0 A.D. Open Source RTS Indiegogo Funding Nearing Its End

0 A.D. the awesome looking open source RTS game from Wildfire Games has less than 2 days left on its indiegogo campaign!


They have now raised just over $30K which is great and I hope the funds can speed up the project.

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About

QuoteOur code is GPL 2.
Our art and sound are CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Our game is cross-platform: Windows, Linux, OSX.
Our game is single player - slaughter the AI.
Our game is multiplayer - slaughter your friends.
Our game is educational - learn from it.
Our game has a 100% all-original soundtrack. Yes, really.
Our game is awesome.
Our game is FREE. No cost. No pay-to-play. No pay-to-win. No DRM junk. Share it. Mod it. Live it. Love it.
You can even demo the game right now! Warning: Alpha release, may contain bugs, lag, and general warfare.

History

QuoteWe're building 0 A.D. – Empires Ascendant because we love strategy gaming and we think the current state of the strategy genre is abysmal. While there have been some great strategy games released recently, we feel like the essence of old-school Real-Time Strategy has been lost. We'd like to recapture that.

We're taking the old-school conventions of the genre and updating them. 0 A.D. – Empires Ascendant is inspired by Age of Empires, but also takes cues from games like Battle for Middle Earth II, Rome: Total War, Starcraft, Age of Kings and others. We've honed the game's design into a coherent, unique whole, that delivers an authentic experience.

Over the years (development went open-source in 2009), the game's design has evolved considerably, but our hearts have always been set on recreating that feeling we had when we played our first real-time strategy game all those years ago.

If you want to see a really amazing open source RTS game then now is the time to pledge.

Download alpha: http://play0ad.com/download/linux Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.