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ScummVM 2026.2.0 (Codename "Railmonicon") released

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The release of version 2026.2.0 (Codename “Railmonicon”) of ScummVM brings again a lot of game engine updates and new supported games. With ScummVM, classic point-and-click adventures (LucasArts, Sierra etc.) can be brought back to life on many systems.

Mar 28, 2026 ScummVM 2026.2.0 “Railmonicon” sees the light Three months have passed since the last release, and here we are again, with our new release approach. We are both worried and excited, but hope that in the current reality of the absence of pre-release testing, with more frequent releases, we will be able to deliver critical fixes faster. Let’s talk about the release scope. Three months have passed, but the amount of new features is very noticeable. Newly Supported Games: Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness Crime Patrol Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars The Last Bounty Hunter Mad Dog McCree Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold Space Pirates Who Shot Johnny Rock? Besides these newly supported games, which come from two new engines, we improved PC Speaker emulation, support multiselect (with Shift/Ctrl keys) in the Launcher, made our internal Help system more noticeable by adding buttons “Help” to several dialogs, and made several improvements to make the lives of our GUI translation team easier. Regarding improvements to specific engines and games, the notable changes are: music support to Atari ST releases of Elvira 1, Elvira 2, I, and MIDI music for Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu. After intensive testing, we improved the overall stability of Hodj’n’Podj, Might and Magic: Book One - Secret of the Inner Sanctum, Myst III: Exile, Pilots Brothers 3D and 3D-2, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo, Nathan’s Second Chance, Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, Discworld 1 and numerous WAGE engine-based games. For the platform-specific fixes, Broken Sword 1 plays better on big-endian systems such as PS3, Wii, and OSXPPC. The Atari port has some handcrafted optimizations in the SCUMM engine. On iOS, we now support Text-to-Speech, and there is better support for external MIDI devices. These are only the highlights of the release; the release notes contain the full list. Since this is our first release in the new format, the number of ports ready on day one is limited. Please be patient with us when looking for your specific platform updates. You will find them on our downloads page. The iOS version Store and the Android versions should soon be available in their respective platform’s app stores.

ScummVM 2026.1.0 (Codename "Like a Version") released

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The release of version 2026.1.0 (Codename “Like a Version”) of ScummVM brings again a lot of game engine updates and new supported games. With ScummVM, classic point-and-click adventures (LucasArts, Sierra etc.) can be brought back to life on many systems.

Jan 31, 2026: ScummVM 2026.1.0 “Like a Version” is finally released Posted by sev Another year has gone by, therefore we are releasing a new ScummVM version. As you may notice right away, we are changing our version numbering schema, but that’s not all! We are also planning on more frequent releases!, which you can read about on sev’s blog. This could be the biggest release we have made so far in terms of the added features and engines. If I count correctly, we have added 12 new engines to our compatibility page. Not games, engines. In terms of games, it is challenging to count, since two of the engines, SLUDGE and WAGE are authoring tools, but if you count games in our detection tables, that adds up to at least 194 titles. Newly Supported Games: Dark Seed God of Thunder The Adventures of Willy Beamish Heart of China Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu Little Longnose Pilot Brothers 3: Back Side of the Earth Pilot Brothers 3D. The Case of Garden Pests Pilot Brothers 3D-2. Kennel Club Secrets Features of National Fishing Mom Don’t Worry Dog-n-cat: In the Footsteps of Unprecedented Beasts Dog-n-cat: Island of Dr Ratiarty Out of this World (Another World) SLUDGE-based games Adibou 2: Nature & Sciences WAGE-based games Penumbra: Overture Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum Mort&Phil: A Movie Adventure (Special Edition) Trick or Treat Hodj ’n’ Podj The Last Express And probably various other games… Apart from the games and engines, two very noticeable features are the massive improvement of Keymapper and Text-to-Speech. We ran a successful Google Summer of Code last year - Ellen Moon (ellen) worked on TTS and Aun Noman (Prime) added keymapper support to a huge amount of games. TTS is currently limited to desktops (Win/Lin/Mac), but we are working on support on the mobile platforms. As usual, we have added support for more localizations - we love them! We also squashed a number of nasty bugs - we do not love them so much. Engines and Games Improvements The Private Eye engine got a major sound subsystem update, in addition to support for external subtitles. The SCUMM engine had a significant overhaul, and it now supports the original in-game GUI for DOS, Macintosh and Windows. The Humongous Entertainment subengine was fully revisited with practically impeccable compatibility, thanks to the efforts of Bosca. The Stark engine for The Longest Journey now has much better compatibility with graphics cards. The Wintermute engine is undergoing a complete code review with the game compatibility improving daily. Last but not least, the ZVision engine, running Zork Nemesis and Zork: Grand Inquisitor has acquired widescreen support, better sound, and better panorama rendering, upgrading your game experience to a new level all thanks to the work of Thomas N McEwan, who joined our team last year.

ScummVM 2.9.1 (Codename "Slappin da BASS") released

Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The release of version 2.9.1 (Codename “Slappin da BASS”) of ScummVM brings again a lot of game engine updates among other things. With ScummVM, classic point-and-click adventures (LucasArts, Sierra etc.) and other games can be brought back to life on many systems.

May 25, 2025: ScummVM 2.9.1 “Slappin da BASS” is here! Posted by The ScummVM Team Get ready to jam and slap da BASS! Yes, it is this time of the year again! Please welcome the first ScummVM release of the year: ScummVM 2.9.1. This maintenance release mainly focused on fixing bugs that our developers and users have uncovered since our last stable release. As usual, several engines and platforms received their fair share of bug fixes and improvements: AGI, AGS, Asylum, BAGEL, Bladerunner, Hopkins, MADS, NGI, SCI, SCUMM, Sky, Sword1, Tetraedge, Tinsel, Tucker, TwinE, and TWP. Our porters also went on a bug-hunting spree, so all we can provide is a small summary of the latest and greatest fixes! The Nintendo 3DS (yes, we do not care about end-of-life dates!) has the GUI appropriately displayed if it is configured to use the top screen only. Android now provides an option to save and restore your configuration file and save games, and the vast majority of older Android devices will see increased performance thanks to the ARM NEON optimizations, which are now enabled by default. And the Beneath a Steel Sky game is not crashing in the intro anymore! The Atari port received some internal backend, GUI, and audio fixes. Speaking of audio: iOS/iPad will now always properly recognize FluidSynth soundfonts, macOS has support for Audio CD playback from original discs on Snow Leopard and earlier, and Windows 9x (yes, EOL…) can use FLAC files again! The detailed list of improvements is available here. Head over to our downloads page and grab it while it’s hot! As usual, macOS and Windows users can update ScummVM with our integrated, magical auto-upgrade solution.

Kathy Rain 2 Soothsayer: now available for Linux on Steam and GOG

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Point-and-Click-Adventure Kathy Rain 2 Soothsayer is now available for Linux on Steam and GOG!

When this story begins, things are looking dire for private eye Kathy Rain. It’s the year 1998, and she is utterly broke: The Katmobile is running on fumes, the fridge is nearly empty, and an eviction is looming close. However, opportunity arrives when a big cash reward is announced for solving the ‘Soothsayer’ case — a string of serial murders with a death grip on the metropolitan city of Kassidy. With great reward comes great risk — will this be the case that defines Kathy’s career, or will she become the next victim of the Soothsayer? Point and click urban thriller – take on the second case with Kathy Rain in an all-new adventure that is as hard-hitting as it is emotional. Try the first game, right here on Steam, to get prepared for the second installment! Improved graphics – See Kathy Rain as never before with a higher resolution pixel art style that complements Kathy’s gritty world, alongside modern features such as dynamic lighting and surface reflections. Stunning Cinematic Sequences – Watch the story unfold with beautiful hand-drawn cutscenes and character portraits. Bigger than ever – Play through the longest Clifftop title yet with a deep narrative that spans many diverse locations and a wide range of characters. Familiar voices – Arielle Siegel returns as Kathy Rain, alongside other familiar voices in supportive roles! Make a note – Log interesting findings in Kathy’s notebook and refer to them in your investigation. Connect narrative threads for surprising and satisfying outcomes.

