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They are back in stock: http://www.sybergaming.com/products/steam-machine.aspx

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I collected some points and info from the comments here, sent an email to Big Finish Games.

QuoteHello Big Finish Games. About Tesla Effect, will there be a Linux port afterall?

Bink's Unity plugin has supported Linux since August this year and Bink2 libraries do exist for Linux.

What about replacing Bink with other codec, and use corresponding decoder with ffmpeg for example? What about skipping the cutscenes altogether with descriptive texts?

Kind regards and thanks in advance.

Got the following reply:

QuoteHi,

Can you provide a link to that information.
I'm not aware of a Bink Linux Unity plugin for the version of Unity we are using for Tesla.

-steve

Edit: another reply (after sending in some links, for example the one provided by user "tuubi" http://www.radgametools.com/bnkhist.htm and http://blogs.unity3d.com/2015/12/08/unity-5-3-all-new-features-and-more-platforms/)

QuoteAhh...
That's a good link.

Look at this line:
Unity update: Unity 5.x compatibility, 64-bit Unity, Bink 1
compatibilty, errors to Debug.Log.

It suggests to me that Bink 1 (we use Bink 2) support for Unity 5 (the game
is written in unity 4)

When I look in the Unity 4.6 documentation I don't see Linux listed as a
supported platform.
(and I think 4.6 came out after our release)


So. I'm not interested in scanning vague posts about this.
I've reached out to my contact at Rad.we'll see what he says.

Let's see what happens.
I'm not dropping this in my calendar. If you don't hear from me by next
mon/tues of next week feel free to reach out.
(I won't be in the office the last two weeks of December)

-steve

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Only way to run TLJ on linux I found was by using VirtualBox with Windows 98SE and emulated open GL (there are tutorials). It's not working on Wine.

Also TLJ is my personal favuorite - 11/10 :D

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Quoting: SpeedsterThe GOG installer should be much better, since playonlinux says it is supported

Unfortunately, from what I read on winehq but also what's on that thread you link, I don't think the game is quite playable yet.

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View video on youtube.com

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Nice review, this site is getting better and better.

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Quoting: srlsboy

Quoting: jordicoma..."the longest journey" only runs on windows on software mode. It uses directx 7, if you want 3d; and wine has little support, and windows even less...

I was just about to ask about this game. The Wine db gave this title a bronze rating. Is it playable in software mode?
If I get it from GOG I have to deal with installers. But the upside is once it's installed I can work within a wine prefix better than running the steam version. Do GOG installers work well with wine?

I got Longest Journey as a gift from my family some years ago due to the winehq entry saying "it installs and runs" but I never got it to install back then. The GOG installer should be much better, since playonlinux says it is supported
https://www.playonlinux.com/en/app-1359-GOGcom__The_Longest_Journey.html

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Thats interesting, I would expect at least GTA V somewhere there.

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That marketing looks to be shooting itself in the foot; I love supporting indie devs, provided they make stuff I like. Goatsim is not in that category, so the video looks just like some bullshitting, no different from aaa, to me.

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Quoting: SlickMcRunFastConcept image looks very close to unigine heaven benchmark. Airships and floating islands. https://unigine.com/en/products/benchmarks/heaven

Well the old 3DMark05 seems to have had the airship already, although flying around a canyon. Maybe benchmark designers simply like steam punk blimps. :)

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Concept image looks very close to unigine heaven benchmark. Airships and floating islands. https://unigine.com/en/products/benchmarks/heaven

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Woo! Finally got it downloaded and what a game to test out my new graphics card! So far I really like the game, I know what I'm doing all day tomorrow :P I'm having decent performance, a few stutters here and there but overall pretty smooth on ultra :D (I love this 970)

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Thanks for your honest and detailed review. This is definitely something on my list.

The following sentence seemed a bit strange:

QuoteGameplay in Dreamfall Chapters is not good or extensive, and that's what I like about it.

I am assuming that you mean something like "the gameplay mechanics are not deep or complex." Calling it "not good" puts me off a bit.

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Quoting: TuxeeI always thought gaming is about playing games, not merely buying games. If you look at the most popular games on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/stats) I'd say that at least 50% of these titles are equally available for Linux, too.

According to SteamDB, the current "Most Played Games" are:

1. Dota 2 *
2. Counter-Strike: Go *
3. Fallout 4
4. Team Fortress 2 *
5. Warframe
5. Civilization 5 *
6. ARK: Survival Evolved *
7. Garry's Mod *
8. Skyrim
9. Football Manager 2016 *

Note that the (*) denotes Linux versions are available. That's 7 out of 9. Also, keep in mind that Valve is making ridiculous amounts of money from Dota 2. The current players are 297,975 compared to 114,050 for Fallout 4. And we know people in Dota 2 are spending money, whereas Fallout 4 spending pretty much stops after purchase. Even if all Valve ever accomplishes with Steam Machines is to convince half of their Dota 2 subscribers to use SteamOS, that would be a huge win.

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Quoting: jordicoma..."the longest journey" only runs on windows on software mode. It uses directx 7, if you want 3d; and wine has little support, and windows even less...

I was just about to ask about this game. The Wine db gave this title a bronze rating. Is it playable in software mode?
If I get it from GOG I have to deal with installers. But the upside is once it's installed I can work within a wine prefix better than running the steam version. Do GOG installers work well with wine?

