Text Based Game

OST-BGE (Open Source Text-Based Game Engine) is a engine that will help make developing text-based games less painful, and more of a pleasurable experience.

developer Developer: ostbge
license License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
operating systems Operating System: Not Available



This is a text-based game where one has to adventure through a portion of a cave trying to get to the O at the end while tricking enemies and avoiding traps along the way.

developer Developer: evac-game
license License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
operating systems Operating System: Linux


This is a same game in 3 forms, a Text Based, a 2D SDL Based and a 3D OpenGL based, it use the classic winmine with a bit more of action ;).

developer Developer: bombas
license License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
operating systems Operating System: Cygwin (MS Windows), All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes), OS Portable (Source code to work with many OS platforms)


A simple, text-based console game that mimics the game known as "Connect-Four" that allows for either one or two players.

developer Developer: connect-four
license License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
operating systems Operating System: OS Independent (Written in an interpreted language)


An easily modified text based RPG written in C++ created to help teach new programmers how to break apart parts of a game into something creatable.

developer Developer: wrathlands2
license License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
operating systems Operating System: WinXP


This is a text-based sokoban game that can be played in a console.

developer Developer: shellsok
license License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
operating systems Operating System: OS Independent (Written in an interpreted language)


Ularn is a "rogue-like" game.

developer Developer: ularn
license License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
operating systems Operating System: OS Portable (Source code to work with many OS platforms)


A text based counter, that counts the page visits of the whole site.

developer Developer: KB
license License: Freeware
operating systems Operating System: All


A 3D/2D configurable minesweeper based game.

developer Developer: wmdsweeper
license License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
operating systems Operating System: Cygwin (MS Windows), All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP), All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes)


Hotaru is an XNA-based Game Engine that is intended to be used for 2D Action RPGs.

developer Developer: hotaru
license License: Common Public License
operating systems Operating System: WinXP, Microsoft Xbox


This is a DOS based game and is developed in C++ and will support Windows 95 or later.

developer Developer: thesnake
license License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
operating systems Operating System: All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP)


A Console-Based game to learn Binary number systems by playing.

developer Developer: binarx
license License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
operating systems Operating System: OS Portable (Source code to work with many OS platforms)


TicTacToe From Hell is a console based game like tris.

developer Developer: tttfh
license License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
operating systems Operating System: All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP), Linux


Pretty Guestbook is a text-based guestbook with a pretty aspect and the following features:- Data storing on text file- Paging of messages on screen- Blockage of messages with words too long into- Blockage of messages with both html tags(<>)- Validity-checking of email address.

developer Developer: Morris
license License: Freeware
operating systems Operating System: Windows


DownloadCounter is a simple text-based counter intended for calculation of file downloads and/or transitions to other pages.

developer Developer: http://www.utilmind.com/...
license License: Freeware
operating systems Operating System: All


A text based counter, that counts the page visits of the whole site.

developer Developer: KB
license License: Freeware
operating systems Operating System: Linux, Unix, Windows


Smile Guestbook is a fizzy text-based guestbook with the following features: emoticons inserting, blockage of messages with words too long, paging of messages and validity-checking of email address.

developer Developer: Morris
license License: Freeware
operating systems Operating System: Windows


A Clone of Darkwood, an old mac game.

developer Developer: graywood
license License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
operating systems Operating System: OS Portable (Source code to work with many OS platforms)


Killmonster is the simplest browser based game possible.

developer Developer: http://www.chipmunk-scri...
license License: Freeware
operating systems Operating System: Linux/Unix/FreeBSD


A simple guestbook utlitity that can be easily integrated into your site.

developer Developer: Andrew R. Freed
license License: BSD License
operating systems Operating System: All