For the Ubuntu LTS repositories, Frogatto is a nice title, also Neverball.
With the Neverball, there is one issue I have encountered, though. Before even launching the game for the first time after install, in your home user location, create a directory by the name of:
it will be a hidden folder, to be understood. The game attempts to create this folder, but for some reason, makes a file, not a directory, which causes some entities to get scattered around the place. In case of encountering the issue, look for '.neverball' file and the folders of: 'Screenshots', 'Scores' and 'Replays' to clean up.
Frogatto is best run with the switches of:
the latter one, in case you have a widescreen monitor.
FreeOrion looks nice. I am not a big fan of 4X games, neither have I really given this one a better try yet, but hopefully someone may evaluate this recommendation.
With the Neverball, there is one issue I have encountered, though. Before even launching the game for the first time after install, in your home user location, create a directory by the name of:
Code:
.neverballit will be a hidden folder, to be understood. The game attempts to create this folder, but for some reason, makes a file, not a directory, which causes some entities to get scattered around the place. In case of encountering the issue, look for '.neverball' file and the folders of: 'Screenshots', 'Scores' and 'Replays' to clean up.
Frogatto is best run with the switches of:
Code:
--fullscreen --widescreenthe latter one, in case you have a widescreen monitor.
FreeOrion looks nice. I am not a big fan of 4X games, neither have I really given this one a better try yet, but hopefully someone may evaluate this recommendation.