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Open source can juice the video game market
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| Video games, as a market, have always made
| the Mac look open. Closed platforms are
| the rule. Digital Rights Management (DRM)
| is considered a mandate.
|
| But the good times are no longer rolling.
| Sales plunged in April, for both hardware
| and software.
|
| There is a second trend. Gamers continue
| to get older, more reflective. My own son
| is 18, has played all his life, but now
| finds himself drawn to âancientâ games,
| games made in the 20th century. He has
| even messed around a bit with scripting.
|
| Could open source be the answer? The
| Humble Indie Bundle, having hit its
| financial target with the strange idea
| that people should pay for games what they
| want, is fulfilling its promise to release
| the code, under the GPL. (Hereâs the code
| repository.)
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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/open-source-can-juice-the-video-game-market/6477
Penumbra: Overture, HPL1 Engine And OALWrapper Released As Open Source
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| Frictional Games are the second company to
| release the source code of their game and
| engine because of the Humble Indie Bundle
| success.
| The game and engine were released under
| few different licenses depending on the
| tools, game parts : GPLv3, Creative
| Commons 3 and zlib
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http://lgn.linux-hardcore.com/penumbra-overture-hpl1-engine-and-oalwrapper-released-as-open-source/
Recent:
Three nice opensource games for Linux
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| My today selection for Linux gamers are three
| nice opensource games, the games are
|
| * Go Ollie! : At first sight Go Ollie!
| looks like a game for kids, but once you
| play it you realize it can be fun for
| anyone, no matter what age.
| * Bos Wars : A futuristic real time
| strategy game (RTS)
| * Scorched 3D : A simple turn-based
| artillery game and also a real-time
| strategy game in which players can
| counter each others' weapons with other
| creative accessories, shields and
| tactics.
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http://www.unixmen.com/gaming-on-linux/991-another-five-nice-opensource-games-for-linux
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