NEW
NEW Games
This tries to give an overview of games, which are not in ubuntu yet. 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 you want to have in universe, you could try to get it packaged. Please first look around in the web, if someone already did it. 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 to ubuntu, which are freely redistributable. This restriction excludes commercial games like Doom, Quake, and similar.
New games currently not in Ubuntu
Glest [http://www.glest.org/]
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
S.C.O.U.R.G.E [http://scourge.sourceforge.net/]
Gnome War Pad [http://gwp.lunix.com.ar/index.php]
- Upstream has .debs, we should get the sources from them
Globulation 2 [http://epfl.ysagoon.com/wiki//index.php]
Secret Maryo Chronicles [http://smclone.arturh.com/]
I([JonDodson]) have built this for hoary, no issues. Game released under the LGPL, GPL and Creative Commons license(s). The game art is all original, albiet VERY similar to Super Mario World(however, slightly different).
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.
Nexuiz [http://www.nexuiz.com/]
- GPL Quake source engine with free textures. I have tested this game on Ubuntu Hoary and it works great. Sources are included in the main zip file. Someone should add this game to the Debian archives for inclusion into Ubuntus next release. This game is a amazing GPL/Free game!
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]
Brand new games with potential
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
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, 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]