ScummVM 2.9.0 (Codename "Close Encounters of the 2.9th Kind") released

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The release of version 2.9.0 (Codename “Close Encounters of the 2.9th Kind”) of ScummVM brings again a lot of game engine updates among other things. With ScummVM, classic point-and-click adventures (LucasArts, Sierra etc.) and other games can be brought back to life on many systems.

Dec 22, 2024: ScummVM 2.9.0 “Close Encounters of the 2.9th Kind” has landed Posted by criezy Almost one year after the last major release, and just in time for Christmas, ScummVM 2.9.0 - “Close Encounters of the 2.9th Kind” has landed. Amongst its gifts, you will find 15 newly supported games and a new supported platform. New games The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schweik Backyard Basketball Castle Master Marvellous Mice Adventures: Meeting Sea Rat Marvellous Mice Adventures: Sea Rat’s Birthday Mask Show Moonbase Commander Orion Burger Rise of the Dragon The Space Bar Thimbleweed Park[^1] Total Eclipse Total Eclipse 2 Unrest Wait for it! Issue 3. Song for a Hare New platform ScummVM now has an official Sailfish OS port. While we are waiting for official builds to appear, adventurous users are welcome to build their own and very personalized copy! Notable engine enhancements The AGS engine has been brought up to version 3.6.1.30 from upstream, which adds support for some recently released games, such as Stranger in Utopia, The Phantom Fellows, and It Takes Two to Tangle. Keymapper support was added to more than 20 engines, allowing customization of the keys, mouse buttons, and joystick buttons used to play the games. The SCI engine benefits from numerous script fixes for various games and an impressive speech repair feature for Gabriel Knight 1 CD. The SCUMM engine sees graphics and audio improvements for the Macintosh version of several games. Notable platform enhancements The macOS release for recent Intel and Apple Silicon systems has been signed and notarized, so it has been accepted by Apple Gatekeeper. The Android release now supports Android 15 and has improved gamepad support. The iOS release adds support for the Apple Pencil, which was one of the most requested features.

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars Reforged: now available for Linux on Steam and GOG

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged, the graphical enhanced version of the adventure classic, is now available for Linux on Steam and GOG.

Step out onto the streets of Paris in “Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged”, a substantially enhanced version of the multi-award winning, all-time classic adventure. Enjoy a globe-spanning story when intrepid American George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard are pitched into a gripping adventure, exploring exotic locations, solving ancient mysteries, and thwarting dark conspiracies to discover the arcane secrets of the Knights Templar. Whether it’s your first time or you’re revisiting a beloved classic, get ready to enjoy the masterful “Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged!” Key Features: Compelling Storyline: Dive into a gripping narrative filled with twists, turns, and unexpected revelations. Join George and Nico as they investigate a trail of mysteries that takes them from the bustling streets of Paris to exotic locales around Europe and the Middle East. Classic Point-and-Click Gameplay: Discover, or rediscover, the joy of classic point-and-click mechanics as you solve puzzles, gather clues, and interact with a colorful cast of characters. Immerse yourself in an intuitive and engaging gameplay experience. Fully Voice Acted: Lose yourself in the game’s atmosphere with fully-voiced dialogue and engaging performances bringing a cast of wonderful, colorful characters to life. Challenging Puzzles: Put your intellect to the test with thought-provoking puzzles that require observation, deduction, and creativity to solve. From deciphering codes to manipulating objects, every challenge is a step closer to uncovering the arcane secrets. Reforged Features: 4K Remastered Visuals: Experience the magic of the original game with enhanced high-definition graphics, bringing the picturesque landscapes, detailed characters, and intricate environments to life in beautiful 4K for the first time ever Enhanced Audio: Immerse your ears in the enhanced audio as Revolution delivers the finest, most stunning version of George and Nico’s original adventure to date, including the incredible soundtrack from world-acclaimed composer Barrington Pheloung.

ScummVM 2.8.1 (Codename "Oh MMy") released

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The release of version 2.8.1 (Codename “Oh MMy”) of ScummVM brings again a lot of game engine updates. With ScummVM, classic point-and-click adventures (LucasArts, Sierra etc.) can be brought back to life on many systems.

Mar 31, 2024: Please welcome ScummVM 2.8.1: Oh MMy! Posted by The ScummVM Team Oh MMy — a new ScummVM release! Please welcome the first ScummVM release of the year: ScummVM 2.8.1. ScummVM 2.8.1 is a maintenance release mainly focused on fixing bugs that were uncovered since our last stable release. This update includes upgrades for the following engines: AGI, AGS, GRIM, SWORD2, MM (which is now enabled — yes, we really skipped it in 2.8.0 by accident), mTropolis, NANCY, SCUMM, TWINE, Ultima, and V-Cruise. The Android, Atari and macOS ports received multiple bug fixes, mostly for improving overall stability and preventing some crashes we’ve seen under certain circumstances. The detailed list of improvements is available here. As always, you can find the latest release on our Downloads page. Go grab it while it’s hot — enjoy!

ScummVM 2.6.1 (Codename "Incremental Escapism") released

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The release of version 2.6.1 (Codename “Incremental Escapism”) of ScummVM brings updates for some game engines. With ScummVM, classic point-and-click adventure games (LucasArts, Sierra etc.) can be brought back to life on many systems.

Oct 31, 2022: ScummVM 2.6.1 “Incremental Escapism” is here! Posted by The ScummVM Team Escapism increases with yet another ScummVM release! The ScummVM Team is thrilled to announce the immediate availability of ScummVM 2.6.1. ScummVM 2.6.1 is a maintenance release mainly focused on improving the new features and engines we introduced in our previous release. This update includes upgrades for the following engines: AGS AGOS Asylum Ultima SCI SCUMM Tinsel Toltecs Toon Other improvements include upgrading the icon-based grid view in the ScummVM launcher and fixing OpenGL render graphic corruptions. Finally, Android users will be able to properly use a mouse on virtual screens, and Windows users will not have any duplicated icons folder issues. As always, the detailed list of improvements is available here. Thank you for your continuous support — happy adventuring!

Beyond a Steel Sky: huge patch #7 released, prepared for the Steam Deck

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The huge Patch #7 for the adventure Beyond a Steel Sky has been released for Linux on Steam.

Update #7: New Features: Holo-Brooches, Steam Deck, and Polish “In FEBRUARY?!”

I hear you cry - “But that’s January’s basement!” And right you are! However our love to you all knows no bounds, no limit, and so we crawled out of the winter holidays, past the seasonal sludge that is Late Winter, and did our gosh darn best! TL;DR: I’m not reading all that just tell me what’s up ✨ New Features: ?️ Holo-Brooches ?️ Steam Deck ? Polish Subtitles And of course tons of improvements: ? Gameplay ?‍♀️ NPCs ? Shaders & Renderers ?‍♀️ Tiny Tweaks here and there

The full changelog can be found here.

ScummVM 2.5.1 (Codename "Californium") released

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The new year 2022 is already off to a good start with the release of version 2.5.1 (Codename “Californium”) of ScummVM. With ScummVM, classic point-and-click adventure games (LucasArts, Sierra etc.) can be brought back to life on many systems.

