Do you love programming? How about real-time strategy games? Check out the new Native Linux release of Screeps: Arena. This is the second game in the series, with the first being Screeps: World that was released back in 2016 and gained a positive rating (and still has players too).
While Screeps: World was a persistent MMO, Screeps: Arena brings things down to be more like a traditional RTS that might end up appealing to a much wider variety of players. It's online only and PvP, where your scripts fight off against others autonomously. Actually sounds quite fun, if you enjoying writing a few lines first.
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Some of the features available include:
- All aspects of an RTS game: gathering resources, base building, creating and upgrading units.
- You don't control your units directly, you play by writing full-fledged JavaScript that runs on game servers.
- Other languages are supported via WebAssembly: C/C++, Rust, TypeScript, Go, C#, F#, Kotlin, Swift, D, Pascal, Zig, the list is growing.
- Your code is executed autonomously while fighting other players' code during series of short fast-paced 1x1 matchups.
- The system will match equal opponents based on your arena rating that changes with every rating game.
- You can find an equal opponent instantly 24/7 even if no other players are online, since their saved code is used instead.
- Different "arenas" (multiplayer game modes) each with its own rules set and goals covering many aspects of a strategy game.
- Only basic programming skills are required. However, if you are a pro developer, now is the chance to put your skills to the limit!
- We will introduce new arenas every season so that you always have to write new code for different challenges.
- Earn daily fame, gain resources and craft items to unlock more content during the season.
- Play with friends and design your own challenges and arenas.
You can buy it on Steam in Early Access, there's also a demo available.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Not a single screenshot with actual code on the steam page, is it because you write in an external editor? Would be weird for a game, tbh.
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Quoting: riidomNot a single screenshot with actual code on the steam page, is it because you write in an external editor? Would be weird for a game, tbh.
If it's anything like the original screeps then yeah there is a basic in game editor, but if you're a programmer you probably have a preferred editor which can be used with the game. I also used git as version control is very helpful for testing and reverting ideas.
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They lost me at javascript, but then caught my attention again with C.
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Quoting: ShabbyXThey lost me at javascript, but then caught my attention again with C.Yeah, I was also like "Oof, Javascript...." at first, but then saw you can have some proper typing if so desired.
Sounds like a very interesting idea, either way. Not sure if I'd ever have the patience for it, and also not sure if I want to also spend my free time coding if that's what I'm already doing for work...
Might give it a try at some point, just to see how it works.
Last edited by TheSHEEEP on 15 April 2022 at 8:38 am UTC
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