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- roschdal 8y agoFreeciv-web is an open source strategy game. Please post your feedback about the new version here! https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv-web https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv-web
- pault 8y agoDo you have a change log for the new release? I couldn't find one on github or the website.
- roschdal 8y agoPlease see the changelog on github: https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv-web https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv-web
- pault 8y agoWhere? I asked because I couldn't find one on the website or in the repo. I looked at all of the markdown files, the readme, the releases page, and the wiki.
- roschdal 8y agoThe commit log: https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv-web/commits/develop https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv-web/commits/develop As you can see, it is moderatly actively maintained. More developers are welcome.
- AlecSchueler 8y agoOn desktop I can add columns to the cities display, so that I can sort by various metrics like overall production output, waste, etc. Without that feature it is quite difficult to plan at a high level especially as the number of cities grows (and I play large pox!)
- lgeorget 8y agoAwesome project! Keep up the good work.
- ivanhoe 8y agoIs this the same as the old freeciv.org's web version before it was shut down, or there's also some new development happening?
- tjpnz 8y agoWhy do I need an account to play?
- codetrotter 8y agoYou don’t.
- Waterluvian 8y agoYou need to pick a name of a minimum length for single player. That's all.
- peteretep 8y agoIt’s a shitty UI isn’t it? In fact you don’t, you just need to enter a string in the username box.
- 1337shadow 8y agoThe 3D version is surprisingly refreshing !
- oneeyedpigeon 8y agoIs there a 3d (isometric) html5 version AND a 2d, classic top-down one? Or is it just the former?
- shakna 8y agoYes. New 3d Game [0] New 2d Game [1] [0] https://www.freecivweb.org/webclient/?action=new&renderer=webgl&type=singleplayer https://www.freecivweb.org/webclient/?action=new&renderer=we... [1] https://www.freecivweb.org/webclient/?action=new&type=singleplayer https://www.freecivweb.org/webclient/?action=new&type=single...
- beatgammit 8y agoHuh, the 2D version is almost playable on mobile (3D version rendered, but panning was too laggy)! I was about to pan around without any lag and I played a turn, founding a city and whatnot, which was pretty cool. However, I wouldn't want to actually play a game since the controls are a bit fiddly. I honestly expected it to just crash, but it worked well enough. Awesome project, I'll consider playing a game on my desktop. I play occasionally with the desktop version, but a web version is much more accessible for new players to try out casually.
- swiley 8y agoWhat phone do you have? The 2D version works fine on the iPhone se, the UI is even surprisingly usable on it. Having played the native Linux version and with how poorly most html5 games work on phones I totally didn’t expect this.
- colordrops 8y ago3D pans around fine on my OnePlus 3T which is an older phone.
- kzrdude 8y agoNice!! I played freeciv some time back, and have some patches in it. Nice to see it still developing.
- arthurcolle 8y agoThe controls are really wonky but its semi-playable. Pretty cool project!
- Tade0 8y agoI got 28FPS in power-save mode on a Galaxy S8 while running the benchmark. Entirely playable performance-wise in my book.
- harperlee 8y agoI just installed it via brew to play it in a flight but the installed version crashes :( anyway, good memories of old Civ games! It is a pity that most old games are lost instead of open sourced.
- Can_Not 8y agoHave they fixed the AI yet? Last I remember there weren't any difficulty options, only "genocidal by default".
- m0llusk 8y agoCharging for playing interesting civilizations with special starting units might be a strategy for making some money to support this project.