# OSGL
Infos and technical information about many open source games and frameworks.
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# Games starting with N

Platform:
puzzle text-based
Ncurses implementation of the popular puzzle game 2048.
Inspiration: 2048
Developer: Dettus
Homepage: www.dettus.net/n2048
Technical info
Code languages: C
Code licenses: 2-clause BSD
Code dependencies: ncurses
Build system: Make
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Platform:
role playing 2D space trading
Also available on Steam.
Inspiration: Escape Velocity
Developers: agb32, Alexandru Moșoi, Anatolis, AvanWolf, Bas Fournier, Benoît ROBIN, bobbens, brognam, BSoD-naev, BTAxis, Cypher, Deiz, djvs, Edgar Simo-Serra, Eric Man, EveColonyCommander, fartoverflow, Felix Schneider, Fernando L. Copercini, geever, Hacklin, HatlessAtlas, Ian Douglas Scott, Jack Greiner, Justin Blanchard, Justin Nicholson, Kevin Zheng, Lineth, Ludovic Bellière, Luka Vandervelden, micahmumper, Michal Pasternak, MightBeHarmless, naehc, Nathan Loewen, nenau, nenau-again, Nicolas Kaiser, Old T. Man, Pat Erley, Paul Wise, perey, Peter Johnson, PhoenixRiver, Reynir Björnsson, rkulhanek, Sean Hildebrand, Sudarshan S, The Diligent Circle 丸, thunkk, toams, unavowed, V-ktor, William Leiserson, Wuzzy
Homepages: Archive: 20190419231822/http://blog.naev.org, naev
Downloads: Archive: 20181206030100/http://blog.naev.org/downloads, naev/files
Technical info
Code languages: C, Lua
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: naev/naev.git( since 2009, )
Code dependencies: libxml, OpenAL, SDL2
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Platform:
remake content commercial + original required first-person shooter
NBlood use EDuke32 as base
Inspiration: Blood
Developers: alexey.lysiuk, CommonLoon102, dibollinger, Evan Ramos, Jan, Jordon Moss, MexMeRcUrY, Mitchell Richters, NoOneBlood, nukeykt, NY00123, Pierre-Loup A. Griffais, Richard C. Gobeille, sirlemonhead, Szilárd Biró
Homepage: nukeykt.retrohost.net
Technical info
Code languages: C, C++, Lua
Code licenses: GPL-2.0
Code repositories: nukeykt/NBlood.git( since 2019, )
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Platforms:
game engine
Homepage: neogfx.org
Technical info
Code languages: C++
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: i42output/neoGFX.git
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Platform:
puzzle clone swappable content
Inspiration: Lemmings
Homepages: www.neolemmix.com, www.lemmingsforums.net, bitbucket.org/namida42/neolemmixplayer
Technical info
Code languages: Pascal
Code licenses: ?
Code repositories: bitbucket.org/namida42/neolemmixplayer.git
Code dependencies: Graphics32
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Platform:
remake skill
Also see Netacka 3D (home).
Inspiration: Achtung, die Kurve!
Developer: Paweł Marczewski
Homepage: pwmarcz.pl/netacka
Technical info
Code languages: C
Code licenses: MIT
Code repositories: pwmarcz/netacka.git( since 2017, )
Code dependencies: Allegro
Build system: Make
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Platform:
role playing roguelike
Single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems. See also [NetHack Falcon's Eye](https://sourceforge.net/projects/falconseye/), a graphical modification of NetHack.
Inspiration: Hack
Developers: Adam Powers, alkom, Bart House, chasonr, copperwater, David Cohrs, Dean Luick, Derek, Derek Ray, Dion Nicolaas, HMM, Janet Walz, Jean-Christophe Collet, Kenneth Lorber, Kestrel Gregorich-Trevor, Kevin Hugo, Mak Kolybabi, Michael Meyer, Mike S, Mike Stephenson, NetHack Read-only user, nhkeni, nhmall, NHTangles, Pasi Kallinen, Pat Rankin, Patric Mueller, Tung Nguyen, Warwick Allison
Homepages: www.nethack.org, nethack
Media: NetHack
Download: www.nethack.org/common/index.html
Technical info
Code languages: C
Code licenses: Custom
Code repositories: NetHack/NetHack.git( since 2015, ), Vanilla-NetHack/NetHack-3.4.3.git @add( since 2010, ), git.code.sf.net/p/nethack/NetHack
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Platforms:
cards role playing content open online
Online version of the multiplayer card game Mau Mau, which is a game with some similarities to Uno.
