Tidycade 0.4.0 - Ubuntu preview (10 games)

This preview adds OpenHV, clearer Naev and OpenHV covers, Tidycade branding inside the app, and installation progress with Cancel, Retry and a result that survives browser reloads while Tidycade stays running. This is a portable preview for Ubuntu; not every level or computer configuration has been tested.

Download and open

1. Download tidycade-0.4.0-ubuntu-x86_64.tar.gz from Assets below. This is for 64-bit Intel/AMD Ubuntu, not Windows, macOS or ARM.
2. Extract the whole archive to a writable folder. Keep START-HERE.txt and attribution/ with the program.
3. Double-click tidycade-ubuntu-x86_64. A browser must be installed and configured as the default. No Python installation or FUSE setup is needed. If the desktop permits opening executable files, no terminal commands are needed.
4. In Library, choose Install on Pocket the Place for a quick first game. When it finishes, choose Play. Installed games also appear under Installed.

If Ubuntu refuses to open the program, use Properties > Permissions to allow executing it as a program. Do not run as root or automatically bypass security warnings. Desktop prompts vary.

What's included

The library has ten games: Pocket the Place, Platform Pests, OpenTTD, SuperTuxKart, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Xonotic, Naev, OpenTyrian, Widelands and OpenHV. Games download separately when you choose Install; some need over 1 GB. Third-party games come unchanged from official sources. Hardware requirements still apply.

Offline support varies by game. Internet is required to install games; the full library has not been tested for offline use.

Downloads and saves

Keep Tidycade running during installation. Reloading or closing the browser does not stop the job while Tidycade is running. Quitting Tidycade or rebooting interrupts downloads; they restart from the beginning. Results are not saved across launcher restarts.

Keep home/ beside the program when updating. Uninstall keeps launcher save folders. Browser-game progress depends on using the same browser profile and game address; changing either can make progress unavailable. Some native games also save settings in your normal user folders.

Limits

• This is a portable preview: extract first, then open. It is not an automatic installer or a one-download-click launch.
• Installation and opening have been checked; not every level or hardware configuration has been tested.
• Xonotic shows its own service terms; you decide whether to accept them.
• Windows Test 2 is separate, with five games and native Windows compatibility still unverified. Do not use this Ubuntu executable on Windows.
• Artwork credits, source links and licences are in attribution/. The Naev/OpenHV covers are representative project screenshots, not a claim that they were captured in the exact shipped game versions.

The optional .sha256 file checks download integrity. Archive SHA-256: ba6680b2d13a9aea70ded743299de2979d4f516935881cc87a8fbef6e598d988.

Choose the named Ubuntu archive, not GitHub's automatic Source code links. Those contain the downloads page, not the launcher. Earlier releases remain available unchanged.