Stratagus: Open Source Strategy Games (O'Reilly) [LWN.net]

Howard Wen looks at the game Stratagus on O'Reilly. "Still, the main advantage of Stratagus over commercial engines is that players can easily modify games or create their own. Of course, there's both the Linux factor and its cross-platform compatibility, since Stratagus runs on Mac OS X and BSD, too. "One big disadvantage of commercial RTS games is they only provide a Windows version. You will rarely see a commercial RTS game for Linux," points out Nehal, who resides in Vancouver, Canada. He helped to develop the code for the sound and user interface of FreeCraft and contributes to its successor."

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