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I'd like to take this opportunity to acknowledge what I feel is the greatest FOSS reimplementation of a game engine: OpenTTD[1]. I'm sure many here fondly reme

I'd like to take this opportunity to acknowledge what I feel is the greatest FOSS reimplementation of a game engine: OpenTTD[1]. I'm sure many here fondly remember Transport Tycoon Deluxe, but for those who don't know it, imagine Sim City but only the transportation side of things (sea, air, road and rail.) The cities grow organically and you need to connect them with each other and industries dotted around the map. It also has multiplayer which is really fun if you want to work either with or against others. It seems the game is really enjoyable for analytical / engineering types, and I still love to play it after over a decade since I found it. Nowadays, OpenTTD is available via most popular distros' package managers, along with free graphic and sound assets so you can jump right in[2]. [1]: https://www.openttd.org/en/ https://www.openttd.org/en/ [2]: pacman -S openttd openttd-opengfx openttd-opensfx apt install openttd openttd-opengfx openttd-opensfx yum install openttd openttd-opengfx

Sevrene 10y ago
I love OpenTDD, but I had no idea you could install it with package managers. That's awesome.
PercussusVII 10y ago
I'd like to take this opportunity to hijack the thread
- sctb 10y ago
  Please stop. We ban accounts that don't comment civilly and substantively.
mbrock 10y ago
Building efficient rail networks is one of the most interesting parts of the game. OpenTTD extends TTD with "presignals" and "path signals" which allow much better junctions and stations. https://wiki.openttd.org/Signals https://wiki.openttd.org/Signals https://wiki.openttd.org/Building_railway_stations https://wiki.openttd.org/Building_railway_stations https://wiki.openttd.org/Advanced_signalling_examples https://wiki.openttd.org/Advanced_signalling_examples
spb 10y ago
Sounds like a more detailed version of Mini Metro: http://dinopoloclub.com/minimetro/ http://dinopoloclub.com/minimetro/
- beefsack 10y ago
  Apples and oranges, I'm not sure people who enjoy Mini Metro would automatically take to TTD. Mini Metro is a fun little abstract puzzler, wheras TTD is a fairly complex simulation.
gazarullz 10y ago
and for mac brew install homebrew/games/opentdd

Sevrene 10y ago

I love OpenTDD, but I had no idea you could install it with package managers. That's awesome.

PercussusVII 10y ago

I'd like to take this opportunity to hijack the thread

sctb 10y ago
Please stop. We ban accounts that don't comment civilly and substantively.

mbrock 10y ago

Building efficient rail networks is one of the most interesting parts of the game. OpenTTD extends TTD with "presignals" and "path signals" which allow much better junctions and stations. https://wiki.openttd.org/Signals https://wiki.openttd.org/Signals https://wiki.openttd.org/Building_railway_stations https://wiki.openttd.org/Building_railway_stations https://wiki.openttd.org/Advanced_signalling_examples https://wiki.openttd.org/Advanced_signalling_examples

spb 10y ago

Sounds like a more detailed version of Mini Metro: http://dinopoloclub.com/minimetro/ http://dinopoloclub.com/minimetro/

beefsack 10y ago
Apples and oranges, I'm not sure people who enjoy Mini Metro would automatically take to TTD. Mini Metro is a fun little abstract puzzler, wheras TTD is a fairly complex simulation.

gazarullz 10y ago

and for mac brew install homebrew/games/opentdd