Watch out! Hedgewars releases long-awaited v1.0.0

Have you heard of Hedgewars? What began as a simple attempt to clone Team 17's Worms Armageddon has evolved into one of the most polished and community driven libre game projects on the scene. After more than ten years of continuous development the project is finally celebrating the release of version 1.0.0.Boasting full campaign support, several online multiplayer modes, full customization, and mod support, Hedgewars is without a doubt an impressive...

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Yorg 0.11 released, now with split-screen multiplayer!

Yorg, the Panda3D based arcade racer has been updated to version 0.11 which includes some long awaited features. Most notably split-screen multiplayer:Really cool is also the new controller support and awesome particle effects (a pet-peeve of mine in previous versions ;) ).Add to that some significant performance improvements due to an update to the latest version of Panda3d.Read the full release announcement on the Yorg website here. And download...

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10 Best Open Source FPS Games

Top ten FPS that are FOSSTime for another overweening list - the SEO godesses demand it!Tremulous has 1.1 stable, 1.2 dev and 1.3 third party dev versions. It's a mess. Getting bots to run is a mess. Yet I love this game. I am only capable of playing 50% (can't handle moving aliens at all) yet I had the most fun building bases in Tremulous.So you want to download and play Tremulous? HA! HA I SAY! Pick your poison:1.1 stable from 20061.2 beta from 20091.3 inofficial alpha from 2018I still don't know which is the most useful for either finding servers...

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Warsow is now Warfork and on Steam

Warfork Gameplay (livestream - skip ahead 1m20s)Last updated 2019-08-22 (see bottom of this article).The title says it all. Warfork is the revival of Warsow. Warsow is cool (and super hard to master) but does not have servers running and no development ongoing.Warfork is an ironically-named fork of Warsow, has CC0 art assets and is for now only released on Steam. The source supposedly is mostly based on qfusion, the source code is supposed...

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SuperStarfighter, a local multiplayer game made with Godot

Looks like FOSS game development with Godot is a breeze :)SuperStarfighter is a fast-paced local party game for up to 4 players. Outmaneuver and shoot your opponents in a 2d top-down arena, and become an intergalactic champion!Get it on Itch.io or find the source code here.Hat-tip to GoL.For commenting please visit our foru...

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Shoot Your Goo, fun puzzle platformer made with FTEQW in 48h!

Shoot Your Goo is (despite its name) a family friendly puzzle platformer made in just 48h for the GMTK Game Jam 2019. It could be described as a mix of Angry Birds and mini-golf, but see for yourself:The source-code can be found here, and you can head over to InsideQC to discuss with the creators.The team who made this has become quite proficient in turning out interesting game prototypes (Bloodletter, Escape from Space etc.)  with the very cool FTEQW engine... a much advanced Quake1 derived engine (unofficial developer's documentation on...

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Blender 2.80 released, gets industry sponsorship

The amazing libre 3D modeling tool Blender needs no introductions at this point. Suffice to say that what began as a humble Free Software alternative to most heavy-duty proprietary 3D software is slowly becoming a new industry standard. The newly released version 2.80 is a testimonial of this.The new release adds not only a much needed upgrade to the UI, but along comes an improved real time renderer and much more. All new features and improvements...

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10 Best Open Source RPGs (Role-Playing Games)

  Top ten RPGs - I made a video of this. People who love text so much they would marry it, will be delighted to see this concise side-product of that video. A list of sorts. With thoughts that came to me after the fact. Especially nagging thoughts. The bestness of films is determined by their profitability. Which one can claim allows concluding the quality of the product. Maybe the marketing is part of that product.Whatever the case, none of this is applicable to the underground niche pro-tip specialized target audience-seeking open source...

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Spotlight: Alex Gleason from Vegan on a Desert Island

For this month’s interview we sat down with Alex Gleason, creator and developer of Vegan on a Desert Island, an upcoming libre action/puzzle RPG. The game follows the story of Rachel, a vegan girl who shipwrecks on an island, and becomes embroiled in a quest to uphold her own conflicted values against the interests of the island’s many talking animals. A newcomer on the scene, we spoke with Alex on what inspired him to create this project, along...

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CoreCtrl is a libre hardware manager

A new tool named CoreCtrl aims to be the first friendly libre GUI application to customize CPU, GPU and other hardware settings for GNU/Linux. This is exciting news for all gaming enthusiasts and developers who seek a way to optimize hardware efficiency without having to go down and dirty into console commands or accessing the BIOS directly.The developer Juan Palacios describes the app succinctly:CoreCtrl is a Free and Open Source GNU/Linux application...

