Free marble game software for linux

Marble is an early beta preview of the Marble Widget application which is targeted for KDE 4.
You need to install both packages: "marble" and "marble-data" to run Marble.
Marble is a generic geographical map widget that is meant to be used by KDE4 applications. It shows the earth as a sphere but doesnt make use of any hardware acceleration (No OpenGL). So although it might look similar to professional applications like Google Earth or Nasa World Wind its rather meant to be a small light weight multi purpose widget. To improve speed I decided to compile the Kubuntu packages with SSE support (-msse).
Main features:
- Marble uses a minimal free dataset that can be used offline. Currently the total amount of data that is meant to be shipped is about 5 MB.
- Marble doesnt use OpenGL or 3D hardware acceleration. It just uses Arthur as a painting backend. Extending it later on to support OpenGL as well shouldnt be hard however I dont consider that the primary focus. Depending on your hardware and the maps being displayed framerate is approximately 5-20 fps.
- Marble uses vector as well as bitmap data: Currently it uses the very old MWDB II data combined with ETOPO 2, which I will update to current SRTM soon.
- Marble displays the world map as a 3D sphere, because its more fun to use and less subject to distortion (So with regard to that its just like NASA WorldWind, Earth3D and Google Earth)
- Marble should start up almost instantly. Currently it "cold" starts fully within 2-5 seconds. On each subsequent start it takes about one second.
- Uses KML-Import to display places (Google Earths open format to store placemarks)
- Cities Down to 12000 inhabitants that you can click on using the mouse. Highest Mountains of each continent. Automatic Placemark label placement.
- Different Map Themes, Layers
- Dynamic Coordinate Grid
- Measure Tool
- Basic Wikipedia integration

Marbles is a simple board game. The objective is to take out as big groups of marbles as possible. Highscore system included. Ive also programmed some simple physics to make it look like the marbles fall.

If you hold the mouse over a cluster of marbles for a little while, then the potential score will show. You get bonuses if you remove eg. all the blue ones.

Installation:

./configure && make

su

./install_marbles.sh

exit

(Dont use "make install", if you did do a "make uninstall")

Start it by typing:

marbles

Its not programmed in QT, but it works in KDE.

Current record:

25960 points
- Held by a friend. Dont think anyone will beat that in a while:)

Tiny Marbles provides persistence for dynamic objects, through a data model that you can create, modify and extend at runtime.

It is useful for developers who need to create rapid prototypes with an unknown model and developers of applications that have inherently dynamic data models. Tiny Marbles project runs under Java 1.5, supports any database that Hibernate supports.

Transcend Game project is a retro-style, abstract, collage-building, musical, shooter game.
The graphics are geometrical, and the pace is sometimes frenzied. Two features set Transcend apart from other games.
First, its dynamic graphical engine, which can smoothly morph from one complex shape to another in realtime, produces striking displays.
Combining these dynamic shapes with subtle randomizations ensures that each new play through a level is visually different from the last.
The second novel feature is the musical power-up system.
As you play through a level, you are simultaneously assembling an abstract visual collage and arranging a unique piece of music.
Enhancements:
- Fixed bugs that caused post-explosion fade factors to become negative, which in turn caused boss explosions to linger on some platforms.
- Fixed zoom behavior when strafing.
- Added fade-in when enemies are created to avoid a visual pop-in.
- Added smooth turning when enemies switch targets.
- Changed so that pieces can be picked up while they are moving as a result of enemy fire. This makes pick up less confusing and frustrating.
- Made bullet fade-out smoothly at end of range to avoid visual pop.
- Doubled piece pick-up radius to make picking up pieces easier.
- Fixed jerky piece pick-up and drop.
- Added mini-explosion graphics to indicate when damage is being done to boss. These graphics also change color to indicate the boss health.

Quarters Board Game project is a strategy game for two players.

Although its rules are relatively simple, it still offers some of the same opportunities for skill as in chess.

This program was originally conceived in the summer of 1986 during a study of the mini-max algorithm for chess playing computers, and was thus designed to offer some of the same type of strategies.

The game was originally written in BASIC, then ported to Turbo Pascal, then to C, and finally to Java.

The Java version is not necessarily object oriented, since it is a crude port from the C version.

A Jacks Game is a real-time game that runs in a Web browser using the AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) technology.

Multiple users can login in A Jacks Game to explore a common map and earn a common currency as their score.

A Jacks Game is free software released under GNU/GPL Open Source License.

Pizza Game project is a 3D, real-time game in which you manage a pizza restaurant.
As manager, you must build a restaurant, buy the various objects and furniture that the restaurant requires, hire/fire/manage your employees, buy advertising, buy ingredients, set prices, and make sure your restaurant keeps your customers happy.
You start out with nothing more than an empty lot and a loan. Will you transform that lot into a thriving pizza business or fail to attract customers and watch your debt pile up?
Main features:
- Build your restaurant by placing walls, putting in doorways, installing windows.
- Decorate your restaurant by choosing from numerous paint colors and wallpaper designs.
- Put in tiles for your floors by choosing from a large selection of colors and designs.
- Buy the items and objects that your restaurant needs: tables, chairs, ovens, lights, and various miscellaneous objects that can make your restaurant the pizza parlor of choice for customers.
- Hire (and fire) the right employees that will perform the necessary tasks for running a pizza restaurant.
- Manage advertising for your pizza business.
- Buy the necessary ingredients for making pizzas and selling money-making side orders.
- Choose the opening and closing times for your restaurant in order to have your restaurant operate most efficiently.
Linux users: if you downloaded the binary version, and get an error when attempting to run the game that is related to Plugin_GuiElements.so, perform the following steps to remedy it:
1) create an OGRE subdirectory in /usr/lib
2) copy the Plugin_GuiElements.so in the libs subdirectory in the pizzagame directory to the OGRE subdirectory you just created

Othello Game is a classic strategy game, also known as Reversi. Its objective is to finish the game with the greater amount of pieces (circles) of the same color.
This version of the Othello game supports the writing of AI plugins in C++ or Python, network games, and interface themes.
Enhancements:
- pkgconfig support was added.
- It is now easier to write AI plugins.
- An installation guide, and a tutorial for writing plugins were incuded.
- It is now possible to disable Python support from the configuration.
- New icons were provided.