Monday, August 25, 2008

PSP Updates Summer Homebrew Contest entry: Age of Nations v3

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One of our first new entries for the PSP Updates Summer Homebrew Contest has finally made itself known. Homebrew developer SeanPaul223 dropped by to inform us that Age of Nations v3 is officially up and running for the competition.

The latest build added a lot of new features, as well as gave the program's code a major overhaul. Gameplay-wise, Age of Nations works better than ever - with unit and resource management streamlined for the player. The only thing we need now is some Ad-Hoc capabilities and we've got ourselves one homebrew RTS we can all sink our teeth into.

As for the other changes, here's the updated changelog for Age of Nations v3:
  • General
    • Code rewrite Entirely
    • Added Basic AI
    • Added Age Update Feature
    • All Bugs Fixed
    • Added Music
    • All bugs fixed
  • Gameplay
    • Player has resources to manage: Food, gold, wood and stone.
    • Possibility to create new units: Each units created requires a certain quantity of food, which reduce food resources.
    • Each units created is independent from others.It has its own health, his own job, and many other things.
    • Each unit can look for food, look for wood on a map, to increase the player's resources. Just give him the order.
    • All natural resources such as wood and fruits are limited.When there's no more resources on a tree, it disappears from the map.
    • Natural resources regenerates automatically.
  • Units
    • Four types of units can be created:
      • Peasants: they're dealing with the natural resources and building tasks
      • Soldiers
      • Archers
      • Riders
  • Building
    • Peasants can build Houses, they increases the Population Limit.
    • Peasants can build Barracks And Stables.These builds are used to make military units.
The homebrew game comes with a Readme file that details its different controls for the handheld. Please make sure to take a look at it before installing any files into your PlayStation Portable. You can also visit the QJ.NET forums for more information regarding the game.

Download: Age of Nations v3
Visit: QJ.NET's PSP Development forum



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