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'''''Stratagus''''' is a [[Free and open-source software|free]] [[cross-platform]] [[game engine]] used to build [[real-time strategy]] video games. Licensed under the [[GPL|GNU GPL]],<ref>[http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/stratagus/stratagus_2.1-9.2/stratagus.copyright Stratagus's copyfile] at [http://debian.org/distrib/packages Debian Packages]</ref> it is written in [[C (programming language)|C]] with the configuration language being [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]. [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]], [[gzip]] and [[bzip2]] are among the external [[library (computer science)|libraries]] used.
'''''Stratagus''''' is a [[Free and open-source software|free]] [[cross-platform]] [[game engine]] used to build [[real-time strategy]] video games. Licensed under the [[GPL|GNU GPL]],<ref>[http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/stratagus/stratagus_2.1-9.2/stratagus.copyright Stratagus's copyfile] at [http://debian.org/distrib/packages Debian Packages]</ref> it is written in [[C (programming language)|C]] with the configuration language being [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]. [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]], [[gzip]] and [[bzip2]] are among the external [[library (computer science)|libraries]] used.


==History==
==History: Freecraft, ==
[[Image:BFM-screenshot01.png|thumb|left|200px|Battle for Mandicor screenshot]]
[[Image:BFM-screenshot01.png|thumb|left|200px|Battle for Mandicor screenshot]]


On June 15, 1998 Lutz Sammer released the first public version of a free ''Warcraft II'' clone for [[Linux]] he had written, named ''ALE Clone''. In 1999 it was renamed to ''Freecraft''. In June 2003, a [[cease and desist]] letter was received from [[Blizzard Entertainment]], who thought the name ''Freecraft'' could cause confusion with the names ''[[StarCraft]]'' and ''Warcraft'', and that some of the ideas within the engine were too similar to ''Warcraft II''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/07/15/stratagus.html |title=Howard Wen, '&#39;Stratagus: Open Source Strategy Games'&#39; linuxdevcenter.com July 15, 2004 |publisher=Linuxdevcenter.com |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> The project halted on June 20, 2003.<ref>[http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/21/1323249 FreeCraft Cease and desisted by Blizzard] – [[Slashdot]]</ref>
On June 15, 1998 Lutz Sammer released the first public version of a free ''Warcraft II'' clone for [[Linux]] he had written, named ''ALE Clone''. In 1999 it was renamed to ''Freecraft''. In June 2003, a [[cease and desist]] letter was received from [[Blizzard Entertainment]], who thought the name ''Freecraft'' could cause confusion with the names ''[[StarCraft]]'' and ''Warcraft'', and that some of the ideas within the engine were too similar to ''Warcraft II''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/07/15/stratagus.html |title=Howard Wen, '&#39;Stratagus: Open Source Strategy Games'&#39; linuxdevcenter.com July 15, 2004 |publisher=Linuxdevcenter.com |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> The project halted on June 20, 2003.<ref>[http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/21/1323249 FreeCraft Cease and desisted by Blizzard] – [[Slashdot]]</ref>


In 2004<ref>[http://stratagus.com/ stratagus news]</ref> the developers regrouped to continue the work by the name of ''Stratagus'', with a change in the aim: former interest in using the data-files from ''WarCraft'' had diminished; the project using the data-files from ''Warcraft II'' was split-off into the new and separate project ''Wargus'' and the free media set imitating ''Warcraft II'' was discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/07/15/stratagus.html |title=Stratagus |publisher=LinuxDevCenter |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> Development on Stratagus was paused on June 10, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stratagus.sourceforge.net/|title=Stratagus homepage}}</ref> The ''Stratagus'' developers are now working on ''[[Bos Wars]]'', which uses its own modified version of the ''Stratagus'' engine. In June 2010 some of developers moved Stratagus project from [[Sourceforge]] to [[Launchpad (website)|Launchpad]] and started working on Stratagus and games again. Now Stratagus, Wargus and Stargus are developed by [https://launchpad.net/~stratagus Stratagus team on Launchpad].
In 2004<ref>[http://stratagus.com/ stratagus news]</ref> the developers regrouped to continue the work by the name of ''Stratagus'', with a change in the aim. The former interest in using the data-files from ''WarCraft'' had diminished. The project using the data-files from ''Warcraft II'' was split-off into the new and separate project ''Wargus'' and the free media set imitating ''Warcraft II'' was discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/07/15/stratagus.html |title=Stratagus |publisher=LinuxDevCenter |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref>
On June 10, 2007, development of Stratagus was paused .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stratagus.sourceforge.net/|title=Stratagus homepage}}</ref> The ''Stratagus'' developers began working on ''[[Bos Wars]]'', which uses its own modified version of the ''Stratagus'' engine.
In June 2010 some of developers moved Stratagus project from [[Sourceforge]] to [[Launchpad (website)|Launchpad]] and started working on Stratagus and games again. Now Stratagus, Wargus and Stargus are developed by [https://launchpad.net/~stratagus Stratagus team on Launchpad].


