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The "voice acting" in 0 A.D. indeed could see some improvement. The quality is all over the place. Some is "good enough" that it doesn't bother, but with some voice samples you really hear it was recorded with a bad mic in a closet with the voice muffled and dampened. Some of the voice "acting" really funny where it should be a call to arms or battle cry but it sounds like they're reading it from a book.

Sure, just commenting on a technicality that might be a common misconception or just a "never thought about that"-thing. Who cares about those "large software houses", they were ruining gaming. I don't follow and I don't care about modern gaming much, I'm into retro and open source. About this "AI decomp revolution" in general: Both a curse and a blessing. Back then, music could suddenly be produced in the bedroom, rather than just in expensive studios. So, lots of "slop" in many people's eyes (or ears) back then too. But you don’t have to - and you don’t need to - consume everything that comes out. Even as an experienced programmer, you often don’t have the time or the inspiration to indulge in developing some hobbyist retro projects in your free time. That’s easier now. Projects often lie dormant for years because you’ve hit a roadblock somewhere or would have to put in a lot of work to overcome a certain technical hurdle, so you end up procrastinating. This can now be largely overcome "thanks" to "AI". On the other hand, of course, it also opens the floodgates to endless slop and half-finished, unpolished stuff which initially is touted with great enthusiasm. Development is 20%, maintenance / quality assurance / project management is 80% - and many “vibe coders” either lack the motivation, the skills, the experience, or all of that. One solution might be curation - regularly showcasing good projects that are truly worth checking out. Many retro sites have always tried to cover everything that comes out, but that might not work anymore. What I’d like to see is a specific project - a piece of software or an app, similar to a launcher - that contains a library of consistently well-curated picks of “Decomps” and the like.

Ahh, I've never used that . Still when pressed, Atlas opens (I guess it should be said that's its actual name, since the "Scenario Editor" part seems just descriptive). Unrelated: you (and others) have told me to create PRs, but my New Pull Request button is disabled. I created Issues instead (for now).

Same here! But I was unclear, I mean the Windows Start menu folder "0 A.D. Empires Ascendant" with the entries "0 A.D.", "Open logs folder", "Web site" and "Map editor". EDIT: My Windows is set to de_DE, my installation should be en_US by default.

I consent to using CC-BY 3.0 !     I'm not an artist unfortunately . I know how to cut audio and video in Blender . A page transition animation would be something to put in a call for in a promotional video.