

It can be run online in the free hosting provider. FreeCol 2 will go beyond the original Colonization and will have many new features, it will be an implementation of our (and our users') image of what Colonization 2 would have been. This is the Linux app named FreeCol whose latest release can be downloaded as freecol-1.0.0-with-java.exe. Once FreeCol 1.0.0 is finished we'll start working towards FreeCol 2.0.0. This allows us to have a running program at all times and also to release an unfinished but working game once in a while. Incremental development basically means that we'll add features one at a time. This clone will be developed incrementally and result in FreeCol 1.0.0 which will be an almost exact Colonization clone. Examples of modern features are: an isometric map and multiplayer support. FreeCol is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization, and similar to Civilization. You start with only a few colonists defying the stormy seas in their search for new land.

The objective of the game is to create an independent nation. Certain new 'features' will be implemented but the gameplay and the rules will be exactly the same as the original game. README.md SECURITY.md build.xml freecol.iml README.md FreeCol - Colonization Strategy Game FreeCol is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization, and similar to Civilization. The visuals will be brought up to date with more recent standards but will remain clean, simple and functional. At first we'll try to make an exact clone of Colonization. Released under the GNU General Public License, FreeCol is free and open source software, running on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.The FreeCol team aims to create an Open Source version of Colonization (released under the GPL). You can also download and modify the source codes (GNU Public Licence, GPL) They are using XML-messages and Java Sockets in communication between client and. However, Freecol has a new set of redesigned graphics and with time, it also incorporated ideas that didn't make the final version of Colonization, as well as requests by fans and original concepts like new European players and race bonuses. After several months of development, the FreeCol developers have finally released version 0.9.0.įreeCol is a clone of Colonization, a turn-based strategy game themed on the early European colonization of the New World, starting in 1492 and lasting until 1850.
