Projects tagged ‘space’

Stellarium renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It displays stars, constellations, planets and nebulae, and has many other features including multiple panoramic landscapes, fog ... [More] , light pollution simulation and a built-in scripting engine. Stellarium comes with a star catalogue of about 600 thousand stars and it is possible to download extra catalogues with up to 210 million stars. Stellarium has multiple sky cultures - see the constellations from the traditions of Polynesian, Inuit, Navajo, Korean, Lakota, Egyptian and Chinese astronomers, as well as the traditional Western constellations. It is also possible to visit other planets in the solar system - see what the sky looked like to the Apollo astronauts, or what the rings of Saturn looks like from Titan. [Less]

Celestia is an OpenGL-based 3D space simulation for Unix and Win32 that lets you travel through the solar system, to the stars, and even beyond the galaxy. Visit over 100,000 stars, 100 solar system bodies, and all known extrasolar planets.

KStars is a graphical desktop planetarium for KDE. It provides an accurate simulation of the night sky, as seen from any location on Earth, on any date. The display includes 40,000 stars, 13,000 ... [More] deep-sky objects, 2500 comets and asteroids, all 8 planets, and the Sun and Moon. [Less]

Master of Orion-inspired turn-based game of epic space strategy that builds on the classic '4X' model by incorporating the nation-building elements of games such as Europa Universalis 2 and a ... [More] versatile tactical combat engine. While its modular design allows for a significant degree of customization of the game engine and the story elements by the community. The FreeOrion team is dedicated to the construction of a living, breathing universe in a 'grand campaign' model. [Less]

Thousand Parsec is not only a game by itself, it is also a framework for creating a similar group of turn-based space empire building games, which are often called 4X games, from the main phases found ... [More] in them: eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate. Some examples of games which Thousand Parsec draws ideas from are Stars!, VGA Planets, Reach for the Stars, Master of Orion and Galactic Civilizations. The idea is that a protocol is specified which defines how game servers and game clients communicate with each other. Protocol also specifies which objects are available for custom games or rulesets, which can have different rules of gamplay. Any client should be able to connect with any server and player should be able to play any game with it. [Less]

Vega Strike is a cross-platform space flight simulation game. Inspired by the gameplay of classics such as Wing Commander: Privateer, Vega Strike features an open-ended universe in which players can ... [More] trade, fight, and explore. Players can also take missions, and maintain relations with the three races and various factions of the game. Recent development versions include experimental netplay. There are also a number of mod projects in development, including mods for Wing Commander, Star Trek, Elite, and several original universes. [Less]

NAEV is a 2D space trading and combat game, in a similar vein to Escape Velocity. NAEV is played from a top-down perspective and features fast-paced combat, many ships and outfits, and a large ... [More] galaxy to explore. The game is highly open-ended, letting players proceed at their own paces. Current version is 0.4.0. [Less]

Orxonox is an open source game. It's a mix between a spacecraft shooter and a first person shooter. It plays in a post apocalyptic world, where humanity struggles to survive under the threat of extermination by the Noxons, an evil alien species.

StressFreeZone is an open-source space-game for Linux and Windows, focused on coop (non-massive)-multiplayer and intuitive gameplay, that is fun to play in short bursts, e.g. on LAN parties.