After being released for more than 10 years, VVVVVV is back with a big new version which follows on from the source code being released back in early 2020. This marks the first update to the game in around seven years too. Not something that you will see too often for a classic indie platformer.
The changelog is massive but here's some of the highlights:
- Uncapped framerate
- In-game timer support
- Big giant middleware update, including SDL 2.0.16 and updated Wayland support
- A huge number of features for level creators
- An obscene number of bugfixes, notably regarding undefined C/C++ behaviour
You can see the official announcement from Terry Cavanagh, along with some words from game porter / FNA creator Ethan Lee that mentions "This release was really important to me because I wanted to show that it was possible to do new releases of games with published source code rather than abandoning them like most other developers do, and I think players will immediately see that the results speak for themselves.".
VVVVVV really is a classic you need to play through.
Available to buy from Humble Store, GOG, itch.io and Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
PublicNuisance Aug 31, 2021
Bracing for the Steam Deck release? ;-)
I actually played through nearly the entire game on an iphone believe it or not, and just couldn't beat the final area with touch screen controls. I actually took my save from my cell phone and moved it to my desktop to finish the game! There was a trick to it though, and I want to say it needed an older build of the game that used air or flash or something like that versus the then-current version that didn't support the save file.
Quoting: dibzI actually played through nearly the entire game on an iphone believe it or not, and just couldn't beat the final area with touch screen controls.
I believe it, as I've played through the entire game on Android with touch controls myself.
Here's a video of me doing Veni, Vidi, Vici during a bus ride.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nRcSopv2EzQ
I had the game on mute, and instead captured the sound of my touching the screen and some bus noises.
Quoting: fleskI love this game, and I've played through it multiple times with all trinkets. Happy to see it get some more love and attention.
Quoting: dibzI actually played through nearly the entire game on an iphone believe it or not, and just couldn't beat the final area with touch screen controls.
I believe it, as I've played through the entire game on Android with touch controls myself.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nRcSopv2EzQ
I had the game on mute, and instead captured the sound of my touching the screen and some bus noises.
Quite impressive!
Last edited by Anza on 1 September 2021 at 4:40 pm UTC
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