Developer: Heiko Schäfer
Homepages: velnias75/NetMauMau, netmaumau
Downloads: velnias75/NetMauMau/releases, netmaumau/files
Technical info
Code languages: C++
Code licenses: LGPL-3.0
Code repositories: velnias75/NetMauMau.git( since 2014, )
Code dependencies: Qt
Assets licenses: ?
Build system: Make
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Platform:
strategy multiplayer online real-time
See also [Different builds of the old netpanzer code](https://github.com/Rominagrobis/OldNetPanzer), [Android client](https://github.com/francov/netPanzerSB), [ArchLinux page](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/netpanzer/), https://github.com/aaronps/netpanzer
Homepage: www.netpanzer.info
Download: www.netpanzer.info/page/download
Technical info
Code languages: C++
Code licenses: GPL-2.0
Code repositories: BackupTheBerlios/netpanzer-svn.git( since 2015, ), svn.code.sf.net/p/netpanzerfp/code
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Platforms:
action multiplayer online
Multi-player battle simulation with a Star Trek theme. See also [JTrek](http://ftp.netrek.org/pub/netrek/clients/jtrek/), [Netrek RES-RSA](https://launchpad.net/netrek-res-rsa), [HTML5 netrek](https://github.com/apsillers/html5-netrek)
Developers: 324523, Alec Habig, Bill Balcerski, Bob Tanner, Dave Ahn, Dave Pinkney, David Swasey, Gerard Lim, James Cameron, Jeff Nowakowski, Karthik Arumugham, Kurt Siegl, Michael Wyatt, Niclas Fredriksson, Stas Pirogov, Stephen Thorne, Steve Sheldon, Trent Piepho, Zachary Uram
Homepages: www.netrek.org, netrek, mactrek.sourceforge.net/Welcome.html
Media: Netrek
Downloads: www.netrek.org/downloads, www.playnetrek.org
Technical info
Code languages: C
Code licenses: Custom
Code repositories: netrek.cvs.sourceforge.net
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Platform:
simulation sports content commercial
Major League Baseball Simulation. Communication with Marshal Lake in August, 2019: "... the code is in the public domain. ... Anyone can use the code for anything they like."
Developer: Marshall Lake
Homepage: nsbb
Download: nsbb/files
Technical info
Code languages: C
Code licenses: Public domain
Code repositories: nsbb.cvs.sourceforge.net
Assets licenses: (player pictures are from baseball-reference.com)
Build system: Make
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Platforms:
action clone
Part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill. Includes Neverputt, a hot-seat multiplayer miniature golf game.
Inspiration: Super Monkey Ball
Developers: Byron Johnson, camthesaxman, Cheeseness, Clément Guérin, Florian Priester, georgwachter, gunchleoc, htnever, Ian Walker, Jānis Rūcis, Laurent Moussault, Mehdi Yousfi-Monod, nicolaschaufette, Paul Ruediger, Robert Kooima
Homepages: neverball.org, Archive: 20090105213528/http://icculus.org/neverball
Media: Neverball
Download: neverball.org/download.php
Technical info
Code languages: C, C++
Code licenses: GPL-2.0
Code repositories: Neverball/neverball.git( since 2013, ), Neverball/neverball-docs.git @add( since 2013, ), Neverball/neverball-music.git @add( since 2017, )
Code dependencies: SDL
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Platform:
action first-person shooter
See https://github.com/atphalix/nexuiz, https://gitlab.com/nyov/nyovs-nexuiz
Developers: Andreas Kirsch, Benjamin Darling, Dan Korostelev, esteel, Forest Hale, Hans Dampf, Kristian Johansson, Lee Vermeulen, Morphed, RazorWind Team projects, Rudolf Polzer, Saulo Gil, SavageX, SeienAbunae
Homepages: www.alientrap.com/games/nexuiz, nexuiz
Media: Nexuiz
Download: nexuiz/files
Technical info
Code languages: C++
Code licenses: GPL-2.0
Code repositories: svn.icculus.org/nexuiz/trunk
Code dependencies: DarkPlaces
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Platforms:
remake content commercial + original required racing
Inspiration: Need For Speed II
Developer: Błażej Szczygieł
Homepage: zaps166/NFSIISE
Technical info
Code languages: C
Code licenses: MIT
Code repositories: zaps166/NFSIISE.git( since 2014, )
Code dependencies: SDL2
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Platform:
arcade puzzle remake shooter
May be uploaded in the future under https://github.com/brickviking
Inspiration: Paradroid
Developers: Dion Bonner, Eric Gillespie, Eskild Hustvedt, Jason Nunn
Homepages: night-hawk.sourceforge.io, night-hawk
Media: Nighthawk
Download: night-hawk.sourceforge.io/dl.php
Technical info
Code languages: C++
Code licenses: GPL-2.0
Code repositories: osgames/night-hawk.git, night-hawk.cvs.sourceforge.net
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Platform:
platform content open
The player controls a cat named Nikki, who is able to remotely control robots via terminals, in order to solve puzzles.
