I thought I'd post this in case someone else ends up encountering the same problem. I've updated all of my games that are GNU/Linux compatible, and have been installing them via sh command in the terminal. So far, my games have been installing without a hitch.

Volgarr, on the other hand, installs with a repeatable glitch/bug. After installation, clicking on any of the created shortcuts does nothing, nor does clicking the "start.sh" icon in the main folder itself.

I've found the problem with the installation layout itself. The shell script is fine, it's the folder layout. For some reason the installer puts the "lib" folder in the main directory instead of the "game" folder. So essentially the script points to the "executable" but not the libs, so it can't find everything and doesn't start.

If you run into this problem, you have two choices:

1) edit the shell script to point to the main directory where the "lib" folder was originally installed.

2) grab the "lib" folder and drop it in the "game" folder.

I chose number 2. Done and Done.

Of course, once you uninstall, you'll have to manually delete the folder in the GOG directory since it doesn't know why there's a folder in the "game" folder. Obviously, there's something screwy with the installer script itself.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the tips, unfortunately it didn't change anything for me.

I'm using Linux Mint 17.2.
Just like in your case, nothing happened when I tried to start the game.
I've dropped the "lib" folder into the "game" folder now and still nothing happens when I use the desktop shortcut, the start.sh or der executable in the "game" folder. :/

Any ideas?

What installer file are you using? I didn't have any trouble launching the game (Jessie based distro), but I might have been running the game directly. I will check on this later when I'm back home.

First, don't move the lib folder. The start.sh file expects it to be in the same folder as it is. Extracted the above and the game ran without any problem for me. Do you have all the prerequisites installed: libc6:i386, libasound2:i386, libasound2-data:i386, libasound2-plugins:i386, libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 and dependencies.

Ok. Downloaded it again and installed it. Still won't start.

I've checked my libs and all of those were either already installed or nonexistent in Mint's repo.

☑ libc6:i386
☑ libasound2:i386
◻ libasound2-data:i386
(☑ libasound2-data)
☑ libasound2-plugins:i386
◻ libsdl2-2.0-0:i386
(☑ libsdl2-2.0-0)

Possible multiarch issue? Except you appear to already have it enabled. If that didn't help, what happens from a terminal when you run from the "game" folder:

Strange, because (see attachment)

Hmm, German. Try: If doesn't help see what these say:

./Volgarr: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL2-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory C
C.UTF-8
de_AT.utf8
de_BE.utf8
de_CH.utf8
de_DE.utf8
de_LI.utf8
de_LU.utf8
en_AG
en_AG.utf8
en_AU.utf8
en_BW.utf8
en_CA.utf8
en_DK.utf8
en_GB.utf8
en_HK.utf8
en_IE.utf8
en_IN
en_IN.utf8
en_NG
en_NG.utf8
en_NZ.utf8
en_PH.utf8
en_SG.utf8
en_US.utf8
en_ZA.utf8
en_ZM
en_ZM.utf8
en_ZW.utf8
POSIX Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-version.c: 224: _dl_check_map_versions: Assertion `needed != ((void *)0)' failed!

Same as here. When's the last time you rebooted?

I reboot several times a day and have my PC completely shut down when I'm not at home and awake.
*lol* I hope this isn't an issue since standards may have changed a bit in this regard.

I've sent a support request a while ago and have just posted the information in the thread you mentioned, thanks for the direction, maybe someone has an idea.

Try installing libsdl2-2.0-0:i386

Where can I get it? It's not in Mint's standard repo and I didn't find it anywhere else right now.