In the next article we are going to take a look at FreedroidRPG. Is about an open source multiplatform RPG which is released under the GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2). In this game, players must save the world from enemy robots using Tux. For this we will have real-time combat characteristics with a good handful of weapons.
The game was released in September 2002 and runs on Gnu / Linux, Mac OSX or Windows systems. This game is a clone of the game 'paradroid' which was released for Commodore 64 in 1985. In this game, you control a robot located inside an interstellar spaceship that consists of several decks connected by elevators.
FreedroidRPG tells the story of a world destroyed by a conflict between robots and their human masters. In this we will play as Tux, on a quest to save the world from killer rogue robots they have no mercy. During the game, we will be able to choose which path we want to follow, enjoying freedom of choice during all parts of the game.
The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic environment in which Tux, a giant penguin of the race of the Linarians, you must fight against different hostile robots. The goal of FreedroidRPG is to destroy all these enemy robots by shooting them or taking control over them by creating connections in a short "subgame”Of electrical circuits. The graphics are designed to be a fairly faithful reproduction of the original game, but there is also a modern set of tiles available that will be shown to us during the game.
FreedroidRPG presents a real-time combat system with melee and ranged weapons. We can use more than 50 different types of objects and fight against countless enemies on the way to our destination. The advanced dialogue system provides background to the story and immersive situations.
Install FreedroidRPG game on Ubuntu
To get hold of this game in Ubuntu, we are going to have two possibilities. The first of the options to install the FreedroidRPG role-playing game will be use Ubuntu package manager. Although this is the easiest way to install the game, will not install the latest version of this. First you will have to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and execute the following command to update your list of available software:
sudo apt update
Once the update is finished, we can use the command to install the role-playing game FreedroidRPG in the same terminal window:
sudo apt install freedroidrpg
Once the installation of the game has been successfully completed, we will only have to click on “show apps”In the Ubuntu Gnome dock and type Freedroid RPG in the search box. When the icon is displayed, just click on Freedroid RPG and launch the game.
Compile from source
If you would like to install the latest available version of FreedroidRPG, it will be necessary to compile from source.
To begin with, we will have to download the source file .tar.gz and extract it on our computer. Then we are going to move to the folder that has just been created using the command cd from the terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T).
The next step to follow will be install the necessary dependencies in order to compile the game successfully. In the same terminal we will write the command:
sudo apt-get install pkg-config libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-gfx1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libogg-dev liblua5.2-dev libjpeg-dev gettext autopoint libglew-dev
Once the installation of the dependencies is finished, we can now launch the following commands from the folder that was created when we unzipped the downloaded file:
./configure make sudo make install
For more information on how to compile the game, inside the folder we will find a file called INSTALL.freedroidRPG in which you can find all the necessary information more in detail on how to compile this game.
If everything has been correct, we will only have access the src directory that we will find inside this folder and execute the following command to launch the game:
./freedroidRPG
The game is complete and as announced in their web page, it can provide about 10 hours of fun. On this same page, they indicate that it is still being actively developed, and that any help in different areas is welcome. For more information you can also consult the game page at GitLab.