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linux_notes [2021/08/02 15:22] – Fixed some game links, little notes on FS2 and Mini Metro rjtlinux_notes [2024/01/08 20:25] (current) – Picross Touch rjt
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 ===== Notes on Linux Games ====== ===== Notes on Linux Games ======
-Notes about games available on [[:linux]].+Notes about games available on [[linux]].
  
-Note that lots of other games are easy to run on Linux with [[:wine]] and [[:steam#Steam Play]] :-) On the [[microsoft_windows_notes|windows recs.]] page I include a note on how the game runs on Linux 8-)+Note that lots of other games are easy to run on Linux with [[wine]] and [[steam#Steam Play]] :-) On the [[microsoft_windows_notes|windows recs.]] page I include a note on how the game runs on Linux 8-)
  
-^ //The Battle for Wesnoth// | also on: AndroidOSX, Win, |+^ //A Short Hike// | also on: MacPS4, Switch, Win, XBO | 
 +| I enjoyed plopping round the islands well enough, but it's all a bit too slippery and frictionless, and the story and dialogue are pretty tedious and twee. || 
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 +^ //[[a_valley_without_wind_series#A Valley Without Wind]]// | also on: Mac, Windows | 
 +| Really interesting adventure game with all sorts of mechanisms in it. That kinda game where it feels to big to know, where you're always finding something new. All of [[Arcen]]'s game have this kind of richness, in my experience. || 
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 +^ //[[a_valley_without_wind_series#A Valley Without Wind 2]]// | also on: Mac, Windows |
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 +^ //The Battle for Wesnoth// | also on: Android, OSX, Win, ? |
 +| I've only played it a little, but thought it was really good. It was so long ago I'll need to start fresh next time though. Nice to play an open-source game that's not trying to be a clone of anything. ||
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 ^ //BATTLETECH// | also on: OSX, Win | ^ //BATTLETECH// | also on: OSX, Win |
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 ^ //[[clairvoyance]]// | also on: Mac, Win | ^ //[[clairvoyance]]// | also on: Mac, Win |
-| //Clairvoyance// is a turn-based, [[multiplayer#asynchronous|asynchronous multiplayer]] game where you control a group of four robots trying to destroy your opponent's. The fun is in trying to predict what they'll do, and how things go wrong and right because of that :)\\ Never had any luck running it on [[:arch_linux|Arch]], but *buntus seem fine. Works perfect in [[:wine]]. ||+| //Clairvoyance// is a turn-based, [[multiplayer#asynchronous|asynchronous multiplayer]] game where you control a group of four robots trying to destroy your opponent's. The fun is in trying to predict what they'll do, and how things go wrong and right because of that :)\\ Never had any luck running it on [[arch_linux|Arch]], but *buntus seem fine. Works perfect in [[wine]]. || 
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 +^ //CrossCells// | also on: Mac, Win | 
 +| [[Logic puzzle]] that gets too mathsy for me. Same guy as the //[[Hexcells]]// games ||
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 ^ //Door Kickers// | also on: OSX. Win | ^ //Door Kickers// | also on: OSX. Win |
-| If you want //[[:frozen_synapse]]// with worse art direction, worse controls, no multiplayer, and leveling guff, //and// you have a hard-on for cops, then maybe //Door Kickers// is for you! ||+| If you want //[[frozen_synapse]]// with worse art direction, worse controls, no multiplayer, and leveling guff, //and// you have a hard-on for cops, then maybe //Door Kickers// is for you! || 
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 +^ //Ex-Zodiac// ''[demo]'' | also on: Mac, Win | 
 +| Maybe a bit //too// //[[star_fox_series|Star Fox]]//y, and uses the fashionable, oversaturated colour palette I hate, but otherwise seems real solid. Looking forward to seeing what they add. ||
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 ^ //Freeciv// | also on: Browser, Win, ? | ^ //Freeciv// | also on: Browser, Win, ? |
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 ^ //[[mini_metro]]// | also on: Android, iOS, OSX, PS4, Switch, Win | ^ //[[mini_metro]]// | also on: Android, iOS, OSX, PS4, Switch, Win |
-| I always think this is a relaxing puzzle game, but it's not relaxing at all! Still, I really like it. Has a nice blend of things I like from puzzles and city builders.\\ There's now a sequel called //[[Mini Motorways]]//, but that's Windows-only. ||+| I always think this is a relaxing puzzle game, but it's not relaxing at all! Still, I really like it. Has a nice blend of things I like from puzzles and city builders.\\ There's now a sequel called //[[Mini Motorways]]//, but there'no Linux version. || 
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 +^ //Picross Touch// | also on: Mac, Windows 
 +| It's okay, but the puzzles are way too easy; so many are symmetrical. There's a puzzle creator and Steam Workshop support, which I haven't dug int yet ||
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 ^ //Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble// | also on: OSX, Win | ^ //Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble// | also on: OSX, Win |
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 ^ //Tanks of Freedom// | also on: Android, Browser, BSD, OSX, Win | ^ //Tanks of Freedom// | also on: Android, Browser, BSD, OSX, Win |
-| An open-source //[[form:videogame:wars_series|Advance Wars]]// clone, that I didn't enjoy so much. The damage stuff is really simplified, and it felt like things to%%o-%%easily turned into battles of attrition, with not much tactical variety.\\ It has a level editor though!||+| An open-source //[[wars_series|Advance Wars]]// clone, that I didn't enjoy so much. The damage stuff is really simplified, and it felt like things too-easily turned into battles of attrition, with not much tactical variety.\\ It has a level editor though!||
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