- Widelands
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caption = Screenshot
developer = [http://xoops.widelands.org/modules/mediawiki/wiki/Developers The Widelands Development Team]
engine = custom
version = Build12 (beta, released April 3, 2008)
genre =Realtime strategy game
license =GNU General Public License
modes =Single-player ,Multiplayer
platforms =Cross-platform
media = Download
input = Keyboard, mouse
website = http://www.widelands.org/"Widelands" is a slow-paced
real-time strategy freecomputer game under the GPL. It is an open source project. "Widelands" takes many ideas from and is quite similar to "The Settlers " and "The Settlers II ". It is still a work in progress, with development still required in graphics and bugfixing. The game runs on several operating systems such asLinux ,BSD ,Mac OS X and Windows.Gameplay
Widelands has singleplayer, network and internet multiplayer modes, single player campaign missions and an
internationalisation system with translations for Czech, German, English, Finnish, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Slovak, Swedish and Dutch.cite web|url=http://xoops.widelands.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php/About_Widelands|title="About Widelands"|work=Widelands Wiki] Players may select one of three different tribes. Widelands provides two tutorial missions. Advanced players can create their own maps with the included map editor and it is also possible to import and play original Settlers II maps.Development status
Widelands still contains some bugs that need to be fixed until a final version will be released, further some features, graphics and sounds are missing. [http://xoops.widelands.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php/Changelog Changes since the beginning of the project] and [http://xoops.widelands.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php/Roadmap planned changes for the future] ] [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=40163&atid=427221 Bugtracker of the project] and [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=40163&atid=427224 feature request list of the project.] ]
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External links
* [http://xoops.widelands.org/ official Widelands page]
* [http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/widelands Widelands Projectpage on Sourceforge.net]
* [https://www.azagtoth.de/widelands-daily/ Inofficial development versions for linux users]
*cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/software/download/widelands/51404a26835|title=Artikel aus c't 4/08, S.152, zu Wiedelands Bild 11|publisher=heise online
*cite web|url=http://www.linux-user.de/ausgabe/2008/04/058/index.html|title=Strategiespiel Widelands|publisher=LinuxUser|author=Erik Bärwaldt
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