Games starting with G
Platform: Original GalaxyMage is lost with the Internet Archive not having stored any snapshot of it.
mature
inactive since 2005
Platform: Play by email interstellar wargame for multiple players.
See also https://github.com/scumola/GalaxyNG, https://github.com/toddcarnes/goggle, [GalaxyView](https://sourceforge.net/projects/galaxyview/) a turn viewer for this project, https://github.com/gumpu/GalaxyNGV2
Developers:
Bogdan Mincu ,
Chris Shaffer ,
Frans Slothouber ,
Geoff Lamperd ,
Ian Evans ,
Ken Weinert ,
Matthew Messana ,
Paul Heinzlreiter ,
ref ,
Steven Webb ,
Thomas Odaker
Platform: Set in post Soviet environment.
mature
inactive since 2016
Inspiration:
Team Fortress 2
Developers:
Alexander Nadeau ,
Andrea ,
ASBenz ,
BasedUser ,
Derpduck ,
jason ,
Lennert Claeys ,
Medo42 ,
Michael Lin ,
PrOF-kk ,
qoh
mature
inactive since 2013
Platforms: Educational software suite offering numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Partly commercial.
Platform: As close to the original as possible.
Platform: Tools for using hexagonal grids in GDScript.
Platform: Roguelike mecha RPG series.
There are several successors.
Platform: Futuristic roguelike, sequel to GearHead.
Platforms: Placing gems in vertical lines destroys them and ultimately leads to completion of a level. It has been compared to "Tetris meets Space Invaders".
Technical info
Code languages:
C
Code licenses: GPL-2.0
Code dependencies:
SDL
mature
inactive since 2016
Platform: Multiplayer Pac-Man where you control the ghosts. Designed as a programming game, but has human controls. Considered finished, but bugs will be fixed etc.
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inactive since 2018
mature
inactive since 2018
mature
inactive since 2017
Platform: The player controls a robot called GJID. The robot volunteered to cleanup the dungeon from dangerous weapons by moving them into recycling bins.
mature
inactive since 2012
mature
inactive since 2005
Developers:
A Braunsdorf ,
Arne Reiners ,
Bernhard Kaindl ,
Bilal Ahsan ,
Cedric Delfosse ,
Eric Cheung ,
Eugene Andreeshchev ,
James Stone ,
Jean-Marc Le Peuvedic ,
Lourens Veen ,
Norbert Drexl ,
Piotr Pawlow ,
Thomas Drexl
mature
inactive since 2009
Platform: See also [Glest Advanced Engine](https://sourceforge.net/projects/glestae/).
Platform: Reduces micro-management by automatically assigning tasks to units.
mature
inactive since 2018
Platforms: Is played with a dice and 4 pawns per player. Players have to move their pawns out of their nest, around the whole board, into the destination of the player's color.
Inspiration:
Portal
Developers:
Ahmed Hussein ,
Aleksey Bykhun ,
Amir Uqdah ,
Bowen Yan ,
Celeste Wouters ,
Geert Custers ,
Henry Hirsch ,
Hermann Rolfes ,
JulianThijssen ,
Juraj Oravec ,
Nilay ,
PM ,
Simon Larsen ,
Stephan Vedder ,
xantares
Platforms: 3D snake game based on the light cycle portion of the film Tron.
Inspiration:
Snake
Developers:
andi75 ,
Andreas Umbach ,
Andy Howe ,
Darrell Walisser ,
Jonathan Atkins ,
kkaisershot ,
Martin Donlon ,
Nicolas Deniaud ,
nicolas zimmermann ,
Nou Phabmixay ,
Tim Peeler ,
Todd Kirby
Platform: 2D chess game for GNOME desktop. It automatically detects installed chess engines (such as GNU Chess) for computer players.
Formerly a part of GNOME Games.
mature
inactive since 2015
Platform: Hearts card game for the GNOME desktop.
mature
inactive since 2017
Platforms: Can be used together with a graphical frontend such as XBoard.
Windows binaries via https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/
mature
inactive since 2012
Platforms: Dink Smallwood is an adventure/role-playing game, similar to Zelda (2D top view), made by RTsoft. FreeDink is a new and portable version of the game engine.
