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Spin Name

Games

Summary

Provide a live DVD with a show case of games from Fedora.

Owner(s)

Detailed Description

  • The spin is intended to be based off the live desktop spin (minus wine). There is not room on a DVD for all of the games in Fedora. The intention is to try to include the best games from various genres and possibly cut a few items from the desktop spin.
  • Below is a list of games specifically included (a few more might come from the desktop spin):
Package Name Web site Summary
abe [1] Scrolling, platform-jumping, ancient pyramid exploring game
abuse [2] The classic Crack-Dot-Com game
alex4 [3] Alex the Allegator 4 - Platform game
alienarena [4] Multiplayer retro sci-fi deathmatch game
alienblaster [5] Action-loaded 2D arcade shooter game
amoebax [6] Action-Puzzle Game
armacycles-ad [7] A lightcycle game in 3D
asc [8] Advanced Strategic Command
astromenace [9] Hardcore 3D space shooter with spaceship upgrade possibilities
auriferous [10] Game inspired by the classic Loderunner
ballbuster [11] Move the paddle to bounce the ball and break all the bricks
ballz [12] Platform game with some puzzle elements
beneath-a-steel-sky-cd [13] Beneath a Steel Sky - Adventure Game - CD version
blobAndConquer [14] Blob Wars 2: Blob And Conquer
blobwars [15] Mission and Objective based 2D Platform Game
bolzplatz2006 [16] Slam Soccer 2006 is a funny football game in 3D-comic-style
bombardier [17] The GNU Bombing utility
boswars [18] Bos Wars is a futuristic real-time strategy game
bsd-games [19] Collection of text-based games
bygfoot [20] Bygfoot Football Manager
bzflag [21] 3D multi-player tank battle game
cdogs-sdl [22] C-Dogs is an arcade shoot-em-up
celestia [23] OpenGL real-time visual space simulation
childsplay [24] Suite of educational games for young children
clanbomber [25] Lay bombs and Blast the other players of the field game using ClanLib
clonekeen [26] "Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons" clone
crack-attack [27] Puzzle action game
CriticalMass [28] SDL/OpenGL space shoot'em up game also known as critter
crossfire-client [29] Client for connecting to crossfire servers
crystal-stacker [30] Falling blocks, match 3 or more of the same color crystals
dd2 [31] Dodgin' Diamond 2 - Shoot'em up arcade game
duel3 [32] One on one spaceship duel in a 2D arena
egoboo [33] A top down graphical (3D) RPG in the spirit of Nethack
enigma [34] Clone of the ATARI game Oxyd
escape [35] Extensible block-pushing puzzle game
extremetuxracer [36] 3D racing game featuring Tux
fbg [37] Falling Block Game
fillets-ng [38] Fish Fillets Next Generation, a puzzle game with 70 levels
FlightGear [39] The FlightGear Flight Simulator
flight-of-the-amazon-queen-cd [40] Flight of the Amazon Queen - Adventure Game - CD version
foobillard [41] OpenGL billard game
freeciv [42] A multi-player strategy game
freecol [43] Turn-based multi-player strategy game
freedoom [44] Replacement game files for doom game engines
freedroidrpg [45] Role playing game with Freedroid theme and Tux as the hero
frozen-bubble [46] Frozen Bubble arcade game
gcompris [47] Educational suite for kids 2-10 years old
gemdropx [48] Falling blocks puzzlegame
gl-117 [49] Action flight simulator
glaxium [50] An OpenGL space shooter
glest [51] 3D real time strategy game
glob2 [52] An innovative RTS game
gnubg [53] A backgammon game and analyser
gnugo [54] Text based go program
gweled [55] Swapping gem game
hedgewars [56] 2D tankbattle game with the tanks replaced by hedgehogs
KoboDeluxe [57] 3'rd person scrolling 2D shooter
lacewing [58] Arcade-style shoot-em-up
lbrickbuster2 [59] Brickbuster arcade game
lincity-ng [60] City Simulation Game
liquidwar [61] Multiplayer wargame with liquid armies
lmarbles [62] Atomix clone where you create figures out of marbles
londonlaw [63] Online multiplayer version of a well known detective boardgame
lure [64] Lure of the Temptress - Adventure Game
machineball [65] A futuristic ball game with simple rules
Maelstrom [66] Space combat game
magicor [67] Push ice blocks around to extenguish all fires
manaworld [68] 2D MMORPG world
maniadrive [69] 3D stunt driving game
methane [70] Super Methane Brothers
mirrormagic [71] Puzzle game where you steer a beam of light using mirrors
nazghul-haxima [72] A full-featured role-playing game for the Nazghul engine
nethack [73] A rogue-like single player dungeon exploration game
nethack-vultures [74] NetHack - Vulture's Eye and Vulture's Claw
netpanzer [75] An Online Multiplayer Tactical Warfare Game
neverball [76] Roll a ball through an obstacle course
nexuiz [77] Multiplayer, deathmatch oriented first person shooter
njam [78] Maze-game, eat all the cookies while avoiding the badguys
nogravity [79] Space shooter in 3D
openlierox [80] Addictive realtime multiplayer 2D shoot-em-up
pachi [81] Pachi El Marciano - Platform Game
pinball [82] Emilia arcade game
pingus [83] Guide the penguins safely home before they drop of the cliff
pioneers [84] Turnbased board strategy game (colonize an island)
pipenightdreams [85] Connect the waterpipes to create a proper pipeline
pipepanic [86] A pipe connecting game
planets [87] A celestial simulator
poker2d [88] GTK poker client to play on a poker-network server
powermanga [89] Arcade 2D shoot-them-up game
pychess [90] Chess game for GNOME
PySolFC [91] A collection of solitare card games
quake3 [92] Quake 3 Arena engine (ioquake3 version)
quake3-demo [93] Quake 3 Arena tournament 3D shooter game demo installer
quarry [94] A multi-purpose board game GUI
raidem [95] 2d top-down shoot'em up
Ri-li [96] Arcade game where you drive a toy wood engine
rocksndiamonds [97] Underground digging game
rogue [98] The original graphical adventure game
rott-shareware [99] Rise of the Triad shareware version
scorched3d [100] Game based loosely on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth
scorchwentbonkers [101] Realtime remake of Scorched Earth
seahorse-adventures [102] Help barbie the seahorse float on bubbles to the moon
shippy [103] Space invaders / Galaxians like game with powerups
solarwolf [104] A Python port of SolarFox
sopwith [105] SDL port of the sopwith game
stellarium [106] Photo-realistic nightsky renderer
stormbaancoureur [107] Simulated obstacle course for automobiles
supertux [108] Jump'n run like game
supertuxkart [109] Kids 3D go-kart racing game featuring Tux
taxipilot [110] Game where you pilot a taxi in space
tecnoballz [111] A Brick Busting game
torcs [112] The Open Racing Car Simulator
trackballs [113] Steer a marble ball through a labyrinth
tremulous [114] First Person Shooter game based on the Quake 3 engine
tuxpaint [115] Drawing program designed for young children
tuxpaint-stamps [116] Extra stamp files for tuxpaint
tuxtype2 [117] Tux Typing, an educational typing tutor for children
ularn [118] Simple roguelike game
ultimatestunts [119] Remake of the famous DOS-game Stunts
urbanterror [120] FPS best be described as a Hollywood tactical shooter
vavoom [121] Enhanced Doom, Heretic, Hexen and Strife source port
vodovod [122] A pipe connecting game
warzone2100 [123] Innovative 3D real-time strategy
wesnoth [124] Turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme
widelands [125] Open source realtime-strategy game
wordwarvi [126] Side-scrolling shoot 'em up '80s style arcade game
worldofpadman [127] World Of Padman - Comic 3D-Shooter
worminator [128] Sidescrolling platform and shoot'em up action-game
wormux [129] 2D convivial mass murder game
xblast [130] Lay bombs and Blast the other players of the field (SDL version)
xgalaxy [131] Arcade game: shoot down the space ships attacking the planet
xmoto [132] Challenging 2D Motocross Platform Game
zasx [133] Asteroid like game with powerups

