FreeFT is an open-source, real-time, isometric action game engine strongly inspired by Fallout Tactics, a game from 2001 created by an Australian company, Micro Forte.
Old compiled binaries for Windows can be downloaded from SourceForge https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeft
Important note: FreeFT is far from being finished and is not being actively developed. Many features are missing, for example: lighting system, RPG elements, dialogues or scripting system.
FreeFT is based on CMake and libfwk (which is included as a submodule) and requires the same tools / dependencies as libfwk. Please take a look at libfwk README first to learn how to build it. Besides libfwk, FreeFT has some additional dependencies: mpg123, libzip. Those can be installed by using libfwk's configure.py script for downloading/building dependencies.
There are github actions available which build FreeFT for Windows & linux. They are a good reference of what is required to properly build this project.
To run this program, resources from original Fallout Tactics are required. You can buy it on GOG, Steam or in Epic Store.
FT has to be installed and resources converted with a convert program. After instaling FT just run convert.exe. It might ask you to provide a path to original Fallout Tactics. The conversion shouldn't take more than a few minutes.
To convert resources under linux, you can use this command:
./convert -p "/home/user_name/.wine/drive_c/tactics/" all
- LMB on tile: move (shift: walk)
- LMB on entity: interact
- RMB: attack (shift: secondary attack)
- Middle mouse dragging: change view
- keypad + / -: change stance
- T key: teleport to cursor
Inventory (bottom left corner):
- up / down: select item
- up / down + CTRL: select item in container
- left / right: move item to / from container
- E key: equip / unequip selected item
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libfwk and all of its dependencies
Used under MIT license.
https://github.com/nadult/libfwk -
mpg123
Used under LGPL 2.1 license.
https://www.mpg123.de/ -
libzip
Used under BSD 3-clause license.
http://www.nih.at/libzip/ -
Fonts
Liberation (used under SIL Open Font License)
Transformers (freeware)BMFont was used to convert fonts to bitmaps
http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/
Third tech-demo:
Fourth tech-demo:
Early version of game editor:
Multi-player gamplay with bots
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