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So, just an FYI, you trailer is ambiguous enough that I had noooo idea if this would be the kind of thoughful satire it seems like you're trying to do, or if it was just making fun of anyone who was trying to be thoughtful or less than selfish.

Thank you for the feedback! I agree with you. When the game is closer to being finished I'll create a new trailer and try to make this more clear.

Thanks Diarandor and Neovyse for your kind words.

Thanks, Max!

Often when having conversations about veganism, people will raise hypothetical points and keep raising the goalpost as a way to defend their choice to not be vegan. It's a really common trope for these conversations to end up at some version of "well, would you stay vegan if you were stranded on a desert island?" Don't get me wrong, I think it's extremely important to debate things at the hypothetical level, but this question is so predictable that vegans can't help but laugh and say "yeah, as if I haven't heard that one before."

The game's story is inspired by The Real Castaway, a 2001 mini-documentary where a woman named Rachel survived for 9 months on a desert island eating exclusively coconuts.

This game takes that trope to the extreme, placing the character as an actual vegan on a desert island, and is meant to convey that, not only can you do it, you will be totally fine! (slight sarcasm) In fact, since you're vegan, the animals will actually befriend you (since you are so benevolent /s) and help you out. I'm making fun of nonvegans, I'm making fun of vegans, really I'm making fun of culture.

The actual storyline involves real issues that animals face, such as pollution, predation, and systems of speciesism. Different areas of the game focus on different real animal themes, but they are expressed through humor. A full outline of the story is also available, if anyone is interested.

Thanks for your kind words. I'm looking forward to others playing it.

[2D puzzle adventure parody game]

Hello everyone! I'm in the process of developing a 2D puzzle adventure parody game using the Solarus Engine. It's called Vegan on a Desert Island.



Check out the video!

Screenshots:









The game is licensed under GPL-3.0 and CC-BY-SA-4.0. It uses Zoria Tileset for many of the background tiles, and many are custom made by me. The source repo is on GitLab. Feel free to use my sprites, music, characters, etc for anything you want! I plan to upload it all to OpenGameArt.org once the game is complete. It's about 10% finished now.

External links:

• Website
• Wiki
• Source repo (with custom sprites, tiles, music, text, etc)
• Support me on Patreon!

Yes, the 1.6 releases in your link are beta versions. But Solarus is also open source, meaning it is being developed in the open. You can see the full codebase here: https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus/

Installation Instructions

1. Install the repository

Run the commands below to install the PPA repository.

Ubuntu / Linux Mint / elementary OS

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sudo echo "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/nate-devv:/solarus-debian/xUbuntu_16.04/ ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/solarus.list

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wget -qO - http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/nate-devv:/solarus-debian/xUbuntu_16.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -

Other version
If your Linux distribution is based on Ubuntu or Debian, it's possible you can still make this repository work. You'll need find which version of Ubuntu your OS is based on, and then follow the instructions for that. If not, you'll have to compile the program manually, with the source code from GitLab.



2. Install the engine

Now you must update your package lists. Run this in your terminal.

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sudo apt update

Finally, install the Solarus engine and Quest Editor.

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sudo apt install -y solarus solarus-quest-editor

You should now be able to launch the Solarus Quest Launcher (which helps you play games) and the Solarus Quest Editor (which helps you make games) from your applications menu.



3. Install games

At this point, you can install the games below.

Installing all games
If you run this, it will install all the games below in a single command.

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sudo apt install -y zsdx zsxd zelda-roth-se zbom tunics

Zelda Solarus DX

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sudo apt install -y zsdx

Zelda Solarus XD

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sudo apt install -y zsxd

Zelda Return of the Hylian Solarus Edition

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sudo apt install -y zelda-roth-se

Zelda Book of Mudora

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sudo apt install -y zbom

Tunics!

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sudo apt install -y tunics



4. Playing games

After installing games, you can launch them from the Solarus Quest Launcher in your applications menu.

I'm using this in my WIP game Vegan on a Desert Island (GPL-3.0).

I'll make an official post once it's more complete, but here's a preview.

You're right, I bumped the O over 1px and updated the original post with a new screenshot and ZIP. 

Hello all,

I'm creating a game in Solarus which matches the Game Boy screen resolution (160x144px) and the Solarus logo which shipped with the editor didn't fit, so I created a new animated logo.

I couldn't figure out how to capture a gif of the animation, but here's the final frame:



The animation is basically the same as the included one. I've included a ZIP with the full source files so you can include it in your own project.

EDIT: I updated this package based on the feedback below.