Editing C-evo (section)

{{Short description|1999 video game}}
{{italic title}}
{{Infobox software
| title = ''C-evo''
| screenshot = 
| logo = C-evo logo.png
| developer = Steffen Gerlach
| platform = [[Windows 95]] or newer
| released = 0.0/0.1 / {{Start date and age|1999|05|21|df=y}}<br />1.0 / {{Start date and age|2006|05|21|df=y}}
| latest release version = 1.3.6<ref name=home/>
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|09|16|df=y}}
| programming language = [[Lazarus (software)|Lazarus]]
| genre = [[Single-player|Single]] or [[Hotseat (multiplayer mode)|hotseat]] play [[4X]] [[turn-based strategy]]
| website = {{url|http://www.c-evo.org}}
| repo = {{url|http://www.c-evo.org/files/download.php?cevosrc.cevosrc.zip}}
| license = [[Public domain software]]
}}

'''''C-evo''''' is a free [[turn-based strategy]] [[computer game]] whose [[source code]] is in the [[public domain]]<ref>[http://www.c-evo.org/files/download.php?cevosrc.cevosrc.zip cevosrc.zip] on c-evo.org, Readme.txt: ''"This code is in the public domain"''</ref> by German programmer and designer Steffen Gerlach. It was written in [[Delphi (programming language)|Delphi]] and later ported to [[Lazarus (software)|Lazarus]] instead.<ref name=home>{{cite web |title=C-evo: New Horizons | website=app.zdechov.net/c-evo/| date=5 December 2024 | url=https://app.zdechov.net/c-evo/}}</ref>

''C-evo'' is an [[4X game|empire building game]] based on ''[[Civilization II]]'', but with a different focus; it aims to be a pure "game" with all players playing to win, rather than the more simulationist side of the ''Civilization'' series.<ref name="evo">{{cite web |url=http://www.c-evo.org/text.html |title=C-evo Introduction |access-date=2015-06-16 |date= |archive-date=2015-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707181945/http://www.c-evo.org/text.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  As a result, it is known for tough and uncompromising [[artificial intelligence]] computer opponents; some of these AIs have been contributed by the player base and are separately downloadable.<ref name="eurogamer">{{cite web | url = http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/priceless-victories-article | publisher = [[Eurogamer]] | title = Priceless Victories | author = Oliver Clare | date = 2007-01-29 | access-date = 2015-06-16 | archive-date = 2016-11-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161107221000/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/priceless-victories-article | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://compsimgames.about.com/od/downloadfreegames/p/cevo_freegame.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326141117/http://compsimgames.about.com/od/downloadfreegames/p/cevo_freegame.htm |url-status=dead |title=Free Game: "C-evo" (PC) |first=Courtney |last=Marchelletta |publisher=[[about.com]] |access-date=2015-06-16 |archive-date=2013-03-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lifewire.com/free-sim-downloads-840505|title=Best Free Sim Games You Can Download|author= Courtney Marchelletta|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210510075700/https://www.lifewire.com/free-sim-downloads-840505|archive-date=2021-05-10|url-status=live}}</ref>