Jan 2, 2022: New year with Californium(*) Posted by sev, rootfather Several months have passed since our monumental 2.5.0 release, and now the ScummVM Team is thrilled to announce the release of the bugfix release, 2.5.1 codenamed “Californium”*. The most notable changes are: we added scalers in OpenGL mode (those AdvMame, HQ etc things), fixed several bugs in The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes, made the sound for Sam & Max more accurate, improved graphics for some Macintosh SCUMM games, implemented more renderers for The Longest Journey, made many enhancements to Little Big Adventure and we fixed the dreaded bug on World of Xeen startup. The comprehensive list of changes can be found here. You may find the download at the usual place on our downloads page. Due to a slight delay regarding the release for macOS, the auto-updater will be released within the next couple of days – stay tuned! Enjoy ScummVM in 2022! * The average atomic mass of Californium (atomic number 98) is 251.

Beyond a Steel Sky: huge patch #6 released, Linux version now Vulkan-only

Sat, 01 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The huge patch #6 for the Adventure Beyond a Steel Sky has now been released for Linux on Steam.

PATCH #6: Moving to the latest Unreal Engine - 40% OFF for the next 24 hours! FIRST THINGS FIRST Before we get started on the Patch & Update notes, we wanted to remind you that it’s now less than 24h that you get to grab Beyond A Steel Sky for -40% on Steam SORRY THE OLD GAME CAN’T COME TO THE PHONE RIGHT NOW. WHY? OH, CAUSE SHE’S DEAD! We’ve moved to a new Unreal Engine version, and oh my god it’s been so much work, but we’re so happy with the result, and we hope you’ll be too… MOVING TO UNREAL ENGINE 4.26 Unreal Engine 4.24? Don’t know her. We’re all about that 4.26 now! It comes with everything Epic engineers put into the update, and trust us, you do not wanna see that list. Instead we’re highlighting the bangers: IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IMPROVED STABILITY REDUCED MEMORY USAGE Everything is just a bit more responsive, and quicker. You might not notice if you’re running on the latest and greatest hardware, but for those of us who aren’t that #blessed; you’ll really feel the difference! MUSICAL STATUES Some of you with lower spec machines would load into Aspiration Gala only to be met by an entire level of frozen NPCs who wouldn’t move, and better yet, block you in. Like some sick game of musical statues but at the end you can’t leave. NPCs travel on something called NavMesh, which is kind of like an invisible track for them. These need to be renewed every time anything gets moved or changed in a level, and last time we updated this level someone forgot to reactivate it. Well no more! APARTMENT BATHROOM UPGRADE Better toilet experience: The camera clipping issue should now be fixed! ALONSO Reports of Alonso rolling his eyes into his head in snarky / possessed ways. This took away from his sternness and was addressed with us re-exporting his animations. He’s now spooky again. FEAR AND LOADING IN UNION CITY Snappier loading!!! It’s barely noticeable but we’re really happy with it and wanted to share! NEW (SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT) ICON Please only say good things, thank. CLOUDSAVES Enabled. Nice. LINUX GANG Do we have an update for you. Don’t be mad!!! But due to the new Unreal Engine version not supporting OpenGL anymore, this is a Vulkan only club now, including brand new support for Vulkan ES3.1 which runs way quicker on low spec machines and brings your Linux experience on par with Windows & Mac gamers! UI STUFF Never underestimate the power of good UI! Which is why we continuously make refinements and additions to the way you experience our games CONTROLLERS Controllers used to have some erratic behaviour. Especially inside the terminals. Fun Fact: Using a controller often just means that the mouse cursor isn’t gone, but hidden from view. That meant that on certain screens, things would already be highlighted, even if they didn’t seem to be highlighted with your controller. This could make the controller feel like it was selecting items arbitrarily, which it wasn’t - it was just interacting on what the invisible mouse was selecting. There was a particular occurrence in Reflections where you couldn’t select certain chairs for no sensible reason. Using the controller is now much sleeker! ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE Starting out playing the game is now much easier, smoother, and more intuitive! Time to turn your nan into a fan! TYPOS IN CREDITS Pobody’s Nerfect WAIT WHICH GAMESAVE WAS IT? Well guess no more! They come with timestamps now!!! Technology is incredible. AND AS ALWAYS Join our Discord: discord.gg/revolutionsoftware We are on there all the time, and we’d love to see more of you there! We love you all very much, and hope that this reflects in how much effort we continue to put into our games. Lots of love, your team at Revolution

Beyond a Steel Sky: huge patch #5 adds developer commentary

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The huge patch #5 for the adventure Beyond a Steel Sky has been released for Linux on Steam. It adds developer commentary:

Beyond A Steel Sky is almost half a year old and that calls for celebration! Throughout this time, we have hugely valued our relationship with our community, our players, and your enthusiasm to hear of our development plans. So a full blown in-depth behind the scenes developer commentary update from the entire team seemed like the perfect fit! We offer you an insight into our thoughts, our intentions, and our little hidden jokes and references: ? Why the beanie? ? What’s the benefit of in-house motion capture? ? How do we get Dave Gibbons to talk more about bacon butties? All those questions, and more, are addressed by Charles Cecil, Dave Gibbons, the scripting team, the animation team, our artists, and many more of the talented people we had the honour to work with! WHO’S ON THE COMMENTARY TRACKS? Charles Cecil: As Creative Director, Charles used his experience of over thirty years to manage the project as a whole, covering every aspect of the games development from big-picture story writing and complex puzzle designs, to the shape and size of the Mini-Knackwurst sausage. Kevin Beimers: Kevin was involved in Beyond a Steel Sky since before the first line of code was written; alongside a quirky disposition, Kevin brought decades of writing and design experience to the team, giving life to the characters of Union City with outlandish jokes and unique personalities. Ross: After starting his career at Revolution, Ross returned after years of AAA development experience to lead the overall game and level design on Beyond A Steel Sky - this included heavy involvement in the narrative and puzzles throughout the game. You can thank Ross for ensuring no puzzle came close to the trauma of Broken Sword 1’s Goat. Nina: As Lead Scripter, Nina was responsible for the implementation of Beyond a Steel Sky - a huge undertaking for the studio’s first project in the Unreal Engine; when she wasn’t writing heaps of killer code, she’d be playing her part in the narrative and puzzle design of the game. Luke: Luke was one of the level designers and overall fix-it gurus on Beyond A Steel Sky, leading the charge on the Desert, Reflections, and Land Train Office sections. His greatest battle, however, came in the form of a giant magnetic crane and its sidekick - 4YR. Em: Em was one of the leading animators on the game. Specializing in motion capture and facial animation, Em was able to bring life to the ridiculous character dialogue through expressive gestures - it’s all in the eyebrows. Dave Gibbons: The man who needs no introduction, Dave Gibbons brings a lifetime of pop culture illustration experience to the Art design - from the characters and costumes of our post-modern citizens, to the shine-polished architecture of Joey’s new regime. His proudest addition, however, is the conception of the Mini-K sausage, inspired by a bacon sandwich he once tasted in the 90’s. Noirin: The unsung hero of Beyond a Steel Sky, Noirin keeps the studio aloft as COO of Revolution Games. Using decades of experience with major corporations and publishers, Noirin juggles both the internal and external elements of production. Alistair: Working with Pitstop Studios, Alistair composed the soundtrack for Beyond A Steel Sky, combining traditional orchestral elements with more contemporary sounds, and in doing so sought to achieve a tone that brought nostalgia to our traditional audience whilst inspiring new-comers to the sci-fi adventure genre. Matthew: As well as his responsibilities for the design and implementation of Beyond a Steel Sky, Matthew managed the games’ dialogue, from writing branching dialogue trees and edgy one-liners, to the casting and voice recording of the English release. Between these roles, Matthew just about had enough time to check his hair.

