Educational and historical wargame simulation made with Pygame.
There is no main name for the game but rather the name will be based on a major update.
For any suggestions or bugs, feel free to report them in the Issues page.
Discord channel: 
For game update showcase video: 
If anyone is interested in another similar game like this, there is an interesting game by another developer: https://kaetjaatyy.github.io/devlog/
If you want to download the release version to test the game, go to Release tags and download the zip file.
To start testing the game run main.py for the source code or main.exe for the release version.
To compile the source code into exe, I would recommend using main.spec to compile the game.
The main.spec compile only main.py, so you will need to copy gamescript, data, profile folder manually to the distribute folder after.
Check the requirements.txt file for dependency requirements if running with the python source code.
Also, the game is now optimised based on the pygame 2.0.1 module (much faster than 1.9.6) and python 3.10. (may have to use cython later for a huge size battle)
Animation maker for arcade mode.
14th October 1066 AD, Duke William of Normandy’s force arrived at Telham Hill early in the morning, while Harold Godwinson’s force was already positioned at Senlac Ridge. It is believed that Harold intent to ambush William's army at their camp and was surprised by William's arrival at Telham Hill.
14th October 1066 AD, King Harold Godwinson intercepted William the Bastard’s force at Senlac Ridge, Hastings. The rightful king of England refused to cover in a castle before the pretender and bravely marched his army to crush the enemy head-on.
Have you ever find it weird that most historical games follow only a specific version of the story? Even a single battle may have more than one side of the story.
For example, the Normans say they are the underdog in the Battle of Hastings, while the Saxons also say they are the underdog.
Well in this game, all versions of the story are accepted and represented. Every preset historical map will have more than 1 source of information that dictates the story tone, army composition, size, even formation and possibly more.
So many historical wargames have only one leader per army. Not here. Every unit has a leadership structure and every historical battle will have all the named people that participated in the battle.
Bored of a simple line formation and want to try making weird unit formation? There is a custom unit editor that provides a complete freedom unit design. The custom units can be used in custom battles.
Most of the strategy map creator requires a degree of learning to use effectively. Well in this game you just need to use MS Paint or any drawing software (GIMP, Adobe Photoshop, etc.) to create a map.
Draw the image with the right colour set and the game will convert them into a playable map. Most other map functions are also very easy to create and modify.
Video demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Omm-o6Dy60
This game's encyclopedia will have more information than just from the Wikipedia website as long as they can be found that is.
This function is going to be a headache to write and research. But hopefully, it will provide useful and interesting historical information to players.
Ver 0.6 Dream Decision: multiple unit selection/move logic, Battle selection(with different estimation source), preparation and result screen, custom battle, custom unit editor, improve the main menu, Battle of Megiddo, Battle of Mohács
0.6.3 - 0.6.5: Arcade mode with function to accept different game mode, custom battle
Arcade Mode: animation, subunit action, console stick, chain of command
0.6.6 and 0.6.7: random map generator, True AOE attack, start working on Battle of Mohács, Minor battle: 764 Irish abbey war
0.6.8 and 0.6.9: multiple unit selection/move, also add a border to a selected unit on army selector UI
Ver 0.7 Future Visionary: in-game custom sub-unit editor, queue command, unit form, Dismount/discard, hidden stat, line of sight, battalion information based on hidden vs sight, raise flag/ light torch and recon command, ambush bonus, day-night, Battle of Walaja, Battle of Dorylaeum
Ver 0.8 Authentic Attraction: In-game art, better-looking UI (All hand (and mouse) drawn except for historical image), add intro screen, Battle of Isandlwana, Battle of Hwangsanbeol
Ver 0.9 Gaze of New Life: AI and pathfinding (The most challenging step unless cut corner to the point of braindead AI), final code optimisation before full 1.0
Ver 1 Pax Paradisum: historical battle simulation game, Battle of Waterloo, Battle of Dunsinane, Battle of Yijing, Battle of Jengland
Ver 1 - 1.5: More art, sound effects and in-game music (May need to use royalty-free music but will see) + Ingame Encyclopedia at main menu + more historical battles
Ver 1.1: Add dynamic terrain/feature change based on battle effect (damage) and weather, unit mode
Ver 1.2: Siege battle, more complex unit equipment (main hand/off hand, item), Minor battle: Wolf of Paris
Ver 1.3: Deception, False information, scout, espionage warfare, information, Minor battle: Siege of Orleans
Ver 1.6: Commander, strategist and leader duel with dynamic result and event (Move from 0.2.7 as it is not the main priority in the early battle sample yet), transfer leader, Battle of Gaixia
Ver 1.7: leader rapport and effect on authority and control mechanic including surrender and betrayal
Ver 1.8: Deployable Defence (Stakes, Barrier, Camp, Wagon), dynamic squad facing position and maybe "saved" formation that player can rotate in battle, swappable squad position
Ver 1.9: Naval battle
Ver 2.0: Multiplayer battle
Ver 2.1: Begin working on another ruleset setting
Unforeseeable future: forced march (Moved here from 0.2.7 as this feature won't have much used until the game map become much larger than just a single battlefield), Queue command
For those who have read this far, thank you for your interest in the game. To be honest, every single update begins with how do I even start with this.
I start developing this game with zero knowledge in video game development let alone how to use pygame. I start learning how to use pygame by tinkering with alien.py in pygame examples folder and keep testing/changing it until it becomes what you can see right now (I keep most video updates on youtube which show the progress of improvement almost from the start). All of the plan I list for the future is the same. I have no idea how to do it, the only thing I have is the picture of what I want to make it look like. Nevertheless, it is fun figuring stuff out and don't let the lack of knowledge stop you from making your own game :P.