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Unknown Horizons

2009-07-12T15:54:25Z

GreyGhost: Some more changes ..

{{Gameinfo
|title =
|image = Image:Anno3.png
|caption =
|genres = [[:Category:Real-time strategy games|RTS]], [[:Category:Economic simulation games|Economic simulation]]
|genre = Real time strategy
|developers =
|developer =
|code licenses =
|code license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|media licenses =
|media license = [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike|CC-BY-SA]] 3.0, Various others
|engines =
|engine = [[Flexible Isometric Fallout(-like) Engine|FIFE]]
|latest release = 2009.1
|release date = July 8th, 2009
|languages =
|language = [[:Category:C++ games|C++]], [[:Category:Python games|Python]]
|libraries =
|library = [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]]
}}
'''Unknown Horizons''', formerly known as OpenAnno, is a [[:Category:real-time strategy games|real-time strategy game]] and [[:Category:Economic simulation games|economic simulation]] game loosely based on Sunflower's Anno series.<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page UH's wiki main page reveals the project aim] accessed on October 10th, 2008.</ref>
The game's source code is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] while its own media is licensed under the [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike|CC-BY-SA]] license and some parts under various other licenses.<ref>[http://trac.unknown-horizons.org/browser/trunk/doc/LICENSE Unknown Horizons' document on Licensing].</ref>

The latest release is 2009.1 <ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/site/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01entryid=31&cntnt01returnid=74 News post on 2009.1 release].</ref>
The first public version of Unknown Horizons is version 2008.1 released on October 1st, 2008 when it was called OpenAnno.<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/site/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01entryid=16&cntnt01returnid=74 News post on 2008.1 release]</ref>. This was the last release as OpenAnno before the name was changed to Unknown Horizons<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/site/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01entryid=24&cntnt01returnid=74 News post on name change]</ref>.

== Gameplay ==
Planned key gameplay elements:

'''Urban development'''
* Build a blooming metropolis from scratch with residential areas, industrial estates, service trade and lots of sights.
'''Commodities managment'''
* Organize your resources to feed, extend and defend your growing city.
'''Diplomacy'''
* Deal with other players to schedule conditions of trade agreements and non-aggression pacts.
'''Trade'''
* Exchange stock with other players, free traders and local settlements to ensure your stores keeping reserves for the bad times.
'''Strategy'''
* Painfully trouble your enemies with strategic pinpricks and take advantage of all their little mistakes to solidify your position.
'''Exploration'''
* Find new islands, trade routes and resource deposits to raise your city's wealth and extend your reach.

== Development ==

The game uses the [[Flexible Isometric Fallout(-like) Engine|FIFE]] engine and is written in the [[:Category:C++ games|C++]] and [[:Category:Python games|Python]] programming languages using the [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]] library.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/projects/openanno Unknown Horizons project page on sourceforge.net] accessed on October 9th, 2008</ref>

There is an extensive design document detailing everything from the menu to the indiviual units in the game.<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/wiki/index.php/DD/Main Design Document on the Unknown Horizons wiki] accessed on March 13th, 2009.</ref> The project's existence can be traced to July 11th, 2005 when OpenAnno was registered on SourceForge.net.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=479942 News post]</ref>

There have been multiple attempts to involve new developers through posts on various German and English forums.<ref>[http://www.linuxforen.de/forums/showthread.php?t=188350 linuxforen.de thread on OpenAnno] accessed on October 10th, 2008</ref>
<ref>[http://blendpolis.de/f/viewtopic.php?t=13512 blend.polis thread on OpenAnno] accessed on October 10th, 2008.</ref>
<ref>[http://www.gamedev.de/index.php?module=pnForum&func=viewtopic&topic=300&start=0 GameDev.de thread on OpenAnno] accessed on October 10th, 2008</ref>
===Contributors===
The development team of Unknown Horizons consists of over 12 members.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=143268 Membership list for Unknown Horizons on sourceforge.net.] accessed on October 12th, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/wiki/index.php/En/Team_Activity Unknown Horizons wiki: Team Activity] (accessed on March 13th, 2008)</ref>

;PROJECT COORDINATION
*Nihathrael (Thomas Kinnen)
*Nightraven (Tobias Schroefel)

;GAME-PLAY DESIGN
*dauerflucher (Andreas Lis)
*Andre (Andre Reichelt)
*Kilian] (Kilian K.)

