Atlantis PbeM
Atlantis is a free open-ended multi-player computer moderated fantasy turn-based strategy game for any number of players. It is played via email. The game world is populated by many races and monsters. Players may attempt to carve out huge empires, become master magicians, intrepid explorers, rich traders or any other career that comes to mind and interact with other players in trade, war and alliances. There is no declared winner of the game, players set their own objectives, and one can join at any time.
HistoryEdit
Russell Wallace developed the initial version and ran the first game, Atlantis 1.0 in 1993. Geoff Dunbar continued the legacy, first with the extensive playtest of Atlantis 2.0, and then the commercial game Atlantis 3.0. In 1999 Atlantis 4.0 was created by Geoff Dunbar and released under terms of GNU GPL. "AtlantisDev" Yahoo Group was formed sometime after that and Joseph Traub became the maintainer of the code. Atlantis 4.0 was later expanded on by various contributors from the AtlantisDev group.<ref name="prankster_history" />
Since 2011 development uses Git. Currently several developers contribute to server code on GitHub.<ref name="git" />
| Version | Release Date | Maintainer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Apr 1993<ref name="prankster_history" /> | Russell Wallace | Written in C. |
| 1.1 | Nov 1993<ref name="prankster_history" /> | Jim Cotugno | |
| 2.0 | Jan 1995<ref name="prankster_history" /> | Geoff Dunbar | Rewritten from scratch in C++ by Geoff Dunbar based on 2.0 rules by Russell Wallace. |
| 3.0 | Jun 1996<ref name="prankster_history" /> | ||
| 4.0.1 | Jan 1999<ref name="prankster_download" /> | First version released under GNU GPL. | |
| 4.0.2 | Mar 1999<ref name="prankster_download" /> | ||
| 4.0.3 | Apr 1999<ref name="prankster_download" /> | ||
| 4.0.4 | Jun 1999<ref name="prankster_download" /> | ||
| 4.0.5 | Feb 2001<ref name="git" /> | Joseph Traub | Added version control by CVS. |
| 4.0.6 | Apr 2001<ref name="git" /> | ||
| 4.0.7 | May 2001<ref name="git" /> | ||
| 4.0.8 | Jul 2001<ref name="git" /> | ||
| 4.0.9 | Nov 2001<ref name="git" /> | ||
| 4.0.10 | Dec 2001<ref name="git" /> | ||
| 5.0.0 | Jul 2002<ref name="git" /> | ||
| 5.1.0 | Jun 2011<ref name="git" /> | Loriaki | Version control moved from CVS to SourceForge SVN. |
| 5.2.0 | Jul 2019<ref name="git" /> | Stephen Baillie | Version control moved from SVN to Git at Aug 2011. |
| 5.2.1 | Sep 2019<ref name="git" /> | Artem Trytiak | |
| 5.2.2 | Sep 2019<ref name="git" /> | ||
| 5.2.3 | Oct 2019<ref name="git" /> | ||
| 5.2.4 | Oct 2019<ref name="git" /> | ||
| 5.2.5 | Dec 2022<ref name="git" /> |
SoftwareEdit
- Atlantis 5 server source code. The project's GitHub repository
- Atlantis Little Helper open source GUI client
- Atlantis Crystal Ball free GUI client
- Atlantis Advisor GUI client
- AtlaClient GUI client
Running GamesEdit
- Atlantis New Origins. Recurring game using version 5.2.5 with updates. 3 days / week initially moving to 2 days / week turns after about turn 20. Most recent game (v7) started at 9 Sep 2024.
- Twilight Atlantis (Miskatonic 5). Version 4.2 game with 3 days / week turns.
External linksEdit
- The Atlantis Project contains the history of Atlantis 1–3.
- Atlantis 1.0 source code. Enno Rehling's modernized version of the original Atlantis.
- Eressea. The game Eressea started in 1996 as a clone of German Atlantis.
- PBM.COM. Greg Lindahl's PbM/PbeM Games Homepage.