Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Freeciv
This is a free and open source empire-building strategy game inspired by the
history of human civilization.
-Freeciv
The game reminds me of
Civilisation
by
Sid Meier
. Its user interface is very similar,
but once you start playing the game, you will notice a lot more features and
possibilities that are built into the game.
Installing Freeciv
We can install the server from the Raspberry repository:
sudo apt-get -t jessie install freeciv-server
Several libraries will be installed during this time. You might be presented with a
blue screen, which asks you if you want to restart some service in order to complete
the package installation. It is safe to agree with this. This can take several minutes
to complete.
Configuring Freeciv
The default settings are good enough for you to play straight away. You can start the
server by typing the following in the console. The server should not be run with the
sudo
command or as the
root
user, but as a normal unprivileged user.
freeciv-server
This will actually present you with another console provided by the
freeciv
server.
You can adjust settings of the server by typing in commands. You can try to type in
help
and press
Enter
.
If you would like to publish your server to the online community, you need to
forward port
5555
to Pi through your router, and then start the server with the
extra command line
--meta
.
Playing Freeciv
You can now install and run
freeciv
on your computer. If you are running the same
versions of the server and client, you will see it in the LAN.
