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DirectFB, a thin library that provides hardware graphics acceleration, input device handling and abstraction, an integrated windowing system with support for translucent windows and multiple display layers on top of the Linux framebuffer device, has been released under the terms of the LGPL. It is a complete hardware abstraction layer with software fallbacks for every graphics operation that is not supported by the underlying hardware.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• Linux Framebuffer Device

• Freetype 2 (for font loading)
• libpng, libjpeg (for image loading)
• V4L, avifile, libflash, libmpeg3 (for video playback)
• PS/2 and serial mice, keyboard, joystick (for input)
• remote controls (no drivers yet)
• Matrox G200/G400, ATI Rage128, NeoMagic, Voodoo

The DungeonMaker is a program that uses artificial life methods to create random dungeons or mazes. It is a C++ library for use in grid-based games, and can also be used as a stand-alone program for pen and paper role playing.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

Glutamine: the Game Tool Chest is a 3d game programming library,
which we plan to distribute along with
a number of games. As of now we have a
very simple single player and networked
space shooter.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: PThreads OpenGL 1.1 implementation libpng Python

"The Irrlicht Engine is a high performance open source and cross platform 3D engine for creating realtime 3D applications. Its main targets are to be easy to use, extremely fast, extensible and crash safe.
The engine is a quite flexible graphics engine, and it is possible to write lots of different applications with it. Some are: complex 3D simulation applications, first and third person shooter games with indoor and/or outdoor scenes, real time strategy games, 2D games, ..."

License: free

JGachine is a networked game engine for 2D multi-player (networked) games. JGachine is written in Java and C++. The games themselves are written in pure Java and can be loaded via network. (JGachine as game browser)

License: free

Additional System Requirements:
SDL
SDL_image
OpenGL/Mesa
gcj (libgcj), g++ (libstdc++)

The latest version is 1.2.15, which is included in the 2.2 kernels. It supports a wide range of devices, and includes patches to 2.0 kernel sources for those who want to have it in their stable series kernel. A list of supported joysticks and related devices is available at the homepage listed below. Feature freeze, all releases from now on are only bugfixes.
Has been replaced by the Linux Input Driver.

License: free