The issue you’re seeing is not one of 32/64 bit, it’s that node-webkit has a hardcoded dependency on libudev.so.0, whereas most distributions nowadays use libudev.so.1.*. The Arch Linux installer for node-webkit does a symlink from /usr/lib32/libudev.so.1 to /usr/lib32/libudev.so.0, and the same should be possible to do on Ubuntu. Hope that helps you.
thanks for that…i did try setting up a symlink but will have another look at it tonight.
looking forward to giving the 64 bit deb a go…
ln -s /usr/lib32/libudev.so.1 /usr/lib32/libudev.so.0
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/lib32/libudev.so.0’: File exists
tried 64 bit libudev0 from here
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/FyszF27mzIc
nothing. tried installing chrome-stable (already got chromium)…nothing.
argh!
giving up.
Ah, sorry, for 64-bit, you have to symlink /usr/lib/libudev.so.0 to /usr/lib/libudev.so.1, not /usr/lib32.
Alright folks. New deb, rpm, and tar.gz files are coming your way soon! I was able to get the sound working on Ubuntu. Also a sidenote: Fedora 18 users cannot play this game right now due to the libudev.so.0 issue. If you are on Fedora do NOT upgrade to 18 yet. Also if you are on Fedora please install Ubuntu and have more fun =P
Also note that this should fix most if not all of your dependency issues. So just double click the deb file and install via software center and it will work. You may have to actually search for it in unity to find it
I am also having issues with installing this game in Ubuntu 13.04. Initially I had this problem but re-downloading the .deb and trying again resolved it now when I try to run the game i get this error
gilligan@ThinkPad-T430u:~$ gamedevtycoon
gamedevtycoon: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I tried this and it did not work for me, here’s the result…
gilligan@ThinkPad-T430u:~$ cd Downloads
gilligan@ThinkPad-T430u:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i gamedevtycoon-1.3.1.deb
[sudo] password for gilligan:
(Reading database … 195990 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gamedevtycoon 1.3.1 (using gamedevtycoon-1.3.1.deb) …
Unpacking replacement gamedevtycoon …
Setting up gamedevtycoon (1.3.1) …
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon …
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index…
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils …
Processing triggers for gnome-menus …
gilligan@ThinkPad-T430u:~/Downloads$ gamedevtycoon
gamedevtycoon: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I tried this and it didnt work for me 
gilligan@ThinkPad-T430u:~$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libudev.so.1.* /usr/lib/libudev.so.0
[sudo] password for gilligan:
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/lib/libudev.so.0’: File exists
gilligan@ThinkPad-T430u:~$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libudev.so.1.3.3 /usr/lib/libudev.so.0
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/lib/libudev.so.0’: File exists
gilligan@ThinkPad-T430u:~$ gamedevtycoon
gamedevtycoon: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
are there any work arounds for Ubuntu 13.04 64bit?
There are probably more missing libraries…
sudo apt-get install libnss3:i386
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This is my Terminal output from doing an Install via the Terminal
roland@steelers:~$ cd Downloads
roland@steelers:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i gamedevtycoon-1.3.1.deb
[sudo] password for roland:
(Reading database … 341709 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gamedevtycoon 1.3.1 (using gamedevtycoon-1.3.1.deb) …
Unpacking replacement gamedevtycoon …
Setting up gamedevtycoon (1.3.1) …
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon …
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index…
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils …
Processing triggers for gnome-menus …
roland@steelers:~/Downloads$
Double clicking the Game Dev Tycoon icon in Dash doesn’t do anything.
This is my Terminal output from doing a Symlink
roland@steelers:~$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libudev.so.1.* /usr/lib/libudev.so.0
roland@steelers:~$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libudev.so.1.3.3 /usr/lib/libudev.so.0
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/lib/libudev.so.0’: File exists
roland@steelers:~$
Double clicking the Game Dev Tycoon icon in Dash also doesn’t do anything
Starting to get annoyed now.
Roland
@Roland, your install appears to have been successful, but have you tried running the game via the terminal rather than using the shortcut?
Off the top of my head, I’d say you’ll probably want to type
roland@steelers:~$ gamedevtycoon
and then copy/paste the output here.
well that did change the error message…
gilligan@ThinkPad-T430u:~$ gamedevtycoon
gamedevtycoon: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
yup, this is correct
This is the output
roland@steelers:~$ gamedevtycoon
gamedevtycoon: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
roland@steelers:~$
Roland
that appears to be the same error a lot of the people here are posting about.