
Setup for building and running the game in a VirtualBox machine


1. Download VirtualBox

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads


2. Get an ubuntu iso image

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

x64 22.04 LTS is recommended


3. Create a virtual box machine

Click New
Name the machine, and select matching type and version
30GB virtual harddisk should be enough

Settings->Display->video    Set 128 MB video memory
Settings->Display->video    Uncheck "Enable 3D Acceleration" if checked
Settings->General->Advanced Set desired Shared Clipboard

Settings->Shared folders    Add any host folders you want to "Machine Folders"

Click Start

Mount the image from 2
Devices->CD/DVD Devices->Choose...

Install Linux

4. Install the guest additions

Open a terminal
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
> sudo apt-get install build-essential module-assistant
> sudo m-a prepare
VirtualBox Menu->Devices->Insert Guest Additions CD image
Follow the autostart
To access shared folders from 3 do
> sudo adduser YOUR_USERNAME vboxsf

restart

(5. Install the required libs to build)

Open a terminal
> (sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev)  (for fnt_comp utility)
> (sudo apt-get install libsdl2-2.0-0)
> (sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev)

6. Check out and build

In the terminal stand in the folder you want to checkout to
> unzip boulder-1.01.zip
> cd boulder-1.01/build/linux
> make all
> make install
> cd ../../exe/linux_<os_type> (Replace <os_type> with your installed linux type, either x86 or x64)
> ./boulder

You should get around 50 FPS
