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Looking for FOSS Games (feddit.uk)
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Hey there,

I enjoy Linux gaming via WINE/Proton, but I often wonder about Linux-native FOSS games. You often see brilliant titles like 0AD and Mindustry mentioned, but there are also some unspoken gems in the "genre" like Minetest and it makes me wonder what other FOSS games are out there, that people just don't talk about much? I'm looking to discover and play more of these titles.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Selaco is a quite recent FOSS game, pased on DOOM.

[–] MonkeMischief 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Selaco looks awesome, and GZDoom it's running on is indeed FOSS, but the game itself appears to be a commercial endeavor and not FOSS itself, from what I could find. :)

Absolutely a cool looking game though. Super impressive.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

FOSS doesn't require that it's not sold commercially.

The "Free" is as in speech.

I think it's great that FOSS developers can get paid.

[–] MonkeMischief 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You're correct, although I didn't necessarily dispute that.

I also think it's awesome to see FOSS software people are buying voluntarily to support the project! Stuff like Cataclysm: DDA being on Steam for instance.

But is Selaco's source code available and does it have a permissive license to distribute, like the GPL? That's what I had trouble substantiating. Happy to be shown otherwise! But I think this might be a case of "The engine / platform is FOSS, but the IP is not."

Looks like a really cool game though. I love the artwork.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The engine is FOSS under GPL3, so... yeah.