Anyone know how #Freecol compares to original #ColonizationGame? My main interest is in eliminating the memory limits. I avoided Civ4 "Colonization" because it changed the mechanics too much. I'd like to see largely the same #gameplay as the original, but with less bugs.

@rml

A few games I play(ed):
* #Xonotic (FPS)
* #Widelands (RTS)
* #FreeCol (4X)
* #Hedgewars (turn-based strategy)
* #SuperTuxKart (racing)
* #OpenTTD (econony sim)
* #FreedroidRPG (RPG)
* #Lix (Puzzle)

(I'm biased of course since I am involved in the development of a few of these, esp. Hedgewars. 😜)

@Yakkafo #SkirmishSociety, eh? One turn per day with 3 to 20 players. Mixing #Chess, #DiplomacyGame, #Farming, #Barracks, #Famine, and even a bit of pay-for-advantages. Hint of #FreeCol too. Just as well I'm not on #Discord or I'd be hooked. 24 hours might be too short. (But why use "to" when you could have used "-"?)

I'm excited about the #FreeCol release also because I've worked on the German translation. I think this was important since the translation had a ton of errors and inconsistencies.

#FreeCol version 1.0.0 is out!!!

OK, since a few months already 😄 , but I only now got the news. HUGE congratulations to the entire development team for this important milestone. I'm always excited when a free software game reaches version 1.0.

🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

#freesoftware #games

We know how hard is to develop an #OpenSource game for 20 years (and more!).

That's why we want to congratulate #FreeCol for its 1.0.0 release after 20 years of development. Keep up the good work! 🎉

https://www.freecol.org/news/freecol-1.0.0-released.html

Llego a @archlinux y @Manjaro , la version 1.0 de #freecol, ojala y a Debian no demore. #PlayOnLinux

gameplay: https://yt.chocoflan.net/watch?v=I_AkabscGg8

#Linux

#FreeCol #OpenSource

::: Free (as in freedom) gaming - COLONIZATION ⛵ - FREECOL 1.0

20 years of development to the milestone of 1.0 - this free & open source Colonization revision FreeCol is out for totally libre gaming pleasure!

20 years ago, they made the first public release of FreeCol. Releases have, until now, been marked as alpha/beta. Now towards 2.0 (Colonization 2 "could have been").

Let's note that FreeCol downloads has long been counted in millions.

=> https://www.freecol.org/news/freecol-1.0.0-released.html

#libre #gaming #free #opensource #Colonization #FreeCol #simulation #strategy #adventure #MicroProse #retrogaming

#FreeCol releases version 1.0 with "5191 translation strings updated in 53 different #languages".
https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/01/freecol-open-source-colonization-hits.html

Thanks to all the #translatewiki.net translators!
https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:FreeCol

#L10n #i18n #twn

きたー！　#FREECOL

@steve #Playing #FreeCol - if I can be dragged away from #Mastodon and #Bookrastination!

@chrisallenlane (Can you slow that down for us?) #FreeCol and #Freeciv developers would probably like to have you on their teams. Even C-evo (#Cevo), which seems to have stalled but is already an addictive empire-building #game also inspired by #SidMeier's work.

@dinosauce @ademalsasa Another vote for #OpenTTD. Never without a patch pack.

Also occasionally #FreeCol, #Minetest, sometimes #FreeCiv...

I like hosted.weblate.org. A few #FOSS games/engines/projeects have their #translations there, like #Minetest.
Another website is translatewiki.net, where #FreeCol is translated.
Oddly but interestingly, #OpenTTD goes its completely own way on https://translator.openttd.org/

So please nobody tell me there is no way around #Transifex. 😛

Today I worked on the German translation for #FreeCol to (hopefully) fix a couple of mistakes and finish the missing translations.

Alright, let's get these natives straightened out and throw some tea crates in the sea.

#FreeCol #Gaming

Another cloudy day. Thick, grey rainclouds, which are the worst for insolation. Solar output is 33W (out of 600W nominal), sun is still low. Batteries are low too. From the night and from yesterday being a bit cloudy too, plus running the watermaker.

At least the water tank is full. It's like another battery.

Gotta save some power today and read a book instead of playing #FreeCol

Can always charge with the engine alternator if need be, but don't want to 😛

#CruisingLife #OffGrid #Solar

FreeCol - Countdown to version 1.0: https://www.freecol.org/news/countdown-to-version-1.0.html #linux #linuxgaming #foss #update #freecol #gaming