SuperTux, the free open-source Super Mario inspired jump’n’run game, released new 0.7.0 beta version yesterday.
This is the first update after 4 years of making. It completely remade the worlds, redesigned the character, introduced new assets for the Tux, enemies, and backgrounds, and revived Android support.
First of all, the new version completely overhauled the world I (aka Icy Island) and world II (aka Rooted Forest).
User can now press the action key (left Control by default) to get the screen to select a different world, though only Icy Island is available in my case as I never completed the first world.
press Action key, allowing to switch world.
The version redesigned the main character Tux. The penguin now looks stereoscopic. And, it is animated when you’re not in control of it, which acts just like playing on its own and even sit on the ground and take a load off.
It now jumps more like a human, and supports creep forward by press’n’holding down and moving left/right. After ate a fire-flower, the body turns fiery-red instead of wearing a cap, and the fireballs are looking better than before with new animation.
The new version also added many new enemies and NPCs. They include:
- Granito – a friendly npc within Rooted Forest levels.
- Root Sapling – spawns small roots pointing upwards, like Ghost Tree.
- Corrupted Big Granito– a hostile version of the friendly Granito NPC.
SuperTux 0.7.0 also introduced new Item Pocket feature to save a powerup for later use.
If you collect a flower while having a bonus greater than
GROWUP_BONUS, that flower gets equipped and the old flower gets stored in the top left corner of the screen. Now, the player can press the newITEMcontrol (usually Select/Back or Left Shift) to use the stored flower by throwing it up and catching it.
It also added local multiple player mode. It supports up to 4 players, allowing to play with your friends together with the same game screen and even same input device (e.g., keyboard).
Other changes include:
- New Cutscenes, new Ghost Tree, new Ghost Tree, and new Yeti Boss fight.
- New music.
- Revamp the options dialog.
- Revamp Level Editor and QoL changes.
- Glinting BadGuys that will drop coins on death.
- Revived Android support.
- Add Linux Flatpak package.
How to Get SuperTux 0.7.0 Beta
For more about the release of 2D slide-scrolling game, as well as the official installers (under Assets section), go to the Github release page via the link below:
Linux user on AMD/Intel platform may simply download the AppImage package, then add executable permission, and run to launch the game.
As the package name says, it requires glibc >= 2.38. For Ubuntu, it means you need 24.04 LTS and higher, and make sure the libfuse2 library is installed via the command below in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):
sudo apt install libfuse2
For choice, select download the Flatpak package, then run command below in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to install:
flatpak install drag-and-drop-flatpak-package-into-terminal
Tips: run sudo apt install flatpak to install the daemon if your don’t have Flatpak support in Ubuntu.
If the app icon is not visible, either log out and back in to apply path environment change, or run the command below instead to start it from terminal:
flatpak run org.supertux.SuperTuxNightly
(Optionally) For any reason, you may use the command below to uninstall the Flatpak package from your system:
flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.supertux.SuperTuxNightly
