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[[FreeStars]] is a project to write a clone of Stars! The first goal is to make it a fairly close copy (to the game play at least, look and feel is not as important). Still in development.
 
[[FreeStars]] is a project to write a clone of Stars! The first goal is to make it a fairly close copy (to the game play at least, look and feel is not as important). Still in development.
 
==Nova==
 
==Nova==
Written by Ken Reed, [[Nova]] started out as a simple hobby exercise in C# and has since grown into a playable game. Ships can be designed and built, planets can be explored and colonised, cargo can be moved from A-to-B, populations grow, mines generate minerals, races can be designed (although only JOAT is implemented at the moment), battles can be fought, etc.
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Written by Ken Reed, [[Nova]] started out as a simple hobby exercise in C# and .Net and has since grown into a playable game. Ships can be designed and built, planets can be explored and colonised, cargo can be moved from A-to-B, populations grow, mines generate minerals, races can be designed (although only JOAT is implemented at the moment), battles can be fought, etc.
 
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ken-reed/Ken/Nova.htm Nova Homepage]
 
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ken-reed/Ken/Nova.htm Nova Homepage]
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==Stellar Legacy==
 
==Stellar Legacy==
 
The main goal of the [[Stellar Legacy]] Project is the creation of a free version of the famous and beloved strategy game "Stars!" (tm). "Free" means that the source code is freely available to everyone and that everyone is free to modify and change the game in a way he likes. While we started with the intention of creating a stars! clone our current goals are a bit different since we found during the development process that stars! has certain limitations we would like to overcome.
 
The main goal of the [[Stellar Legacy]] Project is the creation of a free version of the famous and beloved strategy game "Stars!" (tm). "Free" means that the source code is freely available to everyone and that everyone is free to modify and change the game in a way he likes. While we started with the intention of creating a stars! clone our current goals are a bit different since we found during the development process that stars! has certain limitations we would like to overcome.
 
==Thousand Parsec==
 
==Thousand Parsec==
 
[[Thousand Parsec]] is not a game by itself but rather a frame work for creating a similar group of games. Some games, such as the demo game MiniSec, are developed by the Thousand Parsec developers themselves. Thousand Parsec draws ideas from [[4X]] games such as: Stars!, VGA Planets, Master of Orion and Galactic Civilizations.
 
[[Thousand Parsec]] is not a game by itself but rather a frame work for creating a similar group of games. Some games, such as the demo game MiniSec, are developed by the Thousand Parsec developers themselves. Thousand Parsec draws ideas from [[4X]] games such as: Stars!, VGA Planets, Master of Orion and Galactic Civilizations.

Revision as of 04:49, 10 December 2006

CraigStars!

Written by Craig (sirgwain), CraigStars! is a hobby project in C# client/server Stars! clone. The interface and look and feel of CraigStars! is as close as possible to the original, with a few changes to take advantage of new technology. His aim is to create a more flexible copy of the original Stars!.

FreeStars

FreeStars is a project to write a clone of Stars! The first goal is to make it a fairly close copy (to the game play at least, look and feel is not as important). Still in development.

Nova

Written by Ken Reed, Nova started out as a simple hobby exercise in C# and .Net and has since grown into a playable game. Ships can be designed and built, planets can be explored and colonised, cargo can be moved from A-to-B, populations grow, mines generate minerals, races can be designed (although only JOAT is implemented at the moment), battles can be fought, etc.

Stellar Legacy

The main goal of the Stellar Legacy Project is the creation of a free version of the famous and beloved strategy game "Stars!" (tm). "Free" means that the source code is freely available to everyone and that everyone is free to modify and change the game in a way he likes. While we started with the intention of creating a stars! clone our current goals are a bit different since we found during the development process that stars! has certain limitations we would like to overcome.

Thousand Parsec

Thousand Parsec is not a game by itself but rather a frame work for creating a similar group of games. Some games, such as the demo game MiniSec, are developed by the Thousand Parsec developers themselves. Thousand Parsec draws ideas from 4X games such as: Stars!, VGA Planets, Master of Orion and Galactic Civilizations.