VCMI
VCMI is an open-source engine rewrite of Heroes of Might & Magic III (“HoMM III”).
The goal is to allow the game to run on modern platforms, with enhancements, modding support, improved portability, community contributions.
There are build/install guides for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS.
We still need the original HoMM III game data (art, maps, sounds, etc) for full functionality (since VCMI is just the engine).
Licensed under GPLv2 (or later) for code; assets under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
Because it’s open source, we can potentially contribute, inspect how things work, or customize the engine.
Project source code available here:
VCMI is an open-source engine rewrite of Heroes of Might & Magic III (“HoMM III”)
HoMM3 is absolutely the greatest game ever made - and VCMI is an amazing project to play it natively on Linux.
There's also FHeroes2 which does a similar task for HoMM2.
A recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine.
fheroes2
fheroes2 is a recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine.
This open source multiplatform project, written from scratch, is designed to reproduce the original game with significant improvements in gameplay, graphics and logic (including support for high-resolution graphics, improved AI, numerous fixes and user interface improvements), breathing new life into one of the most addictive turn-based strategy games.
You can find a complete list of all of our changes and enhancements in its own wiki page.
https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2/wiki/Features-and-enhancements-of-the-project
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0.
To build the project from source, please follow this guide.
https://ihhub.github.io/fheroes2/DEVELOPMENT.html
What video games do users run on Linux systems?
Awesome project, it’s exciting to see classics being kept alive.
Particularly for me, I am very enthusiastic about seeing them playable on mobile.
Enjoy #linux
Well, that was exciting. See you in the next one!