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The former Linux dev lead from Feral Interactive has moved to Unity

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For those interested to know, the former Linux dev lead at Feral Interactive is now working at Unity.

I noticed earlier this week, as Marc posted a hint about it on his personal Twitter (I need to get me one of those sweet Unity tops to add to my collection). Now I've had a chance to personally speak to him, it's all very much confirmed.

It's funny really, as when I spoke to him previously I asked about porting other games and he said:

I'd aim bigger and work somewhere bringing more than just one game to Linux

Well—a game engine is one way to do it!

This is good, as it means a very popular game engine used by many developers, now has even more Linux expertise in-house. Considering Unity has had a number of rather annoying Linux-specific issues lately, hopefully Unity will continue to get more spit and polish for Linux games.

All the best to Marc on his move.

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Projectile Vomit May 31, 2018
Hey! Maybe there will be a fix on the first Torchlight where we can see the character's faces :D It would also be nice to get this one on Steam. I have both of them, but the first Torchlight is off in its own folder while its sequel is in Steam.

Seriously, though, I think this is an amazing move for exactly the reasons mentioned in the article. As long as Feral continues doing what they do, this is nothing but good news!
PublicNuisance May 31, 2018
I was very confused at first because my mind went to the DE Unity not the game engine Unity. Upon reading makes sense haha. Hopefully he can help make Unity better for LInux because it has gotten steadily worse over the last 6-12 months. Never thought I would see the day I hope for a game to use UE4 over Unity for Linux.
Mountain Man May 31, 2018
It's a good step in the right direction. Now if only we could just get more developers to take advantage of the multi-platform abilities of these engines.
Asu May 31, 2018
ok, this is almost better...
dubigrasu May 31, 2018
Speaking about Linux developers going away, Valve's SteamOS maintainer looks like he's gone too.
John Vert, a developer that according to Linkedin he Ported Steam client to Linux. Built and maintained SteamOS, a Debian Linux derivative aimed at living-room PC devices running Steam Big Picture and Steam games. Ported SteamVR and OpenVR to Linux is now listed there as working for Valve from Sept 2012 to Feb 2018.
He was active on SteamOS forum until April though.
edo May 31, 2018
more linux people on unity can only means better linux support from the engine.
Liam Dawe May 31, 2018
Quoting: dubigrasuSpeaking about Linux developers going away, Valve's SteamOS maintainer looks like he's gone too.
John Vert, a developer that according to Linkedin he Ported Steam client to Linux. Built and maintained SteamOS, a Debian Linux derivative aimed at living-room PC devices running Steam Big Picture and Steam games. Ported SteamVR and OpenVR to Linux is now listed there as working for Valve from Sept 2012 to Feb 2018.
He was active on SteamOS forum until April though.
I wouldn't read into it. Their statement about continuing it all was posted in April well after that: https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/1696043806550421224/ :)
dubigrasu May 31, 2018
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: dubigrasuSpeaking about Linux developers going away, Valve's SteamOS maintainer looks like he's gone too.
John Vert, a developer that according to Linkedin he Ported Steam client to Linux. Built and maintained SteamOS, a Debian Linux derivative aimed at living-room PC devices running Steam Big Picture and Steam games. Ported SteamVR and OpenVR to Linux is now listed there as working for Valve from Sept 2012 to Feb 2018.
He was active on SteamOS forum until April though.
I wouldn't read into it. Their statement about continuing it all was posted in April well after that: https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/1696043806550421224/ :)
Yes, but I'm curious who's maintaining it now.
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Hold on, Pierre-Loup stated just now on SteamOS forum that he's still around and busy :)
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/1696048879939606171/?tscn=1527804705#c1696048879941745514
ulysses768 Jun 1, 2018
Quoting: Ne0So, Unity is Finally getting serious about Linux !!!
I hope Adobe also gets on board the Linux train before we die.

What specific Adobe product would you like to see on Linux? Photoshop?
tuubi Jun 1, 2018
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Congratulations for your new job Marc! And congratulations Unity for snagging prime talent!


Quoting: ulysses768
Quoting: Ne0So, Unity is Finally getting serious about Linux !!!
I hope Adobe also gets on board the Linux train before we die.

What specific Adobe product would you like to see on Linux? Photoshop?
I doubt they would port some part of the "creative suite" without the rest, looking at their current business model. Of course, this isn't likely to happen any time soon.
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