. Wage war across land, sea, and air with 2 factions and 400 unique units. Enjoy skirmishes, scenarios, co-op, and multiplayer matche...
It's fun, I need to improve my ability to split my attention between econ and battle.
Irrlamb is a 3D physics platformer about being a ball that wants to tap glowing orbs!
Some levels are tricky, but it's also pretty exciting when you build up speed in others. Worth a try if you're into these types of games in my opinion.
Overte - VRChat-alike, but open source!
From their main page:
Overte is an open source virtual worlds and social VR software which enables you to create and share virtual worlds as virtual reality (VR) and desktop experiences. You can create and host your own virtual world, explore other worlds, meet and connect with other users, attend or host live VR events, and much more.
In other words, it's more or less an open source approach to VRChat.
Edit to add:
Somehow I overlooked this account to follow for updates: https://fosstodon.org/@overte
The free, open source and cross-platform RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 is now finally available and it brings with it a whole lot of new features and content.
Dear supporters of the fheroes2 project and fans of Heroes of Might and Magic II! We are excited to announce the release of the latest version of the fheroes2 engine - 1.1.5!
VoxeLibre continues advancing towards helping you replace Minecraft with a free and open source alternative. The next release v0.88 is out now and it's a big one.
Cataclysm DDA Release 0.H Herbert
Official homepage of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead open source turn-based survival RPG development project. Hosts downloads of game and links to community sites...
Yes, the text in the release says Hebert but some posts on Discord indicate that it was a typo and they meant Herbert.
Looks like around 21 months of development in this one. It looks pretty feature packed.
I enjoy playing Cataclysm DDA.
Wasted - A FLOSS vehicular combat racing game
WASTED!
Wasted is a video game that features vehicular combat racing, developed by a cooperative of hobbyist game developers. Players engage in battle arenas where they can also use weapons or other tools to damage or destroy their opponents' vehicles.
With Minetest now called Luanti, a fresh release is out bringing work towards getting things renamed along with some new features and fixes.
New Release!
Thrive is an open source evolution sim that has continued to impress me, and the latest release version 0.7.1 is nice and feature-filled.
I need to try this game out some time.
Unvanquished 0.55: Awesomeness has arrived
Unvanquished is a real-time strategy game played as a first-person shooter where evolving aliens and heavily armed humans fight for their survival.
New Unvanquished Release. I almost missed it.
Minetest changing name to Luanti
After more than a year of public and internal discussions, we're ready to announce our new name!
I don't know how I feel about the name, but I think it is good that they moved away from minetest.
I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this one before! A few developers have been building Nazi Zombies: Portable, a Call of Duty: Zombies demake powered by various enhanced forks of the Quake engine.
First I have heard of this, I will have to try it out.
The Powder Toy is a desktop version of the classic 'falling sand' physics sandbox game, it simulates air pressure and velocity as well as heat!
Fun! Literal sandbox game!
I love watching Thrive continue to grow. A free and open source evolution sim where you start off life as a single microbe. The latest release version 0.7.0 is out now adding new gameplay features.
I have never played this. Is it fun?
Unvanquished FPS Asymmetrical RTS
So you want to be a hero? Play the game and save your species from the invasion! Handle your big weapon and dress that impressive exoskeleton to save the human race like a boss. Or if you prefer, be a monstrous beast and save those cute grangers from those two-legged invaders who only know how to tu...
It's been a while since I have played it, but when I did it was fun. It's hard to get a big enough group of friends to play.
Blast your enemies and your friends!
After getting open sourced back in April and now run as a community project, the Descent 3 open source engine has a first release available.
Looks interesting. I haven't tried it. Looks like you need to own a copy of the original game. I am sure you could probably find it on GOG.
Looking for a good roguelike? Give this one a try!