Playable ''Stratagus''-based games are: fantasy ''Aleona's Tales'',<ref>[http://freegamer.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/aleonas-tales-stratagus-game.html Aleona's Tales (Stratagus game) – Free Gamer</ref> medieval ''Battle for Mandicor'',<ref>[http://dir.filewatcher.com/d/FreeBSD/7-stable/amd64/bfm-0.0.6.2_4.tbz.18305405.html Battle for Mandicor – Filewatcher]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freshports.org/games/bfm/ |title=Battle for Mandicor |publisher=FreshPorts |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> ''Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'' port ''Wargus'', futuristic ''Battle of Survival'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eeesite.net/2007/12/bos-wars-real-time-strategy-game-for.html |title=Bos Wars |publisher=EeeSite |date=December 12, 2007 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bos-wars.software.informer.com/ |title=Bos Wars – Software Informer |publisher=Bos-wars.software.informer.com |date=April 15, 2009 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080525115403735/BosWars.html |title=Bos Wars |publisher=LinuxLinks |date=April 7, 2011 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://garage.moblin.org/garage/games/bos-wars |title=Bos Wars - Moblin.org |publisher=Garage.moblin.org |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fossfor.us/software/name/Bos_Wars |title=Bos Wars |publisher=FOSSForUs |date=November 1, 2011 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://linux.softpedia.com/get/games-entertainment/rts/Bos-Wars-24585.shtml Bos Wars] – [[Softpedia]]</ref> historically-inspired ''Commander Stalin'',<ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew |url=http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/commander-stalin-real-time-strategy.html |title=Commander Stalin: Real Time Strategy Game |publisher=Web Upd8 |date=November 28, 2009 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://open-tube.com/commander-stalin-open-source-free-strategy-game |title=Commander Stalin: Open Source Free Strategy Game |publisher=open-tube |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fossfor.us/software/name/Commander_Stalin |title=Commander Stalin |publisher=FOSSForUs |date=November 1, 2011 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/Commander-Stalin-Download-40153.html Commander Stalin] – [[Softpedia]]</ref><ref>[http://tux.blogs.ie/2008/11/14/commander-stalin/ Commander Stalin], Tux Blog: Linux Software & Games Reviews.</ref> ''[[StarCraft]]'' port ''Stargus'', and space age ''Astroseries''. Of these, only ''Aleona's Tales'', ''[[Wargus]]'' and ''Wyrmsun'' are complete.
Playable ''Stratagus''-based games are: fantasy ''Aleona's Tales'',<ref>[http://freegamer.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/aleonas-tales-stratagus-game.html Aleona's Tales (Stratagus game) – Free Gamer</ref> medieval ''Battle for Mandicor'',<ref>[http://dir.filewatcher.com/d/FreeBSD/7-stable/amd64/bfm-0.0.6.2_4.tbz.18305405.html Battle for Mandicor – Filewatcher]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freshports.org/games/bfm/ |title=Battle for Mandicor |publisher=FreshPorts |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> ''Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'' port ''Wargus'', futuristic ''Battle of Survival'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eeesite.net/2007/12/bos-wars-real-time-strategy-game-for.html |title=Bos Wars |publisher=EeeSite |date=December 12, 2007 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bos-wars.software.informer.com/ |title=Bos Wars – Software Informer |publisher=Bos-wars.software.informer.com |date=April 15, 2009 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080525115403735/BosWars.html |title=Bos Wars |publisher=LinuxLinks |date=April 7, 2011 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://garage.moblin.org/garage/games/bos-wars |title=Bos Wars - Moblin.org |publisher=Garage.moblin.org |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fossfor.us/software/name/Bos_Wars |title=Bos Wars |publisher=FOSSForUs |date=November 1, 2011 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://linux.softpedia.com/get/games-entertainment/rts/Bos-Wars-24585.shtml Bos Wars] – [[Softpedia]]</ref> historically-inspired ''Commander Stalin'',<ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew |url=http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/commander-stalin-real-time-strategy.html |title=Commander Stalin: Real Time Strategy Game |publisher=Web Upd8 |date=November 28, 2009 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://open-tube.com/commander-stalin-open-source-free-strategy-game |title=Commander Stalin: Open Source Free Strategy Game |publisher=open-tube |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fossfor.us/software/name/Commander_Stalin |title=Commander Stalin |publisher=FOSSForUs |date=November 1, 2011 |accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/Commander-Stalin-Download-40153.html Commander Stalin] – [[Softpedia]]</ref><ref>[http://tux.blogs.ie/2008/11/14/commander-stalin/ Commander Stalin], Tux Blog: Linux Software & Games Reviews.</ref> ''[[StarCraft]]'' port ''Stargus'', and space age ''Astroseries''. Of these, only ''Aleona's Tales'', ''[[Wargus]]'' and ''Wyrmsun'' are complete.

