Methane

This is a conversion of the Commorore Amiga, Super Methane Brothers game.

Build Linux

cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build
build/methane

Prerequisites Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install cmake g++ libxrender-dev libasound2-dev libxinerama-dev libvulkan-dev

Build Windows Visual Studio.

Using Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt to create the solution in the build folder.

cmake -S  . -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022"

Build Linux - Debug

cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
cmake --build build
build/methane

vulkan validation layers are required for the Debug version

sudo apt install vulkan-validationlayers

Packaging Notes: The introduction animation is 455 KB. It maybe preferable to exclude this. If the "resources/*.anm" files are not found, and animation will automatically be disabled.

Quick Instructions

Press fire to start the game. Tap fire to shoot gas from the gun. Hold down fire to suck a trapped baddie into the gun. Release fire to throw the trapped baddie from the gun. Throw baddies at the wall to destroy them.

Licence Note: This is a conversion of the Commodore Amiga game.

Permission has been given by Apache Software Ltd to release this conversion of the game as GPL V2