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Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: March 30th, 2015, 3:07 pm
by MrFlibble
While browsing IndieDB a game called
Wyrmsun caught my attention. It very conspicuously copies the visual style of
Warcraft II, with much of its graphics apparently based on Blizzard's art. Hopefully the developers use "clean room reverse engineering" to produce their graphics, and not just edit
Warcraft II sprites.
Anyway, the game has the appearance of an original, quality product. It is still in development, but it already has two playable and two non-playable factions, three tilesets, a random map generator, and a bunch of features not found in
Warcraft II (such as units getting experience etc.).
Wyrmsun runs on the
Stratagus engine, which is an open source engine recreation of
Warcraft II.
Here's a gameplay video of the single-player campaign mode (showing a slightly earlier version):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtVORQkWBzw
And yeah, the music in the game is borrowed from
The Battle for Wesnoth
[Edit] Some discussion of the game's art can be found
here.
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: March 30th, 2015, 4:21 pm
by developertn
Wow! 108MB is a hefty download. My estimation is taking an hour and a half to download it. I don't know if I could handle the wait. hehe
Anyways, I am giving everyone a chance that I can take notice of. So hope you can get your games in because I have an interview tomorrow at 8am with my psychiatrist. If I don't pass the test I am not coming home. So vote for me hehe
I'm not looking to be a beauty queen however I would like to have at least true friends and true families. hehe
I'll settle for 1 person in my life who is true to me! hehe
For what it is worth, I actually played Xargon and it was too complex for me. However, I did get to listen to the music for at least a good 30 minutes while I was programming. So that is pretty impressive. For a jam to be in my ears that long is close to my favourite songs.
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: March 30th, 2015, 4:24 pm
by developertn
For what it is worth, I love that fact that Wyrmsun is in WinRAR format. I got WinRAR as a gift from my aunt a while back and never get to use it much. I love WinRAR. It kicks. hehe
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: March 31st, 2015, 2:58 am
by MrFlibble
Good luck with your interview! I hope everything will be fine!
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: March 31st, 2015, 10:50 am
by developertn
Thank you MrFlibble! Well, I am back for another 3 months so I am happy. It went well. My psychiatrist is a regular and we are friends. I am actually getting used to the familiar faces after 8 years or so of every 3 months assessments.
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: May 1st, 2015, 2:34 pm
by MrFlibble
Version 1.0.2
has been released:
Wyrmsun's version 1.0.2 has been released, bringing the Movements of the Suebi mini-expansion to the game. During the development time for this new version, many improvements have been made to Wyrmsun, as you will see below.
1. New UI
Wyrmsun's UI has been thoroughly revamped, to better adequate itself to the growing character of the game.
Teuton Swordsman
2. New Civilization: The Teutons
The Teuton civilization represents iron age West Germanic tribes (such as the Saxons and the Suebi), along with medieval Germans. The Germanic civilization can transform into it after researching all bronze age technologies, making iron age technologies available.
Wyrmsun v1.0.2
3. Bastions and Burgs
Town halls can now upgrade into a more militarized building, the Bastion for the Dwarves and the Burg for the Teutons. These buildings provide garrisoning space inside them, from which your archers can attack from a vantage point.
Wyrmsun v1.0.2
4. The Movements of the Suebi Campaign
A new series of quests has been added about the tribe of the Suebi. During its storyline, you will follow their first incursion into Gaul under Ariovistus, through the establishment of a new kingdom by Marbod, the chieftain of the Suebic tribe of the Marcomanni, and finally follow a group of Suebi as they carve a new home for them in the Roman province of Galicia. Two new dwarven quests have also been added.
Teuton Swordsman
5. New Resource: Stone
A new resource has been added to the game, stone. It is used to construct towers and burgs by the Teutons, and by the Dwarves to build most of their structures.
