0 A.D. Introductory Information

0 A.D. (pronounced "zero ey-dee") is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy game of ancient warfare.

This is currently an incomplete, under-development version of the game. We're always interested in getting more people involved, to help bring the game towards completion and to share the interesting experience of developing a project of this scope.

There are several ways to contact us and find more information:

Web site: http://play0ad.com/

Forums: http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/

Trac (development info, bug tracker): http://trac.wildfiregames.com/

IRC: #0ad on irc.quakenet.org

Running precompiled binaries on Windows

Open the "binaries\system" folder.

To launch the game: Run pyrogenesis.exe

To launch the map editor: Run Atlas.bat or "pyrogenesis.exe -editor"

Compiling the game from source code

The instructions for compiling the game on Windows, Linux and OS X are at http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/BuildInstructions

Reporting problems

Bugs should be reported on Trac. For information on reporting problems and finding logs, see http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/ReportingErrors

Contributing Code

If you want to help out programming for the game, have a look at https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/GettingStartedProgrammers or contact us on #0ad-dev on irc.quakenet.org

Contributing Artwork

If you want to make artwork for the game, have a look at https://trac.wildfiregames.com/#Forartists: or visit the forums http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum

Translating

You can help translating the game at https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/0ad for more information, see https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Localization