Beyond a Steel Sky: huge patch #4 with Trading Cards released

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The huge patch #4 for the adventure Beyond a Steel Sky has been released for Linux on Steam. It includes Trading Cards and a lot more:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN And oh boy do we have treats for you! Let’s get right to it: TRADING CARDS You asked and we delivered: Trading Cards are now live! To give them something truly special and personal, they are largely made up of never-before-seen concept art. Our characters have gone through a lot of iterations through the design phase so you might even find some inconsistencies. All part of the charm (we hope!). EMOTICONS We couldn’t give you Trading Cards and not include emoticons. No literally, that’s how the system is set up! We went through a few drafts and hope we ended up with a variety of emoticons that are both fun, and give you loads of opportunity to use them in conversations. And YES there is a clown, but that’s all we’re gonna say! Happy hunting! 25% OFF This is the biggest discount we’ve had so far, but we felt like it’s autumn, and with the year we’ve all been having you deserve it! You might wanna pick it up now if you’re thinking of gifting it to a friend for the holidays cause we’re not sure we can match this one so quickly again! And now, for our shortest Patch Notes ever (yes this is a lowkey brag! Please be happy for us!). SEE YOU LATER, ELEVATOR This one was devious because it was one of those bugs that occurred when you saved and reloaded the Aspiration Gala The elevator then reloaded being on the bottom of the level, wide open and really inviting.. but entering it would do absolutely nothing. It really felt like a blocker, but surprisingly it was even more misleading.. Let’s backtrack: The game essentially relies on hint states, kind of like a stage setting in a theatre! Hint Stage 6 for example means “elevator down”. But the Elevator itself didn’t understand it was supposed to be down. While it was set to be downstairs it did not know what script to reference, because it was literally off-script. Like a time traveller, or a really bad play with that one kid who never knows what’s going on so they made them a tree and they still somehow managed to bomb? That. The elevator now remembers what part of the game we’re all on, and will no longer try and distract you prematurely! FALLOUT BOY Someone, not naming ANY names, kept pushing the boundaries - quite literally.. A little secret about gamedev is that if the player can’t reach it, it’s probably not real. It takes a LOT of memory to load in objects, and they are not actually necessary to display things! We talked about NavMesh in previous patch notes, which to briefly recap is exactly what it sounds like: a mesh to navigate on. This is used for railroading NPCs, making things have physical boundaries, etc. Now, when we make these boundaries to keep you OUT of parts of the game, it’s because we don’t want you to see!!! Cause there is very little we actually waste physical memory on. It’s all a sham! Beyond where you can walk is nothing but illusions!!! But some of you keep finding ways through and we keep patching them up. Probably till forever! So for now we again, improved meshes, which is fancy for “You can now bump into stuff better” - Enjoy! WENDELL’S MOUSTACHE Wendell is a simple guy, but he does take pride in his moustache. I lied. Wendell has been nothing but trouble. First he walked around blocking everyone. Then he wouldn’t stay in his chair, and now he’s fully derailing the camera to zoom into his moustache. God damnit Wendell. Actually to be fair this time it wasn’t quite him, it was his umbrella. When you, the player, would approach Wendell from a specific angle, the umbrella would block the camera, putting it into a tight spot. The camera was using Foster’s and Wendell’s location to try and find the best angle and tried to make an executive call. Boom: A fullscreened moustache closeup. We found a super elegant solution to this though: A scripted approach! So now when you, the player, try to start a conversation from an angle like this, Foster will take a few steps to align himself in front of Wendell. Don’t worry it’s still his good side. BIRDEMIC City Walls now has more bird. We will not elaborate. But you’re still welcome. REGINALD CONSPIRACY When Reginald comes out of his little room you were able to examine him, and the game would be talking about him like he was a MINOS terminal. For no reason at all. It now refers to him as a person again. Which he is. Yup. 4YR U SO QUIET When 4YR gets….. too far for you to reach in a cutscene, it was impossible to understand what he was saying! He even got the little speech bubbles with the dots in them for when you’re too far away to hear an NPCs dialogue. Not very accessible. You can now hear relevant lines loudly enough, but don’t worry - the game will still allow you to walk away if you get tired of his moaning. CUTSCENES IMPROVED You transition into them better. Whenever you get to a point to trigger a cutscene it will now slow you down ahead of that, almost stepping into it if you will (and you will). It looks so smooth and we’re all geeking out over it! MENU REVAMP We tried something new and exciting. It’s more segmented, cleaner, and features different cards. We’re super happy with it and hope you are too! There are some more tiny adjustments and fixes, but what’s a puzzle game without a little mystery.. This patch really showed us how far we’ve come in a short time, thanks to all of you. So many of you are in steady communication with us, and it’s honestly heartwarming how positive and supportive this community has been. Let’s not sugar-coat it. This year has been a lot, but you all make us wanna finish strong. For those of you who want to, feel invited to join our Discord: discord.gg/revolutionsoftware We are on there all the time, and on Fridays we even play games together with our Community. We’d love to see more of you there! All the best from the whole team at Revolution

Beyond a Steel Sky: huge patch #3 with achievements and german & french voiceovers released

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The huge Patch #3 for the Adventure Beyond a Steel Sky has been released for Linux on Steam. It adds achievements, german and french voiceovers, bugfixes and a lot more. The complete changelog also contains some spoilers.

PATCH #3: Our biggest content update yet! [Version 1.2.27386] HAPPY ASPRIATION DAY We’re proud to make Patch #3 Beyond A Steel Sky’s biggest content update yet! Achievements French Voiceover German Voiceover 20% OFF: Return of the Launch Sale! The Aspiration Day Bundle Releases with brand new goodies: -10% Discount a “Complete The Set” Option Original Soundtrack of Beyond A Steel Sky FREE Comics!!! And of course as always Bug Fixes & Improvements EXCITED? US TOO! LET’S DIVE IN! ACHIEVEMENTS Rudeness? Spying?? Stealing?! - Yup, there is an achievement for all those and more! We heard your cries! 32 Achievements are now activated and encourage you all to play the game in ways you might not have considered before.. Already played the game? In order for Achievements to show up as earned, you have to play the game and actively unlock them. FULL FRENCH & GERMAN SPEECH NOW AVAILABLE Ah.. Paris in the fall.. WAIT, WRONG GAME! Ah.. Union City in the fall.. Better. You can now treat yourself to an artisanal café crème as you enjoy a freshly baked baguette in the Bistro, or slap on some lederhosen and Schuhplattler down to the October festivities where we serve up some Brezel & Lager! No that’s all nonsense, but you get to now play the game with native French and native German voiceovers! We went above and beyond casting voices that we felt really fit Foster, Joey, and the rest of our wonderful characters, and we can’t wait for you to experience them Revolution is humbled by the passion of its German-speaking community. Whilst other companies were using text translators to localise into German, Revolution has always sought out talented German translators, and insisted on high quality voice recording. This time around, the COVID pandemic delayed German voice recording - which meant that Beyond a Steel Sky was released with German subtitles but no German speech. We are delighted to now be able to remedy this with the release of an update which now includes full German speech.

Beyond a Steel Sky: huge Patch #2 released

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The huge Patch #2 for the adventure Beyond a Steel Sky has been released for Linux on Steam. It contains improvements to the gameplay, with the camera, some puzzles and much more. The complete changelog also contains some spoilers.

