Gates of Skeldal (Czech: Brány Skeldalu) originally released in 1998 and recently it gained a Native Linux version along with a source code re-release.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/retro-dungeon-crawler-brany-skeldalu-gets-a-linux-version-and-source-code-re-release/
#Steam #OpenSource #Retro #DungeonCrawler #NativeLinux #SourceCodeRelease
On Valve's official public GitLab, they've recently put up SteamOS Manager under the open source MIT license following the SteamOS 3.7 release for more devices.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steamos-manager-for-bios-updates-tdp-and-gpu-clock-controls-now-open-source/
#OpenSource #SteamOS #Valve #Misc #SteamDeck #SourceCodeRelease
Microsoft just announced that the Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source is now officially open source. While it doesn't necessarily mean much for traditional desktop Linux, it's still a nice move.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-is-now-open-source/
A complicated history for this one, with the developer Rocket Jump Technology no longer existing as a business. The previous iteration of the game named King under the Mountain went open source back in January 2024, and now what was to be the big revamp is also open source.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/colony-building-sim-mountaincore-is-now-free-to-play-and-open-source/
#Steam #IndieGame #FreeGame #OpenSource #Simulation #BuildingSim #SourceCodeRelease
Wonderful to see! Ubisoft announced yesterday that they've open sourced their colourblind simulation tool Chroma (UbiChroma as it's called on GitHub), after several years of internal use and development.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubisoft-open-sourced-chroma-their-colourblind-simulation-tool/
#OpenSource #GameDev #NewRelease #Misc #Ubisoft #SourceCodeRelease
In a nice win for open source, NVIDIA have now provided the PhysX and Flow GPU source code to expand what developers can do with it.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/nvidia-open-sourced-physx-and-flow-gpu-code/
EA just open sourced Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Renegade and Generals https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/ea-just-open-sourced-command-conquer-red-alert-renegade-and-generals/ #sourcecoderelease #electronicarts #opensource #retro #fps #rts
I can't quite believe it either. Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Command & Conquer Renegade and Command & Conquer Generals (inc. Zero Hour) have their code officially open sourced.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/ea-just-open-sourced-command-conquer-red-alert-renegade-and-generals/
#OpenSource #FPS #Retro #RTS #Misc #ElectronicArts #SourceCodeRelease
From the team behind PC ports of other Nintendo games like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, a new PC port has arrived for Star Fox 64.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fan-made-pc-port-of-star-fox-64-is-out-now/
With the source code available along with the game, Yawnoc is a chaotic top-down shooter rogue-lite inspired by Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata that's out now.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/yawnoc-is-chaotic-top-down-shooter-rogue-lite-inspired-by-conways-game-of-life-and-other-cellular-automata/
#Steam #IndieGame #Action #Roguelite #BulletHell #Twinstickshooter #SourceAvailable #SteamDeck #NativeLinux #SourceCodeRelease
Helping you cut down on all those wires, and potentially making way for cheaper low-end VR headsets for streaming, ElectricMaple was announced by Collabora and PlutoVR joining the likes of WiVRn and ALVR.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/electricmaple-joins-wivrn-and-alvr-in-giving-options-to-stream-vr-to-a-headset/
#OpenSource #VirtualReality #CloudGaming #Misc #SourceCodeRelease
