This week your intrepid Linux heroes make with the colour blind, go full-metal 800×600, and spank the Oxidize Monk.
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Game: Vangers
Webzone: http://univang.com/
Devel: K-D Lab
Engine: SDL2 and C++ Voxel Engine
Price: $8.99/€8.99
Wazzat: “Mind-altering sandbox game that can be described as a racing role-playing adventure game with a complicated storyline.”
Interesting Factoid (wikipedia): In 2008, work began on porting the game to Linux and other operating systems. The game now uses SDL2 for cross-platform compatibility.
Makes with the working
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Shiny / Sounds
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Can’t really fault it for being a 10+ year old Game with appropriate graphics for the time
That being said…OW MY FUCKING EYES WHAT THE FUCK
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Graphics do not hold up. Dev says there’s an HD texture version coming out soon, which also supports 60FPS and more resolutions beyond 800×600. (Game currently runs at 800×600 – 20FPS regardless)
Background music sent me on my way down nostalgia lane. Still lovin’ it!
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Control
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Game from 1998 and it recognizes my PS2 Dual Shock exactly as I have it setup on Steam. It’s easy to tell when devs use SDL properly, innit?
Still need mouse to navigate the menus, etc.
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FUN
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Awesome background music and an attempt at open world driving from 1998. Better than most open world games coming out for Linux nowadays. (eg: the 30X9 series)
It’s very outdated in the graphics department and the Multiplayer option had to be taken out because of how 90’s tech-dependent it was. Dev says he’ll re-introduce Multiplayer when he can figure out a way to do it properly.
The game’s manual can be found on its website (http://univang.com/pages/files_en.html) and trust me, if you want to give this a proper go, you’re gonna need it.
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