;PROGRAMMING
*lynxis (Alexander Couzens)
*yonibear (Jonathan Sieber)
*Nihathrael (Thomas Kinnen)
*phiker (Philipp Kerling)
*spq (Kristoffer Janke)
*totycro (Bernhard Mallinger)
*chistoph_debian (Christoph Egger)
*GreyGhost (Tushar Sawant)

;GRAPHIC ARTISTS
*dauerflucher (Andreas Lis)
*egore (Christoph Brill)
*kaschte (Fabian Riedel)

;SOUND/MUSIC ARTISTS
*draikon (Sebastian Ahlen)
*novatlan (Tobias Escher)

;TRANSLATORS
*French - LiveWire
*Norwegian - frodus
*Portuguese - Mad_Monk

;Special thanks to
*mvBarracuda (Martin Vohland)
*Lamoot (Matjaz Lamut)
*LinuxDonald (Thomas Kowaliczek)
*Dreimer (Daniel Reimer)
*hoehrer (Werner Hoehrer)
*mattn (Martin Gerhardry)
*Reiner Prokein http://reinerstileset.4players.de

=== Milestones ===

Detailed [http://trac.unknown-horizons.org/roadmap Roadmap] can be found at the Unknown Horizons trac.

== Content ==
[[Image:OpenAnno-Tents_Preview.png|Building render|thumb|right]]
Most of the graphics in Unknown Horizons are 3D model renders.

Credits can be looked up in our [http://trac.unknown-horizons.org/browser/trunk/doc/LICENSE license file].

== References ==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://unknown-horizons.org/site/ Unknown Horizons homepage]
*[http://trac.unknown-horizons.org Unknown Horizons trac]
*[http://wiki.unknown-horizons.org/ Unknown Horizons wiki]

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Real-time strategy games]]
[[Category:Economic simulation games]]
[[Category:GPL games]]
[[Category:CC BY-SA games]]
[[Category:SDL games]]
[[Category:C++ games]]
[[Category:Python games]]
[[Category:FIFE games]]

Unknown Horizons

2009-07-12T15:17:11Z

GreyGhost: Some more updates

{{Gameinfo
|title =
|image = Image:Anno3.png
|caption =
|genres = [[:Category:Real-time strategy games|RTS]], [[:Category:Economic simulation games|Economic simulation]]
|genre = Real time strategy
|developers =
|developer =
|code licenses =
|code license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|media licenses =
|media license = [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike|CC-BY-SA]] 3.0, Various others
|engines =
|engine = [[Flexible Isometric Fallout(-like) Engine|FIFE]]
|latest release = 2009.1
|release date = July 8th, 2009
|languages =
|language = [[:Category:C++ games|C++]], [[:Category:Python games|Python]]
|libraries =
|library = [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]]
}}
'''Unknown Horizons''', formerly known as OpenAnno, is a [[:Category:real-time strategy games|real-time strategy game]] and [[:Category:Economic simulation games|economic simulation]] game loosely based on Sunflower's Anno series.<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page UH's wiki main page reveals the project aim] accessed on October 10th, 2008.</ref>
The game's source code is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] while its own media is licensed under the [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike|CC-BY-SA]] license and some parts under various other licenses.<ref>[http://trac.unknown-horizons.org/browser/trunk/doc/LICENSE Unknown Horizons' document on Licensing] .</ref>

The latest release is 2009.1 <ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/site/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01entryid=31&cntnt01returnid=74 News post on 2009.1 release].</ref>
The first public version of Unknown Horizons is version 2008.1 released on October 1st, 2008 when it was called OpenAnno.<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/site/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01entryid=16&cntnt01returnid=74 News post on 2008.1 release]</ref>. This was the last release as OpenAnno before the name was changed to Unknown Horizons<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/site/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01entryid=24&cntnt01returnid=74 News post on name change]</ref>.

== Gameplay ==
Planned key gameplay elements:

'''Urban development'''
* Build a blooming metropolis from scratch with residential areas, industrial estates, service trade and lots of sights.
'''Commodities managment'''
* Organize your resources to feed, extend and defend your growing city.
'''Diplomacy'''
* Deal with other players to schedule conditions of trade agreements and non-aggression pacts.
'''Trade'''
* Exchange stock with other players, free traders and local settlements to ensure your stores keeping reserves for the bad times.
'''Strategy'''
* Painfully trouble your enemies with strategic pinpricks and take advantage of all their little mistakes to solidify your position.
'''Exploration'''
* Find new islands, trade routes and resource deposits to raise your city's wealth and extend your reach.

