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8 | 248 | |
410 | 5,803 | |
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7.8 | 9.9 | |
about 2 months ago | 2 days ago | |
TypeScript | C++ | |
MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Ask HN: Great text based games to play?
Counterfeit Monkey by Emily Short. https://github.com/i7/counterfeit-monkey/releases
If you don't want to install a parser on your computer, you can play it online by putting the link to the .gblorb file into https://iplayif.com/ I.e. https://iplayif.com/?story=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fi7%2Fc...
Modern games are generally going to be more approachable than old ones. Tastes have changed considerably. In the days when you couldn't pull up a walkthrough in a few seconds, taking days to think of the next step was part of the fun, and just getting permanently stuck at some point was fairly common. Also, letting the player keep going even after they have done something to make the game unwinnable is now considered very uncool. Navigation is much less tedious these days as well, fast travel for example, although the exact mechanics depend on the game.
And that's not mentioning the amount of CPU and RAM available, not only for the game's runtime, but also for tools like I7 (which was used to write Counterfeit Monkey).
For an quicker introduction to modern "interactive fiction", as it's called these days, check out competition entries. https://intfiction.org/c/competitions/7 These are generally written in a shorter amount of time and the results are quicker to play through.
This is a fun one I played recently about shopping in a grocery store, called Aisle. You only have a single command you can give for the whole game, but there's a looot of them you can provide, and it gives you a different ending for each. Part of the fun is trying to figure out what you can say to find another ending. You can play it directly at the link below.
Play: https://iplayif.com/?story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifarchive.org%2F...
- Ask HN: What game you wished existed?
- Inform 7 v10.1.0 is now open-source
OpenTTD
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6 free games updated in the last 60 days
#6 - OpenTTD - Transport Tycoon Deluxe... with multiplayer.... it has the most Win98 Interface, but once you get past that... this is the best and most amazing free sim tycoon game you will ever find.
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Love the game, but- I dont have 30$
OpenTTD is awesome and comes up quite often if you search for "free alternative" in this sub.
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A similar game to factorio
Probably not nearly as complex and a bit different, but: OpenTTD
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Looking for the code pack that allows people to buy out each other's companies
Not for long: https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/pull/10709
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tell me a native linux game that is not a poor port and maintained well
Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe https://www.openttd.org/
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Im looking to try open source games, what are some good ones?
OpenTTD
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What are your favourite logistics games?
OpenTTD (a fanmade "re-make" of Transport Tycoon Deluxe). https://www.openttd.org/
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Ask HN: Intellectually stimulating gaming sites for children
When I was around that age, I was really into Final Fantasy and the Dragon Warrior series on the NES. I partially attribute them with developing my reading skills and vocabulary.
NES games might be a hard sell for a kid who's already been exposed to flashier games, but the SNES visuals hold up pretty well, and have some of the best RPGs: Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, Secret of Mana, etc. There are also the Pixel Remaster versions of Final Fantasy 1-6 available on PC and modern consoles. Of course, the problem with RPGs is they're mostly about performing violence...
https://shapez.io/ - Shapez is sort of a Factorio-lite. You "mine" shapes, and perform operations on them to satisfy the game's requirements. It starts out pretty simple, but the difficulty ramps up. The demo is playable in the browser.
https://www.openttd.org/ - OpenTTD is essentially a virtual train set. Yes, there are other modes of transportation available, but the trains are where it shines. Might not really be suitable for a child to play solo, it's rather complex.
- Games I can play on a M1 for free
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Is it really that difficult to give developers enough time?
Wait—OpenTTD is on steam? I’ve been downloading it off the website all this time.
What are some alternatives?
OpenRA - Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.
freeciv - Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. Upstream repository for the standalone Freeciv client and server. Report bugs and submit patches at https://osdn.net/projects/freeciv/ticket/
simutrans - Mirror of Simutrans SVN Repository
openmw-android - OpenMW for Android
devilutionX - Diablo build for modern operating systems
Cataclysm-DDA - Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
improved_town_industries - An industry replacement set for OpenTTD.
widelands - Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it.
Liberal-Crime-Squad - An updated version of Liberal Crime Squad
openjazz - OpenJazz
OpenXcom - Open-source clone of the original X-Com 👽
daggerfall-unity - Open source recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine