--- title: Install woodlanders-launcher on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of woodlanders-launcher for on elementary OS - Woodlanders (Alpha) game launcher and updater url: https://snapcraft.io/install/woodlanders-launcher/elementary --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install woodlanders-launcher on **elementary OS** # woodlanders-launcher [Easy Smart Apps (gcclinux)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/gcclinux "View all snaps from Easy Smart Apps (gcclinux)") * [Easy Smart Apps (gcclinux)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/gcclinux "View all snaps from Easy Smart Apps (gcclinux)") * [Games](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=games) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/woodlanders-launcher/elementary#install) #### Woodlanders (Alpha) game launcher and updater ## About the Game (Early Alpha) ``` You wake beneath a quiet pixel sky—no prophecy to follow, no quest log to obey—just wind over grass, rain that sometimes drifts in, birds crossing the horizon, and a compass that remembers where you began. This is Woodlanders in its earliest form: an open, living sandbox still knitting itself together night by night. ``` ### What Doesn’t Exist Yet ``` * No scripted lore * No story campaign * No endgame arc Instead: a procedural world, emerging systems, trees that fall and return, hunger that presses forward, bamboo that begins as a promise and grows if you give it time. > Every mechanic you touch is a foundation stone. Every small imperfection is an invitation. ``` ### How Builds Work ``` * 🧩 Minimal installer: one download * 🔍 Auto-checks for new versions * 🌒 Evening + daily pushes: sometimes subtle tuning, sometimes new possibilities * 🧭 You’re ahead of the map — your feedback carves the path ``` ### What to Expect ``` | Don’t Expect | Do Expect | |------------------|------------| | Polish | Potential | | Finished loops | Change | | Full narrative | Emergence | | Packed world | Quiet moments | Moments where the world feels sparse—and others where sudden rain or a line of birds makes it feel briefly alive. That contrast is the frontier. ``` ### Your Impact ``` If you explore, plant, test, nudge the edges, and tell us what you felt—you help shape what comes next: * 🔨 Crafting * 🏗️ Building * 🌅 Day/Night cycle * 🐾 Creatures * 🔊 Sound & ambience * 📖 Future story arcs **Woodlanders isn’t finished — it’s becoming.** > Join early. Wander freely. Grow it with us. **Tagline**: Woodlanders — not a story yet, just the dawn before one. > 🐦 Optional share: “I’m playing Woodlanders in its alpha dawn—no story yet, just systems waking up. Exploring while it learns to become a world.” > 💬 Status: **Earliest Alpha Phase** > 🔁 Updates: **Daily / Evening incremental builds** > 📥 Installer: **Single download – auto-update enabled** > 🗺️ Story Mode: **Not yet implemented** > 🧪 Your Role: Explorer, tester, trail maker Woodlanders Launcher is a JavaFX desktop app for the [Woodlanders]() game. It automatically checks for updates, downloads the latest client from GitHub releases, caches it locally, and launches the game with a single click. ``` ## Features ``` * ✅ **Automatic Updates** — checks GitHub for the latest game version * ✅ **Smart Caching** — downloads and caches game files to `${HOME}/.config/woodlanders/` * ✅ **Version Detection** — compares local and remote versions with SHA-256 * ✅ **One-Click Launch** — simple, intuitive interface to play * ✅ **Cross-Platform** — Windows and Linux (Snap/TAR.GZ) ``` ### Package name * woodlanders-launcher --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * 4 December 2025 - latest/stable --- ### Websites * [gcclinux.github.io](https://gcclinux.github.io/woodlanders/ "https://gcclinux.github.io/woodlanders/") * [github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders-launcher](https://github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders-launcher "https://github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders-launcher") --- ### Contact * [github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders/discussions](https://github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders/discussions "https://github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders/discussions") --- ### Donations * [github.com/sponsors/gcclinux](https://github.com/sponsors/gcclinux "https://github.com/sponsors/gcclinux") --- ### Source code * [github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders](https://github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders "https://github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders/issues](https://github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders/issues "https://github.com/gcclinux/woodlanders/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/woodlanders-launcher/elementary#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install woodlanders-launcher Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install woodlanders-launcher To install woodlanders-launcher, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install woodlanders-launcher ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/woodlanders-launcher/elementary) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. 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