About
Warfare Incorporated is a real-time strategy game released in 2003 by developer Spiffcode for Palm OS, Pocket PC, PDAs, Tapwave Zodiac, and iOS. It was open-sourced and made freeware in 2014 under the name Hostile Takeover. Hostile Takeover is Spiffcode's open-source release of Warfare Incorporated, distributed under the BSD license. The source tree includes ports for macOS, iOS, Android, and a work-in-progress Linux port, plus a separate multiplayer setup with a TCP game server and an HTTP-based stats/accounts server.
Getting started
Build the game for your platform: an Xcode project for the iPhone and SDL-based macOS/iOS builds, or an Eclipse/NDK build for Android; a Linux build is also provided but marked as work in progress. Multiplayer requires separately building and running the included game server and stats server components.
History
The codebase is copyrighted 2004–2014 by Spiffcode, Inc., which developed Warfare Incorporated commercially before releasing its source code as open source under the new name Hostile Takeover.
Known limitations
- platform: Linux port is work-in-progress.
- compatibility: GUI map editing tools (M and AniMax) are described as flaky on macOS.
Additional notes
- License note
- "Hostile Takeover" and "Warfare Incorporated" remain registered trademarks of Spiffcode, Inc. even though the source code itself is open under the BSD license.
- Known limitation
- The Linux port is explicitly marked as a work in progress in the repository.