A Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game is a time-based game which typically focuses on finding resources, managing resources, and building an empire.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source Turn-Based Strategy Games
Turn-based strategy games require intelligence and the ability to come up with an innovative plan that will leave the competition mesmerized.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source Platform Games
A platform game is a video game genre and subgenre of action games in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in a rendered environment.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source First Person Shooter Games
This is a computer game genre focused on guns and other weapon-based fighting using a first-person perspective. They are a type of three-dimensional shooter game.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source Racing Games
Racing games are a video game genre in which the player participates in a racing competition. The most common types of sub-genres are arcade-style, simulation, futuristic and kart.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source 2D Shooter Games
2D shooter games are a subgenre of shooter game, which in turn is a type of action game.
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Best Free Android Apps: OpenLieroX – multiplayer PvP platform game
OpenLierox is an addictive realtime worms shoot-em-up game. This is a port to Android. It’s free and open source software.
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Best Free Android Apps: Simon Tatham’s Puzzles
Simon Tatham’s Puzzles is a collection of 39 puzzles. They are re-implementations of existing game concepts.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Educational Games
Educational games are games designed to teach people, typically children, about a certain subject or help them learn a skill as they play.
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Best Free Android Apps: OpenTTD – transport tycoon business simulation game
OpenTTD is a reimplementation of the Microprose game “Transport Tycoon Deluxe” with lots of new features and enhancements.
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Best Free Android Apps: GCompris – educational game
GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10.
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CaveExpress – classic 2D platformer with physics-based gameplay
CaveExpress is a classic 2D platform game set in prehistoric times. You play the hero masquerading as a caveman.
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Best Free Android Apps: DroidFish – Stockfish chess engine
DroidFish is an Android port of the Stockfish chess engine, combined with a feature-rich graphical user interface.
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How to Play Windows Games on Linux
More and more people are switching to Linux because it has a very user-friendly interface and is more stable after updates than Windows.
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Linux at Home – Take a break with rapid gameplay
In this series, we look at a range of home activities where Linux can make the most of our time at home, keeping active and engaged. The change of lifestyle enforced by Covid-19 is an opportunity to expand our horizons, and spend more time on activities we have neglected in the past.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Educational Games for Kids – Week 24
With so many young children currently unable to follow their usual routine of going to school, playing with friends, and undertaking many hobbies, it’s vital to keep them happy and learning.
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7 Best Free Linux Mega Drive Emulators
The Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis) was a leading 16-bit video game console system. The console was developed by Sega Corporation in 1988. Sega was unable to obtain trademark rights in North America, and it was released in that market under the name of Sega Genesis.
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5 Sparkling Game Engines – develop great cross-platform games
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.
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Write and Play Interactive Fiction with Open Source Software
Interactive fiction is a form of computer game which shares many traits with fiction in book form, role-playing games and puzzle-solving. It’s one of the oldest forms of computer games. Here’s our recommendations.
Interactive fiction is a somewhat nebulous phrase. It can refer to text adventures where the player uses text input to control the game, and the game state is relayed with text output. They are known as text adventures.
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Pocketsprite Game Console – Keychain gaming
Pocketsprite Game Console is billed as the open-source tamagotchi of 2018. The device isn’t aimed at a niche, nerdy group, rather, it’s targeting a growing majority of game lovers and capable coders.
The device sports a 240MHz dual-core ESP32 processor and 520KB of RAM, which is sufficient to play 8-bit classic games, and still fit on a keychain.
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