TowerFall Ascension | PortMaster | Page 1

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:03 PM

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New port (paid): TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce. Loot treasure chests for game-changing power-ups, master the art of catching arrows out of the air, or descend on your foes and stomp them into submission. TowerFall is best played competitively with friends, cross-legged on the floor within punching distance of each other.

New in Ascension is the 1- or 2-player co-op Quest mode. Players work together, fighting off a variety of monsters and enemy archers across the land of TowerFall. It's a new adventure to explore when you don't have more friends handy to square off against.

Instructions:

Unzip portfiles and place them in romfolder.
Download the newest GOG linux version of the game.
Unzip the shellscript, locate the assets under data/noarch/game.
Place assets in gamedata.

Slight issues:

Bluetooth controllers dont work on my JELOS build, but usb external controllers seem to work. Please let me know.
If you try to play the DLC, without the DLC assets, the game crashes. So dont click on the Dark World expansion if you dont have it installed in gamedata.

CFW Tests:
[X] AmberELEC
[X] ArkOS
[X] JELOS

Resolution Tests:
Test all major resolutions:
[X] 480x320
[X] 640x480
[X] 720x720 (RGB30)
[X] Higher resolutions (e.g., 1280x720)

Gamelink:
https://www.gog.com/game/towerfall_ascension

📎 TowerFall.zip

GOG.com

Towerfall: Ascension

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by

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bronze portal Mar 22, 2024, 10:04 PM

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Looks awesome, gonna test 640x480 ArkOS r36s right now

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:04 PM

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Great!

bronze portal Mar 22, 2024, 10:06 PM

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Whoops, i don't own the game, thought i did. 😅

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:06 PM

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No worries lol

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Note: this port does not work with the steam version.

reef creek Mar 22, 2024, 10:07 PM

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drm problems?

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:07 PM

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Yes

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Im sure someone like johnny could patch it out. But FNA/Mono patching is out of my league😅

bronze portal Mar 22, 2024, 10:08 PM

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I wonder if someone tried this yet
https://gitlab.com/Mr_Goldberg/goldberg_emulator

GitLab

Goldberg / goldberg_emulator · GitLab

Steam emulator that emulates steam online features. Lets you play games that use the steam multiplayer apis on a LAN without steam or an internet connection.

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:09 PM

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I think some here have tried steam emulators, but its kinda gray area regardless

bronze portal Mar 22, 2024, 10:09 PM

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So is patching the game 😉

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:09 PM

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Ehh, true i guess doggokek

amber tusk Mar 22, 2024, 10:15 PM

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So the Steam version won't work?

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:15 PM

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No, gog linux version only.

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Had to refund my steam game :p

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Sometimes mono is fine with steam games, really depends on how the games are written. Blossom tales for example works with Steam, both windows and linux.

analog gust Mar 22, 2024, 10:19 PM

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will the ouya version work? 😜

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:19 PM

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uuhhh, what?? doggokek

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Didnt know that existed

analog gust Mar 22, 2024, 10:20 PM

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was the greatest ouya game ever made

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:20 PM

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Do you actually have it on ouya?

analog gust Mar 22, 2024, 10:20 PM

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no. haha

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:20 PM

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Ive never known someone who has an ouya lol

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okay🤣

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You know you cant share that here 🙂

amber tusk Mar 22, 2024, 10:26 PM

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Oh, shit. My bad. But yeah, the original APK from the Ouya release is out there.

modest geyser Mar 22, 2024, 10:31 PM

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Now I'm going to have to rebuy this AND celeste AScutecry

(Amazing that this is working though!!)

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:33 PM

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All credit to johnny/odroid, im just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks🤣

modest geyser Mar 22, 2024, 10:34 PM

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worthy gorge Ive never known someone who has an ouya lol

Also, I had one specifically to play towerfall and duck game when i went to friend's houses. Cute little box. Not a half bad emulator box for the RP3 retropie days

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:34 PM

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The concept was honestly not even that bad.

modest geyser Mar 22, 2024, 10:35 PM

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I think if it came out today and marketed itself specifically as an indie party game/moonlight streaming box, it'd have been successful.

worthy gorge Mar 22, 2024, 10:36 PM

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These days we have raspi's and n100 boxes 🙂

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Nvidia shield had decent succes in this market too.

modest geyser Mar 22, 2024, 10:37 PM

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I loved my shield!
I also bought one of the alienware "steam machines", so maybe I just think it has a wider appeal since I'm part of the target audience for compact portable party game computers

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I think the Ouya's design would be it's main selling point in this market.

