0 A.D. Alpha 17 A Free Open Source Game Available For Linux

Wildfire Games telah merilis versi Alpha ketujuh belas dari 0 A.D. yang mencakup beberapa perubahan seperti menyeimbangkan gameplay, units on the wall, meningkatkan dukungan mod dan masih banyak lainnya.

Game 0 A.D. adalah sebuah game Open Source dan Cross Platform, game ini menggambarkan sebuah suasana peperangan pada peradaban kuno. Meskipun game ini memiliki kualitas audio dan grafis yang tinggi juga fitur single player maupun multi-player, namun game ini masih memiliki banyak kekurangan. Misalnya, tidak adanya layanan untuk multi-player menggunakan jaringan peer-to-peer tanpa server pusat.

Berikut adalah beberapa perubahan pada 0 A.D. Alpha 17 "Quercus"

Major Core Combat Rebalance:

If you send only one unit type to battle, it fares poorly against regiments of the same size that mix more than one type, e.g. melee and ranged units;
Technologies as a whole have been made more expensive and unrelated technologies have been "unpaired";
Some stats have been adjusted to make training some units viable
Buildings are now a bit easier to destroy;
Formations were removed temporarily, but they will be reimplemented again some point, in a more balanced way.

Naval map support: the computer opponent now uses transport ships to colonize other islands and attack enemy bases, but naval combat (i.e. ships against ships) is not yet implemented;
Units On Walls: Units can be garrisoned in wall segments, and appear on the walls at predefined prop points;
Users can now view profiles of other players from within the lobby;
2 new maps: a Oasis (skirmish map) and Schwarzwald (random map);
Implemented triggers: A "trigger" makes an action occur in the game if a specified event takes place;
A new Mod Selector allows users to enable or disable mods, save them or just restart into them to test them out. This way, it is a lot easier to test and play mods. This can be reached at: Main Menu ->Tools & Options -> Mod Selection. Also, modders can now easily make small changes to the game without having to copy and modify many files.

Install 0 A.D. di Ubuntu/Linux Mint