Just found out about this:
http://openage.sft.mx/
http://openage.sft.mx/
openage: a volunteer project to create a free engine clone of Age of Empires II, primarily aimed at POSIX platforms such as GNU/Linux, comparable in its goals to projects like OpenMW, OpenRA and OpenTTD.
openage uses the original game assets (such as sounds and graphics), but (for obvious reasons) doesn't ship them. To play, you require an original AoE2: AoC installation (wine is your friend; in the near future, setup discs will be supported).
We are rewriting its engine in C++11 from scratch (GPLv3+). Including "modern" technologies like OpenGL and GLSL, we aim to create an exact clone (for now), using the original media files. This allows people using GNU/Linux to play the game natively, minus features, plus additional epic bugs (or was it vice versa?).
The code:
https://github.com/SFTtech/openage
Talk to us:
IRC: #sfttech on freenode.org
XMPP: [email protected]