Look how cute and sleek that is! (The controller was remarkably comfortable, but there was input latency/disconnect problems when you had more than one connected)

Just a "it comes with a visually appealing case, power supply, internal memory, and the OS already installed!" package.
(for the people who pay extra for the pre-loaded roms cards with their linux handhelds)

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Anyways, I should stop derailing the thread with Ouya enthusiasm >.>

amber tusk Mar 22, 2024, 10:45 PM

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It used to be my de facto emulation machine of choice. I also sideloaded the Amazon Underground app, so I had access of TONS of paid apps for free. Sadly there wasn't much room on the limited onboard memory even if one could transfer apps to a flash drive. Nowadays you can do pretty much everything it did with one of those cheap-ass Android TV devices they sell at Walmart, though some sideloaded apps didn't work (Sonic SMS Remake, e.g.) and external drives were read-only.

spiral sphinx Mar 22, 2024, 10:48 PM

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yeah bring it to #☕｜lounge / #💻｜technology

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😛

analog gust Mar 23, 2024, 1:29 AM

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seems to run fine on my rg351v amberelec 😄
i plugged in a usb gamepad for player 2, and that works fine ...
then tried a usb hub with two gamepads -- it works!

haha, i'm just picturing three people sitting side-by-side, the one to the left and right with gamepads, and the one in the middle holding the handheld everyone is looking at

one minor thing -- a and b buttons are opposite for the handheld and external controllers, but it really doesn't matter

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 10:25 AM

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analog gust seems to run fine on my rg351v amberelec 😄 i plugged in a usb gamepad for play...

Some devices support hdmi :p but yeah this will be mostly interesting for singleplayer.

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Thanks for testing DonkeyThumbsUp

tawdry tide Mar 23, 2024, 10:26 AM

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Random question though… can we play multiplayer with GameMaker ports?

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 10:29 AM

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Probably not, but ive never tested

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Coop multiplayer, probably?

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 11:02 AM

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I have the itch.io version from the Palestinian Aid Bundle, I'll have a stab to see if that works too

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oh, AND Ukraine bundle too

charred patrol Mar 23, 2024, 11:03 AM

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✅ RG353M / ArkOS

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 11:28 AM

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Any version without drm has a change of working i should probably say.

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Thanks for testing 🙂 @charred patrol

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 11:32 AM

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updated the .sh to auto extract itch.io version

"download the linux version from itch.io and drop "tfitch-07212016-bin" into /roms/ports/towerfall/gamedata"

Tested only on RG353M/ArkOS for now, played one round, and seems to be ok

📎 Towerfall.sh

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the name for the port should be "TowerFall Ascension" btw

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 11:37 AM

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Thanks:) Ill try and do the same for the gog version

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What device did you test btw?

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Oh wait

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 11:38 AM

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worthy gorge What device did you test btw?

RG353M/ArkOS with my changed script

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 11:38 AM

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Reading is hard sometimes doggokek

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 11:39 AM

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Just tested above script on RGB30/JELOS, works, but no sound

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do we need that jelos_mod thing?

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let me try

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 11:40 AM

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Its fine on x55 jelos

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 11:40 AM

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nvm

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 11:40 AM

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I did need to update portmaster

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 11:40 AM

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RGB30 volume keys being the wropng way strikes again

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😂

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you'd think I'd know by now

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 11:41 AM

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Powkiddy things... Everytime on my x55 as well doggokek

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 11:42 AM

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so yeah, that seems to work ok, would be cool if you could use a similar script to unpack the gog version, much easier to use that way

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 11:42 AM

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Should be doable, i think cebion did it with world of goo. Ill have a look at it.

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Its not getting updates anymore so thats helps a lot.

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 11:44 AM

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does the gog version also still have the Mattt Makes Games logo as well? bit weird to see, haven't seen that in aaaages (only have been playing celeste tbh, but still)

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 11:44 AM

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Yup also there.

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 11:57 AM

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version to extract darkworld as well
"if you have the Dark World expansion from itch.io copy in TowerFallDarkWorldExpansion.zip into /roms/ports/towerfall/gamedata"

📎 Towerfall.sh

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https://maddymakesgamesinc.itch.io/towerfall
https://maddymakesgamesinc.itch.io/towerfall-dark-world

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 12:28 PM

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Sweet, ill try to do the same for gog 🙂

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Im not home this weekend, so early next week.

calm tusk Mar 23, 2024, 12:49 PM

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using Kompaan script the itch version seems to run fine on the rgb30 and x55 from what i can tell, i haven't really played the game before

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 12:50 PM

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calm tusk using Kompaan script the itch version seems to run fine on the rgb30 and x55 fro...

