Blockland on Chromebook?

[GhostStar]

is it possible to play blockland on my Acer C720 chromebook?

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[Mr Queeba]

No.
Chromebooks only run apps on Chrome, and porting Blockland to flash or something would be horrible.

[Pacnet]

It is possible. But it's not that simple.

Luckily, your chromebook has an Intel processor (not ARM-based) so you're good to go, if you're willing to perform some modifications...


First follow this tutorial to get a desktop environment on your Chromebook (back up your data before doing this).

http://www.howtogeek.com/162120/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-your-chromebook-with-crouton/


I recommend the Crouton solution.

 

After that, switch to the desktop environment and install Wine (https://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu to see how to get it).

After that, download http://www.mediafire.com/download/m5rxkqwdyy46tad/Blockland.zip and run the BlocklandLauncher.exe file using Wine. Make a run.sh file to do this with the following contents (the sh file should be in the same directory)

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wine ./BlocklandLauncher.exe

Hopefully that will work. If all goes well, you can enjoy.

If that doesn't work, you might have to modify the run.sh file and change it to :

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wine ./Blockland.exe ptlaaxobimwroe
However, if you use the wine ./Blockland.exe solution above, be sure to run the BlocklandLauncher.exe once updates are released because Badspot does not want you to run old versions of the game.

Expect bugs because the game isn't designed to work with Linux. I hope this helps you.

[Pacnet]

Also if your school gave you this chromebook, don't follow my procedure. They wouldn't be happy if you modified the chromebook.

If it is yours and is independent of a workplace/school, you can try my solution.

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wine ./Blockland.exe -snip-

don't post this

[Swollow]

don't post this

nvm i guess we're well past the phase of obscuring this

[Lugnut]

don't post this

nvm i guess we're well past the phase of obscuring this

i've seen it posted like 6 times in the last week, no one got banned

http://www.mediafire.com/download/m5rxkqwdyy46tad/Blockland.zip

i don't trust this. everything else is sound, but not this. just get blocklandlauncher.exe off the blockland.us website.

[superdupercoolguy]

Why you'd buy an overpriced netbook, I don't understand...

[GhostStar]

Why you'd buy an overpriced netbook, I don't understand...

i didnt, its my moms. but if i cant run it without modding the chromebook a bit then i wont do it. i just thought it would be neat to play it on the chrome book. and all the other computers in my house are stuff so...