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Stratagus
Developer(s)Stratagus team
Stable release
2.2.7 / August 2012; 12 years ago (2012-08)
Repository
Operating systemAmigaOS 4, BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, MorphOS, AROS, Windows
Type
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitelaunchpad.net/stratagus

Stratagus is a free cross-platform game engine used to build real-time strategy video games. Licensed under the GNU GPL,[1] it is written in C with the configuration language being Lua. SDL, gzip and bzip2 are among the external libraries used.

History: Freecraft,

Battle for Mandicor screenshot

On June 15, 1998 Lutz Sammer released the first public version of a free Warcraft II clone for Linux he had written, named ALE Clone. In 1999 it was renamed to Freecraft. In June 2003, a cease and desist letter was received from Blizzard Entertainment, who thought the name Freecraft could cause confusion with the names StarCraft and Warcraft, and that some of the ideas within the engine were too similar to Warcraft II.[2] The project halted on June 20, 2003.[3]

In 2004[4] the developers regrouped to continue the work by the name of Stratagus, with a change in the aim. The former interest in using the data-files from WarCraft had diminished. The project using the data-files from Warcraft II was split-off into the new and separate project Wargus and the free media set imitating Warcraft II was discontinued.[5]

On June 10, 2007, development of Stratagus was paused .[6] The Stratagus developers began working on Bos Wars, which uses its own modified version of the Stratagus engine.

In June 2010 some of developers moved Stratagus project from Sourceforge to Launchpad and started working on Stratagus and games again. Now Stratagus, Wargus and Stargus are developed by Stratagus team on Launchpad.

Playable Stratagus-based games are: fantasy Aleona's Tales,[7] medieval Battle for Mandicor,[8][9] Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness port Wargus, futuristic Battle of Survival,[10][11][12][13][14][15] historically-inspired Commander Stalin,[16][17][18][19][20] StarCraft port Stargus, and space age Astroseries. Of these, only Aleona's Tales, Wargus and Wyrmsun are complete.

Programming

The Stratagus engine is a 2D engine based on a set of pictures in a .png file to show animation. This style was commonly used in the time that Warcraft and other RTS had come out.

Basing on Lua as their primary scripting language, virtually all the abilities in the engine have been made available so that a user of Stratagus does not have to make changes in the original source unless they wish to add new features not presently supported by the engine.

Stratagus and Wargus have been ported to run on Pocket PC,[21] Symbian and Android[22] devices. Wargus has also been ported to the GP2X and Open Pandora Linux handhelds.


See also

References

  1. ^ Stratagus's copyfile at Debian Packages
  2. ^ "Howard Wen, ''Stratagus: Open Source Strategy Games'' linuxdevcenter.com July 15, 2004". Linuxdevcenter.com. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  3. ^ FreeCraft Cease and desisted by Blizzard – Slashdot
  4. ^ stratagus news
  5. ^ "Stratagus". LinuxDevCenter. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  6. ^ "Stratagus homepage".
  7. ^ [http://freegamer.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/aleonas-tales-stratagus-game.html Aleona's Tales (Stratagus game) – Free Gamer
  8. ^ Battle for Mandicor – Filewatcher
  9. ^ "Battle for Mandicor". FreshPorts. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  10. ^ "Bos Wars". EeeSite. December 12, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  11. ^ "Bos Wars – Software Informer". Bos-wars.software.informer.com. April 15, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  12. ^ "Bos Wars". LinuxLinks. April 7, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  13. ^ "Bos Wars - Moblin.org". Garage.moblin.org. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  14. ^ "Bos Wars". FOSSForUs. November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  15. ^ Bos Wars – Softpedia
  16. ^ Andrew (November 28, 2009). "Commander Stalin: Real Time Strategy Game". Web Upd8. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  17. ^ "Commander Stalin: Open Source Free Strategy Game". open-tube. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  18. ^ "Commander Stalin". FOSSForUs. November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  19. ^ Commander Stalin – Softpedia
  20. ^ Commander Stalin, Tux Blog: Linux Software & Games Reviews.
  21. ^ "n0p's homepage".
  22. ^ "Stratagus for Android homepage".
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