Columns

About

Columns is a clone of the original Columns puzzle game, built on the DGEngine 2D game engine, with sprites for the original bundled directly in the repository (in the gamefilesc folders) along with xbrz-upscaled graphics.

How it differs from the original

The clone supports local 2-player play with separate control schemes (arrow keys for player 1, WASD-based keys for player 2), and unfinished games are automatically saved on exit.

Getting started

Original game assets are bundled with the repository, so it runs out of the box; for music, VGM tracks need to be converted to ogg and placed in the bgm folder, or the Game_Music_Emu dependency installed. Settings, including shaders, can be changed by pressing F1 after starting.

Additional notes

Portable mode

A portable mode is supported by creating a folder named 'portable' next to the DGEngine binary (or, for the Linux AppImage, a folder matching the AppImage's name plus '.home').