nice, thanks for testing, did you have/test Dark World as well?

calm tusk Mar 23, 2024, 12:50 PM

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it at least loaded up DarkWorld judging by the title screen, i'll go have a closer look

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oh

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i'm gonna reinstall it real quick

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 12:56 PM

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it actually fails to start the actual level, sorry about that, thought I checked

📎 error_log.txt

calm tusk Mar 23, 2024, 12:56 PM

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yeah, that's what i encountered as well trying to start co-op dark world and looking into the folder i wasn't sure i actually added it or not

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now it works

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 12:59 PM

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oh, haha, I did the same thing (started on one devic, didn't add the expansion to the other)

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ah, on windows the darkworld option is there as well, but when you click it it opens itch.io page to buy it if it's not there.

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that's the part that crashes

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 1:04 PM

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In my first message i said its a small bug 🙂

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You need the dlc to play the dlc :p

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 1:05 PM

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yeah, looks like I also need to read more 😄

calm tusk Mar 23, 2024, 1:05 PM

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yeah, we just forgot to add it 😄

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i mean, the game crashing when the dlc isn't installed and you try to access it is pretty fair to me

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 1:05 PM

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All good, i tested it and it should work after adding the dlc content folder DonkeyThumbsUp

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 1:06 PM

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calm tusk i mean, the game crashing when the dlc isn't installed and you try to access it ...

Its not ideal but i cant patch fna games :/

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 1:06 PM

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yeah, also with my script (if you actually remember to copy in the DLC)

worthy gorge Mar 23, 2024, 1:06 PM

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I think a note in the port is just fine.

reef harness Mar 23, 2024, 1:06 PM

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https://tenor.com/0sPi.gif

Tenor

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haha, yeah

stark slate Mar 24, 2024, 12:38 AM

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worthy gorge Sometimes mono is fine with steam games, really depends on how the games are wri...

Oh wait.. I thought only Blossom Tales II worked. Is there a port of The Sleeping King? 😮

worthy gorge Mar 24, 2024, 12:39 AM

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I was referring to blossom tales 2 😉

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The first one cant be ported as its all precompiled

stark slate Mar 24, 2024, 12:42 AM

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worthy gorge The first one cant be ported as its all precompiled

Yeah. I remember reading this

worthy gorge Mar 24, 2024, 12:42 AM

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If the game wasnt so unoptimized we could have tried box86/64 but yeah unfortunately not possible

frail lion Mar 24, 2024, 3:20 AM

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Is it only gog version supported? I own this game at itchio

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Np, just noticed posts that it's supported 🙂

frail lion Mar 24, 2024, 3:26 AM

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reef harness updated the .sh to auto extract itch.io version "download the linux version fro...

Thanks!

restive belfry Mar 24, 2024, 10:30 AM

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Thanks for making the itch version work, @reef harness !

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RG351P ArkOS (wummle), played the first set of trials and while it doesn't look perfect because of the aspect ratio, it's perfectly playable and really fun.

reef harness Mar 24, 2024, 10:33 AM

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restive belfry RG351P ArkOS (wummle), played the first set of trials and while it doesn't look ...

menu options still readable? think that's the smallest font used in the game

restive belfry Mar 24, 2024, 10:37 AM

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reef harness menu options still readable? think that's the smallest font used in the game

It's fine. Turning full screen off improves things.

reef harness Mar 24, 2024, 10:37 AM

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cool

errant comet Mar 24, 2024, 12:17 PM

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hmmm I do have the game from the Bundle for Ukraine bundle 2 years ago.

worthy gorge Mar 24, 2024, 12:20 PM

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Humble bundle probably works as well.

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You just have to manually extract the linux assets

errant comet Mar 24, 2024, 12:20 PM

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time to test and see, I'll just grab the linux stuff yeah

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I feel like zero from the megaman zero series with the yoink hands

restive belfry Mar 24, 2024, 12:58 PM

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errant comet hmmm I do have the game from the Bundle for Ukraine bundle 2 years ago.

The itch bundle? That's how I got the game.

worthy gorge Mar 24, 2024, 12:59 PM

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Probably this one: https://www.humblebundle.com/stand-with-ukraine-bundle

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Or was there one on itch too?

errant comet Mar 24, 2024, 1:03 PM

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there's also one with itch

worthy gorge Mar 24, 2024, 1:03 PM

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Ah okay

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Then use kompaans edit and drop in the file in gamedata.

errant comet Mar 24, 2024, 1:43 PM

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alright the zip auto extracts BUT the Darkworld content should be in the same place as the Content folder not in the towerfalldarkworldexpansion folder

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once I moved the darkworld content out, it worked, haven't crashed yet

worthy gorge Mar 24, 2024, 2:17 PM

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I havent looked at kompaans cript. But the darkworld content folder should be in gamedata.

