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Thousand Parsec (TP) is a project to create 4X strategy games and a game development framework for turn-based space empire building games.
Thousand Parsec is not only a game, it is also a framework for creating a similar group of games, which are often called 4X games, from the main phases found in them: eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate. Some examples of games which Thousand Parsec draws ideas from are Reach for the Stars, Stars!, VGA Planets, Master of Orion and Galactic Civilizations.
Unlike commercial alternatives, it is designed for long games supporting universes as large as your computer can handle. It allows a high degree of player customization, and features a flexible technology system, where new technologies may be introduced mid-game.
The project is in the development phase and is seeking contributors of any kind (programmers, artists, web designers, documentation writers, ...).
Thousand Parsec has been accepted to participate in the Google Summer of Code 2007.
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