Signus: The Artefact Wars

A Czech turn-based strategy game in the style of Battle Isle, by Valacirca, published by Zima Software in 1998; its original authors released the source code under the GPL in 2002, and the game has been free since, data included. This repository maintains that release: it uses SDL2 and runs on Linux and Windows, with fullscreen scaled to the desktop resolution. It has 40 units (scouts, tanks, artillery, helicopters, planes, ships, and support units that repair, refuel, and rearm), nine buildings, and five defense towers. Version 1.96.0 (May 28, 2021) came out as a complete free release, with all the data and a separate package with the game in Czech; the latest, 1.96.1 (December 23, 2023), is a patch over it that fixes two AI bugs, adds keyboard control in the main menu, and changes the default settings for modern computers. It’s also distributed on Flathub.

You needNo copy needed: its authors released the game, code and data, under the GPL 2.0, and the published releases include them. There are 32- and 64-bit Windows builds and an RPM package for Linux; building it takes SDL2, SDL2_mixer (with libmikmod for music), SDL2_ttf, SDL2_image, libvorbis, libjpeg, and libpng.

How it gets to PC

Port of the released source code

Console

Microsoft Windows

Original studio

Valacirca

Year

1998

Author

Martin Doucha

Stars

70

Last activity

2023-12-23 · 2 years ago

Latest version

v1.96.1 · 2023-12-23

License

GPL-2.0

Language

C++

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