Beyond a Steel Sky: now available for Linux on Steam

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The adventure called Beyond a Steel Sky, the sequel to the 1994 released “Beneath a Steel Sky”, is now available for Linux on Steam!

From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond A Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’. You are Robert Foster. A child has been abducted in a brutal attack. You have vowed to bring him home. The trail has led you to Union City, one of the last remaining mega-cities in a world ravaged by shattering wars, and political meltdown. Union City is a utopia, its people loving life under the control of an altruistic AI: ever-attentive androids, designer living, piazzas and bars. What’s not to love? But this City has a dark underbelly… ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’ is a dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller in which engaging puzzles drive a fast-paced narrative set in a dynamic gameworld that responds to – and is subverted by – the player’s actions. Features: The World An adventure set within a dynamic world, populated by wilful characters driven by motivations that the player can subvert. In combination with a unique hacking tool, multiple solutions to puzzles emerge from player choices. The Story Unravel dark conspiracies, defeat a terrifying antagonist in this dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller, which explores contemporary themes: social control, AI, and total surveillance. The puzzles Intelligent puzzles are interwoven with an intriguing dramatic narrative to deliver a compelling gameplay experience. The Look A beautifully detailed, comic-book styled world, from the mind of legendary comic artist Dave Gibbons.

Estranged Act 2: leaves Early Access

Fri, 22 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The second act of Estranged, the sequel to the free first act, leaves the Early Access and is now available for Linux on Steam.

Estranged: Act II follows the story of a fisherman, stranded on a mysterious island during a violent storm. The game is a standalone sequel to Estranged: Act I, which followed our hero’s adventure in a search for a way to get home. Experience what the island has in store as you uncover the secretive Arque Corporation, burrowing ever deeper into their dangerous and haphazard operations. Features: First person adventure game with puzzle elements Immersive narrative and unique characters Environmental story telling with computers and audio logs Familiar melee and shooter combat This game was developed by one person in their spare time over 6 years, with help from a community of translators and testers.

Beautiful Desolation: Update 1.0.3.9 fixes problems with playing videos on AMD-cards on Linux

Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux-version of the post-apocalyptic adventure called Beautiful Desolation has received the update 1.0.3.9 on Steam. The developer even bought an additional Laptop with AMD-graphics-card, to find a bug which prevented the playing of in-game-videos.

LINUX CHANGELOG : 1.0.3.9 | 05/06/2020 - AMD NOW WORKING! 1.0.3.9 LINUX | 05/06/2020 VIDEO: Fixed Video playback on AMD/RADEON cards LANGUAGE: Added Turkish Language translation. Added Spanish Language translation. English - Corrected several strings in the conversation files to exactly match the spoken words. English - Added ‘Resolution’ translation string. English - Added Unity video translation string. English - Added ‘test video’ translation string. English - Correctly linked ‘Nanite Experiment’ in PDA translation string. English - Corrected spelling error in ‘Digital Backers’ credits string. Added the Spanish and Turkish translator names to the credits. GENERAL: Changed the way version number is displayed (now includes the Operating System). ########################

Beautiful Desolation: post-apocalyptic adventure now available for Linux

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Beautiful Desolation, the post-apocalyptic adventure from the developers of STASIS and CAYNE, is now available for Linux on Steam! The Linux-version on GOG will follow soon.

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is a 2D isometric adventure game set in the distant future. Explore a post-apocalyptic landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the world around you. FEATURING A story-driven adventure set in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future. A unique tribal punk aesthetic and 2D isometric rendered environments. Puzzles and classic adventure gameplay. Bizarre creatures, animals and vibrant characters await. Mark, a man out of time, searches for his lost brother Don, in a far-flung futuristic era ruled by highly advanced technologies which are both revered and reviled. Your surroundings hold echoes of a desolate past, and glimpses of a dark future that has yet to be written by your actions. Be prepared to face many tough choices that will shape this land long after you complete your journey. The score is masterfully crafted by composer Mick Gordon, known for his work on Wolfenstein®, DOOM®, Prey®, Killer Instinct® and Need for Speed®. The inhabitants of this world will help and hinder you, as you make new discoveries and navigate the spectacular African-inspired landscape. Negotiate your passage with local leaders, healers and warriors, or find yourself embroiled in a battle against nanite swarms, enormous scorpions and rocket-equipped robots. From thriving villages to crumbling cities, petrified forests and bone-dry ocean beds, this strange new world holds a multitude of terrains to uncover, beautifully rendered in 2D isometric art. FIND YOUR BROTHER AND GET HOME… BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION™ is brought to you by THE BROTHERHOOD™, the studio behind STASIS® and CAYNE®.

Trüberbrook: Birthday-Update adds Steam Trading Cards

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

A full year has already passed since the release of Trüberbrook on Steam and GOG. For the birthday of the adventure, the developers now released an update for Linux which adds Steam Trading Cards.

Unbelievable! Exactly one year ago, we were sitting here in Berlin terribly excited, because day X had finally arrived: After several years of work, endless overtime and gallons of sweat and tears, we finally released Trüberbrook on March 12, 2019 here on Steam! :steamhappy: To celebrate this with you Trüberbrook is 50% off till March 16, 2020! We also added Steam Trading Cards to the game, and a little stream to the Steam page, where Hans and Florian play Trüberbrook and tell you some background information about the game - including some documentary material. Enjoy! It has been a very exciting year for all of us here at btf and you, of course, have been a big part of this great excitement as well! Thanks to you all for your messages, your feedback, the lovely exchange with you and especially the love with which our first game was showered. We sure learned a lot that helps us for our upcoming projects! We received tons of emails asking for another Trüberbrook adventure based in rural Germany. But we have to disappoint you unfortunately, because there is nothing to announce. But all of us love Trüberbrook with all of our heart - and hey, never say never. Lots of greetings from Team Trüberbrook!

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Patch 1.0.3 released for Linux

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The publisher Feral has released today the patch 1.0.3 for the Linux-version of Shadow of the Tomb Raider on Steam:

1.0.3 - March 10th 2020 - Linux Fixes not being able to rebind any actions to ctrl or shift. Fixes a number of minor issues.

Life is Strange 2: now available for Linux at Feral and on Steam

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The complete Season of Life is Strange 2 is now available for Linux at the Feral Store and on Steam! Too bad, that they didn’t also port the prequel “The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit”, but it seems to work quite good using Proton.

Trüberbrook: two updates and free DLC "Travel Guide" released for Linux

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

After a rocky release the developers of the adventure Trüberbrook have now released two updates for Linux as well as the free DLC “Travel Guide” on Steam. Update #1

The first update for Trüberbrook is live! Thanks to all of you who keep us busy reporting bugs and giving us feedback. We really appreciate that! More updates incoming. Added Steam Cloud Save Fixed some Chinese Localization Errors Fixed a bug which showed a wrong portrait for Greta in the Prologue Fixed a bug which kept Hans asking for the cablecar key even after using the key Fixed a Linux bug that made the Quit button useless As a litte thank you for your support and feedback we just released the free DLC “Trüberbrook Travel Guide”. Learn a little bit more about Trüberbrook and its citizens in a 24 pages booklet.

Trüberbrook: now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Trüberbrook, the mystery adventure with handcrafted scenery, is now available for Linux on GOG and Steam!

