Is there a complete RTS starter pack?

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My younger son would like to make an RTS game. I’m pretty busy at the moment, and don’t think I can write an RTS engine from scratch within a 10-year-old’s attention span, so:

Is there a good RTS (code) starter pack in the asset store?

I find lots of good RTS-suitable art assets, and a few parts of the code (e.g. fog of war), but nothing that looks like you could drop in some art and have a working game out of the box. But maybe I’ve missed something?

Thanks,

  • Joe
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Have you checked out SRTS? It looks kind of pricey but fairly complete.

There’s also RTS Kit. It’s not on the Asset Store, and their homepage appears to be down.

I haven’t tried either one.

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Thanks, Tony. SRTS sounds good from the description, but I can’t figure out how to use the web demo; there are no instructions, and no combination of modifier keys and clicking seems to make the units go anywhere, nor can I seem to select a building once I’ve managed to make one. But I did find the SRTS announcement thread, so I’ll follow up there.

As for RTS Kit, that looks great, but yeah, seems to have gone to vapor.

Argh. Must — resist — urge — to — write — my — own…

Seriously, an unfilled (or poorly filled) need is like kryptonite to me. Or, when I’m in a more optimistic mood, it’s like cake. I guess it’s kryptonite cake.