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raydeen
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on: October 26, 2007, 04:27:30 AM

This came up on my radar yesterday:

http://www.wildfiregames.com/0ad/

Looks to be an RTS - graphically sort've like WCIII meets Total War maybe? Looks decent for a free indie game. Windows and Linux.

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Reply #1 on: October 26, 2007, 06:52:49 AM

Looks more like Age of Empires to me.  That is not an indictment.  I'll put this one on The List.

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Reply #2 on: October 26, 2007, 07:16:57 AM

Looks nicely done. Graphics are good, 2d but big enough to see what the hell it is.

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Reply #3 on: September 06, 2013, 10:47:40 AM

Arise!

Apparently, this is in a playable state now even though it's now a Kickstarter thing.

http://play0ad.com/game-info/project-overview/
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-0-a-d-an-open-source-strategy-game/

Going to DL and give it a go this weekend.

I miss AoE days.

At the top of the Hacker News articles today.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6339917

With some positive comments:

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0AD is the most polished, beautiful open source game I have ever played. This campaign is not about building a new game: the game already exists as shown in the video and is even in an enjoyable-to-play state. Definitely check it out if you haven't already (and it's cross-platform!): http://play0ad.com/

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It really is a fantastic effort already. IMHO, their major needs are:

(1) scripted events, which would allow a tutorial mode and various scenarios. Apparently this is a tough integration into the existing engine.

(2) to make combat formations really work, so there's some sort of tactics to combat. You can do some of that, but it generally turns into a mob fight.

Good news is it looks like they're intending both of these already.

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I've put a lot of hours into playing 0AD and it's a joy. Very polished, really good gameplay, addictive, and engaging.

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