JConquest

JConquest is an interstellar turn-based multi-player computer strategy game! You, as a player, are the imperator of an interstellar empire. Your objects are to explore space, expand your empire, exploid the planets you rule, exterminate other empires. Unfortunately there are other imperators who have the same goals for their empires.
JConquest is written in JavaTM and is 100 % platform independant. SourceForge.net Logo

Download

Currently there is no binary release of JConquest available. If you want to download our source code, please do so from our cvs repository via anonymous cvs or you can browse our repository here.

Anonymous CVS Access

This project's SourceForge.net CVS repository can be checked out through anonymous (pserver) CVS with the following instruction set. When prompted for a password for anonymous, simply press the Enter key.

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/jconquest login
 
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/jconquest co -P src

Installation

Requirements: If you have downloaded and installed the above software, compile the sources with Java. You now need to add spring.jar and commons-logging.jar to your classpath to start JConquest.

Usage

You may start JConquest by starting net.sf.jconquest.Main.

For example if your operating system is Linux and the path of your compiled JConquest is /usr/local/jconquest and the path to spring.jar and commons-logging.jar is /usr/local/lib you may start JConquest by typing

java -classpath /usr/local/jconquest:/usr/local/lib/spring.jar:/usr/local/lib/commons-logging.jar net.sf.jconquest.Main

on the command-line. Currently the start of a new game is parameter-driven. Use the parameter -? or --help to get a full ist of command-line options.

Roadmap

Version 0.1

We are currently working on the alpha-release of Version 0.1. Version 0.1 is planned to have the functionality of the KDE game Konquest. In addition there will be the possibility of fights in space (not just on planets like in Konquest).

Version 0.2

This version shall have implemented population, population growth and habitability (the three planetary values gravity, temperature and radiation). The population "produces" resources that make up the productivity of a planet. Newly captured planets have 2500 Colonists by default.

Version 0.2.5

Planets can have factories. Players may choose between building factories to increase their productivity or building ships to increase their strength.

Version 0.3

Every planet contains minerals. Players may build mines to mine these minerals. Building ships or factories costs an amount of minerals.

Version 0.3.5

Fleets may load cargo and colonists. Cargo can be transported from planet to planet. To colonize a new planet players will have to have some colonists on their ships.

Version 0.4

Fleets and planets have scanners. players no longer need to fly directly onto a new planet to see its habitation values. Enemy fleets are seen only if they are within the scanner's range.

Version 0.4.5

Research and terraforming are implemented. Players may research to improve their  fleet strength, scanners and terraforming ability.

Version 0.5

Fleets have the ability to bomb planets.

Version 0.5.5

Fleets have the ability to lay mines in space.

Version 0.6

Players are able to build starbases. Ships may be build only on planets with starbases.

Version 0.7

Ships have blueprints and contain building parts. Planets have to be colonized by a colonization ship. Only freighters may transport cargo and so on.

Version 0.8

Battles take place on a battleboard. Fleets can have battle plans.

Version 0.9

There are different races out there! Every race has it's advantages and disadvantages. They have primary and secondary race trades.

Version 1.0

If we have followed the roadmap until this version we have almost cloned Stars!. Now we only need to implement the random events (mainly the mystery trader).

Version 2.0

Version 2.0 will boldly go where no game has gone before, implementing much of our ideas and of the ideas of the 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) game community.