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Oh boy, I used to absolutely adore Settlers when I was younger on my Amiga! Widelands [Official Site] is an open source strategy game much like the original, and a new release is on the way.

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It will have new maps, improved AI, some improved graphics here and there, menu improvements and redesigns, new sounds and tons more.

Sounds like a pretty beefy release for Widelands! Still, it's certainly not a good-looking game, thankfully it has tons of replay value and reasonably interesting gameplay.

Have you tried it before, did you even know it exists? Let us know in the comments.

Thanks for pointing it out in the GOL IRC, Lightkey! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Tags: Open Source, Strategy | Apps: Widelands
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8 comments

musojon74 Oct 17, 2016
Didn't know about this but used to love the Settlers on my amiga. The 2 player game with 2 mice :-). Will probably buy this.
Colombo Oct 17, 2016
I tried it a few weeks ago. I couldn't make it even run. Got stuck in menus. UI is really horrible.
Mountain Man Oct 18, 2016
UI is where a lot of open source projects tend to fall behind, especially games. Designing a good UI for a game can be really, really difficult, and most open source developers don't have the expertise.


Last edited by Mountain Man on 18 October 2016 at 12:15 am UTC
WorMzy Oct 18, 2016
If you enjoyed the original Settlers, freeserf is probably worth looking into.
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I know we can't have everything, but I'm not really into super-old-generation graphics. Sure, I have a few games with old-school graphics, but I'm not in the mood for more.
burnall Oct 18, 2016
Something like settlers 3 or 4 would be awesome.
Tchey Oct 18, 2016
Last release of Freeserf is from june 2013 if i'm right.
jonls.dk/freeserf/

Widelands is fun but a little too messy, tested it about a year ago.
WorMzy Oct 18, 2016
Quoting: TcheyLast release of Freeserf is from june 2013 if i'm right.
jonls.dk/freeserf/

That's true. The git repository is relatively active though and 0.2-rc1 was tagged back in July.
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