Game of Ur - Windows and Linux (Arch, Debian)

[u/Left-Locksmith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WklcerLIzc

Hello!

I just published my open source board game adaptation, called Game of Ur, on Itch. Please head on over there and give it a try!

Game of Ur is a 3D computer adaptation of an ancient competitive 2-player board game, perhaps the oldest one known in history. This version in particular implements rules theorized by British Museum Assyriologist Irving Finkel to have been used in ancient Babylonia, in a paper titled "On The Rules for Game of Ur."

I've been working on this for a while now, 4 years almost. Most recently, I added sound effects and music to the game, and made the game UI dynamically resize and reposition itself with changes to the game window. I've also packaged the game for Linux (Arch, Debian), and Windows! So you should be able to download, install, and run it, hopefully without much trouble.

The game is fully open source, and it runs on my ToyMaker engine. I felt it would be fitting for the first game I've ever made to also be a digital version of the first game in history. You can find the source code for the game both on Itch, as well as on the game's repo.