Graphics

Graphics - Free and Open Source Educational Software

Definitions

"Computer graphics are graphics created by computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of pictorial data by a computer."
- Wikipedia Computer Graphics 22 October 2008
"A personal computer game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine. Computer games have evolved from the simple graphics and gameplay of early titles like Spacewar!, to a wide range of more visually advanced titles."
- Wikipedia Personal Computer Games 22 October 2008

Graphics

Blender - 3D modelling, animation and rendering software includes python (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.blender.org (Free)
Blender-manual http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual (Free)
Dia - free vector drawing software - requires GTK+ which is included in Gimp (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://dia-installer.sourceforge.net (GPL)
Dia-manual http://dia-installer.de
Gimp - GIMP Graphics image editor - includes GTK+ (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.gimp.org/ (GPL)
Gimp-manual http://docs.gimp.org/help.html
Inkscape - Popular Vector Drawing package (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/ (GPL)
Inkscape Documetation - Manuals and tutorials http://www.inkscape.org/doc/index.php?lang=en
Inkscape Wiki - User Documentation, Help and Developer Documentation http://wiki.inkscape.org/
IrfanView - fast, small, compact and innovative graphic viewer - features such as convert formats, compress images, create slideshows and play movies (Windows) http://www.irfanview.com/ (Free for personal use)
LeoCAD - 3D CAD program using toy bricks with more than 1000 different pieces (Windows, Linux) http://leocad.org (Free)
SweetHome3D - interier design program for planing your furniture layout with 3D preview - requires Java [English, Spanish, Portuguese, more] (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.sweethome3d.eu/ (GPL)
BRL-CAD - cross platform constructive solid geometry and modelling system (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://sourceforge.net/projects/brlcad/ (LGPL)
CGAL - Computational Geometry Algorithms Library (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.cgal.org/ (GNU Lesser General Public License and Q Public License)
k3dsurf - 3D surface generator to visualize and manipulate Mathematical models in 3, 4, 5 & 6 dimensions (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://k3dsurf.sourceforge.net (GPL)
MayaVi - Data Visualizer (Windows, Linux) http://mayavi.sourceforge.net (Free)
Pixie - RenderMan renderer for generating photorealistic images - include shading, motion blur, depth of field, raytracing and much more (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.renderpixie.com/ (LGPL)
Povwin - POV-Ray Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.povray.org (Free for Personal Use, POVray End-User License)
Synfig - powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software for producing feature-film quality animation (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://synfig.org/ (GPL)

gCAD3D - includes plotutil, tausc, translucency, varkon_sources (Linux)

http://www.cadcam.co.at/freiter/gCAD3D_en.htm (GPL)

Also see The Arts Painting and Drawing

Computer Games

Several of the Games listed below are included on the OSWGAMES CD

Board Games

XBoard and WinBoard - Chess both standalone and online (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html (GPL)
GNUchess - Chess that requires Winboard/XBoard (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.tim-mann.org/gnuchess.html (GPL) http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/
Orthello3d - Orthello board game in 3D (Windows) http://orthello3d.sourceforge.net/ (Free)
PyScrabble - online multiplayer scrabble game (Windows, Linux) http://pyscrabble.sourceforge.net/ (Free)
Sudoku Sensei - generates new Sudokus (Windows, Linux) http://sudoku-sensei.sourceforge.net (GPL)

Action Games

Battle Tanks - funny battle with cartoon-like graphics and cool music (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://btanks.sourceforge.net/ (Free)
LBreakout2 - Aim a ball at bricks until all bricks are destroyed (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LBreakout2 (GPL)
Pingus - Free Lemmings like game with 22 levels (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://pingus.seul.org/ (GPL)
SMC - Secret Maryo Chronicles - open source 2D platform game similar to classic sidescroller games (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.secretmaryo.org/ (GPL)
Torcs - The Open Racing Car Simulator (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://sourceforge.net/projects/torcs/ (GPL)
TrackManiaNations - Free Racing Track Simulation (Windows) (Free)
Tuxracer - Penguin down hill racer game (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/ (GPL)
XMoto - challenging 2D motocross platform game (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://xmoto.tuxfamily.org (GPL)
Ultimate Stunts - spectacular stunts, like loopings, corkscrews, bridges to jump over, etc., but the best thing is that you can design your own tracks! (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://ultimatestunts.nl/index.php? (GPL)