Developers: Changlin Li, Sönke Hahn
Homepage: nikki-and-the-robots/nikki
Technical info
Code languages: Haskell
Code licenses: LGPL-3.0
Code repositories: nikki-and-the-robots/nikki.git( since 2014, )
Assets licenses: CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC0
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Platforms:
platform 2D content open
Player's goal is to collect sweets and avoid the traps and enemies.
Homepages: Archive: 20100109033002/http://www.badsectoracula.com/games/nikwi, packages.debian.org/search?keywords=nikwi
Technical info
Code languages: C++
Code licenses: GPL-2.0
Assets licenses: GPL
Build system: Make
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Platform:
remake role playing roguelike
Inspiration: Larn
Developers: j-p-e-g, Joachim de Groot, jpeg
Homepages: nlarn.github.io, nlarn
Media: NLarn
Downloads: nlarn/nlarn/releases, nlarn/files/nlarn
Technical info
Code languages: C, Lua
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: nlarn/nlarn.git( since 2018, )
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Platforms:
arcade 3D shooter space
Developers: Matt Williams, Stephane Denis
Homepages: nogravity, www.nogravitythegame.com/classic
Media: No Gravity, www.mobygames.com/game/no-gravity_
Download: nogravity/files
Technical info
Code languages: C
Code licenses: GPL-2.0
Code repositories: nogravity.cvs.sourceforge.net
Build system: Visual Studio
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Platform:
action 2D shooter
Inspiration: Noiz2
Developer: Alistair Rutherford
Homepage: alistairrutherford/noiz2-droid
Download: f-droid.org/de/packages/com.netthreads.android.noiz2
Technical info
Code languages: Java
Code licenses: 2-clause BSD
Code repositories: alistairrutherford/noiz2-droid.git
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Platforms:
arcade shooter
Developer: Evil Mr Henry
Homepages: www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/noiz2sa_e.html, noiz2sa.sourceforge.net, noiz2sa
Download: noiz2sa/files
Technical info
Code languages: C, C++
Code licenses: 2-clause BSD
Code dependencies: SDL
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Platform:
remake role playing content open roguelike
Inspiration: Ragnarok
Homepages: Serg-Norseman/NorseWorld-Ragnarok, norseworld
Technical info
Code languages: C#
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: Serg-Norseman/NorseWorld-Ragnarok.git
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Platforms:
action content open
With gravity in which the player controls the rotation of the game field.
Inspiration: Pac-Man
Developer: Sam Hocevar
Homepage: stabyourself.net/notpacman
Download: stabyourself.net/notpacman/#download
Technical info
Code languages: Lua
Code licenses: WTFPL
Code dependencies: LÖVE
Assets licenses: WTFPL
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Platforms:
sports
Pinball game.
