MOTUGames

Welcome to the MOTU Games team

Members

• CoreyBurger

• ReinhardTartler

Current projects

• UniverseGamesWithoutDesktopFile

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

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

• 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

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]

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]

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

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]

Websites

• [http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php] - We should check this list to see what we can ship and already ship.

Current top games at HappyPenguin.org