If you need a sprinkle of comedy in your life, the comedic point and click adventure Guard Duty looks like it could hit the spot.
Not one I had heard of until today, I will be honest. Looking over it, Guard Duty was funded on Kickstarter back in March of 2017. Linux was noted as a platform back then and they're still very clearly advertising Linux support—awesome!
While it has obvious retro inspirations, complete with hand-crafted pixel art that looks right out of the 90's it does actually look really damn good.
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It will feature (according to the developer):
- A full stand-alone game spanning across two drastically different time zones – Past or future, choose your actions wisely. This is not a tale for the faint of heart.
- Full voice acting - Over 6000 lines of fully voiced dialogue.
- Hundreds of detailed animations – Be it the flicker of candlelight, leaves blowing in the wind or the jaws of a giant Wrinkleworm you can be sure those pixels will be pulling their weight.
- Bespoke music and sound – Guard Duty features over 30 unique musical compositions with hundreds of sound effects created in-house specifically for this project.
- Cross-platform support of cloud saves.
- Integrated 'to-do list' keeps track of current goals and objectives – Never lose sight of your goal, Guard Duty features a familiar RPG styled quest tracking system.
- Streamlined inventory and puzzle design – The feel of a classic, without all the faff. Puzzles are logical with an intuitive interface, Guard Duty features a modern mentality to game design whilst retaining a classic aesthetic.
The actual release is currently being said as sometime this Spring, however they said a final date should be given out sometime soon.
Find out more and wishlist on Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quite interesting. They list DRM-free download in the Kickstarter campaign. Do they plan to release it on GOG or itch.io?
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Quoting: ShmerlQuite interesting. They list DRM-free download in the Kickstarter campaign. Do they plan to release it on GOG or itch.io?Here's what they told me on Twitter:
QuoteHey, the drm free version was primarily for those that backed it on Kickstarter, that said we would like to have the game available on GOG if we can manage it.
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I'm getting flashbacks to the Discworld games. Definitely one to keep an eye out for.
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Another AGS veteran going commercial, if I'm not mistaken. Wishlisted.
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This looks pretty cool. That screenshot of the bar looks like it was taken directly out of the first Monkey Island. Not a bad thing, i love that game :)
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Quoting: tuubiAnother AGS veteran going commercial, if I'm not mistaken. Wishlisted.
I wish AGS would migrate to SDL2 already. Their Allegro backend is seriously messed up.
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Quoting: tuubiAnother AGS veteran going commercial, if I'm not mistaken. Wishlisted.
Don't AGS games run like crap on linux ? Or am I wrong ?
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Quoting: razing32Don't AGS games run like crap on linux ? Or am I wrong ?
That's mostly due to using very old Allegro, which doesn't work so well and has many usability bugs (mouse acceleration issues, inability to minimize and so on).
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Quoting: razing32Don't AGS games run like crap on linux ? Or am I wrong ?
I run them with Wine/Proton instead of a native AGS, and they seem to work fine.
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Quoting: ShmerlThe project sure could use more contributors. Development seems active enough, but ripping out Allegro seems like a major undertaking nobody seems interested in tackling.Quoting: tuubiAnother AGS veteran going commercial, if I'm not mistaken. Wishlisted.
I wish AGS would migrate to SDL2 already. Their Allegro backend is seriously messed up.
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