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I don't have Windows or Mac. Usually I can run games on Linux using Wine, but this one says that the installer can't run as Administrator, and to re-run it as a normal user. This looks difficult to fix. Can you just release the game as a normal zip file like most other itch.io games? Thanks!

I'm not totally sure what you mean by "normal zip file" here. Can you point me to an example of what you're thinking? 

I could definitely get you a copy that'll run locally in the browser, if that's what you mean. DM me on Twitter or Discord (same name everywhere) and I'd be happy to pass that on - I'm just hesitant to add it as a standard download here, as saving progress in the browser will be a bit less reliable, so it'd have to come with some caveats. 

I may also be able to try a Linux build in the next couple of days. It should work in theory, but I never explored it for the initial release because I don't have a practical way of testing for it and I didn't expect a whole lot of interest there. 

Most games here come in an archive, usually a zip file. You extract the archive, and the game executable is inside, along with all the data files. No installation is necessary; you just extract into a folder and run it. Some examples from the Palestinian Relief Bundle: BOSSGAME: The Final Boss is My Heart, YOU ARE A WIZARD, Fostering Apocalypse, Brush Burial... Basically every other game on itch. Just pick one arbitrarily from the front page, and I bet it'll be packaged that way. I think most games are packaged like that because that's what works with the itch app.

I appreciate the support! Thank you!

Ah! I just tried to install the game on my friend's Windows computer. It turns out that the exe file you distribute is the game itself, not the installer! I apologize for the confusion. The error message I got mentioned that it was an installer, but that was a lie, apparently.

No problem at all, glad it's working! The desktop versions of the game are technically electron apps with a bundled installer, so yeah it's all kind of one thing. It's not surprising linux might give you a strange message, it's a fairly non-standard setup, especially for games.

@mangoduck

In case you haven't figured it out yourself: the game does work fine on Linux with Wine (+dxvk). You have to use a 64-bit prefix, even though the game exe is 32-bit.

Thanks for the advice. I got it to work in Lutris by selecting the System version of Wine instead of the wine-ge version which is the default.