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12. Websites
12.1. Meta gaming websites
- The Linux Game Tome: www.happypenguin.org
About the games themselves.
- linuxgames: www.linuxgames.com
Linux gaming news
- www.holarse.net
Linux meta gaming site for German speaking folk.
12.2. Commercial Linux Game Websites
12.2.1. Where to buy commercial games
- Tux Games: www.tuxgames.com
Your one stop shop for buying any commercial Linux game (software vendors like Tribsoft and Loki have online shops at their websites too).
- ebgames: www.ebgames.com
They've got the best prices for Linux games I've ever seen.
12.2.2. Who Used To Release Games For Linux
- Loki Software: www.lokigames.com
As the company that brought CTP and Quake3 to Linux, Loki was the father of Linux gaming. They were one of the first and had, by far, the most titles (I own ALL of them). Loki ported games to Linux, mostly using the SDL library. Loki's death in January 2002 was the biggest setback Linux has ever had in its attempt to capture the general desktop market. Linuxgames.com has a nice Loki timeline at http://www.linuxgames.com/articles/lokitimeline/
- Tribsoft: www.tribsoft.com
Tribsoft released Jagged Alliance 2, an excellent rpg/strat which claimed 2+ weeks of my life. There were slated to release Europai Universalis, Majesty and Unfinished Business. However, as of 3Jan01, Mathieu Pinard of Tribsoft said that he was taking a break and Tribsoft would no longer release games for awhile. He'll still support JA2 but don't expect patches or updates.
- MP Entertainment: www.hopkinsfbi.com
MP Entertainment released Hopkins FBI, my favorite game ever released for Linux. More violent than Quake. More nudity than Hustler. More camp than Liberacce. It's a comic book on your monitor. They were slated to release Hopkins FBI II and a few other titles, but it's been a few years since the announcements with no sign that the games are coming. They've ignored all my attempts at finding out more information, so I have to conclude that MP Entertainment is in the same status as Tribsoft. You can still purchase or download a demo of Hopkins FBI from their website. If anyone has more information on this company or the author of Hopkins, please contact me.
- Phantom EFX: www.phantomefx.com
They offer Reel Deal Slots, which is very nicely done! I'm not much for poker/card/gambling games, but this game is impressive. They have other releases, but have since dropped Linux from their list of OS's to publish games for.
12.3. Other Websites Of Note
This section has URL's that should be mentioned but didn't have a separate section within the howto, so I list them here as a kind of appendix.
- Linux Game Publishing: www.linuxgamepublishing.com
Linux Publishing doesn't sell directly to the public, but provides professional game publishing to authors of publishing. I think this means disk copying, packaging and selling to retailers.
- XFree86 Homesite: www.xfree86.org
XFree86 home page
12.3.1. Game Development
- Linux Game Development Center: http://lgdc.sunsite.dk/index.html
This is the canonical website for people who want to program games under Linux. It's a clearing house of information that contains well written articles on all aspects of game programming (not necessarily Linux specific), links to important game programming resources, interviews, reviews, polls and lots of other stuff. It's hard to imagine a better website on the subject.
12.3.2. Medium Level Libraries
- Clanlib <www.clanlib.org
ClanLib is a medium level development kit. At its lowest level, it provides a platform independent (as much as that is possible in C++) way of dealing with display, sound, input, networking, files, threadding and such. ClanLib builds a generic game development framework, giving you easy handling of resources, network object replication, graphical user interfaces (GUI) with theme support, game scripting and more.