0 A.D. (pronounced "zero ey-dee") is a cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. It's a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of ancient civilizations, each depicted at their peak of economic growth and military prowess.

Features

  • Completely Free (to download, play, and modify)
  • Open Source (Code under GPL2, Artwork under CC-BY-SA v3)
  • Cross Platform (Windows, Linux, OS X, partial Android support)
  • An Open Source, custom built 3D Engine called Pyrogenesis
  • Historically accurate civilisation buildings, units and names
  • Built-in unit and map customisation tool called Atlas
  • Finely detailed environments with fauna/flora native to each terrain
  • Offline single player mode or LAN/Online multiplayer gaming
  • Mods support (drop in replacements to create new UI and game behaviour)

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2), Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License V3.0

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  • I just love it and it's free. A lot of options, interesting game mechanics and technolgy tree, a lot of units and civilizations. The design is beautiful and gameplay it's smooth. There are enough mods (civilizations, maps, other stuff) that you can add to this game. I only played at "very easy" and "easy" levels though ... Thank you for this gem!
  • Крутейшая стратегия!
  • its really cool game .
  • Great. playing on some oldish PC, working fine. playing on time multiplier x 1 was a recipe for 15 min defeat. x 0.1 worked a charm, although everything is really slow there's enough time to play around for first time especially. AI is very organised.
  • Great game, essentially a free and open-source version of Age of Empires III. Its only limitation is that I think it should have an in-built demo mode to show beginners how to play the game effectively. Granted users can search for a video demo in YouTube, but still I think this would improve the game. Plus I also think that pressing the Esc key should pause the game, it's a popular keyboard shortcut for pausing games (e.g., it's used by OpenRA).
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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Languages

French, Dutch, Czech, Italian, Catalan, English, Portuguese, Galician, Turkish, German, Spanish, Russian

Intended Audience

Developers, End Users/Desktop, Testers

User Interface

OpenGL, Project is a 3D engine, wxWidgets, SDL

Programming Language

C++, C, JavaScript, GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language)

Related Categories

C++ Real Time Strategy Game, C++ Multiplayer Game, C++ Real Time Tactical Game, C Real Time Strategy Game, C Multiplayer Game, C Real Time Tactical Game, JavaScript Real Time Strategy Game, JavaScript Multiplayer Game, JavaScript Real Time Tactical Game, GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) Real Time Strategy Game, GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) Multiplayer Game, GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) Real Time Tactical Game

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2010-07-05