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Warble

Words! – word puzzle game

February 21, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Words! is a word puzzle game where you have 6 tries to guess a hidden word. A simple and addictive game.

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Game Engines

Redot Engine – multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

February 20, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Redot Engine lets you create your 2D and 3D games, cross-platform projects, or explore innovative ideas in XR technology.

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Astronomy-Juno

OutFly – 3D space game in the rings of Jupiter

February 18, 2025 Steve Emms Games

OutFly is an atmospheric, open world, realistic 3D space game that throws you into the Rings of Jupiter with a sportswear space suit.

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Game Engines

Bevy – data-driven game engine

February 16, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Bevy is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

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Turn Based Strategy Games

Tanks of Freedom II – Indie Turn Based Strategy Game

February 10, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Tanks of Freedom II is a classic, turn-based strategy game with up to four armies fighting against each other.

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Linux Chess Apps

Chess Clock – time games of over-the-board chess

January 4, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Chess Clock is a simple application to provide time control for over-the-board chess games. It’s written in Python.

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Role-Play Games

gg – TUI for small offline games

December 30, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Games

gg is a small collection of games that you can play in your terminal.

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Chess

En Croissant – GUI chess toolkit

August 6, 2024 Steve Emms Games, Reviews

En Croissant is a cross-platform chess GUI that’s billed as powerful, customizable and easy to use.

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Linux Distributions

ChimeraOS – turn any PC into a gaming console

April 28, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro, Games

ChimeraOS is a Linux-based PC operating system designed for a game console experience.

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Linux Distributions

Lakka – lightweight Linux distribution for retrogaming

April 27, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro, Games

Lakka is a Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown game console. It’s based on LibreELEC.

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Linux Distributions

Batocera.linux – retrograming distribution

April 26, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro, Games

Batocera Linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution that supports many consoles.

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Linux Distributions

Recalbox – retrograming distro

April 26, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro, Games

Recalbox is a retrogaming console that allows you to replay all the games, consoles, and computers from your childhood.

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Free 2D sprites for games

April 11, 2024 John O'Donnell Games

Explore our guide on free 2D game sprites. Learn where to find them, their use, and their importance for game developers.

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Linux Chess Apps

chess-tui – text-based chess game

March 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Games, Reviews

There are many open source chess clients for Linux. What’s unusual about chess-tui is that the program has no fancy graphics.

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Game Tools

0verkill – free 2D deathmatch game in ASCII art

November 16, 2023 Steve Emms Games

0verkill is a client-server 2D deathmatch game in ASCII art. It supports free connecting / disconnecting during the game.

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Shooter Games

DiabloRL – roguelike game

November 16, 2023 Steve Emms Games

DiabloRL is a roguelike “unmake” of the popular Blizzard game Diablo 1 classic RPG to a turn-based ASCII roguelike.

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Load Balancing

Cilium – eBPF-based Networking, Observability, Security

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. It’s written in Go.

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Game Tools

Atlantik – Monopoly-like board game for KDE

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Atlantik is a KDE client for playing Monopoly-like boardgames on the monopd network. It includes Atlantik Designer.

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Game Tools

Slam Soccer 2006 – free funny football game in 3D-comic-style

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Slam Soccer 2006 is a comic style football game with 3 game modes: Friendly game, World Cup, and Career.

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Game Tools

Frets on Fire – free, open-source Finnish music video game

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible.

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