This page documents how a series of scenarios for introducing the player to 0 A.D. may be designed.

What the tutorial should cover

Basics

• Map navigation.
• Unit selection.
• Group selection.
• Order queues.
• The concepts of idle and working units.
• Territory.
• Shroud of darkness.
• Fog of war.
• The concept of resource requirements.

Training

• Training workers.
• Training queues.
• Rally points.
• Garrisoning units.
• Training fighters.
• Deleting units.

Construction

• Building with basic workers.
• Building placement and rotation.
• Adding workers to a building under construction.
• Beginning multiple constructions at once.
• Building with citizen soldiers.
• Deleting buildings.

Gathering

• Treasures.
• Foraging.
• Woodcutting.
• Mining stone.
• Mining metal.
• Mills.
• Slaughtering livestock.
• Hunting.

Farming

• Building fields.
• Harvesting.
• Building corrals.
• Training livestock.
• Farmsteads.
• Building docks.
• Building fishing ships.
• Fishing.
• Fishing with garrisoned unit.

Bartering

• Building market.
• Bartering.
• Exchange rates.

Combat

• Predatory animals.
• Training infantry.
• Attacking enemy units.
• Unit statistics.
• Meelee and ranged.
• Damage types.
• Auras.
• Loot.
• Experience points and rank.
• Healing units.

Defense

• Building scout towers.
• Garrisoning units in towers.
• Building walls.
• Building wall towers.
• Repairing buildings.

Attack

• Control groups.
• Formations.
• Siege units.