Charge - A Dune2 imitation

How to play?

To start the game, click on Charge.jar at the bottom of the page.

If the game does not run, you may need to install Java. You can get Java here:

http://java.com/en/download/

Forum

http://forum.dune2k.com/forum/14-other-dune-games/

Changes on 2011-10-14

- During a 4 player game the units table could get full. Units would be unable to shoot. Harvesters would start to disappear. This has been fixed by increasing the size of the units table.

- Each Ordos player will now start with a free Saboteur. Saboteurs can not yet be trained.

- After the human player has been defeated the radar will show all enemy units.

In this screenshot a human is watching 2 AI players fight each other.

The trikes of the Ordos AI player are leaving to attack the base of the Harkonnen AI player, avoiding the Harokonnen tanks.

Advanced Manual on building your base

Base design and roads

- You can place buildings only near a construction yard.

- It's best to space your buildings 2 tiles apart to give your harvesters a clear path from the spice fields to the refineries.

- It's best to pave your entire base with concrete slabs, for increased vehicle speed and for protection against sandworms.

- If you later place a building on a concrete slab, the credits you spend on the concrete slab will be refunded to you.

Repairing buildings

- To repair every building in your base, first press "a" to select every building, next press "r" to start the repairing proces.

- Turrets can't fire while they are being repaired. If an enemy unit approaches, select the turret and press "s" to stop repairing.

- If a building is hit, repairing is not safe for the repair crews and the repairing process for that building is automatically stopped.

Build queue and build speed

- You can place as many construction sites (buildings to be constructed) on the map as you have credits and room for.

- The construction yard(s) you have will work on the construction sites in random order.

- Building two buildings at the same time with just one construction yard means both buildings will be build at half speed.

Advanced Manual on game speed

The game starts at speed 1.

The game speed can be increased by pressing +.

The game speed can be decreased by pressing -.

The game can be paused by decreasing the game speed to 0.

While the game is paused you can still place buildings and give your troops orders.

Advanced Manual on setting up a game with or against multiple AI players or none at all

In this game you will play as House Atreides against a team of 2 AI players of House Harkonnen.

You can click on a banner multiple times to change it

from Artreides to Harkonnen to Ordos to "no player to Atreides again.

Players with the same banner are allied.

Players with different banners are enemies.

Allies automatically share map information.

If you select "no player" for the human player, you will be a spectator and you can watch AI-players fight each other.

If you select "no player" for all AI-players you will be able to build your base without interference except for the sandworms.

Trackback

The game has been listed on this blog: http://habrahabr.ru/blogs/games/80378/

The game has been listed here: http://forum.dune2k.com/topic/20346-list-of-dune-ii-clones-and-remakes/

Keep your vehicles moving or on concrete slabs to protect them from the sandworms.