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OpenZ: the faithful open-source 3D fan remake of Z (The Bitmap Brothers, 1996) for its 30th anniversary. Free, never sold, 100% original assets. Try on Github!

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Remember Z? We are making a free 3d remake of classic Z on github called OpenZ guys! 1.2 is out! Grab it! Windows, Mac + Linux versions & Unit editor github.com/playopenz/OpenZ/
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Searchlights find the fort. Everything else finds the searchlights.
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Bitmap Brothers: Speedball, The Chaos Engine, Z. Which one is the best?
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Destroy the enemy fort and the general sends a bomber to finish the job. The two robots who did all the work? Hot tub. #RTS #indiedev
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The fort cannon, leaving the fort. In pieces. #RTS
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POV: Monday morning... when going back to the office feels like marching to your death.
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Red fort, full health, feeling confident. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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What was the first PC you played strategy games on?
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Country roads take me home... a rare view of fps camera angle in rts game
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Car Park after dark. Nobody here is going home.
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OpenZ 1.4 is out, free as always. New: MAYHEM, a fourth difficulty. The whole battlefield starts under the fog of war, and the enemy builds faster. Drivers can jump out of their tanks now too. github.com/playopenz/OpenZ/r… #RTS #indiegame
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Nothing lights up a night map like a fort taking damage.
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OpenZ 1.4 is out, free as always, and it is the toughest OpenZ yet. MAYHEM: the original Z was brutally hard, so we turned it up to the max. A new difficulty above HARD buries the whole battlefield under the fog of war. You only see what your robots have scouted, enemy armies stay hidden until they are on top of you, the enemy builds 10 % faster, and a captured radar is suddenly worth everything. Pick who drives your tanks: put a laser robot or a sniper in the hatch and he fires his own weapon on top of the tank's gun, and any elite driver dodges shells faster. EXIT DRIVER (or E) pulls the grunt out so you can put an elite in. And snipe the enemy driver: his tank stops dead, ready for one of your robots to climb in and drive it home. General EvilZod is meaner than ever! Also new: robots that storm the enemy fort the moment its door is unguarded, a harder-hitting gatling, a laser that glows green before every shot, a brand-new mushroom cloud for the Unit editor nuke, rally points from the minimap, more camera options, and battles that run 10 to 20 % lighter. One Windows download for everyone, plus experimental Mac and Linux. Download: github.com/playopenz/OpenZ/
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Which RTS has the best unit voices of all time?
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this polish guy built a real Light tank. Crew - 1. classic Z style
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Canyon road. Sooner or later someone gets a bad surprise here.
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Red or blue? Nuke is the answer. Unit Editor
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Harvesters were a mistake. Change my mind.
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