OpenBOR: Open-source and royalty-free 2D game engine
A few days ago, while I was a bit bored, I started to Browsing the Internet looking for some interesting game applications that would allow me to have a good time, not just having fun playing, but playing new and exciting games, regardless of their graphic quality or their game script (story). And after a good while of searching I have found the «OpenBOR» application, which I bring you today in this pertinent article, and with which I have been having fun for several days now, because I really like fighting and shooting video games, in the purest old-school style.
And if you've never heard of it before, and you're already thinking it's some kind of retro video game console emulator, well, no. Actually, OpenBOR is an open source application that offers a fantastic and innovative 2D game engine. side-scrolling, ideal for fighting games, shooters, and more. So, if you're looking for Interesting and fun alternatives for those moments of free time on your GNU/Linux Distro, well keep reading this post because you're most likely going to like it.
EmuDeck: App to play video game emulators on Linux
But, before you start reading this post about what it is, how to install and use the application «OpenBOR», we recommend the previous related post with the Gamer App called EmuDeck, just as fun:
EmuDeck is a free and open application, only available for Linux for now, that takes care of everything. That is, of the Emulator installation and configuration, bezels, hotkeys, performance fixes and more. EmuDeck is a collection of scripts that allows you to automatically configure your Steam Deck or any other Linux Distribution, create your rom directory structure and download all the necessary emulators along with the best configurations for each of them. EmuDeck works great with Steam Rom Manager or EmulationStation DE.
OpenBOR: Open-source and royalty-free 2D game engine
What is OpenBOR?
According to the developers of this open source project called «OpenBOR», and in his own Official website, it is described as follows:
OpenBOR is a royalty-free, open-source game engine. Typical OpenBOR games consist of three-dimensional worlds projected with pre-rendered two-dimensional assets (commonly called sprites). This makes OpenBOR ideal for creating side-scrolling beat-em-ups like Double Dragon or Streets of Rage, but the engine is easily adaptable to any other genre, including two-dimensional platformers like SHUMPS and RPGs.
Also, about this project is important to clarify and highlight following:
Chronocrash is a support community for independent game developers and hobbyists, which se It focuses primarily on the OpenBOR engine, so it also offers support for other sprite-based engines such as Mugen.
In consecuense, both projects must be understood Chronocrash (Community) and OpenBOR (Software) are not a single project, despite having the same common website, but two different ones in perfect synchronization or harmony. And finally, it is also significant to know the following Official information from the OpenBOR developers:
OpenBOR is billed as the world's most powerful sprite-based engine, and most agree it lives up to its name. OpenBOR's native functionality is completely self-contained, with control mappings, precise physics, AI, and resource management included. This gives the engine a plug-and-play approach to game creation, so intuitive for beginners that it's often mistaken for an emulator that runs mod ROMs. Advanced creators can take advantage of OpenBOR's powerful high-resolution graphics suite and a native C-derived script interpreter to create virtually anything imaginable.
How do I install and use this gaming app on Linux?
To download it, we must explore the section of latest downloads available at their official section on GitHub to explore the latest version of the current AppImage file available, and download the appropriate one (Bits 32 / Bits 64). When run for the first time, it creates the following directory structure (folders): Logs, Paks, Saved and ScreenShots.
And finally, and precisely for Enjoy each of the available and downloadable games in the Resources section of the official Forum or on the web of archive.org, they (.pak files) must be placed in the “Paks” folder. Please note that placing each “pak” file in the “Paks” folder requires the application to be restarted for it to be read and displayed on the screen.
All this, as seen below:
Summary
In short, and after knowing, trying and enjoying this Interesting and fun Linuxverse project called "OpenBOR" focused on enabling pleasant and entertaining moments of 2D side-scrolling games, ideal for fighting games, shooters and much more, I hope it is as useful and fun as it was to me. And of course, if you like it and find it useful, don't forget to recommend it to trusted third parties, with peace of mind and security, to support its developers and community. While, if Do you know of any other free and open source projects/applications that are useful in this field of video games on the Linux desktop?, we invite you to mention them via comments for the usefulness and benefit of everyone in the Linuxverse.
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