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Bobby - Wage War on the Green Balls
By , 11 September 2011 at 2:54 pm UTC

Just so people know, USC's minimum price is still 2.99 USD, so that's what this game will cost there when (if?) they accept it.

If You Build It, They Will Come.....(Ignite for Linux)
By Bumadar, 6 September 2011 at 5:12 pm UTC

It looks very cool. I have to be honest though and say the no car game since the original need for speed hot pursuit many many moons ago (where you could add mod build, like the batmobile or the dukes of hazard car) really captured me, often its to realistic while I just am a crap driver and love to slide totally unrealisticly around a track :) That said hope there is a demo to get a feel for the game.

If You Build It, They Will Come.....(Ignite for Linux)
By , 6 September 2011 at 10:26 am UTC

sweet! my wallet is already etching! even though I am not big fan of auto simulators, not at all, but game looks too good to miss out!

Marball Odyssey is out for GNU/Linux!
By , 20 September 2011 at 7:24 am UTC

Marball Odyssey is now available in fully digestible Pay-What-You-Want form @ Indievania!

[URL='http://beta.indievania.com/games/marball-odyssey']http://beta.indievania.com/games/marball-odyssey[/URL]

Dungeons of Dredmor still coming to Linux!
By Bumadar, 4 September 2011 at 5:49 pm UTC

good good :) high on my list

Dungeons of Dredmor still coming to Linux!
By Liam Dawe, 4 September 2011 at 8:36 am UTC

There is always doubt! Until a game is out i am always skeptical :)

Dungeons of Dredmor still coming to Linux!
By Hamish, 3 September 2011 at 10:52 pm UTC

Was there any doubt? I mean, they have an old Loki guy as their main coder...

Oilrush pre-order USC
By KIAaze, 1 September 2011 at 12:03 am UTC

Another Ubuntu user here who still hasn't bought from the USC. ;)

Oilrush pre-order USC
By Liam Dawe, 31 August 2011 at 5:52 pm UTC

Quoting: "Anonymous, post: 2268"Why? This is great solution for producers.


As i for one like to keep options open, even though i am a Ubuntu user i don't want to be locked down to Ubuntu so until USC is on other platforms i won't myself buy from it, but i won't steer people away from it either.

I just prefer Desura or Gameolith, buy once, multiple platforms, much more value for money to me.

Oilrush pre-order USC
By , 31 August 2011 at 4:19 am UTC

Quoting: "liamdawe, post: 2265"I still think buying from USC is a bad idea, being locked to a platform is not good. Still waiting on Desura.


Why? This is great solution for producers.

Oilrush pre-order USC
By Liam Dawe, 30 August 2011 at 7:34 pm UTC

Actually i didnt miss it, just been so busy forgot to post about it.

Should be out soon anyway :)

Oilrush pre-order USC
By Hamish, 30 August 2011 at 7:27 pm UTC

It is nice to hear a Ubuntu user saying that. Still, checking on their blog, there seems to have been a Desura Linux post we missed:
http://www.desura.com/groups/desura/news/linux-game-lead

Oilrush pre-order USC
By Liam Dawe, 30 August 2011 at 8:42 am UTC

I still think buying from USC is a bad idea, being locked to a platform is not good. Still waiting on Desura.

Oilrush pre-order USC
By Hamish, 29 August 2011 at 7:48 pm UTC

They have improved their website a bit since I last saw it. And they have finally got some coverage on some none Linux *cough* *phoronix* *cough* or Russian gamer websites.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/07/28/black-gold-oil-rush-is-surprising/

Granted, it is Rock, Paper, Shotgun so it is not hard to get mentioned there, but still a step in the right direction. :)

Project Zomboid updates!
By Liam Dawe, 3 September 2011 at 10:12 am UTC

Ah good to know thanks for that :)

Project Zomboid updates!
By , 2 September 2011 at 4:50 am UTC

This works fine for the Desura version as well by the way! Although you have to go into windows to download the client and get the key. Desura for Linux can't come soon enough.

Dirk Dashing 2: E.V.I.L Eye is available for pre-order!
By Liam Dawe, 3 September 2011 at 2:18 pm UTC

Nice touches like that are very awesome, i hope there are lots more little touches like that to other parts of the game :), i haven't gotten around to testing out the release you sent yet but will be sure to soon :)

Dirk Dashing 2: E.V.I.L Eye is available for pre-order!
By MyGameCompany, 3 September 2011 at 1:32 pm UTC

Thanks! There are a couple of different things the guards might do when that happens - that's one of them. I plan to add more things like that before I'm done.

