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Freeciv
Freeciv is a 2D turn-based strategy game, inspired by Sid Meier's Civilization series, where players control an empire to "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate" (4X). Both code and media are licensed under the GNU General Public License. Freeciv is mostly written in the C programming language. This game does not require 3D hardware acceleration. The game is also playable as an HTML5 Web game.
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- Freeciv team
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- Worldwide
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About the game
Freeciv is a 2D turn-based strategy game, inspired by Sid Meier's Civilization series, where players control an empire to "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate" (4X). Both code and media are licensed under the GNU General Public License. Freeciv is mostly written in the C programming language. This game does not require 3D hardware acceleration. The game is also playable as an HTML5 Web game.
==Clients== Freeciv can be played via different clients, the majority of which are in an early stage of development. *Freeciv-gtk3.22, currently the official and most stable client. *Freeciv-sdl2, also official, but yet unstable. *Freeciv-QT *freeciv-web, an online version of Freeciv playable in a web browser.
==Gameplay== There are several ways to win a Freeciv game. The simplest is to wipe out all the enemy players. Another option is to become the first to colonize space. There is also a time limit, so if after a certain amount of time has gone by and no one has won, the player with the highest score wins by default.
Technical notes
Imported from LibreGameWiki. Verify platform-specific requirements on the linked project/download page before installing.
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Download / project pageLicense: GPL
Imported from LibreGameWiki: https://libregamewiki.org/Freeciv
Article text attribution: LibreGameWiki contributors, CC BY 3.0/GFDL. Game/media license detected from the infobox: GPL.
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