== Development ==

The game uses the [[Flexible Isometric Fallout(-like) Engine|FIFE]] engine and is written in the [[:Category:C++ games|C++]] and [[:Category:Python games|Python]] programming languages using the [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]] library.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/projects/openanno Unknown Horizons project page on sourceforge.net] accessed on October 9th, 2008</ref>

There is an extensive design document detailing everything from the menu to the indiviual units in the game.<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/wiki/index.php/DD/Main Design Document on the Unknown Horizons wiki] accessed on March 13th, 2009.</ref> The project's existence can be traced to July 11th, 2005 when OpenAnno was registered on SourceForge.net.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=479942 News post]</ref>

There have been multiple attempts to involve new developers through posts on various German and English forums.<ref>[http://www.linuxforen.de/forums/showthread.php?t=188350 linuxforen.de thread on OpenAnno] accessed on October 10th, 2008</ref>
<ref>[http://blendpolis.de/f/viewtopic.php?t=13512 blend.polis thread on OpenAnno] accessed on October 10th, 2008.</ref>
<ref>[http://www.gamedev.de/index.php?module=pnForum&func=viewtopic&topic=300&start=0 GameDev.de thread on OpenAnno] accessed on October 10th, 2008</ref>
===Contributors===
The development team of Unknown Horizons consists of over 12 members.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=143268 Membership list for Unknown Horizons on sourceforge.net.] accessed on October 12th, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/wiki/index.php/En/Team_Activity Unknown Horizons wiki: Team Activity] (accessed on March 13th, 2008)</ref>

;Project Managers
*[[Thomas Kowaliczek]] aka ''LinuxDonald''
;Developers
*[[Philipp Kerling]] aka ''phiker''
*[[Kristoffer Janke]] aka ''spq''
*[[Jonathan Sieber]] aka ''yonibear''
*[[Thomas Kinnen]] aka ''Nihathrael''
*[[Bernhard Mallinger]] aka ''totycro''
;Translators
*[[Tushar S.]] aka ''GreyGhost''
;Graphics
*[[Andreas Lis]] aka ''dauerflucher''
*[[Christoph Brill]] aka ''egore''
;Music
*[[Sebastian Ahlen]] aka ''draikon''
;Game design
*[[André Reichelt]] aka ''Andre''

=== Milestones ===

The first (2008.1) milestone's aim was to implement the building of a settlement, to create basic multiplayer functionality and to provide some house and landscape graphics.

The aim of the second milestone (2008.2) was to improve the existing functionalities, to add the ability to load and save the game and to complete the pioneer increment.{{reference required}}

== Content ==
[[Image:OpenAnno-Tents_Preview.png|Building render|thumb|right]]
Most of the graphics in Unknown Horizons are 3D model renders.

== References ==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://unknown-horizons.org/site/ Unknown Horizons homepage]

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Real-time strategy games]]
[[Category:Economic simulation games]]
[[Category:GPL games]]
[[Category:CC BY-SA games]]
[[Category:SDL games]]
[[Category:C++ games]]
[[Category:Python games]]
[[Category:FIFE games]]

File:Anno3.png

2009-07-12T15:09:58Z

GreyGhost: uploaded a new version of "File:Anno3.png": Ingame screenshot from 2009.1

[[OpenAnno]] 2008.1 release screenshot.

All media should be CC-BY-SA 3.0.

[[Category:Screenshots]][[Category:CC BY-SA images]]

Unknown Horizons

2009-07-12T15:03:49Z

GreyGhost: Some updates

{{Gameinfo
|title =
|image = Image:Anno3.png
|caption =
|genres = [[:Category:Real-time strategy games|RTS]], [[:Category:Economic simulation games|Economic simulation]]
|genre = Real time strategy
|developers =
|developer =
|code licenses =
|code license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|media licenses =
|media license = [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike|CC-BY-SA]] 3.0, Various others
|engines =
|engine = [[Flexible Isometric Fallout(-like) Engine|FIFE]]
|latest release = 2009.1
|release date = July 8th, 2009
|languages =
|language = [[:Category:C++ games|C++]], [[:Category:Python games|Python]]
|libraries =
|library = [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]]
}}
'''Unknown Horizons''', formerly known as OpenAnno, is a [[:Category:real-time strategy games|real-time strategy game]] and [[:Category:Economic simulation games|economic simulation]] game loosely based on Sunflower's Anno series.<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page UH's wiki main page reveals the project aim] accessed on October 10th, 2008.</ref>
The game's source code is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] while its own media is licensed under the [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike|CC-BY-SA]] license and some parts under various other licenses.<ref>[http://trac.unknown-horizons.org/browser/trunk/doc/LICENSE Unknown Horizons' document on Licensing] .</ref>

