EVERSPACE the absolutely gorgeous space combat game with roguelike elements is now officially available for Linux gamers. Today, ROCKFISH Games released patch 1.2.3 which has numerous fixes and improvements as well.
I absolutely love the game, it's easily one of the best space shooters available on Linux. Not a traditional one though, since it's based on random sectors so it's much more about the combat than it is about exploration. You can see some Linux gameplay on our YouTube channel like this video:
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Here's how the developer describes it:
EVERSPACE™ is an action-focused single-player space shooter, combining roguelike elements with top-notch visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Your skills, experience, and talent for improvisation will be tested continuously as you piece together the puzzle of your existence through encounters with interesting characters, each having their own unique part of the story to tell. In each exciting run, you will face entirely new situations, ensuring countless hours of thrilling gameplay and generating myriad opportunities for individual, meaningful moments to experience. No matter how skilled you are, death is inevitable but is also only the beginning of a much larger journey.
You absolutely do not want to pass this one up if you like a good dogfight, I'm jumping back in as soon as I hit publish to celebrate.
Grab it now from Humble Store to get both a Steam key and a GOG build or just head directly to those stores, as today also marks the release of the Linux build on GOG too!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
RussianNeuroMancer May 9, 2018
PublicNuisance May 9, 2018
Mountain Man May 9, 2018
Wish it was more than just a shooter.
Yeah, I'd prefer more emphasis on exploration, but they had to cut corners with randomly generated universe.
Last edited by Shmerl on 9 May 2018 at 5:11 pm UTC
Captain_Rage May 9, 2018
PS.
Something like the itch.io client would be more than enough.
BloodaxeNOR May 9, 2018
GustyGhost May 9, 2018
/home/$USER/RSG/Binaries/Linux/RSG-Linux-Shipping: not foundIt seems the launcher scripts are looking in the wrong place for this binary.
1. Edit ~/EVERSPACE/game/EverspaceWithSystemLibraries.sh line 4 to look like:
"/home/<YOUR USER NAME>/GOG Games/EVERSPACE/game/RSG/Binaries/Linux/RSG-Linux-Shipping" "$@" providing your username where it says <YOUR USER NAME> and save.2. You will probably need to backport Mesa 17.3 (Which was backported finally just this week) as is recommended on the GOG storepage.
This is admittedly a messy fix but hopefully the next time you launch Everspace, everything should start just fine.
Last edited by GustyGhost on 9 May 2018 at 10:57 pm UTC
Wish it was more than just a shooter. With visuals like that, there should be opportunities to explore and enjoy the scenery.I suppose for beautiful space settings with time to enjoy the scenery we've got Helium Rain.
Last edited by Shmerl on 10 May 2018 at 1:37 am UTC
Arehandoro May 10, 2018
Finally habemus steamOS icon!
Also reading some of the comments. This isn't a twitch arcade game. The controls are arcade, but the gameplay is very much scouring for resources and making the right weapons for the right encounters. It is a thinking man's game. It's a bit like FTL if you were a one man fighter, with a few twists. There is also lots of time to explore the scenery in some areas. Game keeps changing the pace quite nicely.
Last edited by Brandon Smith on 10 May 2018 at 6:04 pm UTC
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