"FrankenDrift": Play ADRIFT games on Mac and Linux

Version 0.7.0 – updates that make you go “whoa, that’s fast!”

[taps mic] Hello? Is this thing still on?

This update should mostly fix, or at least delay, the slowdowns in the Gtk/Linux version that @jjmcc noted here. On my machine, the new version runs through the walkthrough of ‘Race against Time’ in about seven seconds, down from over a minute on the previous version. As a last resort, I have also added a ‘Clear Screen’ option that gets rid of all text and should restore performance.

(Edit: I should note that this update also has some new download options for Linux users, so you may want to re-read the Readme.)

(This update also contains a bunch of code and changes related to Gargoyle integration, which is now essentially complete on the FrankenDrift side. What remains to be done is all the boring fiddly build system adjustments that I couldn’t be bothered with for now…)

Note 2024-08-26: the Mac builds have been recompiled and re-issued with different build settings so they should no longer crash on startup.

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