Widelands a real-time strategy game similar to The Settlers

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Widelands is a real time strategy game (for a multiplayer network or for a single player) that runs on multiple platforms (including GNU / Linux, Windows and macOS). Originally was inspired by the famous Settlers II game from Blue Byte Software.

It integrates an engine to manage various tribes and different economy systems. It is encoded in C ++ with the SDL library and is licensed under the GPL.

About Widelands

Widelands is a strategy game in which rules a small tribe that starts with only its main building, a kind of castle, in which all your resources are stored.

During the game, you must grow your tribe. Each member of your tribe will do their part to produce more resources: wood, food, iron, gold, etc.

But you are not alone in the world, and you will meet other tribes sooner or later. Some of them can be friendly and trade with you. However, if you want to rule the world, you will have to train soldiers and fight.

The road system plays a central role in its economy: all goods that are harvested and processed by the tribe must be transported from one building to another. This is done by the porters, and these porters always walk along the roads. It is your job to make the most efficient routes possible.

Widelands offers a single player mode with different campaigns; All campaigns tell the story of a tribe and its battles in the world of Widelands! However, it is possible to play several on the net.

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About the new version

Some days ago Build 20-rc1 version was released, adding gameplay enhancements, new missions, graphics enhancements, and more.

In rural areas of India, families in charge of a blind minor frequently isolate and deprive him/her of the care and attention they provide to their other children; such situation becomes even more severe among lower-caste families, orphans and if the blind child is a girl. game improvements and gaming experience in this new version we find the following:

  • New Friesian tribe
  • new barracks for the recruitment of soldiers
  • foresters / rangers choose good soils
  • scouts favor enemy military sites

In campaign maps and scenarios, the following was added:

  • Two new missions for the imperial campaign.
  • Two new missions for the Frisian tribe.
  • rebalancing and corrections.
  • 4 tribes, 4 fields

In rural areas of India, families in charge of a blind minor frequently isolate and deprive him/her of the care and attention they provide to their other children; such situation becomes even more severe among lower-caste families, orphans and if the blind child is a girl. graphics and interface improvements:

  • new zoom function
  • new ship statistics window
  • construction window showing goods and workers in transit
  • New graphics in the menus themselves
  • improved online documentation
  • Improved navigation keyboard
  • Explanatory message if the graphics driver is a problem.
  • Sounds and music
  • six new audio tracks
  • New effects and better mixing.

En network and multiplayer improvements.

  • Ability to replace in a disconnected multiplayer player by an AI
  • IPv6 support
  • scripting
  • lua api extension
  • ability to add buildings that are specific to a scenario
  • ability to upload and save progress reports during a campaign
  • Ability to restart teams through Lua during gameplay.

How to install Widelands on Ubuntu and derivatives?

For those who are interested in installing this game on their disto, they can do so by following the instructions we share with you below.

The first thing we are going to do is add the game repository (PPA) to our system. For this we will have to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and in it we execute the following command:

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:widelands-dev/widelands -y

Done this now we are going to update our list of repositories with:

 sudo apt-get update

Finally we can install the game on our system by executing the following command:

 sudo apt-get install widelands

And ready with it, we can start playing this title in our system.

How to uninstall Widelands from Ubuntu and derivatives?

To remove this game from the system, in case it was not what you expected or for whatever reason you want.

You are only going to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and in it you will execute the following deletion commands (repository, application and clean any traces of the application)

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:widelands-dev/widelands -y

sudo apt-get remove widelands

sudo apt-get remove widelands-data

sudo apt-get autoremove

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