Blake<p>1st Sid Meier's <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonization</span></a> Tour bonus episode checks out the popular fan remake <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> . Eventually I plan to try out similar fan games like <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/FreeCiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCiv</span></a> , Treasure Fleet and FreeMars along with <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Col" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Col</span></a> era scenarios from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.games/@civfanatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>civfanatics</span></a></span> for <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Civilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Civilization</span></a> in the future too. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSfj_G4kA9g&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVvYzg9tRBPY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=TSfj_G4kA9</span><span class="invisible">g&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVvYzg9tRBPY</span></a></p>
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Blake<p>Prior to the recent Sid Meier's <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonization</span></a> 25th anniversary celebrations on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.games/@civfanatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>civfanatics</span></a></span> I released a video years in making that shows how to play the good old 1994 <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Microprose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microprose</span></a> classic in HD & show some similar games to <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Col" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Col</span></a> ! Made some bonus eps too! <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/freecol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freecol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/civ4col" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civ4col</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoAYn5LGq60&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVvYzg9tRBPY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=JoAYn5LGq6</span><span class="invisible">0&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVvYzg9tRBPY</span></a></p>
LinuxMaster Club<p>🎮 FreeCol — пошаговая стратегическая игра, основанная на старой игре Colonization и похожая на Civilization</p><p>©️ Бесплатная и с открытым исходным кодом игра</p><p>⬇️ Добавлены новые способы установки: Центр программ (appstream), Deb, RPM</p><p>👉 <a href="https://linuxmasterclub.ru/freecol/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">linuxmasterclub.ru/freecol/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxgame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxgame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Review</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a></p>
Antti Peltola<p>Why i'm sticking with Colonization for Windows (1995):</p><p>FreeCol 1.2.0 released</p><p>• Fixed an issue that prevented the Declaration of Independence if the player name had non-ascii characters.</p><p>• Allow to run FreeCol with only 512MB memory. Please keep in mind that 2GB is still needed for higher resolution, smoother scroll and high rendering quality.</p><p><a href="https://www.freecol.org/news/freecol-1.2.0-released.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freecol.org/news/freecol-1.2.0</span><span class="invisible">-released.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a></p>
civfanatics<p>A new version of <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a>, the open source version of <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonization</span></a>, has been released! This release features a new Colony panel with improved building graphics. In addition, there are lots of nice improvements and essential bug fixes. All savegames (without mods) from 0.12.0 and up should continue working with 1.2.0.</p><p>Download the new release:<br>- <a href="https://www.freecol.org/download.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">freecol.org/download.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Discuss with us here:<br>- <a href="https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/new-freecol-releases-and-maps-overhaul.658749/page-2#post-16629976" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forums.civfanatics.com/threads</span><span class="invisible">/new-freecol-releases-and-maps-overhaul.658749/page-2#post-16629976</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/4X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4X</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/TBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TBS</span></a></p>
Amigatronics<p>FreeCol - Open source colonization 1.2.0 release <a href="https://www.indieretronews.com/2024/07/freecol-open-source-colonization-120.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">indieretronews.com/2024/07/fre</span><span class="invisible">ecol-open-source-colonization-120.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COLONIZATION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COLONIZATION</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> @Indie_RetroNEWS</p>
jacqueline<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@gnulinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gnulinux</span></a></span> </p><p>"(...) FLOSS game highlight: FreeCol, an open source style colonial adventure</p><p>Games explore diverse aspects of human history, including the colonial period. FreeCol, an open source game, is dedicated to this era of discovery and conquest.</p><p># GamingOnLinux <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LinuxGames</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FLOSS_Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FLOSS_Games</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gnulinux.ch/floss-game-highlight-freecol-ein-kolonialabenteuer-im-open-source-stil" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gnulinux.ch/floss-game-highlig</span><span class="invisible">ht-freecol-ein-kolonialabenteuer-im-open-source-stil</span></a> (...)"</p>
GNU/Linux.ch<p>FLOSS-Game Highlight: FreeCol, ein Kolonialabenteuer im Open-Source-Stil</p><p>Spiele erkunden vielfältige Aspekte der Menschheitsgeschichte, darunter auch die Kolonialzeit. FreeCol, ein Open-Source-Spiel, widmet sich dieser Ära voller Entdeckungen und Eroberungen. </p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/GamingOnLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GamingOnLinux</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/LinuxGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxGames</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/FLOSS_Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS_Games</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gnulinux.ch/floss-game-highlight-freecol-ein-kolonialabenteuer-im-open-source-stil" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gnulinux.ch/floss-game-highlig</span><span class="invisible">ht-freecol-ein-kolonialabenteuer-im-open-source-stil</span></a></p>
Robin Forlonge Patterson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ruby.social/@kkuchta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kkuchta</span></a></span> If you don't count the cost of your time, you can have infinite fun-hours-to-cost ratios with well developed free <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> such as <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Freeciv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freeciv</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a>, and (one where you make-your-own-fun by designing advanced military units) C-evo. All covered on <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/civilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilization</span></a>.fandom.com.</p>
Robin Patterson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://carpdiem.online/@eviltrout" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eviltrout</span></a></span> A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> could take longer than 93 hours.</p>