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Im not sure i want to use the auto extraction because theres 3 different versions of the game.

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Ill try to make the gog version work aswell. But humble will just have to be manual install, because i dont own it.

worthy gorge Mar 24, 2024, 4:09 PM

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Ive edited the script to auto extract the gog version as well. Was a bit tricky with all the subfolders.

📎 Towerfall_Ascension.sh

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Just to make sure, after adding both the itch downloads, does the gamedata folder look like this? Because HerbBanMyth seemed to have an issue. @reef harness

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I cant test the itch version for myself.

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reef harness Mar 24, 2024, 4:27 PM

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jup

ark@rg353m:/roms/ports/towerfall/gamedata$ ls -1
Content
DarkWorldContent
FNA.dll.config
gamecontrollerdb.txt
lib
lib64
Linux.README
mono
TowerFall
TowerFall.bin.x86
TowerFall.bin.x86_64
TowerFall.exe
TowerFall.png

worthy gorge Mar 24, 2024, 4:30 PM

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Perfect, i wonder what went wrong with herbBanMyth then

reef harness Mar 24, 2024, 4:31 PM

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in my script, I only move if unzip returns 0, so maybe there was some warning

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and non-zero return

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# extract the itch.io expansion if it's in gamedata 
itch_darkworld="$gamedir/gamedata/TowerFallDarkWorldExpansion.zip"
if [ -f "$itch_darkworld" ]; then
  unzip "$itch_darkworld" -d "$gamedir/gamedata"
  mv "$gamedir/gamedata/TowerFall Dark World Expansion/DarkWorldContent" "$gamedir/gamedata" && \
  rm -Rf "$gamedir/gamedata/TowerFall Dark World Expansion" "$itch_darkworld"
fi

maybe just do that for now

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(no &&\ after the unzip)

worthy gorge Mar 24, 2024, 4:32 PM

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Ill replace that part. Just want one person to confirm auto-extraction. After that, its ready for pr 🙂

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📎 Towerfall_Ascension.sh

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@errant comet If you or another itch.io game owner could try this script 🙂

errant comet Mar 24, 2024, 9:15 PM

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currently being dragged to work, not sure if I can test later

woven quail Mar 25, 2024, 7:57 AM

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worthy gorge Ill replace that part. Just want one person to confirm auto-extraction. After th...

I am an itch.io game owner testing on the x55 and the script works.

worthy gorge Mar 25, 2024, 9:05 AM

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Thanks! Ready for PR.

stark slate Mar 27, 2024, 3:12 AM

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Does anyone have a spare license that’s giftable from a bundle?

I’ve got it and DLC on Steam, but neither GOG nor itch has got any sales right now.

Edit: Ah.. nvm. Seems like a hassle.

https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212159529-I-cannot-buy-a-game-as-a-gift-why?product=gog

I’ll need to wait for a sale.

GOG SUPPORT CENTER

I cannot buy a game as a gift, why?

For security reasons we had to implement some restrictions for buying gifts with some payment methods. We know this can be an inconvenience, and we're very sorry about that.
As stated in Checkout, ...

spiral sphinx Apr 3, 2024, 10:58 PM

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Quick question @worthy gorge why are you extracting gog files so complicated xD

worthy gorge Apr 3, 2024, 10:58 PM

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🤷‍♂️

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Dont know how to do it the easy way?

spiral sphinx Apr 3, 2024, 10:59 PM

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unzip -o game.sh

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Done

worthy gorge Apr 3, 2024, 10:59 PM

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lol

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That will give you just the assets in gamedata?

spiral sphinx Apr 3, 2024, 11:00 PM

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Nah I was jus talking about the extract part ^^

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The whole rename to gz first stuff

worthy gorge Apr 3, 2024, 11:00 PM

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I swear i tried unzipping doggokek

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Guess not

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I mean it works haha, you want me to update it?

spiral sphinx Apr 3, 2024, 11:02 PM

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worthy gorge I swear i tried unzipping<:doggokek:1123303718079701042>

I only ask because on Amber discord someone can't get it to work

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📎 log-3.txt

worthy gorge Apr 3, 2024, 11:03 PM

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operation not permitted TurtleThink

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Im assuming he has the right file?