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Quoting: Crazy PenguinLet me quote from the developers blog: http://www.managames.com/DungeonGuardians/2015/11/29/52nd-weekly-update-modding-sdk/

"Except that, I got the answer from GOG : they said it looked like a good & interesting game, but were afraid it was too much of a niche game for their store."

This is really weird. I'm surprised GOG rejects games like this. I'm still disappointed that they don't have Assault Android Cactus, the developers say they contacted GOG, and GOG never even replied.

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The original dreamfall runs perfecty on wine, if you want more background, but sadly "the longest journey" only runs on windows on software mode. It uses directx 7, if you want 3d; and wine has little support, and windows even less.
I think the original "the longest journey" was game of the year, or close, and it's considerated one of the best adventures of all times.

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Quoting: ricki42I stopped playing early on in book 3 I think, not quite sure. There were initially some issues with importing the choices from previous chapters, and then I didn't want to restart. I may get back into this once it's released completely. But at the time I got a bit tired of it. I found the toddler section really boring, it's just crawl around and find stuff in the house. I think they could also have made the characters in general move a bit faster. You have to run around quite a lot to talk to people and find stuff, and just pressing down the w key for a minute or two to watch the character leisurely jog somewhere gets old really fast. I usually like to explore so I tend to do a lot of running around. It didn't help that I found the map in Propast initially quite confusing, since it doesn't really display the different levels clearly. That let to some additional running around until I had the map figured out. In the end, I decided I was spending too much time running around and too little time playing the game so I stopped. Pity, because it's an interesting world and story.

Yeah, I neglected to mention the toddler bit too specifically. That one part you're referring to is the most frustrating part of the game - just a pointless fetch-quest, and her story in general is one which doesn't really build upon anything. I just gave it the benefit of the doubt though since it's such a minor part of the game and assume it will be of great importance at some point. For the finding the pictures bit, I just found a guide ;). No gratification in stumbling across random pixels for an hour.

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I stopped playing early on in book 3 I think, not quite sure. There were initially some issues with importing the choices from previous chapters, and then I didn't want to restart. I may get back into this once it's released completely. But at the time I got a bit tired of it. I found the toddler section really boring, it's just crawl around and find stuff in the house. I think they could also have made the characters in general move a bit faster. You have to run around quite a lot to talk to people and find stuff, and just pressing down the w key for a minute or two to watch the character leisurely jog somewhere gets old really fast. I usually like to explore so I tend to do a lot of running around. It didn't help that I found the map in Propast initially quite confusing, since it doesn't really display the different levels clearly. That let to some additional running around until I had the map figured out. In the end, I decided I was spending too much time running around and too little time playing the game so I stopped. Pity, because it's an interesting world and story.

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The first part is also available on iOS, so you can play there if you have an iPhone or iPad. Bear in mind it's a full-on point and click adventure, different from the ones that follow.

The 2nd part I'd played in Wine some years ago and it ran well enough. I'd expect it to work fine right now, too. It's available from GOG. I enjoyed it, fwiw.

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Quoting: RobertPlease vote to make it available at GOG.

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/the_fall_of_the_dungeon_guardians

Voted.

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Quoting: wolfyrionVery nice review , thanks..

Just some questions:

1.If you never played the previous game is ok to play this one?
2. Is better to wait for all chapters to finish or better to start the adventure?

1. I've covered that in the review a bit. Yes, it's OK, but watch/read some summaries first to understand the background and characters - that will make the game far more rewarding. There's a few summaries on youtube for The Longest Journey and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

2. If you had asked a year ago, I would have said to wait since the books released every 4 months or so. But since there is only one left that's unreleased, it's probably OK to play now if you don't mind waiting a bit for the ending. I think most of the delays were due to the engine upgrade, so it might come out quicker.

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If you want to play part 1 of the series (The Longest Journey) you will need to use Windows and probably an older version since the game doesnt currently run correctly in wine.

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Very nice review , thanks..

Just some questions:

1.If you never played the previous game is ok to play this one?
2. Is better to wait for all chapters to finish or better to start the adventure?

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Thank you ^_^

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"It's something I'm really sorry about - we offered refunds because we knew it was going to take time once we decided on going for D:OS EE, but I still think it was the right one as the end result will be much better."

http://www.lar.net/2015/08/12/returning-to-kickstarter/

If this is true and they offered refunds, then I think that settles it. Be wary of supporting them in the future, perhaps, but if everyone who supported this project--who did so because they promised Linux support--took advantage of this offer and got their refunds, then that's the best way to show some consequences to the studio. If it turns out to be a sizeable enough of a hit to their funding, they may reconsider reneging on promises in the future. As long as they continue to offer refunds I think it's fair all the way around.

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Sounds like a plan. :) When reading user reviews, I try to find both positive and negative reviews. It's not a perfect method, and many of the games I'm interested in have no professional reviews or let's plays, and only a handful of user reviews on Steam, GOG or Metacritic.

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ik this is off-topic, but I just wanted to point out something. Linux is better than Windows in almost every single way apart from support (people making applications, desktop environments etc). If more people developed for linux, we would be better in absolutely everything.
- Customizability
- Price
- Easy to use (or hard if you wish it to be)
- Privacy/Security
- Applications
- GUI

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Quoting: fleskWhere will you find an impartial party though? ;)

Good question. Hmm. Okay I guess I'll wait for reviews by at least two partial parties, one that likes the game and one that dislikes it :)

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Where will you find an impartial party though? ;)

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