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Josh's List of Free Software Games

<h<lvor<> - Variations on Rockdodger<>

I helped write this, so naturally I like it. :)  A simple 2D space game
with basically Newtonian physics.  You pilot a ship through an asteroid
field.  Your ship has four-way thrusters, which both move your ship and
push the rocks around.  The only objective is to stay alive for as long
as possible.

<h<lxkobo<><>

Another great 2D space game.  Your ship moves in 8 directions, and
shoots bullets out of both ends.  This makes for a neat dynamic, as you
can kill things by driving straight away from them.  Destroy the enemy
bases which are made out of pipes.  One hit and you're dead.  50 levels,
which repeat with increasing difficulty.

<hwok<>

<lhttp://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/linux/wok_e.html<>

You control a flying "wok" with the mouse.  Balls of various sizes fall
from the top of the screen; your objective is to catch them all and
throw them off the right side of the screen.  If any ball falls off the
bottom of the screen (they fall more slowly the closer they get to the
bottom), you lose.  Throw more balls at once for score multipliers.
Simple, yet fun.

<hQonk<>

<lhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/qonk/<>

Just about the simplest possible real time strategy game.  It's set in a
solar system, with many planets and moons.  Your planets and moons
produce ships, which you can send to take over other planets.  The
object is to take over the entire system.  Games only take a few
minutes.

<lhttp://funnyboat.sourceforge.net/<>

A simple action game in Python.  Side view, you control a steamboat
(which can jump!) with a small cannon.  Pilot it safely through
shark and pirate-infested waters, avoid the mines, shoot seagulls, and
finally sink the "legendary Titanic".

<hRi-li<>

<lhttp://ri-li.sourceforge.net<>

Drive a train around various tracks.  The object is to collect all the
cars without crashing into yourself.  The implementation is solid (and
has translations for a bazillion different languages), but the controls
are rather annoying.  You have to make choices at places that I don't
think you should have to.  This is apparently by the design; many levels
make use of it to make them harder.  I just find it annoying.

Don't even bother playing these.  However, if you feel like using the
idea for a new game, and doing it right, I'd love to hear about it...

<hRebound<>

<lhttp://rebound.sourceforge.net<>

Breakout, only you control the ball's left/right motion directly (no
paddle, ball bounces off the bottom).  But if you let off the arrow
keys, the ball reverts to going straight up and down.  How dumb is that?
The arrow keys should accelerate the ball left and right, and it should
have proper inertia.  Neat idea, but I don't recommend actually playing
this one.

<lhttp://toppler.sourceforge.net<>

A jump-n-run where you are climbing up a round tower.  Instead of your
character moving left or right, he stays in the center of the screen,
and the tower rotates.  Which is a neat visual effect, but the gameplay
is simply <eAWFUL<>.  There are (unmarked) blocks that push you to one
side or another, or vanish from under your feet with no warning.  There
are things that zip in from the side and kill you, and depending on
where you are you have zero opportunity to dodge them.  They used the
<eSAME BUTTON<> for shoot and jump.  If you're moving, you jump instead
of shoot, and you can't jump high enough to get over an enemy, so if you
were trying to shoot, you generally just die.  Don't even bother playing
this one.  But it would be cool if someone would implement something
like this which was actually fun...

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