Widelands
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| Developer(s) | The Widelands Development Team |
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| Engine | SDL-based custom engine |
| Platform(s) | AmigaOS 4, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows |
| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Widelands is a free slow-paced real-time strategy video game under the GNU General Public License.Widelands takes many ideas from and is quite similar to The Settlers and The Settlers II. It is still a work in progress game, with development still required in graphics and bugfixing. The game runs on several operating systems such as AmigaOS 4, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Windows.
Widelands has single-player, network and internet multiplayer modes, single player campaign missions and an internationalisation system with translations for Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Scottish Gaelic, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish. Players may select one of three different tribes. Widelands provides four basic tutorials and three tutorial campaigns. Advanced players can create their own maps with the included map editor. It is also possible to import and play original Settlers II maps.
Widelands still contains some bugs that need to be fixed until a final (1.0) version will be released, further some wished features, graphics and sounds are still missing. The newest version is Build 19, released on November 11, 2016.
The game was reviewed by Linux Journal which noted:
Delve into this game, and there's much that lies beneath the surface. It has simple things that please, like how the in-game menus are very sophisticated and solid, with none of the bugginess you get in many amateur games. But, it's the complete reversal of hyperspeed in its gameplay that I really love. I always want to get back to building my base when playing most RTS games, but I'm constantly drawn away by fire fights. This game lets you keep building, and places serious emphasis on how you do it.
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The German magazine reviewed Widelands in issue 4/2008 in a three A4 paged article.
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