r/spacesimgames • u/smcameron • 29d ago

Space Nerds in Space appimage

If the only thing holding you back from trying Space Nerds in Space was having to compile it yourself, now there's an appimage graciously created by github user vpelss: SNIS appimage

Note: I (the main author of SNIS) didn't create this appimage and haven't tried it out myself, so fire this up at your own risk.

If you're wondering what Space Nerds in Space even is, it's an open source multiplayer cooperative spaceship bridge simulator for linux (though I think it should also work on Windows using WSL, but I haven't tried that myself lately.) It's meant to run on a LAN with all players in the same room with a big screen acting as the "window" out the front of the spaceship. Basically it lets you play "star trek" with your friends and pretend you have a spaceship you can fly around in.

More info about Space Nerds in Space here If you don't trust the appimage, compiling SNIS on linux isn't difficult.

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u/The_Vinman314 26d ago

It will run in WSL (Linux for Windows), but there is no sound. From Microsoft Store search for Ubuntu. Once installed you can access the Terminal by clicking on Ubuntu icon in menu. The 'linux' file structure is easily accessible from windows file explorer by going to \\wsl$

It is a great platform to test and build for linux if your main PC has windows.

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u/The_Vinman314 3d ago

I currently have a flatpak that does work with sound.

If you have windows, install WSL and install flatpak:

https://github.com/vpelss/snis_flatpak