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Dirk Dashing: Secret Agent released for Linux

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My Game Company is pleased to announce the release of Dirk Dashing: Secret Agent 1.0 for Linux!

LA MESA, CA, USA - October 28, 2006 - My Game Company is pleased to announce the release of Dirk Dashing: Secret Agent 1.0 for Linux!



Dirk Dashing is the number one operative in the top-secret organization called G.O.O.D. (Government Operatives On Duty), whose mission is to protect the world from terrorists and power-mad megalomaniacs. His missions take him to many exotic locales, where he must face dangerous enemies, avoid traps, and solve baffling puzzles in order to save the day!



As Dirk Dashing, you have been assigned to recover the seven largest diamonds in the world, which have been stolen from a museum exhibit by the international jewel thief, Pique Pockette. Your mission takes you to the Bavarian Alps of Southern Germany, where you will explore thirty spectacular, hand-painted levels in search of the stolen diamonds. Along the way, you will collect stolen loot and battle a horde of E.V.I.L. agents who are also hunting for the diamonds.



Dirk Dashing features:



- No blood, no gore, no fist-fights - Dirk throws knockout gas grenades and uses non-lethal means to defeat his enemies
- 30 huge levels to explore, including 3 secret levels - each level is packed with secret areas and hidden treasures
- Cool spy gadgets that help you complete your mission
- A wide variety of hand-drawn, animated characters
- Spectacular hand-painted graphics, done with acrylic paints and watercolors
- Parallax scrolling with up to 16 graphic layers, for an exciting 3D look
- A rich collection of zany cartoon sound effects
- An original, upbeat music soundtrack
- Play using keyboard, joystick, or game pad
- Ability to save your game progress at any point



Dirk Dashing: Secret Agent runs natively on Linux, without the need for any third-party emulation software like WINE or Cedega. The game is compatible with SUSE 10, SUSE 10.1, Fedora Core 5, Debian, Ubuntu 6.0.6, and most recent Linux distributions.



The trial version of Dirk Dashing for Linux can be downloaded online at:



http://mygamecompany.swmirror.com/dirkdashingsetup_linux1_0....



The full version of Dirk Dashing costs $19.99 (USD).



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About My Game Company



Founded in 2003, My Game Company is a family-owned and operated computer game development studio dedicated to providing quality entertainment for children of all ages. Our goal is to produce clean, wholesome games that are original and fun. Our first game, Fashion Cents, was a finalist in the Open Category of the 2004 Independent Games Festival.



For more information about Dirk Dashing: Secret Agent, contact My Game Company at:



E-mail: info@mygamecompany.com
Company site: http://www.mygamecompany.com
Game site: http://www.dirkdashing.com

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Comments (3)

KohlyKohl ·
Its a fun side scrolling game. What really interested me though was the installer it used, bitrock. I've never seen it before and it really was a great program. Its also multiplatform, creates and uninstaller and installs without root access.
GolfHacker Story submitter ·
Thanks for trying our game!

We were very pleased with Bitrock - the installer they provide is top-notch! It makes installing on Linux so much more user-friendly than RPM or other distro-specific mechanisms, and it was much easier on us as developers. As far as I am concerned, it was well worth the money!

However, I should point out that the current version of Bitrock InstallBuilder didn't do one thing we wanted - it did not create the system menu items for us. It creates a desktop shortcut, but no system menu items. Fortunately, though, the installer does provide a mechanism for launching post-install and pre-uninstall scripts, so we were able to create a script to generate the system menu items for us (on LSB-compliant distros) using xdg-desktop-menu. Bitrock did automatically generate an uninstaller, which was great, so we added a convenient menu item for that too.

Bitrock keeps improving their product, so I imagine that soon it will provide a way to create system menu items as part of its basic configuration. I highly recommend Bitrock for any commercial company that wants to provide an easy-to-use installer for their product, and that will work on a wide range of distros.

Troy Hepfner My Game Company
jdixon ·
GolfHacker:

I mentioned the games and your web page to my wife, and it looks like you've already gotten another satisfied customer (once the minor problems with your retailer taking orders over $50 was straightened out). I'll try out the Linux version of Dirk Dashing later, but I don't really use my Linux box for gaming, so I doubt I'll buy it.

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