LINUXGAMES

Frogatto 1.0, an adventure platforming game, has been released. Thirty levels are included; the source code has also been made available under the GPL.

Download: [ frogatto.com ]

A reader from My Game Company announced the release of Rick Rocket v1.1 for Linux:

This release adds a few new features requested by players and includes a significant update to the game engine to support more recent Linux distributions.

Changes include:

* Added the ability to remap keyboard keys and joystick functions
* Made the explosions for large capital ships much more spectacular
* Made explosions for moderate size ships larger
* Increase delay at completion of a level, so you can finish watching explosions
* Fixed no sound on Linux distributions that use PulseAudio
* Upgraded to SDL 1.2.14 and SDL_mixer 1.2.11
* Added missing version number to title screen
* Fixed various Linux installer issues

“I’m happy to continue to support Linux”, said Troy Hepfner, the lone indie developer behind My Game Company. “Linux gamers are some of my most supportive customers. They’re very passionate about their operating system, and about helping me make my games work better. And I think they tell more people about my games than my Mac and Windows customers combined. What more could a small company want?”

Similar updates to support more recent distributions will be made to My Game Company’s other games in the near future.

The free demo is designed to work on a wide variety of Linux distributions, and uses a Bitrock installer to install the game in a distribution-independent manner. The fact that the game is playable on so many different distributions is one of the features that customers appreciate most.

Demo Download: [ mygamecompany.com ]

Blendo Games have released Air Forte, described as a “high-altitude game of math, vocabulary, and geography”. A demo is available; the full version can be purchased online for $15 US.

Demo Download: [ blendogames.com ]