War of 1812
| War of 1812 | |
|---|---|
| 7DRL | |
| Developer | Jeff Lait |
| Theme | battle simulator |
| Influences | Tolstoy's War and Peace |
| Released | 2020 |
| Updated | 2020 (7drl) |
| Licensing | open source (BSD), freeware |
| P. Language | C++ |
| Platforms | Linux, Windows |
| Interface | Graphical tiles (which are of characters!), Keyboard |
| Game Length | half hour |
| Official site of War of 1812 | |
About
The year is 1812 and the world is ablaze. The fate of a continent is to be determined: a "mere matter of marching" will instead prove to dent the dreams of a Manifest Destiny.
That is all half a world away, however. Europe doesn't want to be left out so has its own skirmish. The Grand Armee is marching into your land. Napoleon wants a head-on confrontation, so naturally your general has been avoiding it. But the aristocracy is fed up with no brilliant successes, so you've been assigned a division to provide a noble victory.
One of the Grand Armee's divisions has been located by your scouts nearby. It is time to destroy the illusion that the Little Corporal cannot be defeated!
Unique/rare features
- Command 10,000 troops against an equally sized foe
- Learn why no plan survives contact with the enemy
- Battle over 10km by 10km terrain modeled at 1m resolution
- Watch your commands be carried by messengers to the front lines, hopefully not to be intercepted!
Versions and platforms
War of 1812 is written in C++ and is available for Windows, Linux. Source code is provided so it may be ported to any platform with libtcod and SDL.