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0.8.0
Classic play is unchanged from 0.7.2: replays and online checksums are identical.
Translations
- The whole menu system in 11 languages: English, Português (Brasil), Español, Français, Italiano, Deutsch, Polski, Türkçe, Bahasa Indonesia, Filipino, 日本語.
- OPTIONS → INTERFACE → LANGUAGE. Default follows your system.
- Fighter and stage names stay as their authors wrote them.
- Japanese uses its own pixel font (DotGothic16).
- First pass, machine-translated. Corrections welcome: one file per language in
motif/lang/, see https://rugen.dev/creating/translating/
In-game updater
- The title screen shows a pill when a new version is out.
- OPTIONS → UPDATE: check, download, verify (
SHA256SUMS), install, restart. - Portable zip / tar.gz installs update in place.
rugen.toml,chars/,stages/,themes/and replays are kept. - .deb / .rpm installs get a download link instead.
rugen updatefrom a terminal.[update] check = falseor--no-update-checkturns the check off.- Needs 0.8.0 on both sides: the first automatic update will be 0.8.0 → 0.8.1.
Website link
- PROFILE → LINK WEBSITE shows a one-time 6-character code. Type it at https://rugen.dev/settings/link and your rugen.dev profile shows your rating, rank and matches.
- Site tournaments know which game account plays.
rugen://watch/CODElinks on the site open the game straight into WATCH of that match. Windows and Linux portable builds: OPTIONS → ONLINE → REGISTER RUGEN:// LINKS. Packages register it on install.- Tournament rooms called by rugen.dev have no host: the game says "called by the server" and hides the host buttons.
Downloads
Windows
| Version | File |
|---|---|
| 64-bit (x64), most PCs | rugen-0.8.0-windows-x64.zip |
| 32-bit (x86), older PCs | rugen-0.8.0-windows-x86.zip |
| ARM64 (Snapdragon / Copilot+ PCs) | rugen-0.8.0-windows-arm64.zip |
Unzip anywhere and run rugen.exe. Fighters go in chars/, stages in stages/.
Linux (x86_64)
| Package | File |
|---|---|
| Fedora / RHEL / openSUSE (.rpm) | rugen-0.8.0-1.x86_64.rpm |
| Debian / Ubuntu / Mint (.deb) | rugen_0.8.0-1_amd64.deb |
| Any distro, portable (.tar.gz) | rugen-0.8.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz |
Packages install the game for every user; fighters and stages then go in
~/.local/share/rugen/chars and ~/.local/share/rugen/stages.
The tarball is a self-contained folder like the Windows zip.
macOS
| Mac | File |
|---|---|
| Apple Silicon (M1 and later) | rugen-0.8.0-macos-arm64.tar.gz |
| Intel | rugen-0.8.0-macos-x64.tar.gz |
Unsigned: the first time, right-click rugen → Open (or xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine <folder>).
SHA256SUMS lists every file's checksum. OPTIONS › UPDATE in the game
(or rugen update) installs a portable folder from here and checks it.
Online hub: rugen-server ·
Docs: https://rugen.dev
Full Changelog: v0.7.2...v0.8.0