Games: xscorch, Valve, and 10 Free and Open Source Game Engines
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xscorch : A faithful Scorched Earth clone for Linux
Back in High School, in the 1990s, I was taking a class on Architectural Drafting. One of my absolute favorite classes — and one of the best perks of the class is that we had PC’s, running MS-DOS, that we could use with AutoCAD (a drafting application).
Now. What happens when you put a bunch of nerdy teenagers in front of a row of DOS PCs?
We bring in floppy disks. With games. Naturally.
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And, what’s more, xscorch seems to be in the repository of nearly every Linux distribution on planet Earth.
sudo apt install xscorch
Try that on a Debian based system (or Ubuntu) and you should be ready to relive your 1990s DOS gaming dreams!
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Valve Has Unloaded a Truckload of Games for the Deck in the Past Week - Boiling Steam
Valve is not just speeding up the production of the Steam Deck – they have just announced that everyone who has pre-ordered until now should get their Steam Deck within this year – but also the number of games validated for the platform. We have passed not long ago the 4000 games milestone, and in just a few days they have added a truckload of games – more than 300.
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10 Free and Open Source Game Engines - Part 2 - LinuxLinks
Game engines offer huge benefits to game developers. The main functionality they provide is the library of core functions used in a computer game. This often includes a realtime rendering engine for 2D or 3D graphics, physics engine with collision detection, a character animation system, scene graph, sound, artificial intelligence, threading, networking, input, streaming localization support, debugging tools, integration with languages, and the provision of performance monitoring and optimization tools.
Game engines play a crucial role in the fast creation and development of computer games. As they offer a collection of visual development tools, and are often presented in an integrated development environment, they vastly accelerate the development of games. Game engines are referred to as “game middleware” because they provide a flexible and reusable software platform.
We covered game engines in this article. This article recommends more great game engines.
Let’s explore these additional 10 game engines. For each engine we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with an in-depth analysis of its features, a screen shot of the program in action, together with links to relevant resources.