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he does have the right files, thats strange

spiral sphinx Apr 3, 2024, 11:12 PM

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worthy gorge he does have the right files, thats strange

Right xD

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I need to test it tomorrow 🙂

worthy gorge Apr 3, 2024, 11:13 PM

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Just tested it, works but takes quite long

spiral sphinx Apr 3, 2024, 11:13 PM

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Oh I meant with the current state, sh and amberelec

worthy gorge Apr 3, 2024, 11:19 PM

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Yeah im running amber with current files

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Asked him to just manually extract for now, but i cant replicate his issue yet

spiral sphinx Apr 3, 2024, 11:23 PM

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Maybe ext4 card or something

worthy gorge Apr 4, 2024, 2:07 AM

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Manual extraction worked for him, he also says hes on a build from over a year ago.😅

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Ill keep my eyes open for people with the same issue.

tired fulcrum May 4, 2024, 10:30 AM

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Hello does the TowerFall 8-Player itch version work ? thinking on buying that too

reef harness May 4, 2024, 10:33 AM

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tired fulcrum Hello does the TowerFall 8-Player itch version work ? thinking on buying that ...

We've not tested that here / haven't seen anyone else ask/answer either

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also, I've no idea about multiplayer in general for this title on handheld tbh

worthy gorge May 4, 2024, 10:46 AM

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Local coop does work with external controllers, never heared of the 8 player itch version though

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And i think this port is best for singlrplayer 🙂

tired fulcrum May 4, 2024, 10:51 AM

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worthy gorge Local coop does work with external controllers, never heared of the 8 player itc...

https://maddymakesgamesinc.itch.io/towerfall-8-player this one its more like an official mod

itch.io

TowerFall 8-Player by Maddy Makes Games, Extremely OK Games

The official eight-player TowerFall mod!

worthy gorge May 4, 2024, 10:55 AM

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I mean go ahead and try haha

earnest vale Jun 11, 2024, 12:57 PM

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Hello! Do yall know if there's any way to remap the internal controls? For some reason the remap window doesn't work, I press buttons but nothing happens

worthy gorge Jun 11, 2024, 9:05 PM

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No im sorry i have no idea. Never tested it either.

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I suppose you could try to use gptk instead of native gamepad input.

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This will break secondary controllers however

mighty whale Jun 12, 2024, 11:08 AM

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This is working great on my trimui smart pro using the itch source files (although I did have to manually unzip the game data files). Thanks for the port!

outer steeple Jan 14, 2025, 12:06 PM

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Hi everyone first of all Thank you @worthy gorge for porting towerfall!

I manage to install Towerfall: Ascension on my RG35xxSP on MuOS.
But when i add the expansion to the gamedata folder it always crash after the booting sequence in the middle of the Autosave screen.

Have tried multiple installation, but still doesn’t work with dark world

May someone guide me through this installation process?

worthy gorge Jan 14, 2025, 12:48 PM

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Could you send over the log please?

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I remember it working fine on my system

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Just needed to copy over the exapansion folder

outer steeple Jan 14, 2025, 12:52 PM

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as soon as I’m back home I will send you the log

frail plume Feb 17, 2025, 2:58 PM

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Will this work with the epic version of the game on Windows, or does it have to be a Linux copy?

cobalt summit Feb 17, 2025, 3:37 PM

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Why do you keep asking this on random games? Read the post man. Not only does it have instructions, but it even links to where you'd need to have gotten the game from:

Instructions:

Unzip portfiles and place them in romfolder.
Download the newest GOG linux version of the game.
Unzip the shellscript, locate the assets under data/noarch/game.
Place assets in gamedata.

Gamelink:
https://www.gog.com/game/towerfall_ascension

GOG.com

Towerfall: Ascension

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by

worthy gorge Feb 17, 2025, 3:57 PM

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frail plume Will this work with the epic version of the game on Windows, or does it have to ...

It has to be a linux copy, epic is untested but might work if you run linux and can get that version.

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Itch and Gog work, the humble version also works with manual extraction.

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Steam is known not working because of drm

frail plume Feb 17, 2025, 4:07 PM

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worthy gorge It has to be a linux copy, epic is untested but might work if you run linux and ...

Epic only gives out an exe because it doesn't have a Linux client, but they tend not to have DRM. I know that you can run exes with mono, but I didn't know if that's how this one works. Thanks for the insight.

worthy gorge Feb 17, 2025, 4:16 PM

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You can try it, doesnt work on the other versions

frail plume Feb 17, 2025, 4:57 PM

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Looks like Mono isn't playing nice with this version. I can wait for a sale.

📎 log.txt

worthy gorge Feb 17, 2025, 5:06 PM

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Yeah seems about right

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Windows version is still linked to xna

frail plume Feb 17, 2025, 5:11 PM

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Thanks anyway.

#TowerFall Ascension