I’m looking for recommendations for my Linux setup. But shattered pixel dungeon is amazing on android
Open source game based on Transportation Tycoon Deluxe.
I wish it had a modern GUI though. The old one is almost unusable even though they’ve made an attempt to implement DPI scaling.
Not a very original answer, but I still enjoy The Battle for Wesnoth after many years.
Mindustry is neat if you like tower defenses and factory/automation games.
[edit] Though this isn’t exactly a game, I thought I’d mention it: The Powder Toy. Really fun physics-ish sandbox game if you like just playing around with little particles or making electronics or nuclear powered fireworks shows, etc.
Github link for convenience
https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry
3 out of 4 begin with “Super”!
Ooh, those all look so fun! Thanks for the links! :)
Nethack! It’s basically the original roguelike, if you liked shattered pixel dungeons then you’ll like nethack. There are also several other open source rogelikes to check out as well… including the original Rogue!
Are there good UIs/tilesets for Nethack these days?
I enjoyed one on my phone called “Pathos” but I don’t know how open it is.
Currently Endless Sky! Although I haven’t gotten far, and playing without mods, I love the vibes
SuperTuxKart is really good with friends.
veloren! also my favorite game too to play with my friend
Currently downloading and making an account
Xonotic is one that i would reccomend heavily, and it’s an arena shooter
Xonotic was awesome. Warsow (Warfork now) was super fun back in the day. There were legit tournaments that went on with twitch sportscaster calling the play by play on 1v1 tourneys. Not sure how big the player scene is these days.
I highly recommend playing Doom with the Crispy Doom source port and the Freedoom data files.
For something more modern, Xonotic is about the best-looking FOSS game out there and an excellent multiplayer arena shooter.
I’m a big fan of Thrive!
ScummVM works really well in linux, if youre a fan of classic point and click adventure games.
Running on that VM, I really enjoyed Flight of the Amazon Queen a few years back. Warning: it’s an oldie containing lots of sexist moments - I’m not sure I would enjoy it as much today.
In terms of games I actually play, Cataclysm: DDA (even if I still suck at it after hundreds of hours).
In terms of technical/visual impressiveness, Veloren.
No one is saying Shattered Pixel Dungeon?
Because I say Shattered Pixel Dungeon.I played vanilla pixel dungeon years ago and recently picked it back up. What’s the difference with Shattered?
Shattered has added a lot more polish, some story elements, some more interesting bosses and challenges, and removed the frustrating weapon breakdown element. It’s under active development, whereas I think the vanilla game is now a dead fork.
removed the frustrating weapon breakdown element
Ok I’m sold
While vanilla was promising, it always had that “school project” kind of vibe. Shattered, intead, is a full fledged, really polished game with active development.
Among the new features there are new sub-missions (with a new one in development right now), new enemies and bosses, a new playable character and re-balanced mechanics overall.
Stongly suggested, you can even find it on f-droidI think I’ll pick that up. When I quit playing years ago, it was because I felt like I had solved the game. Maybe my strategy wasn’t optimal but it was as good as I could get it and I was purely relying on luck to get deeper. If shattered can add more depth then I’m down.
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is pretty astounding, offering an incredible level of detail and degree of freedom, plus just lots of zombies to fight.
