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
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
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
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 FilesClick "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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