civfanatics<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@RFPatterson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RFPatterson</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.au/@Fury" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Fury</span></a></span> not to forget that there are things like <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> or UnCiv ;).</p>
Wuzzy<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@feditips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>feditips</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MastodonEngineering</span></a></span> Yes.</p><p>First, there's <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Weblate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weblate</span></a>. I strongly recommend it, I have recently started using it for my own games. <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Minetest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minetest</span></a> also uses it.</p><p>Then, there's translatewiki.net. <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> uses it and a number of other projects. Also good.</p><p>There are also <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Zanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zanata</span></a> and <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Pootle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pootle</span></a> but I have no experience with these and they may be outdated (check for yourself).</p><p>Then, there are translation services tailored towards specific software:</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Pontoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pontoon</span></a> for Mozilla.<br><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Eints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eints</span></a> for <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/OpenTTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTTD</span></a>.</p>
civfanatics<p>New fan project detected! While <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> <a href="https://www.freecol.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">freecol.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is an excellent recreation of the Colonization experience that we highly recommend, there are some that still wish for a 1:1 recreation of the original Colonization and it's classic 2D graphics that works on modern machines, allows modern viewing resolutions, and has easy modability. One of the Col fans, David, has announced that he's working on such a thing, so we wish him all the best! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10102530453058586&set=p.10102530453058586" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10102</span><span class="invisible">530453058586&set=p.10102530453058586</span></a></p>
www.jugandoenlinux.com<p>Nuestro compañero <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@leillo1975" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>leillo1975</span></a></span> ha colaborado recientemente con el podcast de <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mancomun_gal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mancomun_gal</span></a></span> en una nueva charla en gallego sobre juegos libres donde también nos habla en especial de juegos de conducción y por supuesto de <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@speed_dreams_official" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>speed_dreams_official</span></a></span> . Podeis escucharla en:<br><a href="https://mancomun.gal/podcasts/mancomun-podcast-videoxogos-libres-con-leillo/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mancomun.gal/podcasts/mancomun</span><span class="invisible">-podcast-videoxogos-libres-con-leillo/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unciv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unciv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Warzone2100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Warzone2100</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pMachines</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@godotengine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>godotengine</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GodotEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GodotEngine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuperTuxKart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperTuxKart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StuntRally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StuntRally</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RigsOfRods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RigsOfRods</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeedDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedDreams</span></a></p>
SSFC KDT (MOVED)<p>Anyone know how <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Freecol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freecol</span></a> compares to original <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ColonizationGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColonizationGame</span></a>? My main interest is in eliminating the memory limits. I avoided Civ4 "Colonization" because it changed the mechanics too much. I'd like to see largely the same <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/gameplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gameplay</span></a> as the original, but with less bugs.</p>
Wuzzy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://functional.cafe/@rml" class="u-url mention">@<span>rml</span></a></span> </p><p>A few games I play(ed):<br />* <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Xonotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Xonotic</span></a> (FPS)<br />* <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Widelands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Widelands</span></a> (RTS)<br />* <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> (4X)<br />* <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Hedgewars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hedgewars</span></a> (turn-based strategy)<br />* <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SuperTuxKart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SuperTuxKart</span></a> (racing)<br />* <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenTTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenTTD</span></a> (econony sim)<br />* <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreedroidRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreedroidRPG</span></a> (RPG)<br />* <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Lix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lix</span></a> (Puzzle)</p><p>(I'm biased of course since I am involved in the development of a few of these, esp. Hedgewars. 😜)</p>
Wuzzy<p>I'm excited about the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> release also because I've worked on the German translation. I think this was important since the translation had a ton of errors and inconsistencies.</p>
Wuzzy<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> version 1.0.0 is out!!!</p><p>OK, since a few months already 😄 , but I only now got the news. HUGE congratulations to the entire development team for this important milestone. I'm always excited when a free software game reaches version 1.0.</p><p>🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>games</span></a></p>
Simutrans<p>We know how hard is to develop an <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> game for 20 years (and more!).</p><p>That's why we want to congratulate <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> for its 1.0.0 release after 20 years of development. Keep up the good work! 🎉</p><p><a href="https://www.freecol.org/news/freecol-1.0.0-released.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freecol.org/news/freecol-1.0.0</span><span class="invisible">-released.html</span></a></p>
www.jugandoenlinux.com<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
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