BLOUMA – remake for Linux (64-bit PC, x86_64)
Version 2026-11-08 (repo 4e239d24+changes). The whole public demo.

Blouma is a game by -JS- (https://blouma.eu), made with Game Editor. This is a remake that
runs his game with the same rules and picture (320x200, sharp square pixels), made with
his permission. Nothing to install, no root needed. Works on any 64-bit Linux desktop
from about 2016 on (glibc 2.23: Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9 and newer).


START

  tar xzf blouma-linux-x86_64-*.tar.gz
  cd blouma-linux-x86_64-*
  ./run.sh

The window opens maximized; the picture uses the largest whole multiple of 320x200 that
fits.

  ./run.sh --fullscreen   fullscreen (Alt+Enter switches back and forth at any time)
  ./run.sh --scale 3      a window of exactly 3x 320x200 (960x600)
  ./run.sh --help         all options

KEYS

  Arrow keys        walk / sail / swim (Up/Down: step back/front, swim up/down)
  CTRL              touch / use; CTRL + arrow = run, swim fast
  SPACE             special action      ALT   look at (info)
  TAB               spit / big bubble   H     hide (when Blouma can)
  1-6               inventory slot, 7 switches things/skills;
                    then BACKSPACE = left click, ENTER = right click
  F1                menu: L load, O new game, Q quit
  F2                menu: T setup, S save, I info
  F11               show health
  Mouse             works too (inventory, menus; click the title BLOUMA top left
                    = F1, right click = F2)
  Esc               quits at once, like the original (no question)
  Alt+Enter         fullscreen on/off at any time

SOUND

Music plays through ALSA (on most desktops through PulseAudio / PipeWire like any other
program). Without a working sound device the game runs silently and says why in the
terminal.

  ./run.sh --mute             no sound
  ./run.sh --original-audio   music like the original (11025 Hz mono, no smoothing);
                              default is 48 kHz stereo with interpolation


SAVES

Settings, "GO ON?" and SAVE GAME are kept in

  ~/.local/share/blouma-remake/saves

Delete the folder to start like a new installation.

  ./run.sh --fresh            nothing is read or saved (this run only)
  ./run.sh --save-dir DIR     save somewhere else
  ./run.sh --strict           exactly like the original, without the remake's small fixes
  ./run.sh --lang cs          texts in Czech (en = readable English, the default;
                              blouma = JS's original English)


IF IT DOES NOT WORK

Start ./run.sh from a terminal and send what it prints to whoever gave you this game. lib/ holds newer window
libraries (libxcb, libxkbcommon); run.sh uses them only when the system's are missing or
too old. Licences of the included software: LICENSES/.
