Gratuitous Space Battles Gameplay on Ubuntu Linux (Native)
3Gameplay of Gratuitous Space Battles at 1920x1080 (fullscreen) on Ubuntu 12.10 64Bit with max graphics settings.
This game was earlier today released in Steam's Linux Library. I installed it and give it a whirl in this video. I must say, it works off the bat no hassle!
It automatically detects my system's ability to play it, and sets everything to enabled and at 1920x1080. Very well done.
Gratuitous Space Battles, to me, feels like an RTS where you first plan your fleet and then let the A.I. play it out. With the fast forward speed in-game, it reminds me of the sims. For a 2D game, it looks really nice when in action and feels very alive.
I had to disable "Unredirect Fullscreen" in Compiz Config Settings Manager to record this game, otherwise the recording would flicker. No performance loss though, so it's all good.
Purchase and Download Gratuitous Space Battles here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/41800/
Official website for Gratuitous Space Battles:
http://positech.co.uk/gratuitousspacebattles/
This video was recorded using:
Vokoscreen 1.4.14 Beta 3 (game video)
Audacity + Blue Yeti Microphone (voice over)
This video was edited using:
Kdenlive 0.9.4
GIMP 2.8.2
Audacity
My computer rig specs:
CPU - AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.4GHz
GPU - Asus Nvidia GTX 680 2GB (Nvidia 310.14)
RAM - 8GB DDR3 Corsair 1333MHz
OS - Ubuntu 12.10 64Bit/Windows 8 64Bit (Dual Boot)
PPA for Vokoscreen:
ppa:vokoscreen-dev/vokoscreen-daily
Download Ubuntu 12.10 for free:
http://www.ubuntu.com/
Download GIMP 2.8 for free:
http://www.gimp.org/
My alias in ubuntuforums.org:
myromance123
About me:
I'm just a Malaysian student studying in Multimedia University Cyberjaya. I am currently in my 4th year at the time of this video. I am taking the Software Engineering and Games Development course (which has now been relabeled as Games Development under FCI).