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Cortex Command releases code under the AGPL v3

Cortex Command is a mess, but in a good way. This bizarrely entertaining strategy blend has been undergoing continuous development since the early 2000s, having had its first main release in 2012. Seven years later, its creators decided it's time to let the community have a say.Just one day ago developer Data Realms announced on the game's Steam page it was freeing the game's code under the GNU Affero License v3. While this release does not include...

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OpenGameArt Summer Game Jam #3 has begun

One of our affiliate websites OpenGameArt (OGA), a free repository for public domain and copyleft licensed art, has just begun hosting this year's Summer Game Jam. To all libre developers looking for a challenge, this is your call to arms.The rules are simple: participants are to create a game which independently of length and genre must use 6 art assets already available at OGA. The type of engine or code license used is up to the creator, but any...

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Amiga para siempre: FS-UAE Amiga emulator hits version 3.0

FS-UAE is one of the newest Commodore Amiga emulators on the scene, and perhaps the only true multiplatform emulation project for the system still in development. It has had astounding progress since it was originally released in 2011, and last week it announced the release of version 3.0.The changes in the newest release are many and varied, so feel free to check the full changelog available here. FS-UAE has garnered a very good reputation for being...

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Vegan on a Desert Island wants to become an ironic masterpiece

For the first time I heard of Vegan on a Desert Island I assumed it was some kind of bad joke, and frankly this impression lasted with me for a while. However, through some amazing persistence and determination from the developers, this upcoming title is slowly capturing the hearts of the libre development community through sheer charm and wits.Determination might really be the key word here; lead developer Alex Gleason claims he's set out to answer...

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Keeping up with KeeperRL: alpha 28 released, improves mod support

It has been a while since we last spoke of KeeperRL. The hybrid blend of dungeon building sim with roguelike features seems to be doing rather well, with a growing community and regular progress updates. The latest alpha has just been released, and this time it has a flavor for modding.Aside from the regular bugfixing and gameplay improvements, this build adds upgraded mod support and an in-game downloader for community content. As with most roguelikes,...

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Tobu Tobu Girl, the first 100% libre Game Boy game, is getting a new deluxe edition

I've been holding on for too long to report this one, but now it seems to be the right time. Tobu Tobu Girl is a wonderful thing. Developed by the nice folks at Tangram Games (who previously brought us the equally libre titles Mr. Rescue and Duck Marines), this arcade platformer is very likely the first Game Boy title to be developed in a 100% libre environment, and that goes for both code and assets.Originally released in 2017, the game was published...

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Let's keep an eye out for Cytopia

With city builder games climbing back into popularity, it was about time for a serious libre project to tackle the genre once again. After many years of abandoned efforts, it is now the turn of Cytopia to try to scratch that itch.The project had its inception in 2018, when now lead developer JimmySnails announced in a forum post the intention of creating an engine that could replicate most of the functionalities of the classic SimCity 2000, a game...

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SuperTuxKart 1.0 release

It's been a long and winding road for mascot racer SuperTuxKart, but after more than ten years of continuous and dedicated progress, the team has finally announced the release of build 1.0, marking an important development milestone for the project. As quoted from the official release post:Yes, if you have followed our development a bit, that might be a bit of a surprise. But we have been asked why we don't call this release 1.0, and the majority...

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GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2 – CODEX | +Update v2.02

– Release Name (Crack by): GUILTY.GEAR.Xrd.REV.2-CODEX– NFO : read– Format : iso– Platform : PC– Language : English, Japanese, Korean– Files Size : 2 x 4.9 GB + 1.7 GB– Total size : 11.5 GB– Hosts : Mega, Uptobox, Rapidgator, Uploaded, Turbobit, Userscloud– System Requirements : MINIMUM:OS: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (32bit/64bit)Processor: Intel Core...

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Funklift – PROPHET

 – Release Name (Crack by): Funklift-PROPHET– NFO : read– Format : iso– Platform : PC– Language : English– Files Size : 1 x 509 MB– Total size : 0.5 GB– Hosts : Mega, Uptobox, Uploaded, Turbobit, Userscloud– System Requirements : MINIMUM:OS: Windows 7Processor: 2 GHz Dual CoreMemory: 3 GB RAMGraphics: 1 GB VRAM A party game with forklifts?Wreck...

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Galactic Civilizations III Intrigue – CODEX | +Language Pack +Update v3.05

– Release Name (Crack by): Galactic.Civilizations.III.Intrigue-CODEX– NFO : read– Format : iso– Platform : PC– Language : English (+language Pack : French, German, Russian)– Files Size : 1 x 4.9 GB + 4.2 GB– Total size : 9.12 GB– Hosts : Mega, Uptobox, Uploaded, Turbobit, Userscloud– System Requirements : MINIMUM:OS: 64-bit Windows 10 / 8.x / 7Processor:...

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