Cardinal Quest 2 is a turn-based hack 'n' slash adventure. In other words, it's a streamlined roguelike - one with no silly learning curve, no pages of spoilers, no fussy inventory management. It's a quick, accessible game - but still a murderously complex and lethal one, with both procedurally generated levels and permadeath.
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Cardinal Quest 1 was released in 2011 by Ido Yehieli. Ruari O'Sullivan did some work with him on the later versions, refining the design and adding a save game feature amongst other improvements. In January, Ruari took over development and began work on a full-blown sequel. This sequel is currently the subject of a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, collecting money for an art upgrade and expanded development.
While it currently uses adobe air, they will hopefully be dropping that in the future *I spoke to the creator of number 2 and he plans to make it native on the full release*, a massive pain though which is a shame as that for Linux users puts a big downer on a great game.
Sidenote: Cardinal Quest 1 no longer needs adobe air, so go buy and play it while we all wait for number 2, great game :)
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never did get adobe air to run, must admit I did not try very very hard, but was enough to skip Cardinal Quest 1. With more and more Linux games showing up these days skipping a game because it's hard to setup becomes easier and I notice I do it faster then lets say 2-3 years ago.
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Yeah I imagine for a lot of users it will just out right put them off.
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You can install and use Adobe AIR 2.6 on Ubuntu and other distributions with this [URL='http://askubuntu.com/questions/87447/how-can-i-install-adobe-air']guide[/URL]. It worked for Botanicula when it was available as .air file and works for other programs.
For example it works for [URL='http://www.anodynegame.com/']Anodyne[/URL] it's a game in development listed on Steam [URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92921739']Greenlight[/URL] and there is also [URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92701947']Incredipede[/URL] though it doesn't have a demo version so i don't know how well will it work.
For example it works for [URL='http://www.anodynegame.com/']Anodyne[/URL] it's a game in development listed on Steam [URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92921739']Greenlight[/URL] and there is also [URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92701947']Incredipede[/URL] though it doesn't have a demo version so i don't know how well will it work.
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While Adobe Air games are a bit buggy on Linux, they run and install fine.
On other note, you can get the first Cardinal Quest for $4 with other good games from here : http://www.gamersgate.com/indiefort-bundle
I'm not sure of the version they provide, but if it's Adobe Air, you can run it as "native" on Linux.
On other note, you can get the first Cardinal Quest for $4 with other good games from here : http://www.gamersgate.com/indiefort-bundle
I'm not sure of the version they provide, but if it's Adobe Air, you can run it as "native" on Linux.
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