Globulation 2

🗃️ Specifications

📰 Title:	Globulation 2	🕹️ / 🛠️ Type:	Game
🗃️ Genre:	Strategy	👁️ Visual:	Free-roaming camera
🏷️ Category:	Strategy ➤ Top-Down Fight of Units ➤ Misc.	🏝️ Perspective:	Bird's-eye view
🔖 Tags:	Strategy; Real Time Strategy; Trading; Macromanagement; Military; Base-Building; Building; Sci-fi; Family Friendly; Pixel Art; Fog of War; PvE; Campaigns; PvP; Competitive; Local Multi; Online Multi; Built-in tutorial; Level Editor	⏱️ Pacing:	Real Time
🐣️ Approx. start:	2001-11-19	👫️ Played:	Single & Multi
🐓️ Latest:	2023-01-03	🚦 Status:	05. Tested & Working (status)
📍️ Version:	Latest: Beta 5 (0.9.5.0) / Dev: 372599b	❤️ Like it:	9. ⏳️
🏛️ License type:	🕊️ Libre	🎀️ Quality:	2. 🏅️⭐⭐⭐⭐ (good)
🏛️ License:	GPL-3	✨️ (temporary):
🐛️ Created:	2010-08-20	🐜️ Updated:	2024-10-10

📦️ Deliverables

📦️ Package name:	glob2 \| globulation2	..... 📦️ Arch:
📄️ Source:		..... 📦️ RPM:
⚙️ Generic binary:		..... 📦️ Deb:
🌍️ Browser version:		..... 📦️ AppImage:
📱️ PDA support:		..... 📦️ Flatpak:
✨️ Not use:		..... 📦️ Snap:

🚦 Entry status

📰 What's new?:		👻️ Temporary:
💡 Lights on:		🎨️ Significant improvement:
👔️ Already shown:		💭️ New version published (to be updated):
🎖️ This work:		🚧️ Some work remains to be done:
👫️ Contrib.:	KIAaze, goupildb	🦺️ Work in progress:
🎰️ ID:	11251

📖️ Summary

📜️[en]:	A libre and multi-platform, single-player (AI) / multiplayer (local or online) RTS, featuring aliens (X-shaped globules), with the objective of annihilating the opposing resistance by eliminating it or incorporating its troops through better conditions. The other specificity is the optimization of micromanagement by assigning general tasks to the units (which will do their best to execute them), allowing the player to focus on strategy. The right strategy will probably be to create a large number of new globules while taking care of their survival and well-being. The game offers tutorials and an integrated map editor.	📜️[fr]:	Un RTS libre et multi-plateforme, solo (IA)/multi (local ou en ligne), mettant en scène des aliens (globules en forme de X), avec pour objectif d'anéantir la résistance adverse en l'éliminant ou en incorporant ses troupes par de meilleurs conditions. L'autre spécificité est l'optimisation de la micro-gestion par l'assignation de tâches généralistes aux unités (qui feront leur possible pour les exécuter), permettant au joueur de se concentrer sur la stratégie. La bonne stratégie sera sans doute de créer un grand nombre de nouveaux globules tout en prenant garde à leur survie et bien être. Le jeu offre des tutoriels et un éditeur de cartes intégré.

🎥️ Videos

🕯️ How To: (202202),

🎲️ Gameplay: (201912), (201409), [fr](201606),

🐧 Linux plays: holarse [de](201301), Simon Schubert (200904),

🕸️ Links

🏡️ Website & videos
[Homepage] [Dev site 1 2 3] [Features/About] [Screenshots] [Videos t(202xxx) gd(202xxx) gu(202xxx) r(202xxx) lp(200904) lp[de](201301) ht(202202) g(201912) g(201409) g(202206) g(201001) g(201210) g(201210) g(201907) g(201210) g(200810) g(200905) g(201210) g[fr](201606) g[fr](201606) g[fr](201606) g[de](202xxx) g[ru](201505) g[pl](202xxx) g[cz](202xxx) g[hu](201505) g[sp](202xxx) g[pt](202xxx) g[it](202xxx) g[tr](202xxx)] [WIKI 2] [FAQ] [RSS] [Changelog 1 2 (not up to date) 3]

💰 Commercial
• (empty)

