Category: Crowdfunding

Game Develop is an interesting bit of kit, as it's like GameMaker, Clickteam's Fusion and Scirra's Construct 2 in the way of letting you create games without programming. They need funding to make their Ubuntu support better.

Dead Mans's Trail is a pretty fun looking zombie survival & travel game in the spirit of Organ Trail, with plenty of differences to keep you interested.

Chaos Reborn is the newest major Kickstarter to pop up, from one developer I highly respect for creating the original X-COM strategy game.

Previously DUELYST wasn't going to include Linux support at all, now the developers have stated it will be in their first stretch goal due to "overwhelming demand", so I dug deeper.

Hyper Light Drifter is the fantastic looking 2D action RPG that got funded via Kickstarter, in the announcement of it coming to Playstation devices as well as Linux there is some great new footage.

Among the Sleep is a first person horror adventure, in which you play a two year old child. The new trailer is simply amazing.

Time to get excited again folks, Satellite Reign the crowdfunded real-time class-based strategy game that is from the creator of Syndicate Wars has shown off some footage!

Good news everyone! The UnEarth Initiative have done their Linux testing and they have announced via carrier pidgeon that they will infact be able to offer Linux support without a stretch goal on their campaign, hooray!

Another fortnight has gone by, and The Funding Crowd is back to put you up to speed with the latest movements in the crowdfunding scene.

Proven Lands is a game I have been following for some-time, it has finally come to Kickstarter with Linux support as standard. Proven Lands is a beautiful science-fiction sandbox roguelike, procedurally generated and studded with an AI storyteller.

This is a sore spot for any Linux gamer who backed 7 Days To Die on Kickstarter, months on end after the Kickstarter has finished, and still no Linux version in sight.

A new game jam is about to start named "Procedural Death Jam" that is aimed at giving OpenGameArt some needed exposure, and to get the term Procedural Death Labyrinth some exposure too.

The UnEarth Initiative is a science fiction game created by veteran developers of the classic Playstation 2 Ratchet & Clank series. This 3D Sim mixes humor and charm with the deep gameplay of building and exploration on a previously undiscovered planet.

You have all been waiting for this, haven't you! Carmageddon Reincarnation will go into early access next month and we have a new video of it for you.

This is very interesting, Nothing To Hide is a game where you are your own watchdog, a game of anti-stealth and it looks pretty cool.

Leadwerks has come a very long way since the initial Kickstarter campaign, there is now a 3rd beta available for certain backers.

The Funding Crowd is back with its 28th instalment, and less than a fortnight after the previous issue! So gather 'round crowdfunders from across the globe to read about the latest Linux gaming projects worth forking your cash on.

Platinum Arts Sandbox Game Maker is an easy to use Game Maker featuring in game and coop editing based on the Cube 2 Engine. Now Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight Projects have been launched to greatly accelerate and increase the features in the engine.

Fans of The Book of Unwritten Tales will probably be excited by this one. King Art Games have put up The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 on Kickstarter and it got funded in just over a day!

The Funding Crowd is finally back! Somewhat later than we intended, but making it is what matters the most rather than making it fast, as they say.