stk-code VS openmw

SuperTuxKart - Mario Kart inspired racing game. C++, C, OpenGL, SDL2

Unfortunately, the three people who programmed the vast majority of modern SuperTuxKart and managed the community were bullied out of the project a couple years ago. [1]

The new team lead was somebody who seemed to have a habit of stonewalling [2] ideas and code contributions from both community members and the dev team, talking down about "newbie-tier players" with "zero skill", and [3] hyperfixating on "balance" (in what is fundamentally a kids' game) without room for fun or discussion. The lead artist, who made basically all the tracks that are worth looking at, and whom I'd worked with now and then to get a couple contributions included, eventually disappeared too.

Naturally, commits, contributors, and blog posts/updates are now at an all-time low. [4]

1: https://blog.supertuxkart.net/2019/05/my-departure-from-supe...

2: https://forum.freegamedev.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8086&p=77...

3: https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code/issues/3888#issueco...

4: https://openhub.net/p/supertuxkart

It is a thing, Google is advocating for it, and many also use SDL - for example, or this.

SuperTuxKart (version 1.4): A 3D arcade racer with a variety of characters, tracks, and modes to play.

That feeling when a meme vid has better reflections than the actual game

No problem! For starters, you'll want to compile and run the game. Are you using Windows, macOS, or Linux on your main PC? Instructions can be found at https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code/blob/master/INSTALL.md but I;d be happy to walk you through the process if it makes it easier :)

OpenMW - The Elder Scrolls Morrowind clone. C++, OpenGL

I downloaded the build via openmw-0.48.0-Linux-64Bit.tar.gz, it runs very well, but whenever I add the game as a shortcut to steam, the performance fumbles, I get around 25-30 fps at best, and I tried to experiment a bit and search more on the internet for a solution before posting in here, but nothing have helped as of yet. If there's someone who worked it out, please share it with us.

They haven't been great at announcing progress lately, but it is ongoing. The GitHub page is showing plenty of commits still coming in: https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/commits/master

It's open-source and anybody can take a look at the code. Trading and Speechcraft changes are detailed here and here, respectively.

There's also a fan made open source game engine recreation for it called OpenMW that makes it a dream to play on anything from an android phone to a Mac to a PC.

On the main openmw config, there's different files listed https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/blob/master/files/openmw.cfg

Download this .dmg and install this version of OpenMW. I pulled it straight from their GitHub and it is the same one I use. Try the process with this see if it helps?