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What is your favorite multiplayer FOSS game? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] TPWitchcraft@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

In no particular order:

Online/LAN:

Xonotic: Good for online/LAN-play. UT-Style FPS.

OpenRA: Damn well good. RTS.

Warsow: Similar to Xonotic, but much faster. Damn good game. Sadly, defunct.

Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart: If you like kart games and think they are all to easy, this is your choice.

Online/Split Screen/Couch coop:

SuperTuxKart: Damn fun, especially with a few add on tracks and good company at your place.

Hedgewars: Similar to Worms: Armageddon.

Battle for Wesnoth: Really fun once in a while. Neither the online nor the local experience is really "better".

Offline/Split Screen/Couch Coop:

Atomic Tanks: Worms on steroids.

Barbarian: Rocks. The OSS-Version is a tad bit obscure.

I didn't do VCMI, but Homm3 is one of my big local multiplayer favorites. I wait for the full inclusion of WoG before shooting it up. Also, as a young boi I really loved C-Dogs. The thing is now open source, check it out.

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most of Warsaws devs and players have moved to Warfork after disagreeing with the actions of Warsaws owner.

[–] lenathaw@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I used to play a lot of Warsaw and never heard of the fork. I'll Check it out later tonight, thanks!

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 years ago

0 A.D. - an Age of Empires style RTS that's actually really good, especially the background music for all the civilisations, the minor details on the structures, and the customisable AI behavior.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago

Xonotic and Veloren are great.

Not a personal favorite, but many people seem to enjoy Mindustry.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://www.openttd.org/

[–] olivier@lemmy.fait.ch 6 points 2 years ago

I've had a blast playing Smokin' Guns : https://www.smokin-guns.org/downloads

(Veloren is pretty awesome too, in a completely different way : https://veloren.net/ )

[–] JonnyRobbie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

a few years ago, I played sauerbraten a lot.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

...and today, I also played today... but I played a lot a few years ago too.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

OpenTTD

[–] PublicLewdness@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Red Eclipse or Xonitic for me

[–] 257m@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

OpenArena

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Warfork is my favorite by far. Also, their website lists a selection of other open source games at the bottom of the page.