MrFlibble Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 With Andrew's permission, I have updated the first post of this thread with a list of games that are both free and open source, grouped by genre. [Edit] I thought it would be useful if I also posted the sources that I have used when compiling the list: List of open-source video games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Complete open source games - FreeGameDevWiki Open Source Game Clones Libregamewiki FreeGameDev Planet - Games Download Free Windows Games Open Source Software - SourceForge Open Source games for Windows! Open-source games for every type of gamer. (Help build this list!) linux Linux game database Database for native Linux games Linux Game Library Dungeondweller - www.roguelikedevelopment.org Free Games List - Free Games List No frills No fuss just great games (and game creation tools)! Free Flight Simulator Games Top Free Flight Simulators - Find Them Here Free Indie and Open Source Gaming Projects - SpaceSimCentral.com Taktik pur Strategiespiele - Die besten Open-Source-Spiele - CHIP Die besten Sport-Spiele - Die besten Open-Source-Spiele - CHIP Spannende Action-Spiele - Die besten Open-Source-Spiele - CHIP Rätsel inklusive Knifflige Denkspiele - Die besten Open-Source-Spiele - CHIP Für Online-Fans Multiplayer-Spiele - Die besten Open-Source-Spiele - CHIP Open source Strategy games - OSSD Open source 3D action - OSSD 10 Highly Addictive Open Source and Free 3D Shooter Games – Part 1 10 More Free Open Source Games that you would not want to miss 12 Free Open Source Games That You Do Not Want To Miss Free Open Source Games 30 Open Source Games – Great Game Play, Graphics and More for Free WEBI.ORG - Open Source Software & Free Software 25 awesome Cross-platform games you can download for free 19 Awesome Open Source Games for Linux Unixmen Top 10 best open source games - TECH.BLORGE.com 8 Awesome Free Open-Source Games You Can Enjoy On Windows, Mac and Linux 6 Great Free, Open-Source Games to Fetch After Installing Ubuntu TuxArena Unbeatable Machines - Top 10 Free Open Source Games Best Open Source (Free) Video Games 70 of the Best Free and Open Source Games for download – Part 1 (of 3) The Red Ferret Journal Best Open Source Games woGue 101 Most Fun Open Source Games and Apps - Datamation Free Gamer - Open Source Games Free Gamer - Open Source Games AGS Adventure Game Studio open sourced Free Gamer - Open Source Games Open Imperium Galactica Free Gamer - Open Source Games Quake3 Total Conversions Starshatter The Gathering Storm Goes Open Source! Space Game Junkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I've upadted the list and included several well-known open source shareware games. Also, here's two more source pages worth a look: RGB Classic Games - Open source games Games with Source Code Included Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Paladin Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I feel compelled to point out that the description "Free and Open source" as used here is not the same as the one widely used by open-source developers; "free as in freedom, not as in free beer". The wikipedia article provides a fairly accurate historical perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I feel compelled to point out that the description "Free and Open source" as used here is not the same as the one widely used by open-source developersThere are plenty of games on the list in the first post that quite match the meaning of FOSS that you point at. Indeed there are games on the list with source code that has been made public under various licenses, not only GNU GPL. I just didn't want to limit the scope of games to mention with "true" FOSS ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I feel compelled to point out that the description "Free and Open source" as used here is not the same as the one widely used by open-source developers; "free as in freedom, not as in free beer". The wikipedia article provides a fairly accurate historical perspective.I believe "free & open source games" as mentioned here is intended to mean "both free games, and open source games". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Paladin Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 There are plenty of games on the list in the first post that quite match the meaning of FOSS that you point at. Indeed there are games on the list with source code that has been made public under various licenses, not only GNU GPL. I just didn't want to limit the scope of games to mention with "true" FOSS ones.Didn't say anything to the contrary nor did I suggest excluding any games, I get what the list's purpose is. However, 'Free and open source' is a description widely used and it's worth being aware of what it signifies; that was the point, no more, no less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I get your point. I'll add the Wikipedia link to the first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zocom7 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I did start making a huge list of F2P games from there for you guys to download and enjoy:http://forums.cncnz.com/topic/18507-the-ultimate-free-to-play-pc-games-listAs of now, that list is still incomplete without the freebies from IndieDB and other sites since there's so many of them (including this long thread discussion with other links). From the first post of this thread, that list is still incomplete, there should be at least over 200 in the list. For the mods that are standalone, look into this thread: http://forums.cncnz.com/topic/18516-total-conversionsmods-that-became-standalone-games Links to get other shareware and freeware games, look into this thread: http://forums.cncnz.com/topic/18035-places-to-get-shareware-and-freeware-games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hi there Zocom7 :) Somehow I missed the fact that you've been registered here for a while :) As of now, that list is still incomplete without the freebies from IndieDB and other sites since there's so many of them (including this long thread discussion with other links).This is why I always try to find some grouping principle that will allow to split up such a huge groups as "free games" (or "PC games") into smaller ones, otherwise it's just too easy to get lost, and compiling any kind of exhaustive list becomes near impossible. From the first post of this thread, that list is still incomplete, there should be at least over 200 in the list.Exactly what I'm talking about. It could be logical to split it into smaller lists by license for example, but that seems too tedious, and may require more complex research of individual games than I'm willing to do. Luckily there are a few websites like IndieDB and ModDB, or the LibreGameWiki that can be used as complementary sources. It's just that some games remain fairly obscure while others are mentioned almost everywhere (and thus have more chances to be mentioned again in newer sources in the future). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zocom7 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Will someone please include MechCommander 1 and 2 to the free RTS game list in the first post of this thread? Mech Commander 1 is closed source whereas Mech Commander 2 is open shared source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Mech Commander 2 is open shared source.I didn't know that, thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 In a super belated post, I think this is a quite funny April Fools joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Hah! Nice one :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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