»Trüberbrook« is a thrilling mystery-sci-fi adventure game. Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960’s parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery. Imagine yourself on a vacation to Europe in the late sixties. Now, picture yourself as a young American scientist; Hans Tannhauser. Yes, that’s your name in this scenario. While you’re at it, think of Trüberbrook, a remote village in rural, mountain-sloped and densely forested cold-war Germany. Because, that’s where you somehow end up after hitting the continent. But who cares, you won the trip in a lottery! Or at least, that’s how it seems. But don’t fear, instead of getting some rest, you could find yourself having to save the world … Suspense! Mystery! Thrills! After all, it’s a single player sci-fi mystery adventure game. We want to keep you entertained! Join American student Tannhauser, stranger in a strange land Set in cold-war rural Germany in the late 1960s Inspired by Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Stranger Things & Star Trek Indulge in universal themes such as love, friendship, loyalty, self-discovery and dinosaurs Handmade miniature scenery! Full voice acting in both English and German! Atmospheric, moody soundtrack Up to 10 hours of super exciting gameplay! Trüberbrook was successfully funded on Kickstarter in December 2017 within only 30 hours. The game will be enhanced by several new features thanks to the joint force of our 5078 wonderful backers! <3 The year is 1967. The world policy is dominated by the Cold War and Vietnam, Russia and America are racing to the moon. At the same time in Europe, students take to the streets from Paris to Berlin. On a larger scale, the world is locked in turmoil, but most people are unaware of the events unfolding in an overlooked, sleepy part in the German province. Hans Tannhauser, an American student in his late twenties is caught by surprise: Out of the blue, he wins a trip to a small, German village, Trüberbrook. Truber-what? No idea! It doesn’t help he can’t remember taking part in any lottery in the first place … Happy to put some distance between him and his Ph.D. in quantum physics, he makes his way to Trüberbrook, Germany, bursting with curiosity. But shortly after his arrival, inexplicable things start to happen: A mysterious stranger breaks into his room at the Guesthouse Waldeslust and steals a paper on physics. But who would do that? And why? Gradually, he gets to know the various villagers and spa guests, one more peculiar than the other. Only young anthropologist Greta Lemke, who is on a research trip to Trüberbrook, seems normal to him. Before he knows it, Greta becomes Tannhauser’s accomplice on the adventure of a lifetime! It slowly dawns on the aspiring physicist that his presence in Tüberbrook is not accidental – he is here to save the world! As the story proceeds, Tannhauser teams up with Greta Lemke, a student of paleoanthropology, and bumps into the enigmatic inventor Lazarus Taft. Hans Tannhauser is an American physics student in his mid-twenties – and a clever one at that. The adorable little fellow is well-read, always curious and of a deeply friendly nature. Greta Lemke was always the fiercest kid in the sandbox; cute but merciless if someone dared interrupting her excavations of twig bones and toy artefacts. The somewhat overenthusiastic student of paleoanthropology arrives in Trüberbrook on an adventure to unravel the mysteries surrounding the village. As much a reclusive inventor as it gets, Lazarus Taft quickly became talk of the town due to his superior card playing. There must be a reason he bought this costly old mansion in Trüberbrook, of all places … What’s up with Lazarus Taft? Trüberbrook is full of quirky villagers, tourists and strangers – like the gruffy but warm-hearted innkeeper Trude or her daughter Leni, “the weird kid” from Trüberbrook Elementary. And there’s the old baron, a veteran of two world wars, or Lessing, the prototype of modern day conspiracists. And of course Trübi, the legendary lake monster. To name a few. One of the most distinctive features of the game is the unique visual style. The sceneries are purely handmade. ‘Handmade’ as in: ‘Manufactured using real hands!’ And fingers! Not the most efficient way of doing things, but certainly the most inefficient one. We’re loving it, though! Look at what we do here, piece by piece, by the sweat of our brows. Every little detail is custom-made. The models are digitized using a technique called photogrammetry and later retopologized. This way we get highly detailed polygon models that blend perfectly with our digital characters. It is a lot of work, but also quite exciting! You may ask yourself, how can they reach this level of detail? Are there very tiny people involved? They can’t accomplish all of this with mere human hands, right? Well yes, we can! The answer might be our abundance of professional hands. Twenty-four seven at our disposal in all shapes and colors, they get things done! Every scene gets an individual treatment and is staged with actual physical lighting. This allows us to simulate different hours of the day or weather conditions. Even a change of seasons is possible just by redecorating the set with real tiny little snowflakes, no joke. This way we achieve an exceptional and magical look that visually reflects the world of Trüberbrook. Trüberbrook is a story-driven adventure game with a strong focus on characters and the narrative, but includes a lot of puzzles that need to be solved to progress the story. The puzzles are designed to integrate into the narrative. You navigate Tannhauser through the different sceneries from a third person perspective, usually in long distance shots to intensify the impression of peeking into a little diorama. The story unfolds as you interact with your environment, talk to other characters and solve puzzles. These range from inventory-based puzzles to social challenges (such as persuading other characters) up to passing unsettling psycho tests. For the console versions, we came up with a very intuitive controller input, allowing you to move the line of sight and walking directions independently. For the PC versions, you can choose between classic point and click mouse controls, and the controller navigation. The soundtrack of Trüberbrook is an original composition to fit the mood of the game – sort of a tranquil doom jazz. Inspirations come from the works of Tom Waits, Angelo Badalamenti, Mark Lanegan, Timber Timbre or Bohren & der Club of Gore. The soundtrack is directed by Sebastian Nagel & Albrecht Schrader. We’ve spent a lot of time working on a voice acting concept that joins in with the genetic code of the game. Since the protagonist is an American in the midst of a bunch of Germans, we wanted to reflect this in our choice of actors: In the international English audio, the main character Tannhauser speaks native American English, while all of the townspeople of Trüberbrook sport genuine German accents!

State of Mind: Update fixes problems with Steam-Controller on Linux

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The Patch 1.20 for the SciFi-adventure game State of Mind fixes problems with the Steam-Controller on Linux and adds many more improvements:

State of Mind Patch 1.20 available now! Patchnotes program… initializing. Ready! Our development team prepared a patch for State of Mind, fixing a couple of issues that were found and reported over the past weeks. To assure the best gameplay experience, we highly recommend installing this patch. Patch Notes Dialogue Logic Fixed some logical issues in dialogues Dialogue Camera Fixed several small issues with dynamic dialogue cameras Localization Corrected wrong ticker texts Corrected several inconsistent dates Added a few missing texts in the French localisation. Fixed several orthographical errors in English and German localisation Scripting Fixed wrong state of Richard’s loft being loaded, if you come back from the strip club, after having retrieved all data from Simon’s module Added an emergency reload script for players who use broken savegames (concerning the “return from strip club” issue above) Fixed an AI navigation issues leading to the Doomsday surveillance drones occasionally getting stuck Fixed an dialog staging issue where Adam was wrongly being able to walk around after the CloudCall with Richard Corrected conditions for some holo pin board hints Fixed a hotspot/dialogue issue with Steve at The Voice Reduced the durations of fetching cryo containers inside the Skywhale Fixed a sound issue of the cleaner bot in the Queens Loft Added missing credits entry Staging Fixed Phil’s head peeking out of the floor in the backstage area in “Doomsday” Fixed an staging issue with Simon at the piano during his last memento flashback Collision Fixed minor collision issues in Adams Loft Fixed collision of door terminal at Artificial Human Lab exit Fixed a collider issue with the Doomsday surveillance drone obstructing Lou’s hotspot Controls We increased each character’s turn rates a little Fixed an issue where holding the “Sprint” button before walking forward makes the character run on the spot Crashes Fixed multiple crashes when leaving minigames (e.g. Clinics Spymission) Fixed crash in memento puzzle Graphics Fixed invisible car in “The Dome” when Adam decides to accept Utopia Display Fixed problems with the game window resolutions Fixed that the game doesn’t start on the primary monitor [Windows] Fixed potential crash when dis-/connecting an audio device [Linux] Fixed that some keys are not handled correctly [Linux] Fixed that SteamController isn’t setup correctly for different in-game contexts Patchnotes program… 100% - successful! Patchnotes program… quit.

