General Chat / 0A.D.

0 A.D. is a historical real time strategy game currently under development by Wildfire Games. We are a group of hobbyist game developers and intend to distribute 0 A.D. as freeware.

INTRODUCTION

Wildfire Games (WFG) is in the process of developing a freeware game. The name of this project is 0 A.D., a historically based Real Time Strategy game focusing on the years 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. The game will be released in two parts: the first exploring B.C. and the second A.D.

It is a moment in time that never was.
It is the spring of the world, and the dawn of history.
It is a glimpse into an era when the empires of the world are at their zenith.
It is but a breath of an age when mighty rulers wield rods of iron and brazen swords;
to demonstrate that they are indeed the greatest ancient civilisation!

In summary, it is a war/economy strategy game allowing you to recreate or rewrite the ancient history of western civilisations.

BACKGROUND

WFG started out as a modding team for Ensemble Studios’ Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. The limitations of modding encouraged us to expand our skills to game development.

The 0 A.D. staff is comprised of over 40 active members from countries all across the world; our ages and backgrounds are just as varied. The staff are very dedicated and strive to be as professional as possible in all that we accomplish.

GOALS

Our primary goal is to have fun and enjoy working on a game development project.

Secondly, we hope to develop new skills through practical experience. Many of us want to continue to work in the gaming industry, and having 0 A.D. on our résumés could give us that 'edge' over other applicants.

Our third goal is to put a face on the Internet based, independent game developers; to show that it's possible to create a complete, quality game with the proper talents, organisation, motivation, and teamwork!

Our fourth and final goal is to create a game that many of us have always wanted to play.

We hope you will enjoy your visit to the official 0 A.D. website. Please have a look around and come back to visit often.

~Jason Bishop
0 A.D. Project Lead

Civilisations

* How many civilisations will be playable?

Our ultimate goal is to feature the primary civilisations that existed between 500 BC and 500 AD (hence the title of 0 A.D.) This endeavour will be split into several expansion pack projects to ensure optimum development time. The first release will focus on six civilisations spanning the first five hundred years of this millennial range:
1 Pre-Imperial Rome
2 The Hellenic City States of Athens, Sparta and Macedonia
3 The Celtic Britons and Gauls
4 The Carthaginians
5 The Persian Empire
6 The Iberians

* Will the game cover all the Ages of a civilisation's lifespan?

No, each civilisation will be represented as they would have appeared at a frozen moment in their history, typically at the peak of their civilisation.. A number of gameplay factors, such as the use of seasons, contribute to a much narrower view of a civilisation's reign than other historical RTSes.

* How many unit types will each civilisation have available?
The maximum possible unit set available to a civilisation is 5 military foot units (Infantry Citizen Soldiers), 4 military cavalry units (Cavalry Citizen Soldiers), 3 support units, 3 siege weapons, 4 ships, 2 Super Units, and 3 Heroes.

No civilisation gets all categories, and some lack as many as 5 different unit types.

* Will all civilisations share the same units and buildings, or will they be unique?
Each civilisation will be unique, with a very distinct appearance.

* Where can I find a list of all the units and buildings available to each civilisation?
We haven't released this information yet, and are unlikely to do so for some time. Details about the civilisations are one of the last aspects of the game we are designing, sketching, and modelling. Until that is complete, any information about them will be even more subject to change than usual.

* How are the civilisations different?
You'll have to play the game to find out.

Read up much more on 0A.D on the website.

The 0.A.D Website

Dude. This is old news, started in 02` I think, same guys that made the RAW mod for AOK.

Really. Old. News. It all started with a in-progress LOTR mod for AOK, then turned into TLA, then OAD, and the rest is history. A playable demo will probaly be available by this December, and for TLA next year's December of 05`. I've known about TLA and 0AD so long it's bitch to post this crap here, so old.
They've got more done, and I know one HELL of alot more about this than you, idiot.

They've got more done, and I know one HELL of alot more about this than you, idiot.

So, by you knowing more than him about some freeware video game makes him an idiot? ok.

They've got more done, and I know one HELL of alot more about this than you, idiot.

Are you serious?

Maybe he was posting it for *gasp* other people who have never even heard of the game, like me, and I'm sure many others. I thank him for posting it, because it sounds pretty cool. Never once did he say he knew more than you (or anyone else for that matter) about this game, and your outburst made you look like a complete dumbass. Damn, dude, you know more than somebody about a computer game that's coming out in the future and thought you'd be cool and brag about it. Congratulations, my respect level for you is now nonexistant.

Idiot.

Are you serious?

Maybe he was posting it for *gasp* other people who have never even heard of the game, like me, and I'm sure many others.  I thank him for posting it, because it sounds pretty cool.  Never once did he say he knew more than you (or anyone else for that matter) about this game, and your outburst made you look like a complete dumbass.  Damn, dude, you know more than somebody about a computer game that's coming out in the future and thought you'd be cool and brag about it.  Congratulations, my respect level for you is now nonexistant.

Idiot.

I'm speechless.

I was gonna write something like that, but I couldn't find the words for it.
Thank you, Outlaw.

BTW, The game looks pretty interesting, even though I know one HELL of a lot less about it than others.

DRE takes pride in his video game geekness.

lol. very funny topic.

That game looks very whack.. this game owns all!! ANARCHY-ONLINE!!

That game looks very whack.. this game owns all!! ANARCHY-ONLINE!!

Is "whack" a good thing, or a bad thing?