Top 10 blog posts for July 2013 from Linux & The Planet Games.

1.- Kairo is an exploration puzzle game where the player is tasked with bringing a city back to life.

Kairo is an indie adventure game, developed and published by Locked Door Puzzle, Richard Perrin's independent studio. Kairo is set in world of minimalist abstract architecture which the player must explore to solve the puzzle contained within.

Kairo is played from first person perspective and has no additional controls beyond the ability to look around and navigate the environment. Interaction comes in the form of pushing objects, standing on switches or the environment reacting to player movement.
There is no dialogue and very little text in the game. The narrative comes entirely through environmental storytelling as the world is filled with clues and hints towards the player's purpose.

 

2.- Dota 2 for Linux is now available on the main Dota 2 client.

Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena video game and the stand-alone sequel to the Defense of the Ancients mod. Developed by Valve Corporation, the game was released on July 9, 2013 for Microsoft Windows, utilizing a free-to-play business model.
OS X and Linux versions of Dota 2 were released on July 18, 2013. Dota 2 is exclusively available through Valve's content delivery platform, Steam.
Dota 2 consists of session-based online multiplayer matches, in which two teams of five players attempt to destroy their opponents' fortified strongholds. Each player controls a "Hero" character and, over the course of an individual game, focuses on improving their hero's abilities, acquiring items, and fighting against the other team.

 

3.- Top 25 Best and Free Games for Your Android Tablet | 2013

Android tablets have been around for more than a year, but there still aren’t very many games designed to take advantage of a large screen. These games are not only playable on tablets as well as Android phones (at no extra charge, unlike iOS apps), they are all more fun to play on the big screen. Some of these Games were first available on Apple’s iPad, but as the number of Android tablets increases, we are seeing some companies release games for both formats at the same time.

 

4.- Loose Cannon is 3D 3rd person action adventure game.

Loose Cannon is 3D 3rd person action adventure game.
Features

    3D graphics and sound
    Campaign & Level editor
    Possible to link infinite number of levels together, only limited by disk space.
    Changes made to levels are persistent during game.
    Game can be saved anytime.

 

5.- Apricots project is a 2D plane dogfighting game.

Apricots for Linux is a game where you fly a little plane around the screen and shoot things and drop bombs on enemy targets, and it's meant to be quick and fun. You fly a little plane around and shoot things and drop bombs.

Despite the name, it has nothing to do with apricots. It's a game where you fly a little plane around the screen and shoot things and drop bombs on enemy targets, and it's meant to be quick and fun. There can be up to 6 planes, at most two human-controlled. All others will be computer-controlled. Network support is in to do list.

 

6.- 107 Action Games FPS for Linux (Chapter 1).

Alien Arena 2008 Alien Arena 2008 combines some of the very best aspects of such games as Quake III and Unreal Tournament and wraps them up with a retro alien theme, while adding tons of original ideas to make the game quite unique.

AssaultCube AssaultCube is based on the game Cube. It is set in a realistic looking environment, with a gameplay that stays fast and arcade like.

Doom 3 (commercial) One of the finest games ever released featuring spectacular graphics and gameplay.

 

7.- Magic Maze is a simple and low-tech monster-bashing maze game.

Magic Maze is a simple and low-tech monster-bashing maze game.
It was originally inspired by playing Gauntlet II on the Atari ST.
Requirements.

• Ruby 1.8 or higher
• SDL, SDL_image and SDL_mixer (version 1.2 or higher)
• RubySDL (version 1.3.0 or higher) 

 

8.- 2Pong this Pong clone is played with two balls. instead of one.

2Pong, as the name might indicate, is a pong clone. However, there is one visible difference from the regular pong - it is played with two balls instead of one. Network support is available, and as of the latest release, v1.0a.

The game features three modes of play: classic Pong, a time-based mode against an unbeatable AI opponent and a two-on-two mode. Network support is available for one-on-one games. The game is written in C++, utilizing the SDL library.

 

9.- Jet Ducks is a classic arcade-shooter mix inspired by Duck Hunt.

Jet Ducks is a classic arcade-shooter mix inspired by Duck Hunt. There's never been a better time to play a brand new old fashioned shooter Jet Ducks on your iOS, because it is FREE now and with a greatly expanded weaponry it has become much more addictive. The rules stay the same: your dog helps you to locate ducks and your task is to successfully shoot down the birds. But this time there are no mere ducks, you'll stand against well-equipped birds with high-speed jet packs, paintball machine guns what makes them not an easy mark. And they can fight you back.

 

10.- Top 10 blog posts for July 2013 from Linux & The Planet Games.

4 Action Games Maze for Linux.

Adamant Armor Affection Adventure Adamant Armor Affection Adventure is a stealth / action game in 3D environment. You will get an opportunity to explore the space inhabited by hostile creatures, wade through them hiding in the shadows or break through the enemy in fight.

BOH (commercial) BOH is an original, retro-flavoured game of exploration and action. You move in claustrophobic, traps-packed, mind-boggling battlefields searching for the Evil Masters, who throw countless enemies at you until you discover and face them in the final battle.

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