I got Blockland running on a Chromebook

[Tendon]

I got Blockland running on a Chromebook.  Specifically the C200.




In order to do this I basically just followed a bunch of internet tutorials.  So- while not THAT great of an achievement, I can follow directions! :D
In the end the steps would probably be:
Put chromebook in Developer Mode.
Regret deleting all of your files in the process. :(
Access your linux shell. (Ctrl+Alt+T, type in shell)
Follow the online tutorial and screen prompts for installing Crouton.
Revel in your dual-booting operating system. (Ubuntu+ChromeOS)
Try to install WINE.
Realize they left a bunch of stuff out w/crouton.
Get a bunch of super necessary packages via command console.
Successfully install WINE.
Download BlocklandPortable.zip
Get an unzipper for unbuntu, cause oh- they left that out too.
Unzip BlocklandPortable.zip
Run BlocklandLauncher.exe w/WINE.

This all took roughly 3 hours.  And there was alot of googling involved.  In addition to being able to run Blockland.  I should be able to run other games as well.  Such as- Starcraft 1.  Or... Age of Empires, maybe.  Pinball?  Jeez idk.

Anyway, the game seems to run just fine.  I tested it briefly in a freebuild.  But I haven't done anything extensive yet.

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[Kniaz]

Is it kind of like watching a low-framerate stop motion animation?

[Tendon]

Nope.  Smooth animation.  I thiiiiiink this computer is running on a 2.1Ghz Single Core CPU.  Which would be capable of running Blockland on a normal Windows PC.

Also it was made after 2010.  So OpenGL isn't a problem like it can be on some older computers.
In case some people don't know.  A chromebook is a netbook.  It's meant to run Google Chrome, the browser, and not much else.

[#Jeetlor]

I tried doing this on 4 different occasions on my chromebok but I just can't install wine no matter how hard I try.

[ZSNO]

My chromebook has an ARM processor, so I'll never be able to do this ;c

[Tendon]

My chromebook has an ARM processor, so I'll never be able to do this ;c

I saw discussion saying you could still do it using an emulator.  But it- that- sounds laggy.

[ZSNO]

I saw discussion saying you could still do it using an emulator.  But it- that- sounds laggy.

Emulating x86 on ARM doesn't sound fun

[Kareem]

Congrats

[#Jeetlor]

My chromebook has an ARM processor, so I'll never be able to do this ;c

Same

[Tendon]

Update since I've been running w/this for a while.

Blockland runs, OK on a Chromebook w/Wine.  But it lags around a large amount of bricks.  Not enough to make it unplayable.  But enough to make it no longer fun.  So while this is useful if you want to test something specific, it is not useful for everyday play.


I tried to get Starcraft running w/Wine.  It didn't appreciate that.  I may be able to find a different version of SC online, but I wasn't very interested.

Rosetta Stone works, but the uh- version- I have, has issues if I connect it to the internet. I followed some tutorials to add a firewall and add a user group called "no-internet".  But if I try to launch Rosetta Stone under this group, it is unable to run the Rosetta Stone Daemon service or whatever.  So the program just sits there sucking its toes.
Launching Blockland under this group works as intended.  So it really is just a problem with Rosetta Stone.
I don't know enough about linux to do much else.  So I'm giving up on this for now.

Minecraft works just fine.  A little laggy when looking around on a horizontal axis.  So I should be able to turn down render distance to make the experience more enjoyable.  Btw Minecraft is running on oracle's version of java.  I tried the OpenJVC version of java or whatever it is, but the launcher didn't want to boot.
Minecraft SHOULD work on a Chromebook with an ARM processor.  But as I don't have one, I cannot test this.

[Kniaz]

Could be almost ideal to play a lot of indie games!
I can imagine something like FTL: Faster Than Light, or Hotline Miami running just fine on it.

[SubDaWoofer]

I currently play blockland mainl on my C720, i just installed dev mode *since i like to code stuff up from time to time on a laptop*, installed Trusty 14.04, downloaded wine, and then blockland, yeah its really easy

[Pecon]

Trusty 14.04

You're running Ubuntu 14.04. Trusty is just the release codename.

[DataProxy]

This is damn useful. Teach me your ways, senpai.

[CRITAWAKETS]

Why do you have a chromebook and not a windows laptop? Windows Laptops are quite worth the higher cost because they are more practical.

Try running Command and Conquer: Red Alert. (HARDMODE:Run Tiberian Sun.)