🍩️ Resources
• Other repository (Backup of multiple games, thanks to JeuxLinux [fr]): [DJL repository]

🛠️ Technical informations
[Open Hub] [PCGamingWiki] [MobyGames]

🦣️ Social
Devs (Globulation 2 team 1 2] [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
The Project: [Blog] [Chat] [Forums] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [reddit] [Discord]

🐝️ Related
[Wikipedia (Globulation 2) [fr] [en] [de]]
[HOLaRSE [de]] [Jeux libres [fr]] [Wiki ubuntu-fr [fr]] [Fedora [fr]] [Framasoft [fr]] [The Linux Game Tome] [LibreGameWiki]

📦️ Misc. repositories
[Repology] [pkgs.org] [Generic binary] [Arch Linux / AUR] [openSUSE] [Debian/Ubuntu] [Flatpak] [AppImage(author's repo)] [Snap] [PortableLinuxGames]

🕵️ Reviews
[HowLongToBeat] [metacritic] [OpenCritic] [iGDB]

🕊️ Source of this Entry: [Site (date)]

🦣️ Social Networking Update (on mastodon)

🕹️ Title: Globulation 2
🦊️ What's: A libre RTS with a very optimized micro-management of the units
🏡️ https://globulation2.org/wiki/Main_Page
🐣️ https://github.com/Globulation2/
🔖 #LinuxGaming #ShareYourGames #RTS #Wargame #Aliens
📦️ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb
📖 Our entry: (homeless)

🥁️ Update: 0.9.4.4➜0.9.5.0
⚗️ Loads of new features ⭐️
📌️ Changes: https://globulation2.org/wiki/Changes
🦣️ From: https://social.tchncs.de/@meldrian/109694862569710442

🕯️https://www.youtube.com/embed/LT3QJtECQ3g
🎲️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/uU3e--d8HZI
🎲️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/RRBBKcit6sM
🎲️[fr] https://www.youtube.com/embed/RrpxqjFu4xU
🐧[de] https://www.youtube.com/embed/XS9Un4ouiNQ

🕶️ A bird's eye view of a game in progress with the player's side composed of many aliens and structures. The player illustrates what is happening via a caption and 4 added circles: "Base under heavy attack by 3 AI-Nicowar. All my hospitals are full. Almost all my units are hurt. Nicowar comes with ground attacking "explorers". 2 minutes later nothing was left of my base." (Translator's note: we feel bad for him :)

📚️ Globulation 2 is a libre and multi-platform, single-player (AI) / multiplayer (local or online) RTS, featuring aliens (X-shaped globules), with the objective of annihilating the opposing resistance by eliminating it or incorporating its troops through better conditions. The other specificity is the optimization of micromanagement by assigning general tasks to the units (which will do their best to execute them), allowing the player to focus on strategy. The right strategy will probably be to create a large number of new globules while taking care of their survival and well-being. The game offers tutorials and an integrated map editor.

📕 Description [en]

📜️ "A libre RTS with aliens whose objective is the elimination of the adversity, helped by a very optimized micro-management of the units" 📜️

Globulation 2 is an innovative Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game which reduces micro-management by automatically assigning tasks to units. Take a look at the screenshots or just download and try it right now. Globulation 2 is Free Software, licensed and distributed under the GNU General Public License (version 3).

Globulation 2 brings a new type of gameplay to RTS games. The player chooses the number of units to assign to various tasks, and the units do their best to satisfy the requests. This allows players to manage more units and focus on strategy rather than on micro-management. Globulation 2 also features AI, allowing single-player games or any possible combination of human-computer teams. The game also includes a scripting language for versatile gameplay or tutorials and an integrated map editor. You can play Globulation 2 in single player mode, through your local network, or over the Internet with Ysagoon Online Gaming (or YOG for short). -- Globulation 2 team

What are the objectives of a game in Glob2?
The objective is to wipe out your opponents' populations. This can be done by attacking and killing the enemy units, by converting them to your team if you can offer a greater comfort, or by starving them to death if you destroy their resources. To be stronger than your opponent you must first create a lot of new globules while taking care about them to survive. Have a look at the PlayGuide for more details about how to play the game.

