Ballerburg
| Ballerburg | |
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Single player, Hot seat |
Ballerburg is a turnbased
public domain software. It was also donationware as the author asked for donations of 20 DM, offering as incentive the source code for the game.[1]
Gameplay
Ballerburg was designed for two players, both of which can be human or computer-controlled. In the game, two enemy
vane. One cannon can be fired per turn, which is done by adjusting the firing angle and amount of powder. An additional challenge is generated by the wind, which changes its strength each turn. The game also simulates a simple economy system: Prices to replenish the stock of balls and powder and replace destroyed cannons and vanes alter each turn. You have the possibility to build (destroyable) derricks
for more income and can raise or lower taxes, which will be reflected in the morale of your people. Unhappy people would abandon you and instead join your opponent.
Legacy
Years later, in October 2004,Mac OS.
In April 2012, on the 25th birthday of the game, an iOS port was released, endorsed by the original author.[4]
In 2001 there was another game by Ascaron, without endorsement of Kruse, under the name Ballerburg.[5][6] In 2003 the game was ported by Phoenix Games to the PS1.
See also
- List of open source games
References
- ^ April 1987: Ballerburg - Zwei Spieler, zwei Burgen und ein Berg dazwischen... on eckhardkruse.net "Ich habe das Programm als Public Domain veröffentlicht (die Unterscheidung in Freeware, Shareware usw. gab es damals nicht), mit der Bitte um eine 20 DM Spende. Dafür gab es dann die erweitere Version und den Quellcode." (in German)
- ^ baller on eckhardkruse.net (archived October 2004)
- ^ Ballerburg SDL on baller.tuxfamily.org
- ^ baller by Eckhard Kruse "DonkeyCat haben also mein Ok für die Ballerburg-Portierung bekommen und mich über die Entwicklung und Release stets auf dem Laufenden gehalten," (2012-04-12, in German)
- ^ Ballerburg-Release-Dezember on gamezone.de (December 2001, in German)
- gamestar.de (2009, in German)
External links
- Homepage of Eckhard Kruse
- Ballerburg SDL – a port of Ballerburg for Linux and other systems