#fossgames — Public Fediverse posts

I was going to play Feudal Tactics, and saw they link to https://keepandroidopen.org/. There is a lot of good information there about how Google planning to block independent developers. It's horrible!

Feudal Tactics is a fun turn based strategy game by the way. Here's a link to its project page
https://github.com/Sesu8642/FeudalTactics

#keepAndroidOpen
#fossGames

I'm in a #puzzle mood today. I've just downloaded #WordMaker from @fdroidorg . It's a quite recent and fun little #crosswords puzzle game.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.vayunmathur.games.wordmaker

#mobilegames #fossgames #fdroid

@delta Hope #DeltaChat can upgrade to @Luanti world of messaging later : )

#Luanti #FOSSgames #FOSSgaming #OpenSourceGames #OpenSourceGaming #FreeSoftware #Minetest

B-side gaming zine #9 last one for now (news, emulation, horror, humor)

https://piefed.social/c/Bside/p/1412170/b-side-gaming-zine-9-last-one-for-now-news-emulation-horror-humor

(Linux news in previous posts of thread)

FOSS NEWS

Mozilla rolls out improved Firefox profile management to keep browsing activities separate:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/mozilla-rolls-out-improved-firefox-profile-management-to-keep-browsing-activities-separate/

Shotcut 25.10 Video Editor Rolling Out More AI-Powered Functionality:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Shotcut-25.10-Beta

Blender 5.0 Beta Builds Available Ahead Of Next Month's Official Release:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.0-Beta

Organic Maps adds Android Auto speed limits, GeoJSON import, recording track stats, & more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/organic-maps-adds-android-auto-speed-limits-geojson-import-recording-track-stats-and-more/

FreeTube video playback has been broken in the past 2 weeks
[no article about it]
(Seems like they are struggling to find a new workaround for YouTube blockages. Would be sad to lose one of the most feature-rich YouTube clients, but at least it can still be used as a "sub manager" or search engine, links can be copied to yt-dlp, inv.nadeko.net, an external video player, etc. (although inv.nadeko.net also breaks sometimes, or is extremely slow))

Notesnook 3.3 has been released with search filters, editor stats, and new pricing plans:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/notesnook-3-3-has-been-released-with-search-filters-editor-stats-and-new-pricing-plans/

Ente Photos now lets users embed public albums on external websites, with auto updates:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/ente-photos-now-lets-users-embed-public-albums-on-external-websites-with-auto-updates/

GIMP 3.0.6 Update is a Bug-Fix Backport Bonanza:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/gimp-3-0-6-update-fixes-bugs

Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.14 brings an improved minimap, particle improvements and UI tweaks:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/luanti-formerly-minetest-v5-14-brings-an-improved-minimap-particle-improvements-and-ui-tweaks/

At 40 Years, Free Software Foundation Now Wants to 'Free Your Phone':
https://news.itsfoss.com/fsf-librephone-initiative/

Ladybird passes the Apple 90% thresholf on web-platform-tests, marking a major milestone:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/ladybird-passes-the-apple-90-thresholf-on-web-platform-tests-marking-a-major-milestone/

(more FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #Firefox #Shotcut #FreeSoftwareFoundation #FSF #LibrePhone #OrganicMaps #Blender #FreeTube #YouTubeFrontend #YouTubeSucks #Notesnook #Ente #EntePhotos #GIMP #Luanti #Minetest #Ladybird #WebBrowser #FOSSGaming #FOSSGame #FOSSGames #Multimedia #Productivity #ContentCreation #VideoEditor #VideoEditing #Maps #ImageManipulation #NoteTaking #Gaming #Animation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FosseryTech

(Linux news in previous posts of thread)

FOSS NEWS

LBRY project is alive, now managed by LBRY Foundation, working on a new LBRY CLI:
https://gothub.lunar.icu/LBRYFoundation/lbry-cli

F-Droid warns Google’s sideloading rules will kill the project & several open-source apps:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/f-droid-warns-google-s-sideloading-rules-will-kill-the-project-and-several-open-source-apps/

Brave launches Ask Brave AI chat search with privacy and multimedia answers:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/brave-launches-ask-brave-ai-chat-search-with-privacy-and-multimedia-answers/

Brave Wallet integrates Cardano for ADA and native assets:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/brave-wallet-integrates-cardano-for-ada-and-native-assets/

Signal announces advancements in post-quantum security for the encrypted Signal protocol:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/signal-announces-advancements-in-post-quantum-security-for-the-encrypted-signal-protocol/

Free Software Foundation Names New President:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FSF-New-President-2025

Media player Haruna 1.4 improves playlist management, mouse settings and playback controls:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/media-player-haruna-1-4-improves-playlist-management-mouse-settings-and-playback-controls/
(Really nice improvements, I have quite a lot of YouTube videos downloaded to watch later, more videos than time lol, so it's pretty neat that I can reorder videos now in the playlist.)
(Yes, I use Haruna despite having a VLC logo on my pfp lol)

Joplin 3.4 brings mobile rich text editor, enhanced publishing, and smaller desktop app:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/joplin-3-4-brings-mobile-rich-text-editor-enhanced-publishing-and-smaller-desktop-app/

Calibre 8.12 introduces Tolino firmware support and Ollama AI updates:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/calibre-8-12-introduces-tolino-firmware-support-and-ollama-ai-updates/

