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
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
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
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 "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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