Freeciv
Freeciv 2.1.0-beta3, with the SDL client
Developer(s)	The Freeciv developers
Publisher(s)	The Freeciv project
Release date(s)	January 5, 1996 (1.0) February 11, 2007 (2.0.9) March 31, 2007 (2.1.0-beta4)
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)	Multiplayer, single player
Platform(s)	cross-platform
Media	Internet download
Input	Keyboard, mouse

Freeciv is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy game for personal computers inspired by the commercial proprietary Sid Meier's Civilization series. The latest stable version of Freeciv is 2.0.9, released on February 11, 2007. The game is closest to Civilization 2 (Civilization 1 used a top down approach whereas civilization 2 and freeciv use an isometric view) Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1152 × 864 pixel, file size: 948 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self made, featuring the third beta of 2. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Video games are generally categorized into genres. ... A turn-based game, also known as turn-based strategy (TBS), is a game where the game flow is partitioned into well-defined and visible parts, called turns or rounds. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... A cross-platform (or platform independent) programming language, software application or hardware device works on more than one system platform (e. ... A computer keyboard is a peripheral partially modeled after the typewriter keyboard. ... Feral mouse A mouse (plural mice) is a rodent that belongs to one of numerous species of small mammals. ... A turn-based game, also known as turn-based strategy, is a game where each participant plays in turn. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... The Civilization series is a series of turn-based strategy games from Sid Meier. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Freeciv is included with most desktop Linux distributions, and continually rated as one of the best available free/open source games.^[1] Released under the GNU General Public License, Freeciv is free software. A Linux distribution or GNU/Linux distribution (or a distro) is a Unix-like operating system plus application software comprising the Linux kernel, the GNU operating system, assorted free software and sometimes proprietary software, all created by individuals, groups or organizations from around the world. ... Open source games are computer games assembled out of, and are themselves, open-source software and open content. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Clockwise from top: The logo of the GNU Project (the GNU head), the Linux kernel mascot Tux the Penguin, and the FreeBSD daemon Free software is a term coined by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation[1] to refer to software that can be used, studied, and modified without...

Description

Players take the role of a tribe leader in 4000 BC and have to guide their people through the centuries. Over time, new technologies are discovered, which allow the construction of new city buildings and the deployment of new units. Players can wage war on one another or form diplomatic relationships. (5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC - other millennia) Events City of Ur in Mesopotamia (40th century BC). ...

The game ends when one civilization has eradicated all others, when one people has accomplished the goal of space colonization, or at a certain deadline. If more than one civilization remains at the deadline, the player with the highest score wins. Points are awarded for the size of a civilization, its wealth, and cultural and scientific advances. Artists conception of a space habitat called the Stanford torus, by Don Davis Space colonization (also called space settlement, space humanization, space habitation, etc. ...

Design

Freeciv is very configurable, down to the specific rules, so it can be played in Freeciv (default) mode, Civilization, Civilization II, or in a custom mode. One or several players act as game administrators and can configure the game rules. Typically modified rules are: Civilization, or Sid Meiers Civilization (which is the games official name), is a turn-based strategy game created by Sid Meier for Microprose in 1991. ... Sid Meiers Civilization II, a. ...

• Number of players required before the game can be started
• Speed of technological development
• Whether there should be computer controlled players
• Whether (computer controlled) barbarians should invade player settlements
• How close cities can be built to one another
• How continents and islands are supposed to be distributed over the map

Graphics and sounds can be replaced; there are isometric, two-dimensional and hexagonal graphics packages (tilesets). Look up Barbarian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An isometric drawing of a cube. ... 2-dimensional renderings (ie. ...

Freeciv uses TCP/IP networking and all games connect to a centralized server; Freeciv allows players to run a server on their own machine against artificial intelligence (AI) computer players in addition to multiplayer games versus other humans. In releases before the 2.0 release, AI players could not engage in diplomatic relationships with human players. Under the current release, AI players will engage in a very predictable, rules-based diplomacy. The Internet protocol suite is the set of communications protocols that implement the protocol stack on which the Internet runs. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Garry Kasparov playing against Deep Blue, the first machine to win a chess game against a reigning world champion. ...

While the game is turn based, players move simultaneously. Each AI player moves separately.

Freeciv has a map and scenario editor called Civworld available as a separate download. Civworld is being integrated into the main release as of 2006, and recent development snapshots has some map editing capabilities built-in.

Freeciv most resembles Civilization II, with many improvements: Sid Meiers Civilization II, a. ...

• Multiplayer capability (available on Civilization II Gold)
• Queued production
• New units (Workers, AWACS)
• Improved "go" command with intended route shown
• Ability to view city production and turns to growth without opening the city screen
• The concept of national borders (much like the "culture" borders used in Civilizaion 3)

It also lacks features available in the original Civilization II:

• Ability to zoom in/out from map
• Music

Compatibility

Originally developed on IRIX, Freeciv has been reported to run on at least SunOS 4, Solaris, Ultrix, QNX, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, OS/2, Microsoft Windows 95-Vista, Cygwin and AmigaOS. Freeciv is included with many popular Linux distributions. IRIX is a computer operating system developed by Silicon Graphics, Inc. ... SunOS was the version of the UNIX operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstations and server systems until the early 1990s. ... Solaris is a computer operating system developed by Sun Microsystems. ... Ultrix (officially all-caps ULTRIX) was the brand name of Digital Equipment Corporations (DEC) native Unix systems. ... QNX (pronounced either Q-N-X or Q-nix) is a commercial POSIX-compliant Unix-like real-time operating system, aimed primarily at the embedded systems market. ... It has been suggested that Criticism of Linux be merged into this article or section. ... FreeBSD is a Unix-like free operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) branch through the 386BSD and 4. ... OpenBSD is a freely available Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. ... NetBSD is a freely redistributable, open source version of the Unix-like BSD computer operating system. ... Mac OS X (official IPA pronunciation: ) is a line of proprietary, graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... Cygwin is a collection of free software tools originally developed by Cygnus Solutions to allow various versions of Microsoft Windows to act somewhat like a Unix system. ... AmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. ... It has been suggested that Linux be merged into this article or section. ...

References

See also

Video games Portal

• FreeCol

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