Goblin Cruncher is a 3rd person melee action low-poly dungeon game. There is no sneaking here... slice-n-dice goblins with different melee weapons and use your magic grappling hook to swing across large fissures and lava pits. And yes... of course there is a boss at the end.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Goblin Cruncher in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Itch.io version of Goblin Cruncher. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Click Next

Downloading Wine



Extracting

Installed



Click (amd64) Tab
Select 4.0
Click the arrow pointing to the right



Downloading Wine 64-bit



Installed



Wine 4.0 32-bit and 64-bit is installed, you can close this window

Download Goblin Cruncher

Go to: https://goblincruncher.itch.io/goblin-cruncher
Download Goblin Cruncher
Save to your Desktop

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install



Click "Install a non-listed program"



Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next



Name the virtual drive: goblincruncher
Click Next



Check all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next



Select Wine: 4.0
Click Next



Select "64 bits windows installation"
Click Next



Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7



Libraries Tab
Type the following:

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• dxgi
• xaudio2_7

Click Add
Select one at a time
Click Edit
Select "native (Windows)"
Click Apply



Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Click OK



PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_xact

Click Next



Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Do not click Browse
Click Cancel
Goblin Cruncher does not have an installer



Open GoblinCruncher0.78b.zip in your Archive Manager
Click Extract



Go to the Program Files directory
Full path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/goblincruncher/drive_c/Program Files/

Click Extract



Click "Show the files"



Setting up DXVK

Go to: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.2.3
Download "dxvk-1.2.3.tar.gz"
Save to your Desktop

Open the x64 directory
Copy all of the DLLs



Paste in the Win64 folder
Full Path:

Code:

/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/goblincruncher/drive_c/Program Fiiles/GoblinCruncher/Project_Sardine/Binaries/Win64/

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



Select "goblincruncher" on the left side

General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut in the virtual drive"



Select "Project_Sardine.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Goblin Cruncher
Click Next



Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next



General Tab
Wine version: 4.0



Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses



Close Configure

Select "Goblin Cruncher"
Click Run



Optimization

Click Options



Adjust Resolution
Click Advanced



Adjust:

• Post Process Quality
• Shadow Quality
• Texture Quality
• Effects Quality

Conclusion:
The only problem I had was the crackling music. It wasn't the sound effects, just the music. I hoped adding xaudio2_7 and xact would fix it, but for some reason it didn't. Just a small annoyance... Other than that Goblin Cruncher ran really well on my GeForce GTX 1060.

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