Tidycade Files

Tidycade 0.6.0 for Ubuntu

Gameplay previews now change every three seconds while you point at or select a supported game card with the keyboard. Move away to stop the preview. Some games still use one cover image; more previews will follow.

The compact cards, readable cover titles, green download progress and keyboard selection are retained. Full artwork credits and licences are in each game's Credits button. Game libraries are unchanged: ten on Ubuntu, eight on Windows.

Download and open

1. Download tidycade-0.6.0-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.
3. Double-click tidycade-ubuntu-x86_64. The library opens in your default browser. No Python installation is needed.
4. Choose a game, Install, then Play. Pocket the Place is a small first download. Installed games also appear under Installed.

A browser must be installed and set as the default. If Ubuntu refuses to run the program, use Properties > Permissions to allow executing it as a program. Do not run as root or automatically bypass security warnings. Keep START-HERE.txt and attribution/ with the program.

Games

Pocket the Place, Platform Pests, OpenTTD, SuperTuxKart, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Xonotic, Naev, OpenTyrian, Widelands and OpenHV.

Games download separately when you choose Install. Internet is required to install them; larger downloads can exceed 1 GB. Third-party packages come unchanged from their official sources. Hardware requirements and first-run prompts still apply. Offline support varies by game. Installation and opening have been checked, not every level or computer configuration. Xonotic has its own first-run service terms.

Downloads and saves

Installation shows progress, Cancel and Retry. Keep Tidycade running during downloads. Reloading or closing the browser does not stop installation while the program is running. Quitting Tidycade or rebooting interrupts downloads; they restart from the beginning. Installation results do not persist 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. Some native games also save settings in their normal user folders.

Other downloads

Windows Test 5 is separate and has eight games. Earlier releases remain available. Choose the named archive, not GitHub's automatic Source code links, which contain the downloads page rather than the launcher.

The optional .sha256 file checks download integrity. Archive SHA-256: d619756a27345ec602f193d73a50b973b5e005834585f12992a480defd0067fc.