Dirk Dashing 2: E.V.I.L Eye is available for pre-order!
By Liam Dawe, 3 September 2011 at 11:13 am UTC

Hah love the little help me sign before the guy falls, nice funny little touch.

Dirk Dashing 2: E.V.I.L Eye is available for pre-order!
By MyGameCompany, 31 August 2011 at 11:08 pm UTC

Thanks, guys! Much appreciated!

By the way, I finished putting together the official Dirk Dashing 2 pre-order trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XqETL1zm2I

Dirk Dashing 2: E.V.I.L Eye is available for pre-order!
By Bumadar, 31 August 2011 at 6:57 pm UTC

Tried the demo level 1, hooked, pre-ordered :)

Dirk Dashing 2: E.V.I.L Eye is available for pre-order!
By , 27 August 2011 at 10:44 am UTC

I bought the first version of Dirk Dashing, the whole family enjoyed it, anxiously waiting the final. Right now playing / testing # 2

thanks for a great game Tony

Dirk Dashing 2: E.V.I.L Eye is available for pre-order!
By MyGameCompany, 26 August 2011 at 12:03 pm UTC

Thanks for sharing the news on the front page guys, and for tweeting it! I need all the help I can get to spread the word!

Interview with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith.com
By Jonathan Prior, 1 September 2011 at 7:15 pm UTC

We're looking into it, and weighing up all our other options.

Interview with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith.com
By Bumadar, 31 August 2011 at 7:00 pm UTC

Just wondering, something like http://openbuildservice.org/ won't that help with building the packages ?

Interview with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith.com
By Liam Dawe, 25 August 2011 at 11:55 am UTC

Ah fair enough then, yeah the forums at the moment on Gameolith are a little overly simple heh.

Interview with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith.com
By Jonathan Prior, 25 August 2011 at 11:48 am UTC

Probably, although we want to give the forums an overhaul first, adding more community features.

Interview with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith.com
By Liam Dawe, 25 August 2011 at 11:44 am UTC

No problem mate, a quick question for you - are you going to be adding forums for the other games? Seems odd having only 2 game forums, should have all or none.

Interview with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith.com
By Jonathan Prior, 24 August 2011 at 9:29 pm UTC

Thanks for the replies!

@MyGameCompany: We're preparing a new partner site that should address all your concerns - the royalty split and the agreement will be available for everyone to see. In the meantime, you can read all about it at http://gme.li/qAQ3pF. We've put our e-mail address in a couple of places, but it could be easier to find - anyway, it's [email protected].

@KIAaze: Thanks for the feedback! In particular, we're going to look at changing the way we put that partner signup form on the page. It's certainly no good if it's triggering clickjacking alerts, considering it's meant to be just an embedded iframe.

Anyway, thank you Liam for the great article!

Interview with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith.com
By KIAaze, 22 August 2011 at 7:15 pm UTC

I find the partner link through "Community->Developers->Become a partner/Interested? Apply to be a Gameolith Partner now". But yes, it could be better. And the "developers" link could be on the main page directly.

Quote2) An e-mail address. You really need to provide a way for interested developers to contact you if they have questions. If you don't want to post an e-mail address publicly, then at least provide a contact form.

They have a contact form if you click on "Support" at the bottom of the page and then "Contact us".

Security wise, I found 2 things that bothered me:
-No SSL everywhere yet ([URL='https://gameolith.uservoice.com/forums/115365-suggestions-box/suggestions/2054505-ssl-https-support']but they are working on it[/URL])
-I get a clickjacking alert with noscript when trying to fill out the partner form! From what I understand it's because they somehow embed a [URL='https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dDlTbnFDLUZNQVdPZjRjMHc4WXR0ekE6MQ&ndplr=1']google spreadsheet [/URL]form into the website. I usually allow scripts quite quickly on websites to get them to work correctly, but I'm always alarmed whenever I get cross-site scripting or clickjacking warnings from noscript.

I haven't bought anything from gameolith yet (having just bought the HIB3 recently), but I'm looking forward to it. :)