This is the first release featuring the new architecture changes, unified internal interfaces, and new game data formats. It provides a stable basis for further improvements. The gameplay found in this release is not much more than a tech demo, so don't expect too much from running it.

Highlights

• New game data conversion with support for all Genie games:
  
  
  • Age of Empires 1 (1997)
    
  • Age of Empires 1: Definitive Edition
    
  • Age of Empires 2 (1999)
    
  • Age of Empires 2: HD Edition
    
  • Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition
    
  • Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
    
  • Age of Empires 2 (Trial Version) for demoing the engine
  
  
• New OpenGL renderer
  
  
  • threaded rendering
    
  • 15x speedups in comparison to previous renderer
  
  
• New game simulation workflow
  
  
  • event-based simulation
    
  • backed by nyan database for game data
    
  • component-based architecture
  
  
• New input system
  
• Extended documentation

Changelog
https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/blob/master/doc/changelogs/engine/v0.5.0.md