[jay.scot]
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--[ Checking out gaming on OpenBSD

The last few weeks I have been on a bit of a gaming binge, work has been
quite full-on so at the end of the day I have been relaxing with a few
games. OpenBSD has a fantastic resource for finding games that work
called playonbsd [0]. The best thing about this is they provide the
database used for the list over on GitHub [1], this has led to some very
nice CLI tools being made for it. By far the best tool created I have
come across is by Hakadan called pobsd-rs [2], it's how I have found so
many great games.


My go-to game has been Tales of Maj’Eyal (tome4) [3] which is
a roguelike game, you can explore randomly generated dungeons and follow
a main questline to progress through the story. There are so many
characters builds you can create there is always something new to try
out.


As a quick pick-me-up game I have been playing the terminal game Curse
of War [4], it's a strategy game where you play as a country's overall
commander must defeat other countries. No major updates have been
released since 2013 but a has had a few tweaks over the years. I could
find no packages for it however a simple git clone and make produced
zero compile issues on OpenBSD or Alpine Linux.


It is such a simple game with basic controls and goals but I find it
a perfect game for playing as a quick pick-me-up. I also found an old
youtube video [5] about it from years ago that might be worth a watch to
see if it's your kind of jam and get a better understanding of the game.


OpenBSD has some great options available for games, checkout out the
resources below if you are interested in a bit of downtime.


0. https://playonbsd.com/games/
1. https://github.com/playonbsd/OpenBSD-Games-Database
2. https://github.com/Hukadan/pobsd-rs
3. https://te4.org/
4. https://github.com/a-nikolaev/curseofwar
5. https://invidious.lidarshield.cloud/watch?v=Egh3Jw-XafU (6:30)


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