0 A.D. Alpha 8 Haxāmaniš :: The Persians

The 8th Alpha for 0 A.D. is now released. Download today @ www.play0ad.com

Why "Haxāmaniš"?

We name our releases according to development status ("Alpha" or "Beta"), successive release number (1, 2, 3, ...) and a word relating to the ancient world, in alphabetical order ("Argonaut" for A, "Bellerophon" for B, ...). In honor of the release of the Persian faction, we decided to dub Alpha 8 "Haxāmaniš".

Haxāmaniš is the Old Persian name for Achaemenes, the legendary founder of the Achaemenid dynasty, a family which included rulers such as Cyrus II, Darius I and Xerxes I. Haxāmaniš was himself a minor seventh century ruler of the Anshan (Ansham or Anšān) located in southwestern Iran. Nobody is quite sure if Haxāmaniš existed, little is known about him and the little known is peppered with myth. (Ancient Greek writers say that he was "raised by an eagle".) Nevertheless, he remains an figure often mentioned in Persian history.

Nobody knows for sure how Haxāmaniš was pronounced in Old Persian, but it is probably something like hah-xāh-mah-neesh, where all the a's are as in "father", and the a with the macron (ā) is longer. X is the voiceless velar fricative, as in ugh, loch, or Chanukah. The stress is uncertain; If it were as in Sanskrit, it would have been on the last syllable (hah-xāh-mah-NEESH). (Thanks, Thamar E. Gindin, Ph.D., expert on Iran!)

For the next alpha, we welcome fan suggestions for words relating to the ancient world beginning with the letter G. Keep it original and within the 0 A.D. time-frame (appx. 500 BC - 1 BC)!

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• 0 A.D.
• FOSS
• Open Source
• Free Open Source Game
• Free Open Source Software
• Persia
• Persians
• Achaemenids
• Persian Empire
• Age of Empires
• Moddb
• Achaemenid Empire
• Free Software

[ArcheysGames]

is this available on steam?

[play0ad]

@ArcheysGames Nope, not yet

[johnanth]

The user interface is huuuge

Apart from that, very nice, also I like the car thing in 3:15, hahaha.

[play0ad]

@johnanth

What resolution do you run? The UI is smaller at higher vertical resolutions. This video was shot at only 720p resolution.

[tkingfrnedassistnce]

This looks great. Kinda reminds me of Age of Mythology. They don't make games like these any more.

[boomerxxx]

Kinda seems like the AoE3 people had hoped for, but didn't get. Gonna have to try it out.

[ilgrossolano]

love it!

[spiritusinvacuo]

game looks great. can't wait to try it!

[jorgeerosa]

Forget USA candidates... You guys should be the ones in the White House!... ;)

Keep your AWESOME work! And thankyou for sharing it! :)

[eXcommunicate1979]

@majakowsy

This is the "Zagros Mountains" map.

[chronius9]

Only thing in my opinion preventing 0AD from complete skirmish playable game is lack proper placement of walls. Other than that it is really nice and playable game. I can't wait it to be completed. Modern era age of empires 1 : addictive and fun. Nice.

[MrAlguienalgo]

I have had all updates! They look great!

A blend of Age of Mythology (Ancient Age) and Medieval: Total War (Various Soldiers)! Keep it up!

[mahela1993]

watching this video makes me dizzy!

Other than that, it's awesome!

[majakowsy]

in which map is this game?