I started creating The Nam: Vietnam Combat Operations way back in 2003 but work and life were more important, so the project was mothballed for 17 years.It took nearly 20 years and three trips to Vietnam to complete and was publicly released in September 2020.I saw this as the perfect opportunity to learn basic programming and finally finish what I started, said Yan, who started off with zero programming experience.
He used his field experience investigating farm communities and wild areas to make the game as realistic as possible. ![]() The Nam uses Tiberian Suns 20-plus-year-old game engine and logic systems. The Vietnam War ended in 1975 when the North Vietnamese and Vietcong unified Vietnam under communist rule. The Philippines sent over 2,000 soldiers to Vietnam as part of the Philippine Civic Action Group Vietnam (PHILCAGV), which can be seen in the game. While it can be downloaded online for free, Yan urges gamers to make a donation to APOPO, a nonprofit organization working to clear deadly landmines in Cambodia. If this game can spur at least one good donation, then it would have been worth it, adds Yan. The lockdowns have finally given many people a resource which for years has been in short supply time.
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