Here you can grab free unofficial version of precompiled binaries to check it out:
http://distractionware.com/blog/2014/06/outer-space/
Source code:
https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV
I failed to compile it under Tahrpup_x86 but it worked out under Bionicpup_x64.
Here is my issue on github why (possible reason is old SLD2):
https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV/issues/39