State of Mind: now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The new SciFi-Adventure State of Mind from developer Daedalic is now available for Linux on GOG and Steam!

When mind and machine become one – what will remain of humanity? Berlin, 2048 – The world is on the brink. Lack of resources, illnesses caused by polluted air and water, crime on the rise, war. Governments and companies promise remedies through technological progress. Drones and humanoid robots replace humans in the public sector, everything is interconnected, surveillance has become omnipresent. Richard Nolan is one of the few journalists openly criticizing this development. When he wakes up in hospital after an explosion and finds that his wife and son have mysteriously vanished, Richard realizes: he and his family have become more than just bystanders in a storm of rivaling ideas pertaining humankind’s salvation between dystopian reality and digital utopia. Instead, they find themselves right at the center of it. This domestic drama evolves into a thriller about a worldwide conspiracy, which at its core aims to determine the fate of humanity: Could a perfect digital utopia be the answer? A virtual paradise not affected by material needs and quarrels? Could a super-AI be our savior – or would it simply declare us as dispensable since it could not be taught the value of philanthropy? What will the world look like after this storm, what will remain of humanity?

Return of the Tentacle - Prologue: now freely available for Linux on itch.io

Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Return of the Tentacle - Prologue is an unofficial, fan-made sequel (developed in Unity) to “Day of the Tentacle” and now available freely for Linux on itch.io!

“Return of the Tentacle - Prologue” is a fan project and the unofficial sequel to the iconic adventure game “Day of the Tentacle”. Purple Tentacle is back and tries to conquer the world and enslave humanity once more. The three friends Bernard, Laverne and Hoagie make their way back to the mansion of the mad scientist Dr. Fred – time travel should help saving the world. Hunt down megalomaniacal Tentacles, have bizarre conversations and solve crazy puzzles. Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne roam hand-drawn locations filled with elaborately animated characters and atmospheric music and sounds. We have done everything possible in order to capture the atmosphere and the humor of the old classic and carry it into the 21st Century. Control the characters just like in the good old 2D adventure game era with your mouse. A modern interface awaits! Apart from familiar faces of the original game, you will also encounter guest appearances from characters that belong in other games.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth: third and final book now available for Linux on Steam and GOG

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The third and final book of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth is now available for Linux on GOG and Steam! On both platforms there is currently also a discount on this game.

Our work is done. The cathedral is built. The game is complete! It was a pleasure and an honor for us to be able to work on such an epic project with our great team! We hope you will enjoy it! Now go and play - and remember: life is a great adventure! Book Three - the final book - is out now.

The Journey Down: complete trilogy now also available with german text localisation

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The complete trilogy of the Point-and-Click-Adventure with afro-caribbean flair called “The Journey Down” is now available for Linux also with german (text-)localisation on Steam!

Heyo! We’ve finally text-localized the entire Journey Down Trilogy to German! So go find a German person somewhere who’s in dire need of Point ’n’ Click adventuring goodness. :D Also proud to announce that The Journey Down: Chapter Three won big at the 2017 Aggie Awards. Both “Best Graphics” and reader’s choice for “Best Music”. Pretty awesome, no? :) Thanks for your support! theo SKYGOBLIN

Thimbleweed Park: DLC Ransome Unbeeped now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

For Ron Gilberts current adventure called Thimbleweed Park a (paid) DLC has been released surprisingly: Ransome Unbeeped. it uncensors the english audio of the Clown Ransome:

NOTE: To enable the *unbeeped* voice, go to Options -> Video and check the box. This option is not sticky, so you need to turn it on each time to start (you know, for the kids) Hey *beephead*! Ransome the Clown here to let you in on a little secret about Thimbleweed Park: this game’s developers are *beepholes*. They thought your sensitive ears wouldn’t be able to handle my *beeping* language. Well, I have two words for those *beepers* – “*Beep* you”! With my new Ransome *Unbeeped* DLC, you can now play Thimbleweed Park in all its uncensored glory. I’m not talking about new content, deleted scenes, or alternate endings – this isn’t a *beeping* director’s cut. What you will get is the same great game with none of the *beeping* beeps drowning out my lines. You heard that right: pure, uncensored Ransome the *Beeping* Clown! Because let’s face it, even if I am stuck sharing the spotlight with four losers, I’m the real star of this *beeping* game. So don’t let those *beephead* developers call the shots! Grab the Ransome *Unbeeped* DLC and you’ll see that in Thimbleweed Park, *beeping* is the least of your problems. NOTE: The subtitles still have *beeps* in them. Only the English audio is uncensored.

Crossing Souls: 1980s Action-Adventure now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Crossing Souls, an 1980s Action-Adventure developed by Fourattic and published by Devolver Digital, is now available for Linux on GOG and Steam!

It’s 1986 in California. A group of friends discover a mysterious pink stone that allows to travel between two realms. This gang will live the summer of their lives in an adventure that will get them involved in a government conspiracy. Control five kids with special skills while fighting and solving puzzles in order to save their families and the world. Crossing Souls is an action-adventure set in a California suburb in the midst of a supernatural event that rocks the small community as grand forces siege the town. Control five characters: Chris, Matt, Charlie, Big Joe and Kevin, each one with their own skills and combat styles. Change characters on the fly and use each character’s specialties to overcome any obstacle and target your foe’s weaknesses. Fight in real-time, solve clever puzzles, face off against powerful bosses and play special levels inspired by 80’s arcade video games. Feel the eighties - Do you feel that? Do you smell that? Yeah, it’s the eighties. A story set in 1986 full of references such as The Goonies, Gremlins, Back to the Future and many more. Do you like Cartoons? - The cutscenes are inspired by 80’s cartoons, totally original and never seen before in a videogame. Why is this happening? - Be part of a journey between two realms, two realities: life and death. The story includes a government conspiracy, thousand-year-old characters, cowboys, pirates, ice cream, pizza, cheeseburgers, basketball… well, you got it. This music rocks! - An original score that includes tracks inspired by John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith as well as radical Synth-Pop in the purest 80’s style. Play as if it was one of your favorite movies! Ready? Fight! - You can kick multiple enemies in the ass stylishly. Fight against street gangs, a secret army, dead monsters, creepy ghosts and many more in frantic real-time combats where a good strategy will be essential to win. Main characters have unique talents and aptitudes.

Quern - Undying Thoughts: Update 1.2.0 fixes controller-problems on Linux

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The today on Steam released Update 1.2.0 for Quern - Undying Thoughts (a spiritual successor to Myst) fixes the problems with controllers on Linux and adds Steam Cloud saves among other things:

Quern 1.2.0 is here! This patch focuses on making Quern run better and look nicer. We also added Steam Cloud function to the game. This means your saved files are now stored in the cloud so you can play from a different computer and continue where you left off. We made some improvements to the user interface to work better with different screen resolutions. Simplified Chinese and Polish languages added. New graphical options are available to tweak both performance and quality. We decreased the lowest and increased the highest possible graphics settings. We fixed an issue that prevented loading between the game’s scenes on weaker systems. Cloud save function is now available. Fixed a bug that caused the controller bindings to be off on Linux systems. Subtitles can be disabled from now on. We optimized the user interface for any resolution. Many minor and several major bugfixes.

