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.

Tried compiling again on cycle 1 where libxml is installed, got cmake: command not found.


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