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Demonheart

Dark fantasy romance, lots of dialog choices. · By Rolling Crown

Linux bug no executable

A topic by Helena Eli created Feb 15, 2022 Views: 313 Replies: 4
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I actually got this on steam and after it wouldn't work, I found the game here and tried the linux demo. I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 and after extracting the file for the linux demo (I'm actually willing to purchase the game twice for a working copy), there is no executable. (which would be something like demonheart.sh)
I also tried to run through wine/steam proton and that cuts off the text and makes the game completely unplayable. 
Help?  

Developer

Hi,
There is no .sh file, just a file called "demonheart" with no extension. For non-Steam versions I run them on Linux by opening the terminal in the game folder and typing ./demonheart . Sorry if this is not standard, so few Linux users purchase Demonheart that I haven't had much feedback.

Huh, okay that makes sense. I'm kinda new to Linux so I'm learning.
But why wouldn't the steam one work then? I'm totally willing to buy a second copy either on itch (if I can get the demo working, but I'm running into Harfbuzz version too old (1.4.2) error when I try to run it) or android if needed but I'm trying to make this work and seeing if its a user error on my part? The game loads up but is black screen. Sound and cursor, but black screen.
I'm sorry for bothering you, I'm just wanting to play this amazing game again.

Developer

It would probably be the same error on Steam, but it's not displaying an error message. Not sure what Harfbuzz is or if you could update it.

I can send you a promo code to unlock all the chapters on android if you give me your email.

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I think harfbuzz is something to do with the program itself but I don't have a clue. I tried google and everything that pinged was... advanced. I checked the installed version on my distro and its above the version its saying so... no idea. 
Oh, is that okay? I didn't expect that at all. Thank you so much. (redacted) 

Edit: thank you so much! I got the code. You're amazing. <3