The Red Strings Club: Cyberpunk-Adventure now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The Red Strings Club, an adventure in a Cyberpunk-setting, is now available for Linux on GOG and Steam! BTW: the publisher is Devolver Digital, the game has been developed by Deconstructeam.

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy. The professed altruistic corporation Supercontinent Ltd is on the verge of releasing Social Psyche Welfare: a system that will eliminate depression, anger and fear from society. However, the bartender of a clandestine club and a freelance hacker don’t regard this evolution as an improvement but as brainwashing. Alongside unwitting company employees and a rogue empathy android, the duo will pull all the strings they can to bring down this scheme. Cyberpunk Thriller Narrative Uncover a mysterious corporate program that promises a blissful existence while debating what does happiness means and what lengths are permissible to obtain it. Psychological Bartending Read your customer’s’ mood and mix the perfect cocktail to manipulate the client’s emotions in order to gather the information you want and progress your agenda of stopping Supercontinent’s plans. Genetic Implant Pottery Design genetic implants at a high-tech lathe to change the attitude and direction of the corporation’s most influential executives. Vocal Corporate Espionage Assume the voice of important figures in the Social Psyche Welfare project and play their own motivations against each other over the phone to uncloak their plans.

ScummVM 2.0 released

Sun, 17 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

After a testing phase of nearly a month the final version 2.0 of ScummVM has been released. With ScummVM it is possible to run classic Point-and-Click-Adventures (LucasArts, Sierra etc.) on many modern systems. Besides improvements in the video- and audio-systems and in the support for Joysticks, the Version 2.0 also gained support for 23 new titles:

Cranston Manor Full Pipe Gabriel Knight Gabriel Knight 2 King’s Quest VII King’s Questions Leisure Suit Larry 6 (hi-res) Leisure Suit Larry 7 Lighthouse Mixed-Up Mother Goose Deluxe Phantasmagoria Phantasmagoria 2 Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties Police Quest 4 RAMA Riven: The Sequel to Myst Shivers Space Quest 6 Starship Titanic The Dark Crystal Time Zone Torin’s Passage Ulysses and the Golden Fleece

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth: Book Two now available for Linux on Steam and GOG

Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The adventure continues: the second book of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth is now available on GOG and Steam for Linux!

Times are dire for Aliena, Jack and Philip, who find their country torn by war. Malevolent forces strive to destroy our protagonists’ lives and efforts - your choices matter and decide their fates! Time to open the book again and continue with The Pillars of the Earth – Book Two!

The Inner World - The last Windmonk: now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The sequel to the successful adventure “The Inner World” with the name “The Inner World - The last Windmonk” is now available for Linux on GOG and Steam!

About This Game The flute nose dynasty has been watching over Asposia for centuries on end. In secret, they fill the roly-poly world with light and life. Emil, a trader for odds and ends, has led all the Asposians astray, making them believe that the dynasty is in cahoots with dark forces. Seriously, who knows what this weird family is doing day in, day out? The only one who could stop evil Emil is the heir to the flute nose throne: Robert. He has been petrified for three years, though. With a huge dose of enthusiasm, but little to no idea what he’s actually doing, he embarks on an adventure to find the legendary last wind monk. Of course, he has some great company: Peck, as loyal as he is flightless, and Laura, a rebel who certainly does fly, but only off the handle and who is Robert’s love with a capital L, by the way. A final ray of hope is provided by the mysterious Mama Dola, who seems to know more about Robert’s destiny than Robert himself… Features Experience the fun and moving sequel to “The Inner World” (you don’t need to know the first part!). Save the flute noses from persecution and evil Emil! Hours of fun brainteasers await you: find the last wind monk, cause trouble in a tumble mouse factory, play with Uncle Oboe for some toilet paper in prison, help a desperate Bingo-Pony become happy once again, bring the adorable baby gorf back home and save Asposia! Again! Navigate Robert and Laura, those charming Asposians, through the game. And now you can even operate the nutty pigeon, Peck. There are new sites for you to discover! Including the topsy-turvy airport “Asposia Central”, the quirky tumble mouse farmers and the mysterious Shovel Mountains. Practice new songs on your magic flute nose and activate ancient artefacts. Beautiful hand-drawn adventure for people quick on the draw. Hilarious dialogues in awesome sound quality. The Asposian puzzle help: Provides you with hints when you’re as clueless as Robert – completely spoiler-free of course. Available for most any operating system or console – except the Gameboy!

World to the West now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Fri, 05 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000

World to the West, the new action-adventure game from the developers of Teslagrad, is now available for Linux on GOG and Steam! Description: World to the West is a standalone followup of Teslagrad, the indie hit that sold more than 1.6 million copies worldwide. A vast world of blue skies and dark caves awaits you in this 3D action adventure, as you try to unveil the mysteries of an ancient prophecy.

Parco Azzurro: free point-and-click adventure game released for Linux

Sat, 11 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Parco Azzurro is a free point-and-click adventure and now available for Linux, MacOS, Windows and Android. It has been developed by N3M Studios using the Visionaire Studio Engine for the Band “Nudi tra i Musicanti” and the graphic style was inspired by South Park. In the game you can unlock codes for downloading free songs from the latest album of the band in MP3-format. Download: http://www.n3m-adventure.com/downloads.html

Dreamfall Chapters: huge patch including german localisation released

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

For Dreamfall Chapters, the follow-up to the Adventures The Longest Journey and Dreamfall, a huge Patch 5.4 with many improvements (e. g. a complete german localisation) has now been released on Steam for Linux. But that’s not all: every owner of Dreamfall Chapters will get the upgrade to the Final Cut Edition, as soon as it will be release this spring for Xbox and Playstation! Here are the Patch notes:

Developer of "The Cat Lady" suspends Linux-Versions of his games on Steam

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Screen 7, the developer of the Point-and-Click-Adventures The Cat Lady, Downfall, The Samaritan Paradox and some more titles, officially suspends the Linux-versions of most of his titles on Steam. Affected games are:

Downfall (incl. Demo)
The Adventures of Fatman
Tales
The Samaritan Paradox
The Apotheosis Project

The Cat Lady and Heroine’s Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok are not yet affected, but may follow later. All of these games have been produced using the Adventure Game Studio, and the Linux-versions of this titles had severe problems (like not changeable screen resolutions and bad performance), if they started at all. I do own most of these games, and I principally like them for their Art-Style and their mature stories. But due to the named problems I’m not able to play them longer than 10 minutes, which is a shame. I hope the developer finds a way to fix the problems of the Linux-versions, but I do have some doubts, because the effort might be too big. The next game of the developer, Lorelai, is promised to be released again with a Linux-version. The developer is more confident here, because he changed/updated the engine. It seems that the biggest mistake of the developer was not even to try to install a Linux-VM and observe the situation by himself. Valve noted that too, and so they gave him the advice to suspend his games on Linux:

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders, a Point-and-Click-Adventure featuring Agatha Christies famous detective Hercule Poirot, is available now for Linux on GOG and Steam.

Description: The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of “ABC”.

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today now available for Linux on Steam

Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, an Adventure which is with 83/100 very good rated on Metacritic, is now available for Linux on Steam! Description: A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world that gets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it? Because, otherwise… what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

The Book of unwritten Tales 2 now available for Linux

Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The successor to the great Point-and-Click-Adventure “The Book of unwritten Tales” is now available on Steam for Linux.

Deponia Trilogy now available for Linux on Steam

Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Watch out, Friends of Point-and-Click-Adventures: the complete Trilogy of Deponia is now available on Steam also for Linux!