Zero-K Free Download for PC is a free multi-platform open source real-time strategy video game. Initially based on content from Total Annihilation on the open source Spring Engine, it was forked and all proprietary content replaced, and evolved into a completely new game with unique features. Among the games powered by the Spring game engine, Zero-K is particularly notable for its extensive use of Lua scripting for interface and gameplay changes/enhancements, as well as unique RTS concepts such as a flat technology tree.
Zero-K has similar gameplay to Total Annihilation and its successor, Supreme Commander. As computers grow faster, Zero-K intends to scale with them, allowing players to increase their resolution and allowing for higher unit counts with virtually no limit. Zero-K Download free Full Version.
Players start out with a construction-capable bipedal mech known as the Commander which acts as the player's avatar. Players use their commander to construct a base of operations from which they can expand to fight and ultimately destroy opposing players. Players can use experience points to upgrade their commander with new weapons and modules.
Players earn experience points for each Zero-K game they play. These may be used to unlock new units for use in game or to customize their commander. After they play enough games, players will be able to unlock the entire Zero-K unit collection. This feature exists to prevent new players from building units that are not designed to be used by inexperienced players, thus, they must gain experience playing Zero-K before they can use those units.
The game includes 10+ factories each with 8+ unique units for a huge variation of viable build orders on most maps. Aside from the factories, there are many important buildings that create resources, provide radar coverage, shield units from Enemy weapons, conceal units from enemies, provide defence to a static location, and perform many other functions.
Chickens
Zero-K includes a unique game mode called Chickens. Chicken games are essentially similar to tower defense games, except you are free to build any units you wish. The chickens will adapt to your strategy to keep the game interesting. Zero-K Game free Download Full Version.
Chickens comes in various levels of difficulty, as well as the ability to set custom difficulty options.
In a game of Chickens the goal is to survive an onslaught of various semi-sentient alien creatures until their «Queen» attacks. The objective of a game of chickens is to survive,with a side objective being to destroy «Roosts» placed around the map — keeping the attacking chickens from becoming more powerful. The Game ends with either annihilation of the players, or the death of the Chicken Queen.
Economy
Economy in Zero-K, like in Total Annihilation, consists of two resources, Metal and Energy.
Energy is produced by certain structures, most of which can be built anywhere; each of these structures is ideal for its own set of situations. Energy is consumed in all build projects 1:1 with metal, for repairs to damaged units and structures, during «Resurrection» of unit wrecks, powering structures like radar towers and charging shields, and is used to activate the biggest defenses such as the «Annihilator» energy weapon.
Metal is either extracted from metal in the map using «Metal Extractors» or reclaimed from wrecks and debris of destroyed units and structures. Each and every unit or structure requires a specific amount of metal to be built, making capturing areas suitable for metal extraction or reclaiming wrecks of utmost importance in every game.
Connecting energy production to Metal Extractors allows «Overdrive», automatically producing additional metal. However, Overdrive has diminishing results, requiring more and more energy to continue increasing the production bonus until additional attached energy has only negligible increases in production. Zero-K game free Download for PC Full Version.
Technology
In Zero-K any player can create any unit through the appropriate factory, provided it was unlocked. There is no technology progression during a game. Each unit's reason for being used or built is its appropriateness for the battle at hand, not devoting resources to gain access to it.
Interface and Control
Zero K minimizes the amount of interface limitations. Executing sophisticated strategies is made as simple as possible, including queuing up any number of units, ordering a constructor to build many of different buildings, or ordering a factory to build planes that would automatically patrol a route as they roll off the assembly line. The interface allows players to build up large armies and bases with easily so the player is free to concentrate on actual tactics and strategy. Zero-K is almost unique in having this level of control.
Zero K user interface can also work with multi-touch screen interaction with some modification. Zero-K Free Download Torrent.