Wyrmsun v1.0.2
6. Changes to Gold Mining
Gold rocks have been introduced to the game, being readily harvestable. Gold mines now need to be built on top of gold deposits before the gold within can be harvested.
Gold Mining Improvements
7. And Much More!
Many other changes have been done besides these, which you can read in the changelog in Wyrmsun's readme file.
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: May 2nd, 2015, 10:19 am
by developertn
I've been so preoccupied with a lot of other things like cutting the grasses, keeping the place clean, getting updated eye glasses and such that I forgot to check this game out. Anyways thanks for the update it is downloading now onto my computer. I should be letting you all know my first impression within a short time.
If I forget again please remind me!
On a side note while getting my glasses I had the option of getting contact lenses. My mother wisely chose eye-glasses instead for me. The reason is contact lenses is an artificial object that could poke your eye or get your eyes irritated. Although the chances are rare if changed often or kept clean it is advised to use only in emergency only.
Don't worry about appearances. If someone does not love you for what you look like and all they do not deserve to be your family!
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: May 2nd, 2015, 11:01 am
by developertn
Jesus Christ!hehe This is the second time I downloaded the game. I did not get to check out the first one however this second version would not work under DOS. Furthermore, I even tried running it in XP and that did not work either. So to save everyone else the pain of downloading this second version, I am letting everyone know that at least the second version would not work at least for me anyways.
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: May 3rd, 2015, 12:20 pm
by MrFlibble
developertn wrote:this second version would not work under DOS. Furthermore, I even tried running it in XP and that did not work either. So to save everyone else the pain of downloading this second version, I am letting everyone know that at least the second version would not work at least for me anyways.
Wyrmsun certainly does not work under DOS. As for Windows XP, I'm not sure but I think it might not work with versions below Service Pack 2 or 3. These open source projects sometimes don't have much on the side of backwards compatibility with older Windows versions, regrettably.
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: May 4th, 2015, 10:53 am
by MrFlibble
Tien, regarding your Windows XP issue. I asked the author of
Wyrmsun about compatibility, and he says that it should run fine on Windows 98 and above. However, he hasn't tested the game under WinXP himself. So could you please post some details about which Windows XP version you have (Service Pack 1 or later), and what kind of error message you get when the game does not start?
Also, for anyone interested,
Andrettin, the author of
Wyrmsun, is posting updates
at FED2k Discussion.
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: May 4th, 2015, 5:13 pm
by developertn
I have Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 pre-installed.
The error message I get under Command Prompt is 'wrymrun' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Furthermore testing by clicking on the icon does not work either.
"This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."
The icon says "wyrmsun" Stratagus - Strategy Gaming Engine.
File version: 2.3.0.0
Date Created: 5/2/2015 10:56AM
Size: 2.33MB
Thank you Jesus Christ, my The LORD of all hosts, and Mary that it did not break down my computer!
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: May 5th, 2015, 5:52 am
by MrFlibble
Thanks for the feedback! I'll redirect your info to the developers.
One thing though, where did you unpack the game files? The programme should run fine from any location, but since it complains about wrong configuration then maybe it cannot find some configuration files?
Thank you God#!!
Posted: May 5th, 2015, 9:23 am
by developertn
Jesus!hehe
Well, I unpacked it in Snow Leopard and moved ported it over to the C:\ directory in XP.
Thank you my The LORD of all hosts that one day I marry my SOULMATE officially the right way the first time from now on!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: May 6th, 2015, 1:05 pm
by MrFlibble
I've moved your reply here from another thread where it accidentally ended up.
You're running dual boot MacOS and WinXP?
Re: Wyrmsun - an RTS game inspired by Warcraft II
Posted: May 6th, 2015, 1:56 pm
by developertn
Jesus Christ! Yes, I am running dual boot MacOS and XP. However, I usually work in MacOS. When I work in MacOS, I usually use XP using VirtualBox for Mac. Before I release any softwares, I usually use DOSBox 0.74 for MacOS to test it works for the users on here.
