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Shiro Games have officially released Evoland Legendary Edition and surprisingly it has official Linux support too.

Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.

Inspired by many cult series that have left their mark in the RPG video gaming culture, Evoland takes you from monochrome to full 3D graphics and from active time battles to real time boss fights, all with plenty of humor and references to many classic games.

I'm surprised, since the original Evoland did release on Linux but sadly the second one never made it. Evoland Legendary Edition seems to combine both games into an updated experience, with the previous two seemingly no longer purchasable on Steam.

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You can find it right now on Steam where it's 25% off until February 14th. If you own the first game, you should see a higher discount. I own the original, so for me the discount is currently 75% off which is pretty sweet. Additionally, if you own the second game you should see this already in your Steam library for free.

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bubexel 8 Feb 2019
wooooooh! i loved this game a lot, instant buy!
serge 8 Feb 2019
i'm not sure about this but i think evoland 2 was not ported to linux because adobe dropped the linux support for air, i know the first one was made with adobe air, not sure about the second one.

i tested it yesterday for a few minutes and it is working fine except for the menu who doesn't fit on the windows, once the window is at full size it's ok, plus there is no option for sound, video, etc
flesk 8 Feb 2019
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That's great news! I enjoyed the first one a lot, so I'm happy we'll finally get to experience the sequel. :D
BabaoWhisky 8 Feb 2019
Liam, can you ask to Shiro games on Twitter if the Legendary Edition will be available on GoG ?
thelimeydragon 8 Feb 2019
game appears to require Wayland. I don't currently gave Wayland installed and not planning to soon. So I'll probably have to refund it. I'll keep it on my wish list tho.
axredneck 8 Feb 2019
game appears to require Wayland. I don't currently gave Wayland installed and not planning to soon. So I'll probably have to refund it. I'll keep it on my wish list tho.
AFAIK You can use Wayland under X
edit: GTK3, Mesa, MPV, Retroarch and many other things also require Wayland.
[redneck@pylesos ~]$ pacman -Qi wayland
Название             : wayland
Версия               : 1.16.0-1
Описание             : A computer display server protocol
...
Требуется            : egl-wayland  gst-plugins-bad  gtk3  lib32-wayland  libva  libva1  mesa  mpv  retroarch
...



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morbius 8 Feb 2019
I had a Steam key for Evoland 2 lying around for a long time, got it in some bundle long forgotten. It looked interesting, but the game didn't have a Linux client or work in Proton. Activated it now and got the Legendary Edition for free.
bubexel 8 Feb 2019
I have been playing 2 hours and half and there is some issues with window resolution and some graphic glitches in the square edges. But just that :P
tuubi 8 Feb 2019
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I had a Steam key for Evoland 2 lying around for a long time, got it in some bundle long forgotten. It looked interesting, but the game didn't have a Linux client or work in Proton. Activated it now and got the Legendary Edition for free.
Thanks for the tip. My key apparently came in a bundle called "Humble Bundle's: Best of 2016".
14 9 Feb 2019
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I played the first game until it got to the part where you had to battle random encounters. I know there are tons of fans of Final Fantasy games and the like, but, man, I hate random encounters. I couldn't stand it and uninstalled the game. I really liked the gaming transitions up to that point. I might pick up this edition, but might not. Looks like it's $5 for me at the moment.
Odisej 9 Feb 2019
I am really enjoying this game but I cannot find a solution to making this full screen. Did anyone find a solution to this, F11 does not work for me.
tuubi 9 Feb 2019
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I am really enjoying this game but I cannot find a solution to making this full screen. Did anyone find a solution to this, F11 does not work for me.
Try Alt+F11. That does the trick for me.
voyageur 9 Feb 2019
AFAIK You can use Wayland under X
edit: GTK3, Mesa, MPV, Retroarch and many other things also require Wayland.
These can use Wayland, but certainly do not require it luckily :)

Installing wayland libraries allows Evoland to start on my plain X11 setup, but then I get the not-fullscreen issue. Pragmatic workaround here: kick wayland libs out and switch to proton for this game (fullscreen without issue)
tuubi 9 Feb 2019
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AFAIK You can use Wayland under X
edit: GTK3, Mesa, MPV, Retroarch and many other things also require Wayland.
These can use Wayland, but certainly do not require it luckily :)

Installing wayland libraries allows Evoland to start on my plain X11 setup, but then I get the not-fullscreen issue. Pragmatic workaround here: kick wayland libs out and switch to proton for this game (fullscreen without issue)
Is it more pragmatic than hitting Alt+F11?
voyageur 10 Feb 2019
Should have specified my "plain X11" is WindowMaker so no gnome3 (is it the one actually catching Alt-F11 and switching to fullscreen or the game?). Anyway Alt-F11 in my config is windows list popup (and using it in game does not apply fullscreen)
Odisej 10 Feb 2019
I am really enjoying this game but I cannot find a solution to making this full screen. Did anyone find a solution to this, F11 does not work for me.
Try Alt+F11. That does the trick for me.

Thanks for help. Did not work for me. At first. The problem was that I did not have a shortcut defined. After defining "alt+f11" as fullscreen mode in Gnome shortcuts it worked. I am currently using Manjaro if this is at all relevant.
tuubi 10 Feb 2019
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Anyway Alt-F11 in my config is windows list popup (and using it in game does not apply fullscreen)
Forcing the window into fullscreen mode through your window manager seems to be the solution anyway. Most window managers have some sort of a shortcut for this. Didn't see anything in the docs for Window Maker, so maybe you're out of luck.
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