News

• Version 0.0.4 - December 2014
• Version 0.0.3 - October 2012
• Version 0.0.2 - January 2012
• New Light Backend, Release 1 - August 2011
• Tech Release 0.4.2 - May 2011
• Tech Release 0.4.1 - January 2010
• Tech Release 4 - October 2009
• Tech Release 3 - February 2009

Version 0.0.4 - December 2014

• Multiple clients can set and start a new game.
• client can chat in the game room.
• UI can display a simple static scenario.

Version 0.0.3 - October 2012

• added configuration and i18n facilities (not yet used)
• game data can be loaded from a scenario description and set up properly (i.e., the logic to start a game is done)
• added server contexts ("rooms") to allow players to perform different actions on the server (among others, playing different games in parallel)
• added first GUI elements and dialogs

Version 0.0.2 - January 2012

(going back to the normal numbering scheme)

• implemented client/server functionality for registering and for chatting
• added basic map objects and the various instances that populate maps (armies, cities, villages, heroes); however, not everything works together yet.
• added logging
• added a command-line server and client as a first demo application

New Light Backend, Release 1 - August 2011

• started to reimplement background libraries
  • abstract file access (finished)
  • sound engine (finished)
  • xml loading (finished)
  • client/server (alpha; the client can initialize a connection)

Tech Release 0.4.2 - May 2011

• a more general sound architecture (lacking sounds yet)
• added 64 bit Linux version of SWT
• added joining of heroes
• fixed and generalized random map generation; added roads
• changed configuration loading/saving beackend
• rewrote AI and reverted this dialog for license reasons
• various bugfixing

Tech Release 0.4.1 - January 2010

• Client-server handshake rewrite; fixes several pending bugs
• server is now more paranoid about client permissions
• cleaned up lobby dialog a bit
• player titles are displayed in lobby form
• chat colorized by player color
• added guest players that only observe a game, but do not participate
• variable cursors (again)
• added a crude overview map
• replaced some full screen dialogs by simpler layouts
• fixed some drawing bugs
• changelog no longer hardcoded, but read from external file
• centralized some path assumptions
• upgrade of external libraries
• almost complete commenting of the code
• removed some static "global" classes

Tech Release 4 - October 2009

• multiple images for ruins, cities, and temples
• capturing and razing of cities
• added income and upkeep; units desert if you lack money
• units can be built in cities
• winning/losing games mostly works again
• implemented rudimentary battles
• doubled tile size to 128x64 pixels; new tile graphics
• updated unit stats to some coherent scheme
• added debug output and some command line flags
• switched almost everything to guice (internal framework)
• more thorough commenting of the code
• added some unit tests
• various bugfixes

Tech Release 3 - February 2009

• added preferences dialog
• various bug fixes
• commented more code
• implemented seamless drawing of tiles
• implemented item backend and an item dialog
• gold display on main map
• implemented crude roads
• implemented simultaneous movement of all players
• tons of new graphics, especially unit images