Music Games

FretsonFire - Play along with scrolling on-screen musical notes to complete a song (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/ (GPL)
pydance - dancing simulator written in python - highly configurable, colourful arrow motion, limitless dance steps, dance pad support (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://icculus.org/pyddr/ (MIT License)
StepMania - Free dance and rhythm game with 3D graphics, dance pad support and step editor (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.stepmania.com/ (MIT License)
Ultrastar Deluxe - Music karaoke machine to sing along with on-screen music (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.ultrastardeluxe.org/ (GPL)

Simulation Games

Aiplanet - Artificial Planet game (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net/ (GPL)
C-evo - Civilisation evolution empire building strategy game (Windows) http://www.c-evo.org/ (Free, Public Domain)
Fgsetup - Flight Gear - Learn to fly using Flight Simulator (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.flightgear.org/ (GPL)
Freeciv - empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://freeciv.wikia.com (GPL)
Lincity - City Simulation game (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page (GPL)

Tactics Games

Battle for Wesnoth - Turn based strategy game with a fantasy theme (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.wesnoth.org/ (Free)
FooBillard - Free OpenGL 3D billard game (Windows, Linux) http://foobillard.sunsite.dk/ (GPL)
LMarbles - Atomix clone using shapes instead of molecules to solve puzzles (Windows, Linux) http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LMarbles (GPL)
Scorched3D - Tacticle Tank style 3D game (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.scorched3d.co.uk (Free)
VegaStrike - Open Source 3D Action-Space-Sim that lets you trade, fight and explore in a vast universe (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/ (Free)

More Games

Alex the Allegator - Series of games featuring everything from puzzle games to racing and platform jump n runs (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://sourceforge.net/projects/allegator/ (GPL)
Superuser Learning Centre - Games that empower http://superuser.com.au/wiki/index.php/Games_that_empower
FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory - games http://directory.fsf.org/games/
Open Source Games for Windows http://osswin.sourceforge.net/games.html
Wikipedia - List of open source games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_games

Game Engines

2D Engines

Pivot - Pivot Stickfigure Animator to build stick figures (Windows) http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/pivot.html (Free)
GameDev - The scrolling game development kit for 2D game development (Windows) http://gamedev.sourceforge.net/ (Free)
SpriteCraft - Freeware 2D game engine (Windows) http://www.suda-chen.biz/?page_id=9 (Free)
Total Eclipse - 2D Games Engine which uses a simple point and click system - requires TE-libraryfiles (Windows) http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/ (Free)

3D Engines

Alice - Educational software that teaches students computer programming in a 3D environment (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.alice.org/ (Alice End User License Agreement)
CELstart - Crystal Space 3D free cross-platform software development kit for realtime 3D graphics (Windows) http://www.crystalspace3d.org/ (GPL)
Delta3D - 3D Games Engine for a wide variety of modeling & simulations designed for first person shoter games (Windows) http://www.delta3d.org/ (LGPL)
Horde3d - Small 3D rendering engine (Windows) http://www.nextgen-engine.net/ (LGPL)
IrrLicht - Game Engine which uses OpenGL (Windows, Linux) http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/ (Free)
Lilth3D - a simple 3D engine for outdoor games (Windows) http://sourceforge.net/projects/lilith3d/ (Free)

NeoEngine - Open source 3D game engine, multiplatform, OpenGL and DirectX (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.realityrift.com/technology/neoengine/ (GPL)

Ogre3D - 3D graphics rendering engine SDK designed to help create greate games (Windows, MacOSX) http://www.ogre3d.org/ (LGPL)

OpenFx - 3D modeling, animation and rendering suite (Windows) http://openfx.org/ (GPL)

OpenSceneGraph - OSG is designed to create scenary and requires openGL (Windows, Linux) http://www.openscenegraph,com/ (GPL)

OpenGL - open source graphics library (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.opengl.org/ (SGI OpenGL Licensing Programs)

Panda3D - 3D engine: a library of subroutines for 3D rendering and game development (Windows, Linux) http://www.panda3d.org/ (BSD License)

VBsetup - Visual Basic 2005 Microsoft Express Edition (Windows) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/aa718406.aspx (Free)

Wings3D - subdivision modeler (Windows, MacOSX, Linux) http://www.wings3d.com (Free)

VTP - Virtual Terrain Project - tools for constructing the real world in interactive 3D (Linux) http://www.vterrain.org (Free)

Wikipedia - List of games engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines

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