Is there a minimum age to play?
The game may not be playable by some because of its complexity, but no specific age is targeted. Despite of the war oriented objectives, the game is not meant to be violent and compared to other real-time strategy games, it is much more amusing. In fact the units are abstract X-shaped globules and there are no violent images, sounds or texts - even when units get attacked or when they disappear.

🌍️ Wikipedia:

Globulation 2 is a real-time strategy game, available in beta as of January 2009. The game updates on an irregular release cycle and is available in many Linux distribution's package repositories. The game minimizes gaming micromanagement by automatically assigning tasks to units. The game is developed as free and open source software under the GNU GPL-3.0-or-later.

Gameplay

In Globulation, the point is to either kill all of the enemies' units, to convert all of them to your side, or to kill the enemy by stealing their resources. The game can be played by a single player, through a local area network (LAN), or through the Internet via Ysagoon Online Game (YOG), a meta-server. It also features AI for playing with computer teams, a scripting language for versatile gameplay or tutorials and an integrated map editor.

Reception and impact

Globulation 2 was rated 5 stars (out of 5) on The Linux Game Tome gaming news website The game was ported cross-platform (Linux distributions, BSD Unix, GNU Hurd, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, etc.) and included in several major free operating system distributions such as Debian and Ubuntu.

📕 Description [fr]

Un RTS libre avec des aliens dont l'objectif est l'élimination de la résistance adverse, aidé par une micro-gestion des unités très optimisée, par la Globulation 2 team.
En C++.

Globulation 2 est un RTS libre et multi-plateforme, solo (IA)/multi (local ou en ligne), mettant en scène des aliens (globules en forme de X), avec pour objectif d'anéantir la résistance adverse en l'éliminant ou en incorporant ses troupes par de meilleurs conditions. L'autre spécificité est l'optimisation de la micro-gestion par l'assignation de tâches généralistes aux unités (qui feront leur possible pour les exécuter), permettant au joueur de se concentrer sur la stratégie. La bonne stratégie sera sans doute de créer un grand nombre de nouveaux globules tout en prenant garde à leur survie et bien être. Le jeu offre des tutoriels et un éditeur de cartes intégré.

Globulation 2 est un jeu innovant de stratégie en temps réel (RTS) qui réduit la micro-gestion en assignant automatiquement des tâches aux unités. Jetez un coup d'œil aux captures d'écran ou téléchargez et essayez-le dès maintenant. Globulation 2 est un logiciel libre, sous licence et distribué sous la GNU General Public License (version 3).

Globulation 2 apporte un nouveau type de gameplay aux jeux RTS. Le joueur choisit le nombre d'unités à affecter à diverses tâches, et les unités font de leur mieux pour satisfaire les demandes. Cela permet aux joueurs de gérer plus d'unités et de se concentrer sur la stratégie plutôt que sur la micro-gestion. Globulation 2 est également doté d'une IA, ce qui permet des parties en solo ou toute combinaison possible d'équipes homme-ordinateur. Le jeu comprend également un langage de script pour un gameplay polyvalent ou des tutoriels et un éditeur de cartes intégré. Vous pouvez jouer à Globulation 2 en mode solo, via votre réseau local, ou sur Internet avec Ysagoon Online Gaming (ou YOG pour faire court). -- L'équipe de Globulation 2

Quels sont les objectifs d'une partie dans Glob2 ?
L'objectif est d'anéantir les populations de vos adversaires. Cela peut se faire en attaquant et en tuant les unités ennemies, en les convertissant à votre équipe si vous pouvez offrir un plus grand confort, ou en les faisant mourir de faim si vous détruisez leurs ressources. Pour être plus fort que votre adversaire, vous devez d'abord créer beaucoup de nouveaux globules tout en prenant soin d'eux pour survivre. Consultez le guide de jeu pour plus de détails sur le déroulement du jeu.

Y a-t-il un âge minimum pour jouer ?
Le jeu peut ne pas être jouable par certains en raison de sa complexité, mais aucun âge spécifique n'est visé. Malgré des objectifs orientés vers la guerre, le jeu n'est pas destiné à être violent et, comparé à d'autres jeux de stratégie en temps réel, il est beaucoup plus amusant. En fait, les unités sont des globules abstraits en forme de X et il n'y a pas d'images, de sons ou de textes violents - même lorsque les unités sont attaquées ou lorsqu'elles disparaissent.