Thursday, August 03, 2006

Java Sudoku : A cross platform version of the popular Sudoku logic game

Java Sudoku is a cross platform version of the popular Sudoku logic game. Java Sudoku features an advanced user interface that is both easy to use and appealing to the eye. It allows you to generate completely random Sudoku puzzles, enter your own puzzles from newspapers and magazines, or load them from Sudoku XML files. It can also be used as a Sudoku generator and solver.

[Environment] Eclipse :: Java/Swing, MacOS X, Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Games/Entertainment :: Puzzle Games

Pengupop : An online multiplayer clone of Frozen-Bubble/Bust a Move

Pengupop is an online multiplayer clone of Frozen-Bubble/Bust a Move. The purpose of the game is to shoot colored balls so they form groups and thus fall down. Any balls that fall down will reappear on your opponent's playfield as a side-effect.

[Environment] MacOS X, Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Programming Language] C
[Topic] Games/Entertainment :: Puzzle Games

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Scorched3D : A cross-platform 3D remake of the popular 2D artillery game Scorched Earth

Scorched3D is a cross-platform 3D remake of the popular 2D artillery game Scorched Earth. Scorched3D can be played against the computer, other players, and remotely across the Internet or LAN.

[Environment] Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications :: GTK
[Intended Audience] Developers, End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] Microsoft :: Windows, POSIX
[Programming Language] C++
[Topic] Games/Entertainment :: Real Time Strategy, Games/Entertainment :: Turn Based Strategy

Sunday, June 25, 2006

ZDoom : An enhanced port of the official DOOM source

ZDoom is an enhanced port of the official DOOM source. It features support for all Hexen editing features (including ACS, hubs, etc.), support for most BOOM editing features, freelook, jumping, and translucency support, a Quake-style console, high screen resolutions, removal of the original DOOM's limits, support for many more music formats (including MOD, IT, XM, S3M, MIDI, MP3, and MUS), better mouse support, UDP networking, and more.

[Environment] Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] Freely Distributable
[Operating System] Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows 95/98/ME, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] Assembly, C, C++
[Topic] Games/Entertainment :: First Person Shooters

Thursday, June 01, 2006

Empire : A game that is played against human opponents over a computer network

Empire is a game that is played against human opponents over a computer network. It is possible for a game to last from a few hours to many months. While the common goal of an Empire player is to win, there is no clear-cut definition of what winning is. Players may seek to achieve whatever goals they want to achieve.

[Environment] Console (Text Based), No Input/Output (Daemon)
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP, Unix
[Programming Language] C
[Topic] Games/Entertainment :: Real Time Strategy, Games/Entertainment :: Turn Based Strategy

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Jake2 : A pure Java port of the Quake2 game engine

Jake2 is a pure Java port of the Quake2 game engine. It features OpenGL rendering using jogl and OpenAL sound using joal. To use the Jake2 engine, you need either the data files from the original game or from the demo version. An online installation of the demo levels is possible. A lwjgl driver is included as an alternative to the jogl/joal combination. Single player and multiplayer modes are working. Jake2 comes close to the performance of the original engine written in C.

[Intended Audience] Developers, End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Games/Entertainment, Games/Entertainment :: First Person Shooters

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Crossfire+ : A friendly fork of the crossfire multi-user RPG game

Crossfire+ is a friendly fork of the crossfire multi-user RPG game. Unlike the original project, it focuses mainly on stability and playability, while also adding more maps and better scriptability and graphics.

[Environment] X11 Applications
[Intended Audience] Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] Microsoft :: Windows, POSIX, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] Perl
[Topic] Games/Entertainment, Games/Entertainment :: Multi-User Dungeons (MUD), Games/Entertainment :: Role-Playing, Multimedia :: Graphics

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Outer Space : An online strategy game which takes place in the dangerous universe

Outer Space is an online strategy game which takes place in the dangerous universe. In the game you will become a powerful commander of many stars, planets, and great fleets and will struggle for survival with other commanders.

