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Okay, how about a compilation of Open Source (read: Free) software for
kids!? :^) No? Not interested? TOO BAD! ;^)
Groundhog
http://home-2.consunet.nl/~cb007736/groundhog.html
Linux / Unix
Simple balls-and-maze game.
Linux Letters and Numbers
http://lln.sourceforge.net/
Linux / Unix
A letters-and-numbers 'game' for young kids.
Tux Typing 2
http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/
Windows / Linux
Very cool typing tutor program.
Search and Rescue
http://wolfpack.twu.net/SearchAndRescue/
Linux / Unix
Amazing! A non-violet video game! :^) Helicopter rescue in 3D.
Circus Linux!
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/circus-linux/
Windows / Mac Classic / Mac OS X / Linux / BeOS / Sega Dreamcast
Pop the balloons by bouncing clowns into the air.
(Admittedly one of my own games ;^) )
Gem Drop X
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/gemdropx/
Windows / Mac OS X / Linux / BeOS
Falling blocks puzzle. (No, not Tetris :^) )
(Another one of my games.)
Pingus
http://pingus.seul.org/
Windows / Linux
Similar to the classic 'Lemmings.' Control little guys in real-time.
Vectoroids
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/vectoroids/
Windows / Linux / BeOS / Sega Dreamcast
A fun, classic-style asteroid-shooting game.
(Another one of mine)
PySol
http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/pysol/
Windows / Mac OS X / Linux / Unix
[presumably, since that's what Python supports, and it's written in Python]
An ENORMOUS collection of card games.
Sticker Book
http://users.powernet.co.uk/kienzle/stickers/
Linux
A cute sticker-book program for young kids.
Tux Paint
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/
Windows / Mac OS X / Linux / BeOS
A nice general drawing program for young kids.
(Again, another one of my creations ;^) )
Gperiodic
http://gperiodic.seul.org/
Linux / Unix
A periodic table.
KLogo-Turtle
http://edu.kde.org/klogoturtle/
Linux / Unix
A 'turtle-graphics' programming language
(Like Logo, which I was taught back in elementary school in the 1980s)
Kalzium
http://edu.kde.org/kalzium/
Linux / Unix
Another periodic table.
KTouch
http://edu.kde.org/ktouch/
Linux / Unix
A touch-typing program.
KStars
http://edu.kde.org/kstars/
Linux / Unix
An incredibly cool astronomy program.
(I've been using it to track where in the sky Mars is, lately.)
KBruch
http://edu.kde.org/kbruch/
Linux / Unix
A fractions (as in, 3/4th, 2/3rd, etc.) practice program.
KHangman
http://edu.kde.org/khangman/
Linux / Unix
A hang-man game.
Dr. Geo
[Dr. Geo Refers to Geometry Exploration Observatory]
http://www.ofset.org/drgeo/
Linux / Unix
An interactive geometry program.
Tux Math Scrabble
http://www.asymptopia.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20030410110813423
Windows / Mac OS X / Linux
[Another program written in Python]
A math variation of the popular 'Scrabble'(tm) board game.
Celestia
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
Windows / Mac OS X / Linux
A 3D real-time space simulation. (Like other 'planetarium' programs,
but not confined to the ground ;^) )
Simultrans
http://www.simutrans.de/
Windows / Linux / BeOS
Economic and transport simulation game. (Like SimCity, maybe?)
Holsham Traders
http://htsserver.sourceforge.net/
Linux / Unix
A realtime multiplayer trading game.
Pytrail
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pytrail/
Windows / Mac OS X / Linux
[Another Python game]
Take your family/crew across the United States to Oregon.
Pizza Business
http://pizza-business.sourceforge.net
Windows / Linux
Run a pizza business (duh! :^) )
GCompris
http://www.ofset.org/gcompris/
Linux / Unix
A suite of kids' games for young children.
Childsplay
http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/
Linux / Unix
ANOTHER suite of kids' games for young children.
(Who said Open Source developers don't compete!?)
The Astronomia Project
http://astronomia.sourceforge.net/
Windows / Linux
Another astronomy program.
Montessori Bells
http://casquet.inet.net.nz/lisia/montessoribells.html
Windows / Mac OS X / Linux
[It's in Java]
"Introduces children to discrimination of musical sounds by pairing and
grading."
MathWar
http://webpages.charter.net/stuffle/linux/software.html
Linux
Like the card game 'War,' but with math. (e.g., a flash-card game
with a computer opponent)
Mars Simulation Project
http://mars-sim.sourceforge.net/
Windows / Mac OS X / Linux
[Another one in Java]
A project to create a simulation of future human settlement of Mars.
Abe's Amazing Adventure
http://abe.sourceforge.net/
Windows / Linux
A jump-n-run game.
Anagramarama
http://www.coralquest.com/anagramarama/
Windows / Linux / BeOS
A word guessing game. Get the longest word to advance to the next level.
Enigma
http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/
Windows / Mac OS X / Linux
A puzzle game where you're a marble rolling around mazes.
Advanced Strategic Command
http://www.asc-hq.org/
Windows / Linux
A turn-based strategy game with little armored vehicles.
Frozen Bubble
http://www.frozen-bubble.org/
Linux
A gorgeous looking puzzle game with cool sound effects.
GL-117
http://home.t-online.de/home/Primetime./gl-117/gl-117.html
Windows / Linux
A 3D action flight simulator.
Krystal Drop
http://krystaldrop.sourceforge.net/
Windows / Linux / BeOS
A falling-blocks puzzle game.
*WHEW!* That's quite a collection. Obviously not in any order.
It mixes in grade school quiz programs, with games, with astronomy and
science. :^) Hopefully folks will find this a useful starting point.
Sorry for having so much stuff "Linux only." Unfortunately, not everyone
has had the chance to port their software to Mac and Windows.
(I've been lucky, I guess!)
Enjoy!
-bill!
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