NEW Games

This list gives an overview of games which are not yet in Ubuntu. Perhaps you can help the [:MOTUGames] Team to bring them into universe?

How to adopt a game

If you find a game in the list below that you would like to see in the Universe repository, you can try to package it. However, you should first search the internet to see if someone has already created a package for the game. In that case, please add a link to this wiki page. If you created a source package for the game, please add it on [:MOTUNewPackages] and contact a Member of the [:MOTUGames]Team.

Please note that not every game is distributable. We can only include games that are freely redistributable. This restriction excludes commercial games like Doom, Quake, and such.

The Debian wiki has explanations for why certain games cannot be included in Debian and/or Ubuntu: http://wiki.debian.org/QualityGamesUnsuitableForDebian. Perhaps we could distribute them in the Multiverse repository for Ubuntu, but this would require additional consideration. Feel free to start a wiki page documenting your investigations.

Help Needed!

This page needs your help. It has currently grown very long, and there are obviously some entries which should be moved out of this list. If you want to help the [:MOTUGames] team, please help us triage the next section. Use the following template for each game entry (this was taken from http://wiki.debian.org/ProspectiveGamesInDebian):

Game name - template

• Home page: [http:// Home page link]

• License: License name and/or link to license text

• Download page: [http:// url to download page]

• Description: (The best game template ever)
• Notes: (special requirements or dependencies not in ubuntu [yet])

Please note that the license for each game is important. Many games use different licenses for their game engines and artwork, respectively. Packagers should definitely take note, as licenses play an important role in determining which packages will be included in the repositories.

Debian has done some research about games which are unsuitable for packaging; you may use this research for triaging the list of packages below: http://wiki.debian.org/QualityGamesUnsuitableForDebian

New games currently not in Ubuntu

• Danger from the Deep (dangerdeep) [http://dangerdeep.sourceforge.net/] ([http://gmail-notify.sourceforge.net/download.php Debian package available], but doesn't work correctly with Ubuntu)

• Crown & Cutlass [http://crownandcutlass.sourceforge.net/]

  • FTBFS - this is due to some very dumb coding on the part of upstream

• OpenBubbles [http://www.freewebs.com/lasindi/openbubbles/]

  • Built and tested on Breezy, runs (sound issues) - CoreyBurger is building package

• GalaxyHack [http://galaxyhack.sourceforge.net/]

• S.C.O.U.R.G.E [http://scourge.sourceforge.net/]

  • bddebian - Seems like a cool game but has license issues on the data package. Spoke with upstream, they are working on it.

• Gnome War Pad [http://gwp.lunix.com.ar/index.php]

  • Upstream has .debs, we should get the sources from them
  • Should be entering debian soon

• Bub & Bob Brothers [http://bub-n-bros.sourceforge.net/]

  • This Bubble Bobble clone is great! Relies on Python, tested and works in hoary([JonDodson]). Mit License.

• Ultimate Stunts [http://www.ultimatestunts.nl/]

  • Packaging in progress by MattGalvin, working out some bugs with upstream

• IGE - Outer Space [http://www.ospace.net/index.en.html]

• Dark Oberon [http://dark-oberon.sourceforge.net/]

  • Compiled this game(JonDodson). Graphics are really well done. They use a make script and some OpenGL libraries that are not that standard. However, the game is very well done.

• Vulture's Eye [http://www.darkarts.co.za/projects/vultures/] - The successor of falcon's eye.

• Warzone 2100 GPL [https://gna.org/projects/warzone/]

  • redevelopment of the commercial Warzone2100 game, so everything is pretty complete and balanced
• Gusanos

  • Home Page: [http://gusanos.sourceforge.net/]

  • License: GPL
  • Description: GUSANOS is an open-source clone of the DOS game Liero. It currently works on Windows and Linux.

Brand new games with potential

• MULE [http://www.heroicproportions.org/downloads.html]

• OpenCity [http://opencity.sourceforge.net/]

• Qonk [http://anthony.liekens.net/index.php/Computers/Qonk]

  • Really nice in its simplicity

• DarkWorld [http://darkworld.sourceforge.net/index.php]

• TA Spring [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/] [http://taspring-linux.berlios.de/]

  • Redevelopment of the commercial Total Annihilation game, so everything is pretty complete.

  • Join channel #taspring on FreeNode or channel #sy on QuakeNet for more info.

  • Multiplatform multiplayer needs love (sync problems). It is playable if you manage to get a cluster of identical linux boxes and play with the same binary on every box.

  • There are some unofficial debian packages in progress. I (TobiVollebregt) actually have a bzipped debian dir in my e-mail box, which I still need to check out...

Java Games

• Stendhal [http://arianne.sourceforge.net/?arianne_url=games/game_stendhal] - relies on Sun's Java Webstart

• Spice Trade [http://www.spicetrade.org/] - relies on Sun's JVM

• TripleA [http://triplea.sourceforge.net/] - more investigation needed

Game editors

• Flexlay [http://flexlay.berlios.de/]

• GTKRadient [http://www.qeradiant.com/]

• Kartta [http://www.2ndpoint.fi/index.ph?page=projektit&project=kartta]

Porting projects

• Freespace2 [http://icculus.org/freespace2/index.php]

Currently non-free games that could be free with work/time

• Cube [http://wouter.fov120.com/cube/]

  • Not redistributable. Engine is zlib, media files are mostly nonfree

• OpenTTD - [http://www.openttd.com/]

  • Currently requires media files from original game
• Quake 3: Arena
  • Engine is GPL, content is not.

  • Attempt to create free (gpl) content: [http://www.planetgargoyle.com/openarena/]

  • There is ongoing work to package this for debian: http://bugs.debian.org/324179

Graphics for non-existant games

Only rarely do artists produce graphics before a game. Nicu (of Planet.ocal) has created art for a mr potato head game, but needs a gnome programmer. [http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2005/05/one-potato-two-potatos.html Blog entry]

Games where the developers have called for help

The games listed here have a working and playable version already, they just need polishing

• Gtetrinet [http://gtetrinet.sourceforge.net/]

• Gnome-mud [http://amcl.sourceforge.net/]

• The call for both of the above was made here: [http://oskuro.net/blog/freesoftware/gtetrinet-gnomemud-releases-2005-05-12-18-33 Blog Entry]

• Xconq [http://www.xconq.org/] The call was made here: [http://happypenguin.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1788 Linux Game Tome forum post]

  • Epiar [http://www.happypenguin.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1768 Linux Game Tome forum post]

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Chess

The exist an active community of chess players who do not change from a propriétary platform to Ubuntu because their chess platform does not work on Ubuntu. Some investigation has been made that I summarize here: [ChessInUbuntu]

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