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Unepic 2D NES Style Platformer-RPG Is Still In The Works For Linux

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The community manager for Unepic a fun looking 2D Platformer-RPG has confirmed that the Linux port has made "good headway", so we should hopefully see it this year.

News comes from the Steam forum:
QuoteThis is still being worked on. I've received a progress report over the last month from Fran that it's making good headway. The work done on the WiiU port is providing a solid springboard for both the Linux and Mac versions to proceed well.

I don't have much more to say than I've been told it's making good progress and is still an intended release.

Jacklifear
Community Manager
www.unepicgame.com

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It is interesting to see a developer go from WiiU -> Linux/Mac, I wonder what about the WiiU port makes it easier to bring to our platform?

I have been wanting to play this game since I first heard about it, anyone else with me on that? It's really good to see that it is still coming our way.

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3 comments

electrichobo Mar 25, 2014
I played the game on Windows when i still had it installed. It's a good bit of fun, although the humour may not be for everyone. It's nothing offensive, just occasionally very lame, the kind you get from six year olds. Aside from a couple Smell my fart-jokes, the general atmosphere was enjoyable. The combat is quite exactly as it seems in the trailer, you have some room for tactics but it's basically hack'n'slash > retreat for a potion > repeat, with the better man eventually coming on top. Magic gave the game a real nice change regarding combat in particular. It's not easy.

I didn't finish the game, i got stuck on a boss somewhere around mid-game, but that was 10-15 hours in already so it's not too short either. As with any game, one could rush through faster. I explored everything.
Alzarath Mar 26, 2014
That's what I get for not logging into Steam for a few days. Honestly surprised I even got a response. It does look fun, from what I've seen. That's definitely getting it added to my wishlist.
CFWhitman Mar 26, 2014
It could be that porting the game to any platform other than the original helps with most other ports because the code has to be cleaned up and made more generally portable. Of course there is also the possibility that they had to make it work with OpengGL or some other more universal library for the Wii version, and that is also available for Linux and OS X.
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