SpringRTS Open Source RTS Engine New Release, Featuring SDL2

By Andrew - 17 Oct 2014 at 6:37 pm UTC

SpringRTS is an open source real time strategy game engine with lots of games available to play online or against AI bots.

Major changes include:
*SDL 2
*utf8 support, so more languages display correctly
*Bug fixes, performance improvements and more

See a trailer for the popular game Zero-K which uses SpringRTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZaLLyhEgI

It could really do with more players to help revive the community. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Open Source, Strategy

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5 comments

flesk 17 Oct 2014

Contributing Editor

Hadn't heard of neither the game nor the engine but that looks pretty neat.

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Furor 18 Oct 2014

I love to play Balanced Annhilation for SpringRTS, its my favorite rts game, even more than Starcraft. Unfortunately I don't have any friends with my level of noobiness to play in coop againts bots in casual games.

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strel0ck 18 Oct 2014

Both SpringRTS and Supreme Commander are based on the game play in Total Annihilation.

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oldrocker99 18 Oct 2014

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Both SpringRTS and Supreme Commander are based on the game play in Total Annihilation.

As is the descendant of TA and SC, Planetary Annihilation, now on Steam.

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SXX 19 Oct 2014

As is the descendant of TA and SC, Planetary Annihilation, now on Steam.

Personally I wouldn't call PA as SupCom descendant. It's does share a lot of things with TA, but very few with SC and Zero-K is likely a lot closer to it. So guys who trying to find SupCom-like game better to go with Zero-K.

PS: Now main thing shared between Zero-K and PA would be that both use SDL2 and OpenGL. :D

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