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by AlbertoGP 1039 days ago
WOW! Just a `git clone`, download and unpack the .zip with the assets (end of the blog post), type `make` and it compiles on Linux without warnings into `wipegame`, run it and it works first time!

You need a joypad/joystick, I was surprised that I could plug it in after the game had started and it picked it up, insted of having to restart the game as I remember being the case with other games on Linux years ago.
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ekaryotic 1038 days ago
what controller did you use? my dualshock 2 with usb adapter is not being picked up surprisingly.
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AlbertoGP 1038 days ago
It is the Apollo Joypad (re-release of the SpeedLink Xeox Pro, http://www.apollo-computer.com/peripherals.php#Joypads) that I bought because it is compatible with the Vampire Amiga V4+ which means it has a very standard protocol, and it is set to DirectInput mode: it has a physical switch between Xinput and DirectInput mode.

I guess any proper DirectInput joypad would work just the same.

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