.kkrieger was created to be a tech demo to see how small a game could be made. Not short, but small... as in capacity. Boasting beautiful graphics, textures, lighting, intricate level design, spooky enemies, small arsenal of weapons and sound effects. In its unfinished state, .kkrieger is about 100Kb in size. This is the most code optimized game ever made.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing kkrieger in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Tips & Specs:
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Mint 18.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 3.0
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 3.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 3.0 is installed and you can close this window
Download .kkrieger
If you do a Google search, you will find .kkrieger available on several websites
I downloaded it from here: http://www.acid-play.com/download/kkrieger
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: kkrieger
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 3.0
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows XP
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 800x600
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
At the "Browse" screen
Click Cancel
Extract kkrieger-beta to Program Files in your new virtual drive
Full path:
Code:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/kkrieger/drive_c/Program FilesBack to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
Select "kkrieger" on the left side
General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"
Select "pno0001.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: KKrieger
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
Now select "KKrieger" under the virtual drive kkrieger
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine.
Display Tab
Virtual meory size: enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Select "KKrieger"
Click Run
Note: click debug to see errors and bugs
If you want to run .kkrieger in full-screen, you will need to set your Linux Desktop to 1024x768 or 800x600
Conclusion:
.kkrieger ran perfectly as expected. I doubt the packages were even necessary, but I always install them as a base just in case. I played it windowed without any problems. At the end of the 10 min demo it says "... to be continued" but I haven't see any further development on it or anything like it. I have read that it was a programmers nightmare because of the huge amount of work it takes to keep a game this small in capacity. I'm thankful someone actually tried it. Its so small that it could play on just about any device.
Gameplay Video:
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