Metaverse Keeper is a 2D co-operative dungeon crawler with randomly generate levels. Slay sci-fi monsters, blobs, spiders, mini-bosses and more... with all kinds of weapons with upgrades and special moves. Select from 4 characters and wield many unique melee or projectile weapons... when you die your character becomes a helpful ghost who can revive when enough health found. When you both die, start over with a whole new dungeon layout...



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

Note: This guide applies to the Itch.io Demo version of Metaverse Keeper. 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

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: metaverse
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



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



PlayOnLinux Packages

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx10
• POL_Install_d3dx11
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next



Note: All packages should automatically download and install

Click Cancel instead of "Browse"



Download Metaverse Keeper
https://sparks-games.itch.io/metaverse-keeper
Save on your Desktop

Open the Metaverse Keeper ZIP file with Archiver
Click Extract



Navigate to Program Files
Full path:

Code:

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

Click Extract



Close Archiver

PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



Select metaverse (left side)

General Tab
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"



Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine

Select "Metaverse_Keeper_Demo.exe"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Metaverse Keeper
Click Next



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



Back to Configure

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



Close Configure

Select "Metaverse Keper"
Click Run



Note: Click debug to see bugs and errors

Click Options



Adjust:

• Resolution
• Fullscreen
• Sound
• Controllers

Click Apply



Conclusion:
Metaverse Keeper ran perfectly in PlayOnLinux on my GeForce GTX 1060. I was able to play co-op with my Xbox controller and keyboard without any issues. Its actually a really fun game with a lot of replay. Monsters can be very difficult, so get to know the weapons and special abilities to stay alive. I'm not sure if a Linux version is planned, but on Steam Metaverse Keeper is still in beta and not available. Until then, play the demo on itch.io

Gameplay Video:


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