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Indie Game The Movie won't be on steam for linux just yet

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If you were interested in getting your copy of Indie Game The Movie activated on Steam for Linux you will sadly have to wait a while!

I decided to contact the guys behind it to find out why we didn't have the movie in our library’s yet and theyreplied:
QuoteHi Liam, 

We want to have the Steam version available for Linux. Our developer wizard, Adam Satsman, is trying to make that work. But, it's apparently not easy as flipping a switch. He needs to do some code magic to make it work with Steamworks & Adobe Air. So, we'd love to, but it's tricky! Maybe, in the future!

Lisanne

Luckily you can still buy it directly from their website DRM Free and also in the humble weekly right now if you pay more than the average.

I do find it more than a bit odd that they need to use Adobe Air for a movie, I wonder what for?

Is the movie anygood? Can't say I have ever watched any indie films, I own it through Humble but can't push myself to watch it, should I? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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richie442 Jul 25, 2013
This movie is really good, i bought it throughHiB a time ago.. but why Adobe Air..?.... Why?
xeranas 11 years Jul 25, 2013
My guess would be that 'Adobe Air' needed for some sort of copy protection (maybe?).

I watch this move before (from earlier humble). The only thing what I miss on movie - more indie devs stories.
km3k Jul 25, 2013
Quoting: xeranasMy guess would be that 'Adobe Air' needed for some sort of copy protection (maybe?).
That could be, but they have a DRM-free version already, so it seems strange for it to be about copy protection. I think it's just what they've been using on Windows, so they don't want to change to new tech for Linux. They added achievements and trading cards recently, so I assume they're using Adobe Air to hook into that Steam API stuff.
Sabun Jul 25, 2013
It was a pretty good movie, a tad on the depressing side though. Very realistic understanding of games development, gave me a better comprehension of the indie process.
Guest Jul 25, 2013
I liked the movie overall, but their choice in developers was less than fantastic.

Jonathan Blow, Tommy Refenes and Phil Fish have all had their high horse moments that erked me a lot -- particularly with regards to Linux.
muntdefems Jul 25, 2013
Exactly. Ed McMillen was the only one I could empathize with.
Lord Avallon Jul 25, 2013
I bought it in HiB too and it´s very good, it´s interesting to see how a project is made and all the difficulties these guys had to overcome, but I agree with people here who say it should havemore indie developers stories.
DrMcCoy Jul 25, 2013
I'll join the general "Barf, Adobe Air" sentiment.
muntdefems Jul 25, 2013
What I don't get is why would anyone want to watch a movie on Steam? Do you also get achievements, or badges, or whatever?
km3k Jul 25, 2013
Quoting: muntdefemsWhat I don't get is why would anyone want to watch a movie on Steam? Do you also get achievements, or badges, or whatever?

Yes, there's achievements, trading cards, and badges.

http://steamcommunity.com/stats/207080/achievements
http://steamcommunity.com/id/km3k/gamecards/207080/
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