With alsa-lib 1.1.7+ something breaks as the game tries to use OSS' /dev/dsp which i imagine is a fallback in case ALSA doesnt work.
Unfortunately there is nothing in logs about ALSA.
[0.17.x] linux sound troubles
Re: [0.17.x] linux sound troubles
I'm having this problem in Ubuntu 19.04 beta. It seems this problem was already posted and put in the "Not a bug" section. viewtopic.php?f=23&t=64446
Re: [0.17.x] linux sound troubles
We'll use PulseAudio starting with 0.17.54, which should hopefully fix whatever issue you're having.