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# freecol
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2016-09-26 04:04:51 +02:00
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FreeCol is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game
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Colonization, and similar to Civilization. The objective of the game is
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to create an independent nation.
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You start with only a few colonists defying the stormy seas in their
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search for new land. Will you guide them on the Colonization of a New
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World?
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## About FreeCol
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The FreeCol team aims to create an Open Source version of Colonization
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(released under the GPL). At first we'll try to make an exact clone of
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Colonization. The visuals will be brought up to date with more recent
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standards but will remain clean, simple and functional. Certain new
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'features' will be implemented but the gameplay and the rules will be
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exactly the same as the original game. Examples of modern features are:
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an isometric map and multiplayer support.
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This clone will be developed incrementally and result in FreeCol 1.0.0
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which will be an almost exact Colonization clone. Incremental
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development basically means that we'll add features one at a time. This
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allows us to have a running program at all times and also to release an
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unfinished but working game once in a while.
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Once FreeCol 1.0.0 is finished we'll start working towards FreeCol
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2.0.0. FreeCol 2 will go beyond the original Colonization and will have
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many new features, it will be an implementation of our (and our users')
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image of what Colonization 2 would have been.
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