Written by Sunny Demeanor Games
Table of Contents:
1. Screenshots
2. Installing on Windows Pc
3. Installing on Linux
4. System Requirements
5. Game features
6. Reviews
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.
Secret agent Franklin Benjamin's former mentor has resurfaced to take from you that which you hold most dear. In this singleplayer interactive spy novel, use your particular set of skills to save Virginia from the clutches of the madman Dustin MacGuffin. Which means - you’d better get the MacGuffin!
Secret agent Franklin Benjamin's former-mentor-turned-rogue-agent Dustin MacGuffin - once known as Agent 606 - has resurfaced to take from you that which you hold most dear. In this single-player interactive spy novel, play as secret agent Franklin Benjamin - aka Agent 707 - and use your particular set of skills to save the kidnapped Virginia from the clutches of the madman Dustin MacGuffin. Which means - you’d better get the MacGuffin!
It's 707 vs. 606 - who will come out on top? And whose number is up?
It was supposed to be the rarest of all things - a day with no mission. That is, until you woke up to find Virginia gone and a note left behind telling you she had been taken. That note was left behind by your old partner, Dustin MacGuffin, who's since gone rogue - now he's up to something and using her as leverage to keep you from getting involved. Talk about a grave miscalculation
Now, you're taking matters into your own hands to get her back. This is not a sanctioned mission, so you're on your own this time using resources outside the usual channels. But you will get the MacGuffin ... whatever it takes
There's Always a Madman: The MacGuffin can be played with just a mouse. Gameplay consists of selecting the action or dialog you wish to take given the situation you’re facing. Although the life of a secret agent is complicated, playing There's Always a Madman: The MacGuffin is simple
There's Always a Madman: The MacGuffin is the fourth entry in the There's Always a Madman series, but it tells a standalone story. Like a classic James Bond novel or film where you can pick any one up independent of the rest, you can pick this story up without having experienced any prior stories in the There's Always a Madman franchise. However, I would recommend starting with the first game There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight if you care to experience the series in its intended order
Will you go on a full rampage or are you just a professional applying your particular set of skills? Choose the tools for how you want to get the job done, interrogate the henchmen standing in your path, and work your way up the chain to get to the man behind it all
For the first time in the There's Always a Madman series, we learn what Franklin Benjamin was like as a rookie agent and how he paired with his mentor at the time - the agency's top man, Dustin MacGuffin
Although the game is text-based like a novel, an emphasis is placed on visuals and music to set the appropriate mood for each scene, changing based on whether you're in a safe location or you're exposed to danger. It also features a theme song (with lyrics) written specifically for this game
There's Always A Madman: The MacGuffin aims to be about the length of a movie for a single playthrough (roughly two hours). During that time, you may very well have to do some not-so-nice things to succeed. But that's okay - as they say, nice guys finish last. And you to come out on top
For reference, here are some similar games outside the There's Always a Madman series to help you get a further sense for what the There's Always A Madman games are like: GoldenEye 007 (and other James Bond games like Everything or Nothing), Mission: Impossible, Alpha Protocol, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Henchman Story, Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise, Framed, I Expect You To Die, Batman Telltale Series, The Wolf Among Us
A: James Bond, Jason Bourne, Jack Reacher, and Jack Ryan all started off in text format with novels. I believe this is the right move for the project - as they say, the book is always better, so I think a more book-like experience works here. The game's text will of course be supplemented with music to set the appropriate mood, such as whether you're in danger or in a safe spot
Get the MacGuffin before the MacGuffin gets you!
Each game in the There's Always a Madman series is designed as a standalone adventure, but if you wish to play the games in order, this is the order of release (and the recommended order to play):
1. There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight
2. There's Always a Madman: Do Your Worst
3. There's Always a Madman: Bring the Thunder
4. There's Always a Madman: The MacGuffin
5. There's Always a Madman: V.I.C.T.O.R.
And don't forget to check out my debut game, the cozy RPG A Weekend in Puzzleburg. There's Always a Madman is technically a spin-off of A Weekend in Puzzleburg since There's Always a Madman is based on the Franklin Benjamin character first seen on a channel from the Puzzleburg hotel room TV