Based on RTSoft and Dan Walma works.
Technical info
Code languages:
C
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code repositories: git.savannah.gnu.org/git/freedink.git ,
git.savannah.gnu.org/git/freedink/dfarc.git @add ,
git.savannah.gnu.org/git/freedink/dink-data.git @add ,
git.savannah.gnu.org/git/freedink/freedink-data.git @add ,
cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/freedink
Code dependencies:
SDL
Assets licenses:
CC-BY ,
CC-BY-SA ,
Free Art ,
GPL-3.0 ,
Open Audio ,
WTFPL ,
zlib
mature
inactive since 2011
Platforms: Go‐playing program.
Can also be used with graphical frontends like like GoGui, qGo and CGoban 1.
mature
inactive since 2018
mature
inactive since 2011
Platforms: Mouse controlled platformer about an earth worm.
Technical info
Code languages:
?
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code dependencies:
SDL
Assets licenses: CC-BY-SA-3.0
mature
inactive since 2018
Platform: GoldenEye: Source is a multiplayer only total conversion modification of Half-Life 2.
Inspiration:
Game of Life
Developers:
Adam P. Goucher ,
Alan Hensel ,
Andrew Trevorrow ,
Brenton Bostick ,
Chris Rowett ,
Dave Greene ,
Jason Summers ,
Maks Verver ,
Robert Munafo ,
Scorbie ,
tim_hutton ,
Tomas Rokicki ,
William R. Buckley
mature
inactive since 2014
Platforms: See also https://launchpad.net/~gottcode/+archive/ubuntu/gcppa
Technical info
Code languages:
C++
Code licenses: GPL-3.0
Code dependencies:
Qt
Platforms: An SDL remake of the old DOS game Arcade Volleyball.
mature
inactive since 2006
Platform: Anagrams-playing game.
Technical info
Code languages:
Java
Code licenses:
?
mature
inactive since 2008
Platforms: Second autobiographical game by Jason Rohrer.
mature
inactive since 2015
Platform: Remake of the American Civil War game for DOS, originally developed by Dagger Interactive Technologies and Greenius, published by Empire Interactive in 1995.
Platform: Harvest Moon (SNES) remake for UWP and Xbox One. Is Windows, Linux supported?
mature
inactive since 2017
mature
inactive since 2014
Platforms: A real-time strategy programming game, in which you control teams of robots as they forage, reproduce and fight.
See also the [Java Port](https://github.com/manofsteel76667/Grobots_Java).
Platforms: Clone of the DOS game Liero.
Inspirations:
Doom ,
Doom II ,
Heretic ,
Hexen
Developers:
3saster ,
Alexander Kromm (m8f) ,
alexey.lysiuk ,
Alison Watson (Nightdive Studios) ,
argv-minus-one ,
Benjamin Moir ,
Blue-Shadow ,
Braden Obrzut ,
Cacodemon345 ,
Christoph Oelckers ,
Christopher Bruns ,
Chronos Ouroboros ,
Colton G. Rushton ,
David CARLIER ,
dondiego ,
Ed the Bat ,
Edoardo Prezioso ,
Edward Richardson (Nightdive Studios) ,
Eevee ,
Erick Tenorio ,
FishyClockwork ,
Gaerzi ,
Gutawer ,
j-palomo ,
Jordon Moss ,
JP LeBreton ,
kcat ,
Kevin Caccamo ,
Kyle Evans ,
Leonard2 ,
Lucy Phipps ,
Maarten Lensink ,
Magnus Norddahl ,
MajorCooke ,
Marisa Heit ,
Marisa Kirisame ,
MaxED ,
Michael Labbe ,
mykola-ambar ,
Nash Muhandes ,
Nemrtvi ,
nukeykt ,
Player701 ,
raa-eruanna ,
Rachael Alexanderson ,
SanyaWaffles ,
Shawn Walker-Salas ,
Sterling Parker ,
svdijk ,
Teemu Piippo ,
Thomas Hume ,
vanhofen ,
Vitaly Novichkov ,
William Breathitt Gray ,
Xaser Acheron ,
yqco ,
Zain Aamer ,
ZZYZX
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