Developers: Eric Ahnell, wesley
Homepage: engrams.dev/nova-pinball
Download: wesleywerner/nova-pinball/releases
Technical info
Code languages: Lua
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: wesleywerner/nova-pinball.git( since 2015, ), wesleywerner/nova-pinball-engine.git @add( since 2015, )
Code dependencies: LÖVE
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Platform:
sports content open similar
Fork of Naev
Inspirations: Escape Velocity, Naev
Developers: Alexandru Moșoi, Anatolis, AvanWolf, Bas Fournier, brognam, BSoD-naev, Cypher, Edgar Simo-Serra, Eric Man, Felix Schneider, geever, HatlessAtlas, Ian Douglas Scott, Justin Nicholson, Kevin Zheng, Kinniken, Ludovic Bellière, Luka Vandervelden, Nathan Loewen, Nicolas Kaiser, Old T. Man, Pat Erley, Paul Wise, perey, Peter Johnson, PhoenixRiver, Reynir Björnsson, rkulhanek, Sean Hildebrand, Sudarshan S, The Diligent Circle 丸, toams, unavowed, William Leiserson
Homepage: Archive: 20200812112828/http://noximperii.com
Technical info
Code languages: C
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: Kinniken/NoxImperii.git( since 2016, )
Code dependencies: SDL
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Platform:
remake strategy
Inspiration: Stars!
Developer: Nathaniel Woods
Homepages: nstars.sourceforge.net, nstars
Download: nstars/files
Technical info
Code languages: C#
Code licenses: ?
Code repositories: nstars.cvs.sourceforge.net
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Platforms:
remake skill
Inspiration: Tetris
Developers: Code., Robin Kirkman
Homepage: NullpoMino/NullpoMino
Download: nullpomino/nullpomino/releases
Technical info
Code languages: Java
Code licenses: 3-clause BSD
Code repositories: NullpoMino/NullpoMino.git( since 2016, )
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Platforms:
puzzle simulation content open physics
Drawing puzzle game, where the goal is to draw shapes on a drawing to get two given objects to touch.
Developers: albanobattistella, hoijui, Thomas Perl, Tim Edmonds
Homepage: numptyphysics.garage.maemo.org
Technical info
Code languages: C++
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: thp/numptyphysics.git( since 2012, ), svn2github/numptyphysics.git @add( since 2017, )
Code dependencies: Box2D, SDL2
Assets licenses: GPL-3.0
Build system: Make
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Platform:
action clone content open
Clone of Super Monkey Ball.
Inspirations: Neverball, Super Monkey Ball
Homepage: uppgarn.com/nuncabola
Technical info
Code languages: Java
Code licenses: GPL-2.0
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Platform:
game engine remake content original required
Does it include alternate graphics?
Inspirations: Ultima VI: The False Prophet, Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams, Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
Developers: Dominik Reichardt, Eric Fry, J. Applegate, Jeremy Newman, Jonathan E. Wright, kirben, Kirben, Malignant Manor, Markus Niemistö, Michael Fink, Pieter Christiaan Luteijn, Sam Matthews, vividos, Willem Jan Palenstijn, Zabeus
Homepages: nuvie.sourceforge.net, nuvie
Technical info
Code languages: C, C++, Lua
Code licenses: GPL-2.0
Code repositories: nuvie/nuvie.git( since 2015, ), svn.code.sf.net/p/nuvie/code
Build system: CMake, Make
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Platform:
platform remake content open
Does it require original content?
Inspiration: Cave Story
Developers: Caitlin Shaw, EXL
Homepages: nxengine.sourceforge.net, nxengine, exlmoto.ru/nxengine
Media: NXEngine
Download: EXL/NXEngine/releases
Technical info
Code languages: C, C++
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: EXL/NXEngine.git( since 2014, )
Code dependencies: SDL
Build system: QMake
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Platform:
platform remake content open
Inspiration: Cave Story
Developers: Alexander Schlarb, Carsten Teibes, cat, Clownacy, Epifanov Ivan, Tim
Homepage: nxengine/nxengine-evo
Technical info
Code languages: C++, C
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: nxengine/nxengine-evo.git( since 2014, )
Code dependencies: SDL2
Build system: CMake
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Platform:
action tank
Inspiration: Xtank
Developers: OneOfAmorphis, Quadrofonic, Richard Hendricks, ryanismean
Homepages: nxtank.sourceforge.net, nxtank
Download: nxtank/files
Technical info
Code languages: Python
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: osgames/nxtank.git, svn.code.sf.net/p/nxtank/code
Code dependencies: OGRE
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