Vespucci is an open-source remake of the old Colonization classic, a game similar to Civilization. It is still in an early stage of development.

Check out the release page to download the latest available release.

Currently, only binaries for Windows are provided. However, the Windows binary also works on Linux and macOS with the help of the Wine compatibility layer.

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To build Vespucci from source you need an Object Pascal / Delphi compiler like Free Pascal, and the GLUT or freeglut library.

It also helps to have Git, a distributed version control system, on your build system to get the latest source code directly from the Git repository.

All of that can usually be installed be typing

# Debian 11 and earlier versions
apt-get install fp-compiler fp-units-gfx freeglut3 git

or

# Debian 12
apt-get install fp-compiler fp-units-gfx libglut3.12 git

or

yum install epel-release # needed for fpc (Free Pascal compiler) on Rocky Linux 9
                         # ... and maybe on other Red Hat-based distros, too
yum install fpc freeglut git glibc-devel

into a root terminal.

Get the source directly from Git by cloning the Git repository and change to the directory after the repository is completely cloned:

git clone https://gitlab.com/striezel/vespucci.git
cd vespucci

That's it, you should now have the current source code on your machine.

The build process is relatively easy, because you just have to invoke the FreePascal compiler. Starting in the root directory of the source, you can do the following steps:

cd engine
fpc -S2 vespucci.dpr

To start the compiled program, type ./vespucci into the terminal.

Note that the game currently only has a German GUI, so you might want to wait for the English translation, or - even better - help with that.

A changelog is provided as separate file.

Copyright 2008-2020 Dirk Stolle

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.