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Prison Architect Simulation Alpha 19 Launched, Finance System Revamped & SDL2
By , 29 March 2014 at 7:01 pm UTC
This game is forever in alpha...
I wll never buy a steam early access game again!
Interview With Stefan Achatz Developer Of ROCCAT Gaming Hardware Drivers For Linux
By Hamish, 29 March 2014 at 6:04 pm UTC
Hellraid Action RPG Could See a Linux Version After Launch
By , 29 March 2014 at 5:36 pm UTC
10/10 Would buy
Icculus Is Porting Goat Simulator To Linux
By , 29 March 2014 at 5:25 pm UTC
So the mysterious Unreal Engine 3 title he was working on only proves to be a cheap sandbox game. Disappointing...
Interview With Stefan Achatz Developer Of ROCCAT Gaming Hardware Drivers For Linux
By FutureSuture, 29 March 2014 at 5:11 pm UTC
Quoting: Xpanderand i did it...

i just ordered Ryos MK :)

cant wait to get hands on it... should take 2-4 business days
Share your experience with us once it arrives.
Leadwerks Game Creation Toolkit Arrives On Linux This Monday!
By , 29 March 2014 at 4:40 pm UTC
nice!
Icculus Is Porting Goat Simulator To Linux
By , 29 March 2014 at 3:27 pm UTC
To buy a real goat? Not a bad idea. I will teach it to do the same things than the goat in the game does.
The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Open Source Projects Part 2
By Liam Dawe, 29 March 2014 at 2:24 pm UTC
I agree & disagree because some games do look really good like Xonotic for example and yes 0 A.D. too.

I think freeciv actually looks good, that is the style they want.

Things don't need to be in 3D or look realistic to be good-looking.

Also coders are easy to find, graphics artists aren't.
The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Open Source Projects Part 2
By , 29 March 2014 at 2:21 pm UTC
Quoting: scaine99%? You're wildly pessimistic. Nearer 30%-50% based on this article. FreeCiv, Stunt Rally, Xonotic, Wesnoth, Dark Mod, Speed Dreams, Suna all look pretty damn incredible for "absolutely free".

I'll give you that I haven't looked at some of the games in detail, just at the screenshots here. However, let's look at FreeCiv as an example. This project was started 18 years ago according to Wikipedia. If they had spent anywhere near the same amount of time on their graphics and User Interface than on their code, the game would look much better today.

The reality with these projects simply seems to be that they are totally dominated by coders and have no artists participating. It's really sad because so many artists out there could use these games to showcase their work.

While typing I actually realized that there is _one_ OSS game that holds it's ground in terms of graphics, and that is 0 A.D. The team there really understood how to get a good balance between code and visuals.
Icculus Is Porting Goat Simulator To Linux
By , 29 March 2014 at 1:57 pm UTC
Looks like a game with great humor :D .... Can´t wait to try this one out.
Icculus Is Porting Goat Simulator To Linux
By Metallinatus, 29 March 2014 at 1:50 pm UTC
Yes, I just saw the Tux on its SteamDB page too =D
I can't wait for this game!
The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Open Source Projects Part 2
By scaine, 29 March 2014 at 12:12 pm UTC
Quoting: JoeAlways sad to see in what dreadful state 99% of open source games are in regard to visual content.

99%? You're wildly pessimistic. Nearer 30%-50% based on this article. FreeCiv, Stunt Rally, Xonotic, Wesnoth, Dark Mod, Speed Dreams, Suna all look pretty damn incredible for "absolutely free".

As for the games list, I'm not if this perfectly qualifies, since it's an open source graphics engine, but DXx-Rebirth is a fantastic remake of the Descent games - but like ScummVM, you need the game assets from a purchased version of the game to get it to run.

http://dxx-rebirth.com/
Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball Released On Steam For Linux
By , 29 March 2014 at 11:54 am UTC
Cool, looks like good old times Quake 3 with instagib, but with Dodgeballs :-).

I will buy this 4 sure!.
Unreal Engine 4 Announced With Linux Support Including The Editor, Source Code Access & More!
By neffo, 29 March 2014 at 6:22 am UTC
Quoting: DrMcCoy
Quoteand get access everything, including the full source code
Keep in mind though, that despite what other news sites have reported, while this might technically be "open source", you're not getting free (as in speech) software. It will not be GPL (nevermind any more permissive licenses), and earlier engines won't be GPL'd either.

From what I've read, there's no info yet on how exactly the license will look or how code contributions will be handled.

