Widelands has single-player, local 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 five different tribes: the human-like "Empire", the "Barbarians", the "Atlanteans", the "Frisians", and the "Amazons".
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.
Developmentedit
The first version of Widelands was published in August 2002.[5]Widelands 1.0, the first stable version, was released 19 years later in June 2021.[6] The latest release of Widelands as of October 2022 is version 1.1.[7]
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 Build 11 on their magazin DVD.[10]
The French free software website Framasoft remarked:
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 magazine.[12]
In 2022 the Slovenian magazine Jazbina briefly reviewed Widelands in a Settlers retrospective, describing it as "another unfinished free alternative, but one that is friendly, ambitious and maverick".[13]
^Štrancar, Matjaž (7 April 2022), "The Settlers, saga o srečnih tlačanih", Jazbina, no. 7, Založba Jazbina, pp. 66–67, ISSN 2738-5108, retrieved 25 June 2022
External linksedit
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April 13, 2024
widelands, free, open, source, slow, paced, real, time, strategy, video, game, under, general, public, license, takes, many, ideas, from, quite, similar, settlers, settlers, remains, work, progress, game, with, development, still, required, graphics, fixing, g. Widelands is a free and open source 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 remains a work in progress game with development still required in graphics and bug fixing The game runs on several operating systems such as AmigaOS 4 Linux BSD Mac OS X and Windows Developer s The Widelands Development TeamStable release1 2 1 30 March 2024 11 days ago 30 March 2024 Repositorygithub wbr com wbr widelands wbr widelandsWritten inSDL based custom engineEngineSimple DirectMedia LayerPlatformAmigaOS 4 Linux BSD Mac OS X Microsoft WindowsTypeSingle player multiplayer real time strategyLicenseGPL 2 0 or laterWebsitewww wbr widelands wbr org Four tribes in Widelands Build 20Screenshot of a game taken in 2008Screenshot of the Dolomites map in Widelands Build 19 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Development 3 Reception 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksGameplay editWidelands has single player local 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 five different tribes the human like Empire the Barbarians the Atlanteans the Frisians and the Amazons 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 editThe first version of Widelands was published in August 2002 5 Widelands 1 0 the first stable version was released 19 years later in June 2021 6 The latest release of Widelands as of October 2022 is version 1 1 7 Reception editThe 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 Build 11 on their magazin DVD 10 The French free software website Framasoft remarked 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 magazine 12 In 2022 the Slovenian magazine Jazbina briefly reviewed Widelands in a Settlers retrospective describing it as another unfinished free alternative but one that is friendly ambitious and maverick 13 See also edit nbsp Free and open source software portal nbsp Video games portalList of open source gamesReferences edit Error Unable to display the reference properly See the documentation for details About Widelands Widelands Wiki Widelands release announcement for Build 20 Widelands Retrieved March 9 2012 Widelands appdata GitHub Retrieved 15 June 2021 Widelands 1 0 Released widelands org Retrieved 15 June 2021 Widelands 1 1 Released widelands org Retrieved 23 October 2022 Knight John May 1 2009 New Projects Fresh from the Labs linuxjournal com Erik Barwaldt April 2008 Strategiespiel Widelands LinuxUser Artikel aus c t 4 08 S 152 zu Widelands Build 11 heise online April 2008 Archived from the original on 2012 08 06 Retrieved 2008 09 17 Widelands Strategie Logiciels Libres in French Framasoft April 27 2008 Archived from the original on 2009 01 07 Retrieved March 18 2016 Linux Format 135 September 2010 page 71 Strancar Matjaz 7 April 2022 The Settlers saga o srecnih tlacanih Jazbina no 7 Zalozba Jazbina pp 66 67 ISSN 2738 5108 retrieved 25 June 2022External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Widelands Official Widelands page Widelands project page on GitHub Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Widelands amp oldid 1169222655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
