What are we discovering this week?
Hey there,
My love for video games is an endless sky, I don’t like all video games, but mostly ones with a lot of exploration and roaming around. So this week we are talking about open source games. My newsletter is about trying new things.
Work hard. play hard.
- Read this in a meme once
We have a great collection for India, there is so much to discover in India’s southern traditions and food, I cannot believe it sometimes.
lila by @ornicar
Lila (li[chess in sca]la) is a free online chess game server focused on realtime gameplay and ease of use.
It features a search engine, computer analysis distributed with fishnet, tournaments, simuls, forums, teams, tactic trainer, a mobile app, and a shared analysis board. The UI is available in more than 130 languages thanks to the community.
♞ lichess.org: the forever free, adless, and open source chess server ♞
💻: Scala
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endless-sky by endless-sky
Endless Sky is a sandbox-style space exploration game similar to Elite, Escape Velocity, or Star Control. You start out as the captain of a tiny space ship and can choose what to do from there. The game includes a major plot line and many minor missions, but you can choose whether you want to play through the plot or strike out on your own as a merchant or bounty hunter or explorer.
💻: C++
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soldat by Soldat
Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. It has been influenced by the best of games such as Liero, Worms, Quake, Counter-Strike, and provides a fast-paced gaming experience with tons of blood and flesh.
💻: Pascal
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Kaetram-Open by Kaetram
Kaetram is an open-source game engine created to aid those interested in entering the game development realm, and intended to be used as a learning tool. The codebase is simple, clean, and intuitive. The original idea is based on Little Workshop's demo game—BrowserQuest (BQ), and uses original BQ assets as well as custom-made ones. The entire codebase has been rewritten from scratch using more modern approaches.
💻: TypeScript
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osu by ppy
rhythm is just a *click* away!
Welcome to osu!, a free-to-win rhythm game developed by peppy with four game modes: the osu! mode, a circle clicking simulator; osu!taiko, a drumming emulator; osu!catch, a fruit salad catcher; and osu!mania, a key smashing synthesizer.
💻: C#
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citybound by citybound
Citybound is a city building game with a focus on realism, collaborative planning and simulation of microscopic details. It is independently developed, open source and funded through Patreon.
💻: Rust
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A little about India, the food, the people and the culture
The Food
Adukka Orotti
Adukka Orotti is a dish made with rice that is exclusive to Malabar. This pan-cooked flatbread is made with rice, egg, and coconut milk and is both a satisfying breakfast and a great tea-time snack for the people of Malabar.
I am thinking of adding upcoming festivals in the culture section so I and you can both be aware of what comes around. We may not get to do the Ganpati dance for it every day. But just being aware that we can celebrate something that day is worth looking forward to.
The Culture
Athachamayam
Onam the traditional harvest festival of Kerala is celebrated with great fervor throughout the state in the month of August. Onam which lasts ten days welcomes ancient asura King Mahabali's spirit which is believed to visit his kingdom every year with a colorful reception starting on 'Atham'.
Atham, the day which heralds the 10-day Onam festivities is celebrated with great enthusiasm at Tripunithura in Ernakulam district.
From time immemorial rituals related to Thiruvonam in the district begin with the Tripunithura Athachamayam where the Athachamayam take on colorful hues, bringing memories of the legend of Mahabali and his kingdom and also the rule of Maharajas of erstwhile Kochi state.
During Atham, Thripunithura put on a festive look and vendors line up the streets selling all kinds of wares including conical mounds made of clay representing Mahabali and Vishnu, called ' Trikkakara Appan'. These are beautifully decorated with flowers and placed in the dung-plastered courtyards on Thiruvonam day.