{"id":9752,"date":"2020-01-26T16:10:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T16:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9752"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:33:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:33:55","slug":"open-surge-available-snap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/01\/open-surge-available-snap\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun 2D Retro Platformer &#8216;Open Surge&#8217; Available as Snap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9753\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/opensurge-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Open Surge, a fun 2D retro platformer inspired by Sonic games, available to install in Ubuntu Software easily via Snap package.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alemart\/opensurge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Surge<\/a> is also a game creation system that lets you unleash your creativity! It&#8217;s free, open-source, and written from the ground up in C language, using the Allegro game programming library.<\/p>\n<p>You can play the using a keyboard or a joystick.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrows: Move<\/li>\n<li>Space: Jump<\/li>\n<li>Enter: Pause<\/li>\n<li>Esc: Quit<\/li>\n<li>Left Ctrl: Switch character<\/li>\n<li>Equals: Take snapshot<\/li>\n<li>F12: Open the editor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the game features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A base game called Surge the Rabbit<\/li>\n<li>A built-in level editor<\/li>\n<li>Ready to use items, scripts, and more<\/li>\n<li>Free to use game assets under Creative Commons licenses<\/li>\n<li>See more in <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alemart\/opensurge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Github source page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9754\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/surge-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/surge-screenshot.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/surge-screenshot-450x254.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Install Open Surge in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>Open Surge has been made available as Snap package (runs in sandbox), <b>Ubuntu 18.04<\/b> and higher users can easily install it from Ubuntu Software or App Center:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9755\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/install-opensurge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/install-opensurge.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/install-opensurge-450x295.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For choice, you may press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal, run the command below instead to install the game package:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/snap-opensuge.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46337\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/snap-opensuge-700x443.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/snap-opensuge-700x443.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/snap-opensuge-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/snap-opensuge-768x486.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/snap-opensuge.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After installation, either search for and launch it from overview screen (or start menu depends on your desktop environment):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/launch-surge.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46339\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/launch-surge.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/launch-surge.webp 491w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/launch-surge-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or run <code>snap run opensurge<\/code> command to start game from terminal.<\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Open Surge:<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall the game, either use Ubuntu Software (App Center) or run command below in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>snap remove --purge opensurge<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Surge, a fun 2D retro platformer inspired by Sonic games, available to install in Ubuntu Software easily via Snap package. 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