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==Gameplay== |
==Gameplay== |
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Widelands has single-player, network and internet multiplayer modes, single player campaign missions<ref name=Widelands-Wiki>[http://wl.widelands.org/wiki/AboutWidelands/ About Widelands] Widelands Wiki {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303151949/http://wl.widelands.org/wiki/AboutWidelands/ |date=March 3, 2009 }}</ref> and an [[internationalisation]] system with translations for Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, |
Widelands has single-player, network and internet multiplayer modes, single player campaign missions<ref name=Widelands-Wiki>[http://wl.widelands.org/wiki/AboutWidelands/ About Widelands] Widelands Wiki {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303151949/http://wl.widelands.org/wiki/AboutWidelands/ |date=March 3, 2009 }}</ref> and an [[internationalisation]] system with translations for British English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Low German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish.<ref name=release-announcement-b20>[https://wl.widelands.org/news/2019/May/4/widelands-build-20-released/ Widelands release announcement for Build 20]</ref> Players may select one of four different tribes – the human-like "Empire", the "[[Barbarian]]s", the "[[Atlantis|Atlantean]]s", and the the "[[Frisian]]s". |
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The game provides four basic tutorials and |
The game provides four basic tutorials and four tutorial campaigns. |
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Advanced players can create their own maps with the included [[map editor]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filebuzz.com/fileinfo/114927/Widelands.html | title=Widelands | accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref> It is also possible to import and play original [[The Settlers II|Settlers II]] maps. |
Advanced players can create their own maps with the included [[map editor]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filebuzz.com/fileinfo/114927/Widelands.html | title=Widelands | accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref> It is also possible to import and play original [[The Settlers II|Settlers II]] maps. |
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==Development== |
==Development== |
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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.<ref name=Roadmap>[http://wl.widelands.org/changelog/ Changes since the beginning of the project] and [http://wl.widelands.org/wiki/RoadMap/ planned changes for the future]</ref><ref name=Tracker>[https://bugs.launchpad.net/widelands/+bugs Bugtracker of the project] and [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=40163&atid=427224 feature request list of the project.] on [[sourceforge.net]]</ref> The newest version is Build |
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.<ref name=Roadmap>[http://wl.widelands.org/changelog/ Changes since the beginning of the project] and [http://wl.widelands.org/wiki/RoadMap/ planned changes for the future]</ref><ref name=Tracker>[https://bugs.launchpad.net/widelands/+bugs Bugtracker of the project] and [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=40163&atid=427224 feature request list of the project.] on [[sourceforge.net]]</ref> The newest version is Build 20, released on May 2, 2019.<ref name=release-notes-b20>[https://launchpad.net/widelands/build20/build20/ Widelands release notes for Build 20]</ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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| Developer(s) | The Widelands Development Team |
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| Written in | SDL-based custom engine |
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| Platform | AmigaOS 4, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Single-player, multiplayer Real-time strategy |
| License | GPL |
| Website | www |
Widelands is a free slow-paced real-time strategy video game under the GNU General Public License.[1] 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.
Gameplay
Widelands has single-player, network and internet multiplayer modes, single player campaign missions[2] and an internationalisation system with translations for British English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Low German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish.[3] Players may select one of four different tribes – the human-like "Empire", the "Barbarians", the "Atlanteans", and the the "Frisians".
The game provides four basic tutorials and four tutorial campaigns.
Advanced players can create their own maps with the included map editor.[4] It is also possible to import and play original Settlers II maps.
Development
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.[5][6] The newest version is Build 20, released on May 2, 2019.[7]
Reception
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.[8]
The German LinuxUser magazine reviewed Widelands in issue 4/2008 in a three A4 paged article.[9]
The German c’t magazin wrote a short review of Widelands in their 4/2008 issue and included a Windows version of Widelands Build11 on their magazin DVD.[10]
The French free software web site Framasoft said:
This 2d game with a top-down view is a classic RTS remake, with simple graphics, although functional and efficient. We quickly found the happiness of the old Settlers series with the management of different sized sites, the positioning of the roads which bring resources and advancing your zone of influence with different military buildings.[11]
Widelands was selected in September 2010 as "HotPick" by Linux Format.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Widelands Open Source". August 13, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ About Widelands Widelands Wiki Archived March 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Widelands release announcement for Build 20
- ^ "Widelands". Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ^ Changes since the beginning of the project and planned changes for the future
- ^ Bugtracker of the project and feature request list of the project. on sourceforge.net
- ^ Widelands release notes for Build 20
- ^ Knight, John (May 1, 2009). "New Projects - Fresh from the Labs". linuxjournal.com.
- ^ Erik Bärwaldt (April 2008). "Strategiespiel Widelands". LinuxUser.
- ^ "Artikel aus c't 4/08, S.152, zu Widelands Build 11". heise online. April 2008.
- ^ "Widelands - Stratégie - Logiciels Libres -" (in French). Framasoft. April 27, 2008. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ Linux Format 135 September 2010 page 71