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A friend of mine is a programmer of two great Windows RPG/Tactics games:
The Age of Decadence
http://store.steampowered.com/app/230070/
Dungeon Rats
http://store.steampowered.com/app/531930/
They both use the same engine. Torque 3D
http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque-3d
http://torque3d.org/
And while this engine was open sourced, and it is possible to create a native Linux port of the games, it's not that easy.
The developers of those games never used Linux, and don't have the resources to create a native Linux port.
However their games run good in Wine.
I suggested them to create a Wine port, however as they never used Linux - they have no idea how to make a Wine "port".
One of the programmers said that if someone from the community can do a Wine port, he can publish it to Steam.
If we have such person who is willing to port those two games via Wine to Linux, I can provide him with Steam keys or whatever is needed. (not including money)
As the games already run good using Wine, it shouldn't be that hard to make a Wine port.
Please note that this is a community effort, and we will NOT get payed for the Wine port...
But at least we and many other Linux gamers, could play it on our system - which I this is good enough for such Wine port.
Thank You,
Maxim.
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So prescience is required to play the game?
Everybody loves a car analogy;
While this car does have a tendency to crash you can simply bring it to a full stop before it happens and then start it again to avoid it.
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The developers don't have the knowledge to make it, this is why I'm asking the community.
If the developers can assists you, they will.
But they don't have much resources or manpower, or Linux knowledge.
It's better than nothing.
off course a native port by someone who knows how to make one is the best solution, however they can't pay him.
And I'm doubt one will work for % of the Linux sales.
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The issue isn't that they are using wine to "port" a game - the issue is their approach to customer support is requiring the user to be prescient (means being able to see the future);
And have no intention of supporting their "port", adding the penguin icon on steam means it's a supported platform. If the developers have no clue about Wine or Linux they can't offer support ( any more than you could support the engine of a super tanker ship ) ;
Basically they are hoping to get some extra cash from Linux users by claiming Linux support with a unsupported wine port, which quite frankly is a dishonest business practice.
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I asked them, and they said that as they don't know how to do it, they can't.
But if the community or someone else would fo it, then they could include the port.
So I can't blame them.
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Looking forward to more news on this. And I hope this prompts some more developers to adopt this approach.
Better a WINE port than no port at all.