unknown-horizons
Unknown Horizons official code repository (by unknown-horizons)
VVVVVV
The source code to VVVVVV! http://thelettervsixtim.es/ (by TerryCavanagh)
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| 11 | 28 | |
| 1,391 | 6,827 | |
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| 5.6 | 9.7 | |
| 4 months ago | 18 days ago | |
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| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
unknown-horizons
Posts with mentions or reviews of unknown-horizons.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-13.
- Unknown Horizons is a 2D real-time strategy simulation
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Any free base builders on pc?
Open Horizons (Anno-like?)
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Starting an open-source re-implementation of an old game
In case you didn't know about it you might be interested in contributing to https://unknown-horizons.org/
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Alternative to Banished
Unknown Horizons is inspired by the Anno series. Not exactly the same, but also a city builder with resource management.
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Ask HN: Favourite Open Source Game?
Not mentioned yet:
Unknown Horizons https://unknown-horizons.org/
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Is there a way to buy a pc game that will allow me to make a high number of accounts? Say ~100?
I suggest you google for "open source [genre]" or something like that. There are games like FreeCiv (Civilization 2 clone), FreeCol (Colonization clone), 0AD (medieval but maybe too much strategy oriented), Unknown Horizons (Anno clone) or Wildelands (Settler 1/2 clone).
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game recommendations for a low-end laptop?
OpenRCT2 UnReal World Unknown Horizons Freeciv Haven & Hearth
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Games for an outdated potato.
Unknown Horizons
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Very low end linux games ?
0 A.D. , Unknown Horizons , NetHack , FreeOrion , Minetest
- Don't neglect Open Source Games! They'll be great on Steam Deck!
VVVVVV
Posts with mentions or reviews of VVVVVV.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-09.
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why are gamedevs so against sharing code?
*The Monkey's Paw curls* https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV
- It just keeps getting worse the more you scroll
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How to install old(er) linux games with unmet dependencies?
VVVVVV at least has since become open source.
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Good Games for 13 year old laptop with linux mint (Its a Mac book pro 5.1)
VVVVVV - A platformer where you flip gravity instead of jumping. Was recently open-sourced to celebrate the game's 10th anniversary!
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Can you give an example of well-designed C++ code, and explain why you think it is so?
Yeah, just look at this beauty! https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV/blob/master/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
- Ask HN: Favourite Open Source Game?
- how would i make a game like VVVVVV
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Is making a game supposed to be this messy?
Finally, games are really that complex. Check out for example Terry Cavanagh's blog post on releasing the source code for VVVVVV, and check out the source for Game.cpp (although keep in mind this was ported from ActionScript).
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Nothing but the truth here..
So it seems to be an unofficial policy rather than a written rule, if those allegations are true (remember that those are Wolfire's claims of what Valve said). Certainly there doesn't seem to be consistent enforcement - for instance Tales of Maj'Eyal is free, but $7 on Steam. Apparently there are some minor differences - does that mean that they can claim that it's a "separate version" and hence doesn't need price parity, even though 99.9% of the game is identical? There's also VVVVVV, which is open source (albeit years after initial commercial release) where you can freely build the exact same copy as on Steam ($5), including steamworks support. Does that count as a "separate version" when you just have to compile code? Admittedly these are two indie games, albeit extremely well-known ones, but then - isn't Wolfire Games also an indie studio?
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Seems Steam Deck verification is using Proton instead of native builds in some instances
I think it's worth noting VVVVVV has actually been open-sourced https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV
What are some alternatives?
When comparing unknown-horizons and VVVVVV you can also consider the following projects:
osu - rhythm is just a *click* away!
Celeste - Celeste Bugs & Issue Tracker + some Source Code
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/
teiserver - Middleware server for online gaming
shapez.io - shapez is an open source base building game on Steam inspired by factorio!
shapez.io - shapez.io is an open source base building game inspired by factorio! Available on web & desktop
skia-binaries - Prebuilt binaries generated with GitHub Actions that are downloaded by skia-binding's build.rs script.
OpenWorm - Repository for the main Dockerfile with the OpenWorm software stack and project-wide issues
SNKRX - A replayable arcade shooter where you control a snake of heroes.
oolite - The main Oolite repository.