FreeGameDev

Hello everyone,

We released a few weeks ago a free game called Heriswap on Android Market/Google Play.
It's a simple match3 game, but the point was to finish a game, rather than starting a too ambitious project for us

The game also runs well on Linux - at least on my Debian

The code is GPL3-licensed, the artwork (graphics + music) is CC-by-licensed.

Download links can be found on our WIP website : http://soupeaucaillou.com

Comments & critics welcomed :-)

Edit: forgotten the video link:

youtu.be/gt6axMyLtvo

Hi, thanks for sharing your game and introducing it here!

Lovely graphics and music!

I use gcc (GCC) 4.7.1 on Arch Linux 64bit and get

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[ 39%] Built target sac
Linking CXX executable tilematch
/usr/bin/ld: ../sac/build/cmake/libsac.a(RenderingSystem.cpp.o): undefined reference to symbol 'glClearDepth'
/usr/bin/ld: note: 'glClearDepth' is defined in DSO /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 so try adding it to the linker command line
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [sources/tilematch] Error 1
make[1]: *** [sources/CMakeFiles/tilematch.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

(git)
I think this can be solved by adding "-lGl", but I'm not sure where in the Makefile to do this.

When compiling the release version, which still uses ./configure, I get a segfault:

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Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
MusicSystem::loadMusicFile (this=0x930580, assetName="audio/musique_menu.ogg")
    at systems/MusicSystem.cpp:517
517       info.sampleRate = inf->rate * inf->channels;
(gdb) bt
#0  MusicSystem::loadMusicFile (this=0x930580, assetName="audio/musique_menu.ogg")
    at systems/MusicSystem.cpp:517
#1  0x000000000040e4be in Game::tick (this=0x7fffffffe5a0, dt=0.0166666675) at Game.cpp:514
#2  0x00000000004074da in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>)
    at tilematch-linux.cpp:229

I feel that a border around the leaves would make them more intuitive to be grabbed. An ugly illustration of what I have in mind:

Hanimals is kind of an inspiration there.

The license of assets seems not to be mentioned in the repository Are there "source" files available for music/sounds/graphics?

I think this can be solved by adding "-lGl", but I'm not sure where in the Makefile to do this.

"-lGL" is supposed to be used (see sourcesMakefile.am). But I'm not a Makefile expert, so I've probably done something wrong.

When compiling the release version, which still uses ./configure, I get a segfault:

I suppose it has to do with the way I handle path to resources.
When compiled with configure/make, it expects to find the resources installed in $prefix/share/heriswap
If you don't want to install it, you could use "cmake .", compile, and launch it from heriswap top folder (yes we have both cmake/autotools build system for now)

I feel that a border around the leaves would make them more intuitive to be grabbed

Might be worth a try, though the artistic part is not under my control

The license of assets seems not to be mentioned in the repository

Quote from LICENSE file (in git):

/// Artwork license ///
CC-by for everything in assets/unprepared_assets

But I just realized this file isn't included in the archive; I'll fix this.

Are there "source" files available for music/sounds/graphics?

In git repository, you'll find xcf files for graphics.
I also have the .wav file for the sound/music somewhere on my computer, but they were too big (and nver changing) to be included in git.

By the way, Gimp was used for the graphics, Ardour + audacity for music/sound creation and monodevelop/geany/gedit for the code.

Hey, long time without coming to this forum.

We just released a big update for Heriswap adding a new game mode, a new difficulty setting and of course fixing tons of bugs

I'd love some feedback on the game so if you happen to try it please let me know (even if you don't like the game).

I somewhat abandonned the idea of getting the game packaged on Linux distros, as I don't have much time to do the necessary work - it's a shame though because the game works really well on desktop.

We started working on our next game with a new strategy : Release Early Release Often (with a 'Beta' sticker on the logo ).

Btw regarding monetization : the income are veeeery low but I don't think it's related to being FOSS.
The biggest issue currently is : audience, and I think it's the first hurdle to overcome when trying to make money (way more important than, say, picking a business model).
Maybe I should start a post in Business section to discuss this..