Super Mario Bros. & Midas Machine - 25th Anniversary Edition

[Louis Paul]

You can use Proton via Steam, and while I haven't tested it, it should work. Just add it as a non-Steam game. Using a VM isn't actually a very good way to experience the game on Linux, the readme should probably be updated on that.

Thanks for the tip @Mors, I followed the instructions of this repository to run Proton outside of Steam:
https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher

With that, I tried it again to run on Linux with Proton and this time worked, it even recognized my PS1 controller:

We have tried it, it's just not viable. This is a game that started development in the mid-2000s, and there's a lot of code that relies on things that current versions of GameMaker don't have. I have plans to replace certain components of GameMaker 8 that can cause compatibility issues (like controller support) but the plan right now is to stick with GM8 otherwise.

@Louis Paul Yep, this was the Highly Classified Project I mentioned! I dropped a few breadcrumbs but wanted to keep this under wraps so it would be a big surprise.
It would be quite difficult to port this game to GM Studio. I can't say it's impossible, but for now we're focusing on getting the remaining levels done and fixing bugs rather than experimenting with major architectural changes.

That's okay, I understand that the priority for the moment is to finish the levels and fix the bugs.

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