Shipwars is based off the open source project BNT (Black Nova Trader).

 

Our current version of shipwars is based off a very heavily modified version of BNT .55.  As of writing this shipwars is currently BETA version .75 with a release planned for before the end of the year (2008).

 

BNT is copywrited under the GNU public license (GPL).   You can download the latest version of BNT .55 here.

 

We currently do not offer downloads of our source simply because of the support required.  We do not have a “installable” build but will make specific files available at some point.

 

Special thanks goes to xgermz for the images I stole for my conceptual design but never updated. ;)  I will update them once I move from coding to images.

 

Shipwars is a galatic space game based off the old BBS/telnet game Tradwars 2002 (TW2002).  The objective of the game is to get the highest ranking in the round you are playing.  Higher rankings are achieved though trading (generating revenues), planet creation and colonization (and defending!), and destroying other players (real players and CPU Players).

 

Most rounds range from 1 week to 1 year depending on how the current round is going.