Homebrew GameDev on SourceForge

07/25/2004

Homebrew GameDev on SourceForge

Working to finish an article today, I made the mistake of clicking through to SourceForce's list of Turn-Based Strategy projects. Homebrew, freeware cross-platform game projects in progress. Fabulous! Fascinating. Fun!

I tried Tyrant which added some pretty little graphics on top of NetHack-type play.

I looked at MegaMek, an old-school BattleTech hex-gaming clone. But it wasn't as drop-in-and-play friendly as Tyrant, so I could put that off.

Mostly, I'm just delighted to see that there's 814 projects in development there. A lot to check out! And that's just turn-based strategy -

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Also:
wesnoth.org, for a pretty good fantasy wargame.
http://members.cox.net/swt2/Tendrils/ for a combination of a roguelike game, Dance Dance Revolution, and stacks of obscure 80's arcade games..

Posted by: Factory | 07/26/2004 at 01:04 AM

Thanks for the reccomendations. Tendrils is great!

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07/25/2004