Burntime

Burntime is a remaster and expansion of Max Design's 1993 strategy game 'Burntime'. It recreates the original game with remastered graphics and modern platform support, while also adding new and expanded gameplay.

Features

• Classic mode faithful to DOS and Amiga implementations
• Extended mode with improved systems, new items and mechanics
• Remastered graphics, widescreen and modern resolutions
• Amiga AI and Remaster AI and difficulty levels
• Mouse, keyboard and gamepad controls
• Native Windows, macOS and Linux support

Full feature overview

How to get

• Steam (Windows, MacOS & Linux)
• Direct Download (Windows, MacOS & Linux)

Notes

• Recent changes: Changelog.md
• Issues & requests: GitHub issues or Steam Community

Development

Prerequisites

• Git (used in build process to get the version tag)
• .NET 10 SDK
• MonoGame 3.8.5 tools: dotnet tool restore --tool-manifest source/Burntime.MonoGame/.config/dotnet-tools.json

Build and run

Default builds omit optional shader compilation.

dotnet build source/Burntime.MonoGame/Burntime.MonoGame.csproj -c Debug
dotnet run --project source/Burntime.MonoGame/Burntime.MonoGame.csproj

Shader compilation requires Wine on macOS and Linux; generated shaders are reused by normal builds and publishes.

Compile and deploy the sharp-bilinear shader with:

dotnet build source/Burntime.MonoGame/Burntime.MonoGame.csproj -c Debug -p:BuildShaders=true

• Runtime testing options
• Headless AI simulation and test scripts

Publish

dotnet publish source/Burntime.MonoGame/Burntime.MonoGame.csproj -c Release -r <platform> --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true

Use one of the following instead of <platform>:

• osx-arm64, osx-x64, linux-x64, win-x64

Credits

Burntime is developed and maintained by Jakob Harder, with contributions from the community.

Burntime is a community project and is not affiliated with Max Design or the original developers of Burntime. The original game, graphics, music, and other assets were created by Max Design and the original development team.

Special thanks to to Martin Lasser, Wilfried Reiter and Hannes Seifert for allowing this remaster to use the original graphics and music.

See the full list of contributors.