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OpenSrc lists 58 repositories about Game Dev with open issues for new contributors, and 29 of them are first-PR friendly. Between them they have 1,044 open good first issues and 535 help-wanted issues. The median welcome score is 74/100, and the best-scored right now are CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA, diasurgical/DevilutionX and wesnoth/wesnoth. Most are written in C++, C# and Java. Many also touch Graphics and OS & Systems.

58 repos by best score

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  • Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

    55good first issues+89 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:13.3K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~4h
    Score97 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Diablo build for modern operating systems

    23good first issues+23 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: OS
    • Stars:9.8K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~1h
    Score96 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • An open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme.

    73good first issues
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:6.9K
    • GPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~2h
    Score95 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform with easy modding and game creation

    18good first issues+10 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:13.7K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~5h
    Score91 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Stride (formerly Xenko), a free and open-source cross-platform C# game engine.

    18good first issues
    • C#
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Graphics
    • Stars:7.8K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~15h
    Score91 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Complete Open Source and Modular solution for MMO

    20good first issues+12 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:9K
    • GPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score88 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • OpenTTD is an open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe

    15good first issues
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Scientific Computing
    • Stars:8.3K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~24m
    Score88 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • fheroes2 is a recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine

    18good first issues+22 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:3.5K
    • GPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~2h
    Score88 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • UZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on GZDoom, adding an advanced renderer and…

    18good first issues+6 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Graphics
    • Stars:2.3K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~4h
    Score87 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • ♞ lichess.org: the forever free, adless and open source chess server ♞

    5good first issues
    • Scala
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:18.8K
    • AGPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~9h
    Score86 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Defold is a completely free to use game engine for development of desktop, console, mobile and web games.

    8good first issues
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Web Frontend
    • Stars:6.3K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~21h
    Score86 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

    9good first issues+3 help wanted
    • Java
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Mobile
    • Stars:25.4K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~9h
    Score85 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • The original unitystation

    56good first issues
    • C#
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:734
    • AGPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score85 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Main game repository for Beyond All Reason.

    33good first issues
    • Lua
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:4.2K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~14d
    Score84 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • SuperTux source code

    12good first issues+6 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Graphics
    • Stars:3.2K
    • GPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~13h
    Score84 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

    2good first issues
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Graphics
    • Stars:117.9K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~6h
    Score83 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

    5good first issues
    • C
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:76.8K
    • GPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~2h
    Score83 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • 3D and 2D game engine written in Rust

    6good first issues+1 help wanted
    • Rust
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Graphics
    • Stars:9.6K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~22h
    Score82 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • A high performance, editable terrain system for Godot 4.

    8good first issues
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:4.3K
    • MIT
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~1h
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Terasology - open source voxel world

    35good first issues
    • Java
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Graphics
    • Stars:3.9K
    • Apache-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30d
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • The main repository for the development of the evolution game Thrive.

    100good first issues+17 help wanted
    • C#
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Scientific Computing
    • Stars:3.7K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30d
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • The original PvP Game Manager for Minecraft

    13good first issues+6 help wanted
    • Java
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:208
    • AGPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score80 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • ⚔️ A cross-platform, open source, and super fast MUD client with scripting in Lua

    10good first issues+23 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: OS
    • Stars:913
    • GPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score79 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • TripleA is a turn based strategy game and board game engine, similar to Axis & Allies or Risk.

    8good first issues+3 help wanted
    • Java
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:1.6K
    • GPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~4h
    Score78 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • DDraceNetwork, a free cooperative platformer game

    5good first issues
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Graphics
    • Stars:834
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~54m
    Score78 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • FURY - Free Unified Rendering in pYthon.

    15good first issues
    • Python
    • Field: Graphics
    • Field: Scientific Computing
    • Stars:296
    • CONTRIBUTING
    Score78 out of 100 contributor score, very welcomingFirst-PR friendly
  • Improved version of the X-Ray Engine, the game engine used in the world-famous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series by…

    37good first issues+89 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: Graphics
    • Stars:3.6K
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30d
    Score76 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode…

    33good first issues+6 help wanted
    • C++
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Field: OS
    • Stars:3.1K
    • GPL-2.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~30d
    Score75 out of 100 contributor score, very welcoming
  • PixiEditor is a Universal Editor for all your 2D needs

    9good first issues+13 help wanted
    • C#
    • Field: Graphics
    • Field: Editors
    • Stars:8.1K
    • LGPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~22d
    Score74 out of 100 contributor score, welcoming
  • Brogue: Community Edition - a community-lead fork of the much-loved minimalist roguelike game

    12good first issues
    • C
    • Field: Game Dev
    • Stars:1.5K
    • AGPL-3.0
    • CONTRIBUTING
    • replies in ~11d
    Score74 out of 100 contributor score, welcoming

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