GNOME Games Collection
The GNOME Games collection is a collection of about 15 puzzle video games that is part of the standard free and open-source GNOME desktop environment.[4][5] They have the look and feel of the GNOME desktop, but can be used without it.
Developer(s) | The GNOME Project |
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Initial release | December 20, 1998[1] |
Stable release | 3.38.3[2] (29 January 2021 ) [±] |
Preview release | 40.alpha[3] (26 January 2021 ) [±] |
Written in | Vala, C, C++, Scheme, JavaScript, Python |
Operating system | Linux, Unix-like, macOS, Microsoft Windows |
Platform | GTK |
Type | Video games |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | wiki |
History
As of late 2017, the GNOME Games collection is in the process of being modernized.[6]
Game list
It currently includes the following games:
- 2048 – a clone of a popular game by the same name written in Vala;[7][8]
- AisleRiot (or "sol") – a suite of 88 Solitaire card games.[9]
- Chess – a graphical front-end written in Vala to be used with a chess engine
- Four-in-a-row – a clone of Connect Four
- Hitori – an implementation of Hitori
- Iagno – a clone of Reversi
- Klotski – a sliding block puzzle game, see Klotski
- Lightsoff – a brainteaser
- Quadrapassel – a clone of Tetris (previously called Gnometris prior to October 2009).
- Mahjongg – an implementation of the traditional Chinese game for a single player, see Mahjong solitaire
- Mines – an implementation of Minesweeper computer game.
- Nibble – a remake of Nibbles.
- Robots – a clone of the turn-based game Robots
- Sudoku – an implementation of Sudoku with a good generator.
- Taquin – two 15-puzzle games
- Tetravex – an implementation of the edge-matching puzzle game Tetravex
- Swell Foop – a clone of the SameGame (previously called Same GNOME).
- Tali – an implementation of a dice game similar to Yahtzee/Kismet
The following games have been removed but previously included:
- Blackjack – a computerized implementation of the gambling game Blackjack. It was removed in October 2009.
- gbrainy – a brain teaser software written in C# using Mono
- GNOME Mastermind - a software implementation of Mastermind
- GNOME Pipes – a Pipe Mania clone
- GNOME Untangle – an implementation of Planarity
Gallery
- 2048
- AisleRiot
- Chess in 3D view
- Four in a row
- Five or more
- Hitori
- Iagno
- Klotski
- Mahjongg
- Nibbles
- Quadrapassel
- Robots
- Sudoku
- Swell Foop
- Tali
- Taquin
- Tetravex
- Blackjack
- Pipepanic
- gPlanarity lvl 29
- gPlanarity lvl 29 solved
See also
- List of open source games
External links
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References
- "first release".
- Catanzaro, Michael (29 January 2021). "GNOME 3.38.3 released!". GNOME Mail Services (Mailing list). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- Petridis, Jordan (26 January 2021). "GNOME 40.alpha Released". GNOME Mail Services (Mailing list). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- "GNOME Games on the GNOME wiki". Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- "GNOME Games in Debian Sid". Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/GamesModernisation
- "2048 in GNOME wiki".
- "gnome-2048 in Fedora".
- https://help.gnome.org/users/aisleriot/3.14/
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