Superfluous Returnz
The unnecessary video game of a useless superhero
Ptilouk.net Studios ✓ Verified
net.ptilouk.superfluousThe unnecessary video game of the useless superhero: a humorous point-and-click adventure with cartoonish graphics.
The action takes place in Fochougny, a very quiet French village where the billionaire Harpagon Lonion lives. He regularly dresses up as Superfluous, a very useless superhero in such a peaceful countryside...
Helped by his assistant Sophie, who tries to somehow temper the enthusiasm of her employer, he will try to put his hands on the mysterious apple thief who terrorizes the orchards of Fochougny...
- Can you identify this offender?
- Will you finally discover a criminal of your stature?
- Will you find him in this charming village?
Features
- Immerse yourself in a colorful universe in the style of a 2D cartoon
- Wander quietly through the village of Fochougny, an open world
- Solve puzzles, find secret codes, pick up items, combine them, talk to people from Fochougny to try to figure out what happened
- Play with the mouse in the pure tradition of point-and-click games, or choose gamepad or touchscreen controls
- Enjoy finely cut dialogues and omnipresent humor (the quality of the jokes is non-contractual)
- Relax playing a game where you can't lose, die or get stuck (but where you can to tear your hair out trying to solve some puzzles
- hair implants are not provided)
- Play at your own pace: with or without hints to help you progress
- Text dialogues available in English, French and Italian
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v1.6.127 Aug 2024
RELEASE MANAGEMENT
- Update target Android version to 14 (API level 34)
BUG FIXES
- Add a missing include that could trigger a compilation error on some
v1.6.020 Dec 2023
RELEASE MANAGEMENT
- License change (from GPL to MIT)
- Add a way to handle an external console port
- Fix compilation on Visual Studio
- Separate packaged and unpackaged compilation
- Game now depends on SDL2 Image *or* LZ4 (depending on packaged
- SCAP is moved to its own cmake project
- Build 32 and 64 bits Gnunux versions
INTERFACE AND MENUS
- Better distribution of items when some are ignored (Android, port)
- Add support for button for free licensed sharing
BUG FIXES
- Crash when disconnecting gamepads connected during pause
- Text images were not split and could overflow max texture size on
GAME ENGINE
- Gamepad rumble
- Several optimizations
v1.5.59 Oct 2023
BUG FIXES
- Fix characters ignoring goto when entering new rooms
v1.5.414 Sept 2023
BUG FIXES
- Looped actions could get stuck after dialog choices
- Fix last line of dialog not disappear if moving


