When I released the Ubuntu version 5 days ago I compiled and tested the version on my local Ubuntu development system. I released the fasteroids-f61c7cb-Ubuntu.zip based on the fact that the binary file ran on my system. I didn't realize that GMS wouldn't include/build necessary dependencies into the file. If you downloaded and unzipped the Ubuntu binary then tried to run it you probably got ... nothing. Whenever something like this happens to me I try running it from the command line because issues with software often output some useful information if you try running it from the command line. On Tuesday someone asked me about Fasteroids and I happened to be sitting in front of an Xubuntu 18.04 system, so I downloaded it and ... nothing. Then I ran it from the terminal and discovered it was looking for libcurl as a dependency.

So, if you've downloaded fasteroids-f61c7cb-Ubuntu.zip, and unpacked it you might want to install libcurl4 if you're using *buntu 18.04:

sudo apt install libcurl4

After this happened I decided that it was finally time I try to make my own .deb file since GMS no longer seems to create .deb files (version 1.4 of GMS did, but it too failed to add information about packages *buntu requires to run compiled games). 

The file fasteroids_1.0-1_amd64.deb is identical in terms of game play as fasteroids-f61c7cb-Ubuntu.zip, but it includes an icon file and puts the binary file and assets in /usr/bin so it can be executed by anyone on the system. Which version you choose is up to you:

• fasteroids-f61c7cb-Ubuntu.zip is better in the sense that it only runs in the local account, but you'll have to manually install libcurl4
• fasteroids_1.0-1_amd64.deb is a debian package, it installs to /usr/bin, but you can easily remove it with sudo apt remove fasteroids.

The Windows version remains the same.

I have made some code updates to Fasteroids but I'm not quite happy with some of the artwork and code changes. Things are committed to version control, but it probably won't be ready until I've worked out a few more details.