Bos Wars

Infobox VG
title = Bos Wars


developer = [http://www.boswars.org/team.shtml Bos Wars Team]
publisher =
designer =
license = GNU General Public License
engine =
released = initial release|2007|3|4
latest release version = 2.5
latest release date = release date and age|2008|3|1
latest preview version =
latest date =
genre = Real-time strategy
modes = Single player, Multi player
ratings =
platforms = Cross-platform
media = Free download
requirements =
input = Keyboard, mouse

"Bos Wars" (formerly known as Battle of Survival) is a free real-time cross-platform strategy game. Project was started by Tina Petersenand in the year 2004 and the current project leader is François Beerten. The game is written in C++ and Lua and it uses the SDL library.

Bos Wars was on LinuxLinks 42 More of the Best Free Linux Games [cite web |url = http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080522164112313/Games-Part2.html |publisher=linuxlinks.com |title = 42 More of the Best Free Linux Games] list.

Bos Wars was also used in master thesis titled "Adaptive reinforcement learning agents in RTS games", by Eric Kok [cite web |url = http://www.ekok.nl/download/Adaptive%20reinforcement%20learning%20agents%20in%20RTS%20games.pdf |title = Adaptive reinforcement learning agents in RTS games] .

Gameplay

The game map initially starts with a fog of war covering all area which is not covered by the player's units range of view. As the units explore the map, the darkness is removed. Revealed areas which are not in view range are again darkened to hide enemy unit movement on those areas.

All players have the same buildings and units. There is no research in the game so you can instantly build new buildings, aircraft, land vehicles and troops after you have collected enough resources to build them.

The resources in the game are magma and energy. Magma is gathered by engineers or harvesters from rocks or manufactured by magma pumps from hot spots. Energy is gathered by engineers or harvesters from trees or manufactured by power plants.

See also

*List of open source games

References

External links

* [http://www.boswars.org/ Boswars.org] , official site
* [http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/stratagus-bos/ Savannah project]
* [http://libregamewiki.org/Bos_Wars Information about the game]
* [http://eeesite.net/2007/12/bos-wars-real-time-strategy-game-for.html Short review]
* [http://ekok.nl/tech/bos22apl/ Master thesis about AI in Bos Wars]