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posted by martyb on Tuesday April 04 2017, @08:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the aliens-of-the-non-illegal-kind dept.

Remember the X-Com series? The Earth defense against the alien horde? Well it's all the rage again. Just this time it's free software and culture: GPL and Creative Commons. There is a strategic component and a tactical shooter. Sure it's a work in progress but it's getting there.

Try it tonight http://ufoai.org/


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  • (Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Tuesday April 04 2017, @04:23PM (1 child)

    by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Tuesday April 04 2017, @04:23PM (#488678)

    The purpose of Trademarks is to reduce confusion in the marketplace. Perhaps a better wording could have been:

    Remember the X-Com series? The Earth defense against the alien horde?

    UFO: Alien Invasion is a squad-based tactical strategy game in the tradition of the old X-COM PC games, but with a twist. (The) game combines military realism with hard science-fiction and the weirdness of an alien invasion. The carefully constructed turn-based system gives you pin-point control of your squad while maintaining a sense of pace and danger.

    The game takes a lot of inspiration from the X-COM series by Mythos and Microprose. However, it's neither a sequel nor a remake of any X-COM or other commercial title. (The goal was) to make is a brand new experience that tries to surpass the quality of games from 1992, rather than simply recreate them with flashier graphics.

    The game is free software and culture: GPL and Creative Commons.

    Try it tonight http://ufoai.org/ [ufoai.org]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04 2017, @07:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04 2017, @07:10PM (#488770)

    Have a worthless updoodle from an AC