[Environment] Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications
[Intended Audience] Developers, End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Python
[Topic] Games/Entertainment :: Turn Based Strategy

Sunday, February 26, 2006

ScummVM : A cross-platform interpreter for several point-and-click adventure engines

ScummVM is a cross-platform interpreter for several point-and-click adventure engines. This includes all SCUMM-based adventures by LucasArts, Simon the Sorcerer 1&2 by AdventureSoft, Beneath a Steel Sky and Broken Sword 1&2 by Revolution, and many more.

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Childsplay : A suite of educational games for young children

Childsplay is a suite of educational games for young children. It aims to be more games-like than gcompris.

[Environment] Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications
[Intended Audience] Developers, End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] Microsoft :: Windows, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] Python
[Topic] Education, Games/Entertainment

PySyCache : An educational program for young children (4-7 years old)

PySyCache is an educational program for young children (4-7 years old). Its purpose is to teach them to manipulate the mouse by three pleasant activities (uncovering a picture, taking a photograph, and leading an animal to its home).

[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Programming Language] Python
[Topic] Education, Games/Entertainment :: Puzzle Games

xbmcmail-imap : An IMAP/IMAPS email reader for the XBox using the XBox Media Center's builtin Python engine

xbmcmail-imap is an IMAP/IMAPS email reader for the XBox using the XBox Media Center's builtin Python engine. It supports attachments, folders, mail management (copy, move, delete), printing (text or postscript), multiple accounts, background polling, RTF and HTML converters, and more.

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Multiplication Station will teach your child to add, subtract, and multiply

Multiplication Station will teach your child to add, subtract, and multiply. It is a multi-user application with a simple admin interface. All parameters are configurable, like grid size and the fonts and colors of number ranges. A countdown timer is used to keep the player's attention focused. A list of high scores is maintained.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Zengaia Space : A multiplayer game which can be played over a central Internet server

Zengaia Space is a multiplayer game which can be played over a central Internet server. In the game, you have to build ships, settle new planets, build new shipyards, fight your enemy, and conquer new planets and solar systems.

[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Network Environment] IP :: IPv4
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Games/Entertainment, Games/Entertainment :: Multi-User Dungeons (MUD), Games/Entertainment :: Real Time Strategy, Games/Entertainment :: Simulation, Internet

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Marauroa : A multiplayer online game framework server

Marauroa is a multiplayer online game framework server. It uses a multithreaded server architecture with a UDP oriented network protocol, a MySQL based persistence engine, and a flexible game system. The game system is totally expandable and modifiable by game developers and is able to run Python scripts defining the game's rules. Marauroa is based on a design philosophy called Action/Perception. Marauroa is totally game agnostic and makes very little assumptions about what are you trying to do, allowing a great freedom to create any game type.

[Environment] Console (Text Based), MacOS X, No Input/Output (Daemon), Win32 (MS Windows)
[Intended Audience] Developers
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Java
[Topic] Games/Entertainment, Games/Entertainment :: Role-Playing, Games/Entertainment :: Turn Based Strategy, Internet, Multimedia, Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks

Normal/Displacement Map Generator : To create normal maps for the use in game applications or 3D editors like Blender3D

Normal/Displacement Map Generator allows you to create normal maps for the use in game applications or 3D editors like Blender3D. It supports the generation of geometry normal maps (from hi-res meshes), displacement maps, and merging detail maps.

[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] Microsoft :: Windows, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] C++
[Topic] Multimedia :: Graphics, Multimedia :: Graphics :: 3D Rendering

Squares : A feature-filled SDL version of the classic puzzle game, 8-square

Squares is a feature-filled SDL version of the classic puzzle game, 8-square. It supports board sizes from 3x3 to 10x10 and has the option to use images in "puzzle mode". For more interesting gameplay, it tracks statistics such as the number of moves and time taken so that you can see your best score and try to beat your friends. There are five image sets included, and you can add your own.

[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] Microsoft :: Windows, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] C
[Topic] Games/Entertainment :: Puzzle Games