Games: Difference between revisions
Heavylancer (talk | contribs) removed the game 'supreme annihilation' and 'under pressure' because they don't have linking pages. |
Heavylancer (talk | contribs) Added some description for the games. |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
=== | ===[http://www.moddb.com/games/pure P.U.R.E.]=== | ||
[http://www.moddb.com/games/pure P.U.R.E.] | A game based on a completely original IP, allowing players to participate in the epic, galaxy-spanning conflict between the human Resistance forces and the malevolent A.I. known as 'The Overmind' | ||
=== Gundam RTS === | ===[[Gundam RTS]]=== | ||
Set during the One-Year War in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam Metaseries, Gundam RTS features fast, intense mech combat gameplay in a truly Gundam style. | |||
=== | ===[http://www.imperialwinter.com Star Wars: Imperial Winter]=== | ||
[http://www.imperialwinter.com] | A Star Wars themed game. | ||
=== | |||
[http://www.evolutionrts.info Evolution RTS] | ===[http://www.evolutionrts.info Evolution RTS]=== | ||
| Line 22: | Line 23: | ||
=== Kernel Panic === | ===[[Kernel Panic]]=== | ||
[[ | A game based around combat '''inside''' a computer, with 3 unique sides: the System, the Hacker and the Network waging war in a matrix of DOOM! Unlike other real time strategy games, no resource economy exists in KP, with the only constraints being time and space. | ||
===[[Expand_and_Exterminate|Expand and Exterminate]]=== | |||
An original IP game loosely based around the Earth 2150 series of games. | |||
===[[Complete Annihilation]] === | |||
CA is a regularly updated game that is often regarded as a showcase of what the Spring Engine can do. As well as looking very good, CA is well balanced, using a rarely used RTS balancing method known as 'flat-balancing', where every unit factory is viable from the start of the game to the end, and no units are superseded. | |||
Although CA is a game that uses OTA content, it is currently working towards being TA-IP free. | |||
=== '''Total Annihilation Based Games ("Mods")''' === | |||
=== | ====[[XTA]]==== | ||
Originally developed as a Total Annihilation mod by the Swedish Yankspankers, XTA is the Original Public Mod released with first versions of Spring. Development of this mod by the SYs has stopped a while ago, but it is still played and actively developed by the community . | |||
====[[Balanced Annihilation]]==== | |||
A popular, highly balanced mod based on the late, immensely popular mod Absolute Annihilation. BA is designed for competitive 1v1 gameplay but is also perfectly suited for larger team games. | |||
==== [[NOTA | Not Original Total Annihilation]] ==== | |||
Usually abbreviated to NOTA, Not Original Total Annihilation is a rethink of the Total Annihilation universe but completely different gameplay from OTA, focusing on huge battles where a minor skirmish can involve hundreds of units, and a completely rethought air and sea gameplay. | |||
=== [[Maximum Annihilation]] === | |||
Revision as of 10:22, 13 September 2008
Games
P.U.R.E.
A game based on a completely original IP, allowing players to participate in the epic, galaxy-spanning conflict between the human Resistance forces and the malevolent A.I. known as 'The Overmind'
Gundam RTS
Set during the One-Year War in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam Metaseries, Gundam RTS features fast, intense mech combat gameplay in a truly Gundam style.
Star Wars: Imperial Winter
A Star Wars themed game.
Evolution RTS
Spring: 1944
Kernel Panic
A game based around combat inside a computer, with 3 unique sides: the System, the Hacker and the Network waging war in a matrix of DOOM! Unlike other real time strategy games, no resource economy exists in KP, with the only constraints being time and space.
Expand and Exterminate
An original IP game loosely based around the Earth 2150 series of games.
Complete Annihilation
CA is a regularly updated game that is often regarded as a showcase of what the Spring Engine can do. As well as looking very good, CA is well balanced, using a rarely used RTS balancing method known as 'flat-balancing', where every unit factory is viable from the start of the game to the end, and no units are superseded. Although CA is a game that uses OTA content, it is currently working towards being TA-IP free.
Total Annihilation Based Games ("Mods")
XTA
Originally developed as a Total Annihilation mod by the Swedish Yankspankers, XTA is the Original Public Mod released with first versions of Spring. Development of this mod by the SYs has stopped a while ago, but it is still played and actively developed by the community .
Balanced Annihilation
A popular, highly balanced mod based on the late, immensely popular mod Absolute Annihilation. BA is designed for competitive 1v1 gameplay but is also perfectly suited for larger team games.
Not Original Total Annihilation
Usually abbreviated to NOTA, Not Original Total Annihilation is a rethink of the Total Annihilation universe but completely different gameplay from OTA, focusing on huge battles where a minor skirmish can involve hundreds of units, and a completely rethought air and sea gameplay.
Maximum Annihilation
Installing Games in Spring
The files for these content packages generally go in the mods directory of your spring install. Some of the games have automatically updating installers, and some of them simply provide links to the packages which must be installed manually.
Game Development
For information on creating games for the Spring engine, see the Mod Development page.
