Afterlife Arcade is a FPS wave-based action game created by 5 students as an 8-week project. Gain tickets by slaying waves of zombies to continue into the next area of the arcade or purchase upgrades.



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

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Afterlife Arcade. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0 64-bit
DXVK: 1.3.1

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 Afterlife Arcade
https://rickperros.itch.io/afterlife-arcade
Save on 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: afterlife
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 libraries:

• d3d10
• d3d10_1
• d3d10core
• d3d11
• dxgi

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 packages:

• 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
Afterlife Arcade does not have an installer



Open Afterlife_Arcade.zip with your archive manager
Click Extract



Navigate to the Program Files Directory
Full Path:

Code:

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

Click Extract



Click "Show the Files"



DXVK Installation

Download DXVK 1.3.1
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.3.1
Save to your Desktop
Open with Archive Manager and Extract
Open the x64 folder
Copy all the dlls



Paste in the Afterlife_Arcade folder in Program Files



PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure



Select "afterlife" in the left column
Click "Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive"



Select "Afterlife Arcade"
Click Next



Name the shortcut: Afterlife Arcade
Click Next



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



General Tab
Wine version: 4.0



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

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



Close Configure

Run Afterlife Arcade

Select "Afterlife Arcade"
Click Run



Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs

Conclusion:
Afterlife Arcade ran perfectly on my GeForce GTX 1060 with Wine 4.0 64-bit and DXVK. I was even able to play co-op with two USB controllers. There is no save/load feature, so you basically play until you die, then start over.

Gameplay Video:


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