I believe that is only because they didn't want to call it GNU/UnrealEngine4.
DUELYST Tactical Combat Game Hits Linux Stretch Goal, We Find Out When Linux Will Come
By , 29 March 2014 at 4:44 am UTC
time to vote on greenlight !
Natural Selection 2's Direct3D HLSL to OpenGL GLSL Parser Open Sourced
By philip550c, 29 March 2014 at 1:14 am UTC
Quoting: ....some one needs to make a OpenGL>DX for Xbone so developers can no longer fear not being able to develop for Xbone
Does the Xbone not support opengl?
Hellraid Action RPG Could See a Linux Version After Launch
By Orkultus, 29 March 2014 at 1:03 am UTC
DO WANT!!
The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Open Source Projects Part 2
By Mnoleg, 28 March 2014 at 11:26 pm UTC
Quoting: liamdaweFreespace Code Project
The process is a little rocky since you will need to obtain a copy of the game from somewhere like GOG.com (hooray I feel okay linking to them again!) and use wine to get the data from the installer.

Desura provides ready to use Linux installations and you can choose between FSOpen and the port made by Ryan Gordon.
http://www.desura.com/games/freespace-2

And if I remember rightly, some extra mods like the FreeSpace Port are also included.
DUELYST Tactical Combat Game Hits Linux Stretch Goal, We Find Out When Linux Will Come
By , 28 March 2014 at 10:31 pm UTC
YEAH!
V-Play Game Engine Supports Linux, Uses Qt Creator IDE
By , 28 March 2014 at 10:13 pm UTC
they can use OpenAV as well and not care much about the sound. A lot of them hopefully do. But it often does not give you the flexibility you want, so you "customize", and there the problems start ;-).
The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Open Source Projects Part 2
By , 28 March 2014 at 10:10 pm UTC
Always sad to see in what dreadful state 99% of open source games are in regard to visual content.
Interview With Stefan Achatz Developer Of ROCCAT Gaming Hardware Drivers For Linux
By Xpander, 28 March 2014 at 9:13 pm UTC
and i did it...

i just ordered Ryos MK :)

cant wait to get hands on it... should take 2-4 business days
The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Open Source Projects Part 2
By , 28 March 2014 at 8:59 pm UTC
Mayby not well known but still interesting:

http://www.raceintospace.org/

with is a port of game Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space. After bankruptcy of publisher the developers released the game's source code under a GPL.

Maybe someone shall consider article about games with source avileable but not ported yet to Linux.
There are many good games in such state: Dark Reign 2, Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs. Hokum, MiG Alley, MechCommander 2.
V-Play Game Engine Supports Linux, Uses Qt Creator IDE
By , 28 March 2014 at 8:10 pm UTC
Quoting: -_-The game engine's are not going to stop coming to Linux as they are going to make cash from Linux either way :)

For a game engine, linux support is actually pretty much work, even though having a mac port not too much but still enough considering the different display protocols and sound system. Cash yes, the question is: will it be profit too?
The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Open Source Projects Part 2
By , 28 March 2014 at 8:07 pm UTC
Some more games to consider:
Opentyrian
Hedgewars
Magarena
Abuse
Corsix-TH
eduke32
fheroes
Opensurge
Gigalomania
Interview With Stefan Achatz Developer Of ROCCAT Gaming Hardware Drivers For Linux
By , 28 March 2014 at 7:51 pm UTC
Because of the Open Source Linux drivers I decided to buy a Roccat Konepure early last year and I am a very happy customer!

My thanks go out to Stefan Achatz! You are doing fantastic work! I would only wish that Roccat employs you at least as a contractor...
Interview With Stefan Achatz Developer Of ROCCAT Gaming Hardware Drivers For Linux
By , 28 March 2014 at 6:39 pm UTC
same to me his work encouraged me to buy a mice and i love it :P thx
Natural Selection 2's Direct3D HLSL to OpenGL GLSL Parser Open Sourced
By Mambo, 28 March 2014 at 5:21 pm UTC
Unity has a similar, open-source compiler (derived from mesa): https://github.com/aras-p/hlsl2glslfork . Unreal uses the same codebase, but they aren't publishing their proprietary branch at all.

Here's a good overview of cross-API shaders: http://aras-p.info/blog/2014/03/28/cross-platform-shaders-in-2014/
V-Play Game Engine Supports Linux, Uses Qt Creator IDE
By , 28 March 2014 at 5:07 pm UTC
The game engine's are not going to stop coming to Linux as they are going to make cash from Linux either way :)
DUELYST Tactical Combat Game Hits Linux Stretch Goal, We Find Out When Linux Will Come
By Orkultus, 28 March 2014 at 4:48 pm UTC
Great news!
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