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Recommendations for a low-attention game to play during meetings (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by turkalino@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I've been playing Old School Runescape during zoom meetings but I've done all that can be done in a free account and I don't wanna pay the exorbitant membership fee.

Looking for recommendations for a similar game that doesn't require a lot of attention and can be easily paused/resumed at will.

Must be able to run/emulate on Linux

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[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Turn based games work the best for this, you can stop playing at any moment or resume at any moment without any issues. I played Civilization III for most lectures through university. Civ III does run under Proton but not well. Civ V has a native build, and would be a good entry point into the series.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago

Freeciv could be an alternative too https://www.freeciv.org/

[–] toddestan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I can't speak for Civ III, but my experience with Civ V is that running the Windows version under Proton actually performs better nowadays than the native build. But YMMV.