With lots of enhancements for the classics Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2, the TRX project version 1.0 is out now with an LUA scripting engine for modders.

So what exactly is TRX? It aims to enhance the classic Tomb Raiders games through decompilation and the implementation of open-source alternatives to proprietary components. TRX is a single engine capable of running TR1, TR2, and custom levels respecting each of the distinct, classic engines' mechanics.

Version 1.0 was released November 23rd bringing the two games together under one roof, and with a new LUA scripting engine that could be really fun for modders to do all sorts with the game. There's absolutely tons more that was added into this release like improved rendering, support for triangular geometry, support for additive blending in textures, a new easter egg command for TR1, support for TR2 weapons in TR1 and so much more.

Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source. The source has been around for a while but now it's all proper.

From the announcement they said:

Today, we’re preserving a cornerstone of gaming history that is near and dear to our hearts. Together, Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License. Our goal is simple: to place historically important code in the hands of students, teachers, and developers so they can study it, learn from it, and, perhaps most importantly, play it.

Giving evolution a little bit more visual flair, Thrive is a scientific open source sim about surviving and growing as a tiny creature. A new release has arrived bringing with it some pretty big changes to how it looks, along with even more customization of your run.

What is it? You take control of an organism on an alien planet, starting off in the microbe stage. The game world and other creatures all evolve and change as you do. It's all quite science-focused too, although not too overloading. It's seriously cool.

Boxcars is a free and open source application for playing backgammon online and offline.

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3182230/Boxcars/

Source code: https://codeberg.org/tslocum/boxcars

Website: https://bgammon.org/

We are also using it to test the new PeerTube instance of f-hub.org

https://pr0game.com/

Classic version of the now P2W cult browser game OGame. They are starting a new universe in November (teaser trailer https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QfSfS2yxqJ4 ) Code is at https://codeberg.org/pr0game/pr0game

VCMI / HoMM3

OpenGothic / Gothic 1 and Gothic 2

OpenWM / Morrowind

OpenMohaa / Medal of Honor

Also Quake 1,2,3 and probably some more.