wiki:AlternativeGames

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Alternative Games

This page will keep track of possible alternative games we should consider.

RTS

​0AD

  • Open source RTS game similar to Age of Empires. It is still in development.
  • C++/JavaScript

Tried compiling on Linux but had a problem with libxml2.


​ORTS -- Open Real-Time Strategy

  • Open source RTS game engine.
  • Users load scripts to server to create a game.
  • Client software connects to server to control objects in the game.
  • C++

Downloaded using svn but could not compile. Tried make init and make but got some errors.

​Research paper using ORTS


​Glest

  • Open source 3-D RTS game.
  • Download seems to be only Windows.
  • Downloaded the game on my laptop but it was just an installer. No source code.

Stopped development but MegaGlest and Glest Advanced Engine has continued work on the engine.

​MegaGlest

​Glest Advanced Engine

Downloaded latest version of MegaGlest. Compiling instructions in README but I couldn't figure it out.

​Thesis on reinforcement learning in RTS using Glest


​Bos Wars

  • Open source futuristic RTS.
  • C++/Lua

Downloaded a working version for Linux but it does not contain source code.
Downloaded the source code separately but had compiling issues again. :(

​Some cool AI done with boswars
​The agent is controlled by 2apl
​The guy who worked on the project
​Master thesis -- Best I could find, pdf version wasn't loading


​Spring

  • Open source RTS game engine.
  • Many different games have been created on the Spring game engine.
  • Supports AI plugins in many programming languages.
  • C++

​Integrating AI in Spring