Warzone 2100
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| Warzone 2100 | |
|---|---|
 Warzone 2100 2.0.7 | |
| Genre | RTS |
| Developers | Pumpkin Studios, Warzone 2100 Resurrection Project |
| Code license | GPL |
| Media license | GPL |
| Latest release | 2.0.10 / 2.1.0 |
| Release date | 28 December 2007 / 21 December 2008 |
| Libraries | OpenAL, SDL, PhysicsFS |
Warzone 2100 is a real-time strategy game originally written in C as a closed source project by Pumpkin Studios. It was released (excluding the videos) under the GNU General Public License in late 2004 by Eidos Interactive.[1][2][3] Now development is in the hands of the Warzone 2100 Resurrection Project.
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[edit] Story
Warzone 2100 takes place in a post-apocalyptic future, where earth's satellites equipped with nuclear weapons were manipulated to attack the earth.
[edit] Gameplay
In Warzone 2100 new developed technology is used to design vehicles. The player chooses turret, body and propulsion which affect speed, health points, armor damage and shooting range of the unit.
In campaign mode, the map gradually got larger with each successful mission. Than, it become necessary to transport troops to other maps.
[edit] Controls
The game is (primarily?) controlled using a pointing device; it is graphics tablet-friendly.
[edit] Development
The first step made by the development team was the removal of all proprietary dependencies. Now the game uses the SDL, OpenGL, OpenAL and PhysicsFS.[4]
In 2008, the music video data of the original game has been released under the GPL.[5]
[edit] Availability
The latest stable version is available from the game’s site in various formats and for various platforms.
As of 2008-12-25, Debian has packages with versions 2.1.0-1 and 2.1.0~1.rc2-1 in its “unstable” (“sid”) repository. They are maintained by the Debian Games Team, particularly by Linas Žvirblis, Paul Wise and Bradley Smith.
[edit] References
- ↑ Warzone 2100 about page
- ↑ Warzone 2100 data copyright file at Debian packages
- ↑ Warzone 2100 copyright file at Debian packages
- ↑ Old Warzone 2100 homepage
- ↑ Forum thread about the license changes due to release of the game's music and video data under GPL terms
[edit] External links
- Warzone 2100 media at Wikimedia Commons
