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Here are links to various resources which could potentially help in making Debian a better distribution for gaming.
Games
The Linux Game Tome
- Probably the most relevant blog to follow. It's very up to date and updated quite often. It reports new games for Linux, new versions of games or information on software that might be relevant to games, like new versions of libraries and drivers. It covers Linux Games in general, not only Free Games.
Linux Games
- Another news site for Linux games, both free and non-free.
Linux Game Database
- Database for native Linux games, with Debian package information.
Allegro Game Developing Community Network
- Resources on games using the allegro library, some working on Linux, some being Free.
Free Gamer
http://freegamer.blogspot.com/
- A commented compendium on Free Software Games.
Games using OpenAL
http://www.openal.org/titles.html
- Games using the OpenAL library.
Projects using Lightweight Java Game Library
http://www.lwjgl.org/projects.php
- Games using the Lightweight Java Game Library.
Ubuntu Community Games Page
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games
- Games list and other resources maintained by the Ubuntu community.
playdeb.net
- Games packaged by the playdeb.net team.
Games/Projects using Ogre
http://www.ogre3d.org/wiki/index.php/Projects_using_OGRE
- Wiki page of games and other projects that use the Ogre engine.
Projects using Crystal Space
http://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/Projects_Using_CS
- A list of projects that use Crystal Space.
Projects using Irrlicht
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/screenshots-projects.html
- Screenshots of games and other projects that use the Irrlicht engine.
Linux Gamers' Game List
http://icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php
- A listing of games that run on Linux, hosted at icculus.org.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/tag/games/
- OMG! Ubuntu games articles
http://www.gamingonlinux.info/
- Gaming on Linux blog
- Ubuntu Games blog
- Humble indie bundle (some games are free code with non-free data)
Game Engines / Libraries
OpenAL
- Cross-platform 3D audio API appropriate for use with gaming applications and many other types of audio applications.
OpenAL Soft
http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html
- OpenAL Soft is an update/replacement to the OpenAL SI library hosted by Creative.
ALURE
http://kcat.strangesoft.net/alure.html
- Utility library to help manage common tasks with OpenAL applications.
OpenAL Links
http://www.openal.org/links.html
- Links to game engines, libraries, bindings, and other resources for OpenAL.
Lightweight Java Game Library
http://www.lwjgl.org/index.php
- Solution aimed directly at professional and amateur Java programmers alike to enable commercial quality games to be written in Java.
Ogre 3D Engine
- OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) is a scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine written in C++ designed to make it easier and more intuitive for developers to produce applications utilising hardware-accelerated 3D graphics.
G3D Engine
http://g3d-cpp.sourceforge.net/
- G3D is a commercial-grade C++ 3D engine available as Open Source (BSD License).
Crystal Space
http://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/Main_Page
- A free cross-platform software development kit for realtime 3D graphics, in particular games.
Irrlicht Engine
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/
- An open source high performance realtime 3D engine.
ioquake3
- ioquake3 (or ioq3 for short,) aims to build upon id Software's Quake 3 source code release.
SLUDGE
http://opensludge.sourceforge.net/
- Cross-platform adventure game engine
The Emulator Zone
- Website which is mainly aimed at providing information about console emulators.
3D engine tutorials
http://www.squidoo.com/3D-engine-tutorials
- Side by side comparasion of the major open source engines like Ogre, Crystal Space and Irrlicht
"Sister" Projects
Fedora Project Games Page
OpenSuSE games wish list
The Gentoo Games Project
SuSE game packages
Reverse engineering
Other languages
(French) Jeux Libres point net
(French) Le Bottin des Jeux Linux : 2200 Linux Games with a guide for installation on Debian.
(German) Holarse's OSS games list
(Spanish) LinuxJuegos is probably one of the most important blogs about games in Linux written in Spanish.
(Portuguese) http://www.ubuntugames.org/ - nice matrix of games, split by genre