Blender 5.0 Vulkan Render Tests Passing On AMD & NVIDIA But Failing For Intel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.0-Vulkan-Intel-Fail

OpenMW 0.50.0 for Morrowind has a first Release Candidate with gamepad support and a gamepad UI:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/openmw-0-50-0-for-morrowind-has-a-first-release-candidate-with-gamepad-support-and-a-gamepad-ui/

Open source strategy shooter Unvanquished gets a big new release with SDL3:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/open-source-strategy-shooter-unvanquished-gets-a-big-new-release-with-sdl3/

(more FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #LBRY #FDroid #Android #Brave #AskBrave #BraveWallet #Signal #FreeSoftwareFoundation #FSF #Haruna #Joplin #Calibre #Blender #OpenMW #Unvanquished #FOSSGaming #FOSSGame #FOSSGames #Multimedia #Productivity #ContentCreation #Chat #VideoSharing #NoteTaking #Ebook #EbookReader #Gaming #VideoPlayer #Animation #Crypto #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FosseryTech

I am really enjoying the game Extra Ordinance on Luanti, https://content.luanti.org/packages/Sumianvoice/extra_ordinance/
You are essentially a mech warrior with powerful guns trying to survive against swarms of digging bugs.

I can see why it won they 2024 game jam. I played multiplayer on LAN with my 7 year old son and we both had fun.
#luanti
#extraOrdinance
#fossGames
#freeSoftware

Bueno, hoy probamos The Mana World en Undernet, no se lo pierdan https://www.themanaworld.org/ #games #juegos #rpg #mmorpg #gaming #gamers #undernet #opensource #freesoftware #fossgames

Reposting this awsome lemmy thread by @MITM0 with hashtags for the benefit of people following me on Mastodon:

Here we’ll simply share the names of some cool Libre/OpenSource Android games that are available (Or should be made available) on Fdroid

#gaming #LinuxGaming #FLOSS #FOSS #FossGames #FDroid #Linux #Android

@fdroid

Taisei Project, a FOSS Touhou Project fangame, has released v1.4.2!

there are many bugfixes included within, including some performance upgrades for macOS that I helped facilitate. (I also rewrote the all the dialogue and cutscenes from scratch for v1.4!)

Linux, Mac, and Windows are all supported, as well as an experimental WebGL version you can play in most major browsers

check it out: https://github.com/taisei-project/taisei/releases/tag/v1.4.2

#touhou #touhouproject #taiseiproject #fossgames #indiedev #東方project

I just started playing and enjoying Feudal Tactics, https://github.com/Sesu8642/FeudalTactics. It is very minimal turn based strategy game, where you try to conquer an island with competing kingdoms. It is tricky because you want to build up more warriors to take more land but you have to pay them, so there is a balance. You can build castles too 🏰. I could see it being a fun party game. Cheers to the developer for making it!
#openSourceGames
#foss
#fossGames
#turnbasedStrategy
#hexmap

@yujiri @wyatt8740 In my opinion, #esports are a waste because most of them rely on proprietary video games. This means a game's publisher has power to shut down a tournament by asserting its exclusive right under #copyright to perform the game publicly. Nintendo has done this, as have other companies. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/07/why-nintendo-can-legally-shut-down-any-smash-bros-tournament-it-wants/

To make esports not a waste, get players more interested in #FOSSGames.

@abcxyz I was thinking just a couple of days ago about developing a 2D boardgame in flutter as well in the upcoming months!
So if there is something #opensource to take inspiration from it would be really useful.

#FOSSGames #indiedev

@jp @amin

That looks neat! #FOSSGames FTW!

Desktop toy of the day: The Powder Toy

An extremely comprehensive, but nonetheless easy to play with, physics sandbox into which you can throw a variety of solids, liquids, powders, gasses, manipulate forces, and more.

If you've ever played sand:box on Android or Steam, you'll be familiar with the genre.

The Powder Toy is libre, longer established, and does more.

Download it from the project website:
https://powdertoy.co.uk/

Build it from source:
https://github.com/The-Powder-Toy/The-Powder-Toy

Or grab it from Flathub:
https://flathub.org/apps/uk.co.powdertoy.tpt

#FreeGames #FOSSgames #PhysicsSandbox #DesktopToys

My older son (5 years old) has been getting into SuperTuxKart recently. I have it running on a linux miniPC connected to our TV with xBox360 controllers. It's so fun watching him get the hang of it! I'm grateful to the SuperTuxKart team. It's helping me to share the joy of free and open source software with my son 😀
#supertuxkart
#fossgames
https://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page

I remember enjoying platform fighter games as a kid, games like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Soul Caliber. Do you know if there are any free and open source games in this genre?
#platformFighter
#foss
#openSourceGames
#fossgames

Managed to squeeze in an update for my little experimental first person sci fi ice skating combat game before the end of the year. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3dVFM02F34
#indiegame #indiedev #freegame #fossgames

Tagged v1.3 just earlier. Hoping to have an announcement/builds/a video up over the weekend, but if anybody's super keen in the meantime, sources are here! https://gitlab.com/Cheeseness/FLAT/
#fossgames

Looking for an OpenGL and C++ developer (let's do portals!) - Unvanquished

https://unvanquished.net/looking-for-an-opengl-and-cpp-developer/

#Cpp #OpenGL #fossgames