Mudlet VS scummvm

Mudlet - Client to connect to a MUD server, scriptable. C++, Lua

Mudlet is a crossplatform (Windows, macOS, Linux) C++ application that embeds Lua - could be a good way to get started with this kind of development in a safe environment and get some experience under your sleeve.

Mudlet uses C++ and Qt, it's a popular project in a niche area: MUD gaming!

I can't help with Fedora repos but there is flatpak support available for testing.

Check out the list on Mudlet (https://mudlet.org), it's a FOSS desktop app for playing online test games you describe. Comes with a selection of good games pre -configured.

Try out the StickMUD UI via Mudlet client (mudlet.org) from the list of default games.

My website for a FOSS application, https://mudlet.org has been completely delisted from DDG: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Amudlet.org&atb=v315-1&ia=web

Try turning off MCCP compression in the Mudlet settings menu as that seems to work for some. You can read more here: https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/issues/3530 and add your experience.

You can download the latest AppImage from mudlet.org, maybe that will work for you.

ScummVM - Engine to run DOS Point & Click Adventure games. C++, SDL2, OpenGL

They're now affiliated with ZoomPlatform, if you want to both buy DRM-free and support ScummVM: https://www.scummvm.org/news/20230830/ , https://www.scummvm.org/ (link on right under PayPal)

u/d10sfan has added ScummVM port for Sanitarium to Luxtorpeda repos. Thanks to that, modern port of the game can be played as a Steam game.

u/d10sfan has added ScummVM port for Sanitarium to Luxtorpeda repos. Thanks to that, modern port of the game can be played as a Steam game.

SCUMM VM is now like that, plenty of Point and Click games https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm

It's a long shot, but some old games are available via https://www.scummvm.org/

Ultima 6 - I use ScummVM to play it. It's a great engine that provides a layer of UI compatibility over the game.

The game is "Beneath A Steel Sky", an old school point and click adventure. And though the graphics are pixel style, they are still very well done, and the game and story are still great. The emulator is ScummVM. There's some other games that were released as freeware.

ScummVM, which has been working on Adobe Director support, can detect the game (thank you @mistydemeo <3), but trying to run it will softlock you on the game's title screen, unable to click anything. It's likely this will be fixed in the future, but for now I can't recommend it for this particular game.