Benefit to Fedora

I think a games spin is more likely to get people to try it out than most other spins. As such it makes it a nice candidate for being handed out at events focusing on introducing people to Fedora. While the games are not going to be impressive for hard core gamers, there is a nice variety that is likely to have something of interest for most people. A liveusb based on the spin could be even better as that allows people to play their games on other people's computers while keeping their saved games and high score lists with them.

Kickstart File

http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=spin-kickstarts.git;a=blob_plain;f=fedora-livedvd-games.ks;hb=master

ISO Name / FS Label

Fedora-11-i686-Live-Games

Dependencies

  • The games spin iso image will be limited to 4 GiB. Currently that is acheived by cutting Openarena. Alternatives should be at least looked at here. I don't want to cut addons with music (and the like) for included games. I'd rather have fewer better games. One approach is to build a version on top of the live base instead of live desktop to see which packages are added by the desktop, but not needed to support any of the games. The live desktop adds about 200 MB on top of the live base kickstart. So there isn't a lot to be gained there, but I want to look at it now, since there is so little headroom a minor change late in rawhide could bump the spin over.
  • There is a bug (476369) in the solar plugin that should get fixed. (Note that this probably affects most if not all live spins, so I am not going to hold up just the games spin for it.)
  • I have added a short note in the Doc Beat for Live images. Is anything else necessary for release notes?

Scope / Testing

  • We will include many games that are not installed by default in the desktop spin. Since the total set of games will not fit on a single DVD, we will try to include the more polished games available, including those that require 3D graphics support and network play.
  • All specifically included games (which need to be listed here) need to be tested to make sure they are playable.
  • Sound and music should work for games that provide it.
  • Be sure to test network play for games that support it using livedvd networking.
  • Do at least some testing of 3D games to make sure they work. Getting good hardware coverage may be difficult.

Comments and Discussion

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