0 I-A.D. (ebizwa ngokuthi “zero-ey-dee”) iwumdlalo wamahhala, ovulekile, womlando we-Real Time Strategy (RTS) okwamanje ethuthukiswa yi-Wildfire Games, iqembu lomhlaba wonke labathuthukisi begeyimu yamavolontiya. Njengomholi wempucuko yasendulo, kufanele uqoqe izinsiza ozidingayo ukuze ukhulise amasosha futhi ubuse izitha zakho.

"0 A.D" isikhathi esingakaze sibe khona ngempela: Ekhalendeni elivamile, umuntu usuka ku-1 B.C. kuya ku-1 A.D. bese weqa uziro. Lokhu kukhombisa inganekwane yomlando kulo mdlalo: Ubani obengawina ukube wonke amaqembu abeqhudelana ngesikhathi elinye nelinye lisasezingeni eliphezulu?

Sihlose ukuveza ezinye zezimpucuko ezinkulu phakathi nenkulungwane yeminyaka ka-500 B.C. kuya ku-500 A.D. (Ngakho-ke i-midpoint, zero.) Lelo yithemba elilangazelekayo, ngakho oshicilelo lokuqala luka-0 A.D. sigxila emakhulwini amahlanu okugcina B.C. Mhlawumbe emaphaketheni okwandisa esikhathini esizayo, kuzongezwa impucuko eyengeziwe, kanye nezici ezengeziwe zokudlala umdlalo.

Sigcizelela kakhulu ukunemba komlando ngenkathi sithuthukisa u-0 A.D. Sihlela wonke amayunithi ethu nazo zonke izakhiwo zethu ngokusekelwe ekwakhiweni kabusha kokuthi amayunithi nezakhiwo kungenzeka zibukeke kanjani emhlabeni wasendulo. Size siwasho nangezilimi zokuqala, njengesiGreki nesiLatini. Kodwa kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi noma yimuphi umdlalo kufanele ube mnandi ukuwudlala, ngakho-ke, ezimweni eziningi, besincamela ukudlala kunokunemba komlando.

0 I-A.D. ingadawunilodeka ngokuphelele ngaphandle kwenkokhiso futhi iyohlala ikhona. Ayikho imodeli ye-“freemium”, akukho ukukhangisa okungaphakathi kwegeyimu, akukho okubanjwayo. Lesi isiqinisekiso sethu sensimbi.

Yize ungathola abanye abantu bethengisa amakhophi ka-0 A.D. kwabezindaba ezibonakalayo, khumbula, uzohlala unenketho yokukhipha u-0 A.D. mahhala ku-inthanethi, ngokuqondile kubathuthukisi.