Changes to our Contribution Policies

Over the last several years we have become overwhelmed by the large number of
code contributions (pull requests), especially those from new contributors.
The number of open PRs has become a meme in the community. In part, the number
of open PRs is a he…

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Fheroes2: version 1.1.17

Add an initial version of the Auto Playtest feature for the Editor
Improve the AI during battles and on the Adventure Map
Add several enhancements to Battle Only mode
Multiple performance improvements and rendering optimizations
Over 30 issues have be…

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Castle Game Engine: Review of the engine by Claude Code yielded 11 bug-fixes. The good, the bad about the experience, how you can do this in your own codebase, Docker SBX and more

I gave Claude a long-running task: Review every file of Castle Game Engine. The process found 11 “real” bugs (something was indeed a bug in the engine, and it could be a bug in real-life applications using the engine) which we promptly fixed. So I’m happy:) See the “Detailed Stats” section at the end for …

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GearHead: Switching from PyGame to PySDL2

Just one more thing… The big GearHead Caramel loop refactoring has been mostly finished. So what better time is there to do a second job that I've been putting off? I have started switching the GHC…

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Unciv: 4.20.16

4.20.16
By unciv-loof:

Cap force bonus from AdditionalAttacks based on movement points
Fix German unique ability
Fix force calculation when measuring military presence near border

Make ‘Barbarian encampment’ improvement moddable – By SomeTroglodyte
B…

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Wesnoth: Wesnoth 1.19.25

The newest release of the new development series, Wesnoth 1.19.25, is now available. Check the forum thread for a list of the most notable changes in this version, as well as the more technical full changelog for enthusiasts and content creators.The s…

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ZeroK: Cold Take #43 – Levels of Customisation

Zero-K has almost too much customisation. So much that we had to organise it into seven levels to keep track of it and make the game work well across all of them.Read it here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/334920/view/683005949807428679

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Castle Game Engine: TCastleProcess and ExecuteCommand available with both FPC and Delphi, no more cryptic “Failed to execute : 4551” when Windows “Smart App Control” blocks us

We refactored our process running code (when one application wants to run another). This is used throughout our tools (build tool, editor) but we also have uses for it in the engine itself. Refactoring this into a nice unit gives us more possibilities, for now and for the future:) The code is now in a …

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Thrive: Progress Update 6/27/2026

Hello and welcome to another Thrive holiday Progress Update! As our lead programmer is on vacation, we will be providing you with weekly updates on volunteer programming contributions, and things that happen outside of programming.

Though it has not been pushed to the Thrive Github page, work on Multicellular Auto-evo is still ongoing.…

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SuperTuxKart Evolution’s new logo

A few words from Alayan: Vollstock is a new contributor to SuperTuxKart, who has created the new logo and written this blog post. A professional designer, he is helping us with Evolution’s new user interface and with other visual elements associated w…

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