Zero-K might be a bit more popular than VCMI. We know about 21 links to it since March 2021 and only 19 links to VCMI. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
And, for completion, with the same engine that beyond all reason is done, but with a different game play feeling: https://zero-k.info/ I personally prefer Zero-K (flatter tech tree, territory can be more important), but both are great games. - Source: Hacker News / 25 days ago
I'll take this opportunity to recommend Zero-K[1] for those who were into Total Annihilation. It's truly excellent! [1]: https://zero-k.info/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
Zero-k (https://zero-k.info/) on the same engine supports custom maps. How would you feel about uploading / other people uploading the map? Source: 10 months ago
My current favorite is Beyond All Reason. Before BAR, my favorite was Zero-K. Both BAR and zk use the same game engine, SpringRTS. BAR and zk are very similar to one another, and they're successors for Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander. Source: about 1 year ago
Zero-K and Beyond All Reason have some kind of tower defense mode. Both are FOSS and run on the same engine (Spring). Source: about 1 year ago
Fortunately modders made more or less faithful versions of forge, mainly targetting VCMI (https://vcmi.eu/). Source: almost 1 year ago
I recommend joining VCMI discord or forum on https://vcmi.eu for help. Source: about 1 year ago
There's also an open source engine for HoMM3: https://vcmi.eu/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
This is a very niche requirement, considering that AI turns length is hardly ever a problem on machines from 21 century, but technically forking VCMI and creating limit shouldn't be hard if you are a c++ coder Https://vcmi.eu/. Source: about 1 year ago
In case folks are interested in Heroes of Might and Magic, specifically the fan-favorite part 3, there's also an open source reimplementation of that engine available: https://vcmi.eu/ It has high-res and mod support btw :). - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
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