Cyclopean: The Great Abyss for linux

How to Download Cyclopean: The Great Abyss

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Table of Contents:
1. Screenshots
2. Installing on Windows Pc
3. Installing on Linux
4. System Requirements
5. Game features
6. Reviews

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss Screenshots

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How to Install Cyclopean: The Great Abyss on Windows Pc

  1. Click on the Cyclopean: The Great Abyss download button below.
  2. Choose "Install" to install the game on the windows steam client.
  3. Follow the on-screen prompts
  4. Let it download the Full Version.
  5. Once a game is downloaded, use the Windows Steam Client to play the game.

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Guide: Installing Cyclopean: The Great Abyss on Linux with Steam Proton

This guide describes how to use Steam Proton to play and run Windows games on your Linux computer. Some games may not work or may break because Steam Proton is still at a very early stage.


1. Activating Steam Proton for Linux:
Proton is integrated into the Steam Client with "Steam Play." To activate proton, go into your steam client and click on Steam in the upper right corner. Then click on settings to open a new window. From here, click on the Steam Play button at the bottom of the panel. Click "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles."

Alternatively: Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and turn on the "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles" option.

Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles and you will now be able to play most of them. However, if you want to go further and play titles that even Valve hasn't tested, toggle the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" option.


2. Choose a version
You should use the Steam Proton version recommended by Steam: 3.7-8. This is the most stable version of Steam Proton at the moment.


3. Restart your Steam
After you have successfully activated Steam Proton, click "OK" and Steam will ask you to restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart it. Your computer will now play all of steam's whitelisted games seamlessly.


4. Launch Stardew Valley on Linux:
Before you can use Steam Proton, you must first download the Stardew Valley Windows game from Steam. When you download Stardew Valley for the first time, you will notice that the download size is slightly larger than the size of the game.
This happens because Steam will download your chosen Steam Proton version with this game as well. After the download is complete, simply click the "Play" button.


System Requirements

Windows Pc Requirements

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows XP / Vista / Win 7 / Win 8 / Server 2008 / Server 2012, 32 Bit or 64 Bit
  • Processor: AMD Athlon or Intel Pentium
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 64 MB video card
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: Yes, if you want to hear anything.

Recommended:
  • OS *: Windows XP / Vista / Win 7 / Win 8 / Server 2008 / Server 2012, 32 Bit or 64 Bit
  • Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 or Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz
  • Graphics: 256 MB video card
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

Linux Requirements

No minimum requirements!!
No maximum requirements!!

Mac Requirements

No minimum requirements!!
No maximum requirements!!

What is Cyclopean: The Great Abyss? Features and Description

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.

Trapped in the Great Abyss!

You are an old dreamer who, through unforeseen circumstances, has found himself trapped in the Great Abyss, the vast underworld beneath the Dreamlands.  Use the resources at your disposal, weapons, armor, supplies, and any alliances you have with the locals, to explore and learn the secrets of the underworld, in order to make your way back to the upper Dreamlands, or back to the Waking World. 

A Variety of Strategies

Although combat plays a big role in the game, it is not the only means of achieving one's goals.  Players may opt to use a combination of combat, stealth and/or dialogue to deal with the other inhabitants of the nether realms.   Manage your gold, health and sanity as you traverse the Great Abyss.

Old School CRPG

Cyclopean follows the tradition of early CRPGs like Ultima, Questron, and Legacy of the Ancients (among others) in that it presents two differing views of the game world.  Outside of dungeons, you see your character from the top down in a 2D display of the map.  Whereas, in dungeons, the view changes to a 3D, first person perspective. 

Choose Your Dreamer Carefully

When you start the game you will be presented with a random dreamer, with basic abilities and equipment, and any alliances they have.  You can choose to play as that person, or "reroll" to see if you can find a better option.  Cyclopean gives you the freedom to choose from a wide variety of stodgy sounding English upper class gentlemen to play as.

Turn Based Gameplay

The gameplay and combat is all turn based, allowing you to make strategic decisions. Enemies are dangerous, but polite, and will wait their turn.

Alliances

Some characters will start the game with an alliance in place.  This can be very helpful in the early stages, especially for new players.  Alliances allow you to have some of the various denizens of the Great Abyss join your party, and help to fight other enemies.  New alliances can be formed during the game by finding and reading the right books.

Roguelike Mode

As of Version 0.9.936, you can now opt to play Cyclopean: The Great Abyss as a roguelike game with perma-death.  The game will now prompt you when you first start it, whether you want the traditional CRPG experience or Roguelike Mode.  You can always switch back by using the Options menu to restore the default settings.  Games played in Roguelike Mode are not accessible via normal mode, and vice versa.  

Game Manual

There are many other game mechanics and other things that are described in the game manual.  The manual has been fully integrated with the game, so you can bring it up at any time, to learn about the various game mechanics available. 

Use the options menu to change game settings including the color...


User Reviews

“This fascinating Lovecraftian RPG has me determined to build an army of ghoul-slaying cats—and no I haven't been driven mad by forbidden knowledge, why do you ask?”
PC Gamer

“New RPG Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a Lovecraftian Ultima homage, and I can't get torches to work”
Rock Paper Shotgun

“Its retro monochromatic style not only plays homage to the games it was inspired by, but goes a long way towards crafting a chilling and haunting atmosphere.”
Rogueliker

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