Twin Blades on modern PCs: Resanctified
Twin Blades came out for Windows Phone 7 in 2010. The phones are gone and the game can no longer be bought or installed. Resanctified is a free, non-commercial port that keeps it playable on current Windows and Linux PCs.
What the port does
- Moves the original XNA game to .NET 10 and MonoGame DesktopGL, so it runs natively on Windows and Linux (x64).
- Releases are self-contained: no .NET install needed. The Linux build also bundles SDL2 and OpenAL.
- An optional HD texture pack at twice the original resolution, upscaled from the original art. The game falls back to the original textures when HD is off.
- A resizable window, starting at 960×640.
Download and play
Get the archive for your system from the latest release and unpack it. Keep the whole folder together, since the game loads its content from next to the executable.
Linux
tar -xzf Resanctified-v1.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
./Resanctified-linux-x64/ResanctifiedIf the archive was repacked on Windows and the executable bit got lost, run chmod +x Resanctified.
Windows
Unzip Resanctified-v1.0-win-x64.zip and double-click Resanctified.exe.
Window size and saves
Start with a bigger window:
./Resanctified --window 1440x960Saves and settings go to ~/.local/share/Resanctified on Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Resanctified on Windows.
Copyright
Twin Blades and all of its original code, art, music, sounds and text are ©2010 Press Start Studio. All rights reserved. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Press Start Studio, its publisher, Microsoft or any other rights holder. It is free, carries no ads, and no money is made from it.
If you own rights in Twin Blades and want the project changed or taken down, open an issue on GitHub and it will be done promptly.