GNU/Linux

GNU/Linux is a free operating system for people with beards. AGS does not currently support it directly, so this page provides information to help you create and run games in GNU/Linux.

Information on this topic is scarce, so please add suggestions, details and success stories below.

Playing games for Linux in Linux

These should just work! If you have problems, contact the author with your distro (Ubuntu, Red Hat, ...), version number, and any other relevant details.

To find games, try out Adventure Game Goddess. This is an open source project that needs developer input.

Playing games for Windows in Linux

There are several ways you can try to do this:

Virtualization

Create a virtual Windows machine and run the game on that machine. Try VirtualBox or VMware.

Emulation

You can emulate a Windows environment in Linux. Try Wine, even though it is technically not an emulator.

Creating games in Linux

To run the AGS Editor in Linux you will have to use an emulator like Wine (see above).

Creating games for (Ubuntu) Linux

To create a game that others can run in Linux (specifically Ubuntu), you need the AGS runtime binaries for Linux known as the AGS Linux port. This was originally created by Shawn Walker, and is now maintained by Tom Vandepoele.