Temporal Thievery is a bank robbing puzzle game with time travel. Rob your way through the wild west, modern banks, top-secret government facilities, and more by solving puzzles and jumping across timelines.
In order to compile the game, you will need to install MonoGame and .NET 8.0 and 3.1. If you use VSCode, the project settings should allow you to simply press F5 to run the game on Windows and Linux (other platforms and IDEs not yet tested). Otherwise, you can use dotnet build to build the project from the command line.
On Ubuntu and related distros, I would recommend obtaining the .NET SDKs directly from Microsoft's website. Select the binaries that match your architecture, download the .deb package, and follow Microsoft's instructions on the following page to install the SDKs.
- .NET 8.0: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0
- .NET 3.1: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/3.1
You may also need to install libssl1.1 and Arial.
Additionally, the trireme branch requires access to the Trireme library, which is incomplete and has not yet been released as of the writing of this document.
If you want to try the most recent build of Temporal Thievery, go to this page, download the zip file, and run the executable inside. Only Windows is supported - this will change eventually.
There's currently an issue where various antiviruses falsely flag Temporal Thievery as a virus. I can confirm it is not, and if you do not believe me then you can look at the source code and the workflow that generated the executable yourself, or scan the files with VirusTotal.
If you are using Windows and Windows Defender falsely flags Temporal Thievery, you can create an exception for it by following these steps:
Open Virus & threat protection settings and select "manage settings"
Scroll down and select "Add or remove exclusions"
Select "Add an exclusion", then "Process"
Type in TemporalThievery.exe and select "add"
DISCLAIMER: THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
(In English: Temporal Thievery is in early development and I can't guarantee that it's 100% stable. If you download the game, then you accept the risk.)