About
Signus: The Artefact Wars is a turn-based strategy war game in the vein of the Battle Isle series, following a war for alien artifacts between two rival corporations on the colonized world of Arkonis. This repository is the original authors' own open-source release of Signus: The Artefact Wars, a turn-based strategy game about two rival mega-corporations fighting over alien artifacts on the colonized planet Arkonis. It's built on SDL2 (with SDL2_mixer, SDL2_ttf, SDL2_image, and other libraries) and ships with its own complete game data, so no external assets are required.
Getting started
After installing the SDL2, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_ttf, SDL2_image, and other listed dependencies, build both the game and its data package using the included configure-and-make process. Controls use the mouse to select units and issue orders, with function keys to reserve attack shots and open the save/load menus.
History
The game was commercially released in 1998, and its original authors open-sourced it in 2002.