Posts Tagged ‘open source’

Beyond Beyaan: A Space 4X Game Engine [Kickstarter]

Beyond Beyaan: A Space 4X Game Engine [Kickstarter]

By on January 28th, 2013 at 1:07 pm
Indie dev Brent Patterson is on Kickstarter looking for support to fund his space 4X game's art assets.
Master of Orion Inspired Beyond Beyaan Goes Open Source

Master of Orion Inspired Beyond Beyaan Goes Open Source

By on September 17th, 2012 at 9:16 am
Brent Patterson announced that his space 4X game Beyond Beyaan is now open source. Brent put the C# code on Google Code. The chosen license was GPL3.
FreeOrion 0.3.16 Released

FreeOrion 0.3.16 Released

By on July 20th, 2011 at 5:24 pm
FreeOrion is an open-source project with the goal to build a turn-based 4x space strategy game that although inspired in the Master of Orion series.
Birth of the Empires – 4x TBS Open Source – Alpha 6 (version 0.8)

Birth of the Empires – 4x TBS Open Source – Alpha 6 (version 0.8)

By on February 5th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Birth of the Empires, also known as "BotE", is being supported by the Birth of the Federation 2 Consortium. BotE is proposed to be one spiritual successor to Star Trek Birth of the Federation (BotF).
Supremacy will go to Las Vegas for Official Star Trek Convention

Supremacy will go to Las Vegas for Official Star Trek Convention

By on March 16th, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Mike Strobel, the creator of Star Trek: Supremacy, will be attending the Las Vegas Star Trek convention in August 5 - 8th 2010. He will talk about Birth of the Federation and the development of Star Trek: Supremacy.

In preparation for this Star Trek event, Mike will release a game update in August 2010 that will improve the multiplayer experience and game performance. The update will also include improvements to Diplomacy and the Intelligence features.
Interview with Mike Strobel | Star Trek Supremacy Lead Developer

Interview with Mike Strobel | Star Trek Supremacy Lead Developer

By on February 6th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Star Trek Supremacy is a new 4x space strategy game being developed by Mike Strobel. I've been in contacted Mike for an interview, which he kindly accepted.
Star Trek Supremacy – Open Source Free Game in Development

Star Trek Supremacy – Open Source Free Game in Development

By on January 10th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Star Trek Supremacy is a 4x space strategy game being developed by Mike Strobel. It is a Non-commercial Open Source project that will be made available for free to the public. The game is not licensed by the Star Trek franchise, it is a title being developed by an independent developer as an hobby.

Supremacy picks up from the classic Microprose title Star Trek Birth of the Federation, a.k.a. Star Trek: BOTF. Supremacy’s intention is to be a BOTF’s rightful successor. Sometimes Supremacy is also known in the community as Star Trek Birth of Federation 2 (BOTF2).
Interview with FreeOrion’s Programming Lead: Zach Laine

Interview with FreeOrion’s Programming Lead: Zach Laine

By on August 17th, 2009 at 12:10 am
I became quite interested about this project due not only to the fact that it is inspired in the Master of Orion series but also because it is an open source project being developed by the fan base community.
FreeOrion: A Free Open Source 4x Space Strategy Game

FreeOrion: A Free Open Source 4x Space Strategy Game

By on July 31st, 2009 at 5:31 am
While doing some research on the latest news about space strategy games under development I came across with the FreeOrion project. FreeOrion is an open-source project which goal is to build a turn based 4x space strategy game. The entire project is community-centered were people that share the common motivation are invited to contribute to build the game in many ways, some as programmers, others as conceptual designers, others as opinion makers. As stated in the project vision the game is inspired in the Master of Orion series and it will be a turn-based strategy game built in the classic 4x model style.