Project-Friday v1.8.0

Project-Friday v1.8.0 - Landstalker (Mega Drive) recompiled for Steam Deck / Linux and Windows.

New in v1.8.0

• Options menu reorganised: Display, Graphics, Audio, Movement, Comfort, Difficulty / Help, Keybindings, Language and Quit Game, the same pages in the Start menu tab and on the file select screen.
• Sword Effects (On by default): the four special swords colour their swing arc and give off a few small particles (embers, frost, bolts, green motes), also during the swing on the file select screen.
• Boot Colors (Options > Graphics, off by default): Nigel's boots show the equipped boots (Fireproof, Iron, Healing, Spike), like his sword and armour already do in the original; on the map and on the file select screen.
• Lighting (EXPERIMENTAL, Options > Graphics, off by default): torches, lava and the swords light the rooms and figures cast shadows; outdoors a sun casts the shadows of houses, trees and Nigel. It is still being tuned room by room, so some rooms can show odd shadows or light edges; please report them (a screenshot and the room help a lot).
• Everything from v1.7.0 is included (a third less CPU load, own video chip data path and system start).

Downloads

• Steam Deck / Linux: Project-Friday-x86_64.AppImage (make it executable, start it, pick your ROM).
• Windows 10 / 11 (experimental): Project-Friday-windows-x64.zip (extract the whole zip, start Project-Friday.exe).

SHA-256 (to check your download, no extra file needed): AppImage f9b6bcdb0b5617ab0431f569ed216a262c128448d83aa8b16d7c1b0c3314dbaa, Windows zip 08e80b7b168ec86b0d761544ffe2ccd7944455f4c8a5f874022882fb8145d6dc (built by GitHub Actions from the tagged source).

Non-commercial use only (Genesis Plus GX and Musashi licences, texts and sources are included). Code written by Claude (AI), tested by the project owner by playing, see the README. Do not share the built game or your ROM.