The latest release is 2009.1 <ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/site/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01entryid=31&cntnt01returnid=74 News post on 2009.1 release].</ref>
The first public version of Unknown Horizons is version 2008.1 released on October 1st, 2008 when it was called OpenAnno.<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/site/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01entryid=16&cntnt01returnid=74 News post on 2008.1 release]</ref>. This was the last release as OpenAnno before the name was changed to Unknown Horizons<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/site/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01entryid=24&cntnt01returnid=74 News post on name change]</ref>.

== Gameplay ==
The player's ability to build will depend on the development stage (increment) of the population. Higher increments are reached by satisfying the population's resource needs. This will allow the creation of more advanced buildings.<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/wiki/index.php/DD/Buildings/Automatic_development Development in Unknown Horizons] accessed on March 13th, 2009.</ref>

== Development ==

The game uses the [[Flexible Isometric Fallout(-like) Engine|FIFE]] engine and is written in the [[:Category:C++ games|C++]] and [[:Category:Python games|Python]] programming languages using the [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]] library.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/projects/openanno Unknown Horizons project page on sourceforge.net] accessed on October 9th, 2008</ref>

There is an extensive design document detailing everything from the menu to the indiviual units in the game.<ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/wiki/index.php/DD/Main Design Document on the Unknown Horizons wiki] accessed on March 13th, 2009.</ref> The project's existence can be traced to July 11th, 2005 when OpenAnno was registered on SourceForge.net.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=479942 News post]</ref>

There have been multiple attempts to involve new developers through posts on various German forums.<ref>[http://www.linuxforen.de/forums/showthread.php?t=188350 linuxforen.de thread on OpenAnno] accessed on October 10th, 2008</ref>
<ref>[http://blendpolis.de/f/viewtopic.php?t=13512 blend.polis thread on OpenAnno] accessed on October 10th, 2008.</ref>
<ref>[http://www.gamedev.de/index.php?module=pnForum&func=viewtopic&topic=300&start=0 GameDev.de thread on OpenAnno] accessed on October 10th, 2008</ref>
===Contributors===
The development team of Unknown Horizons consists of over 12 members.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=143268 Membership list for Unknown Horizons on sourceforge.net.] accessed on October 12th, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.unknown-horizons.org/wiki/index.php/En/Team_Activity Unknown Horizons wiki: Team Activity] (accessed on March 13th, 2008)</ref>

;Project Managers
*[[Thomas Kowaliczek]] aka ''LinuxDonald''
;Developers
*[[Philipp Kerling]] aka ''phiker''
*[[Kristoffer Janke]] aka ''spq''
*[[Jonathan Sieber]] aka ''yonibear''
*[[Thomas Kinnen]] aka ''Nihathrael''
*[[Bernhard Mallinger]] aka ''totycro''
;Translators
*[[Tushar S.]] aka ''GreyGhost''
;Graphics
*[[Andreas Lis]] aka ''dauerflucher''
*[[Christoph Brill]] aka ''egore''
;Music
*[[Sebastian Ahlen]] aka ''draikon''
;Game design
*[[André Reichelt]] aka ''Andre''

=== Milestones ===

The first (2008.1) milestone's aim was to implement the building of a settlement, to create basic multiplayer functionality and to provide some house and landscape graphics.

The aim of the second milestone (2008.2) was to improve the existing functionalities, to add the ability to load and save the game and to complete the pioneer increment.{{reference required}}

== Content ==
[[Image:OpenAnno-Tents_Preview.png|Building render|thumb|right]]
Most of the graphics in Unknown Horizons are 3D model renders.

== References ==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://unknown-horizons.org/site/ Unknown Horizons homepage]

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Real-time strategy games]]
[[Category:Economic simulation games]]
[[Category:GPL games]]
[[Category:CC BY-SA games]]
[[Category:SDL games]]
[[Category:C++ games]]
[[Category:Python games]]
[[Category:FIFE games]]