A tip for downloading the beta: switch to the beta before downloading anything. I downloaded 700mb of non-beta, got a missing executable, and had to download 1,2gb again.

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Unity has a similar, open-source compiler (derived from mesa): https://github.com/aras-p/hlsl2glslfork [External Link] . Unreal uses the same codebase, but they aren't publishing their proprietary branch at all.

Here's a good overview of cross-API shaders: http://aras-p.info/blog/2014/03/28/cross-platform-shaders-in-2014/ [External Link]

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You all have seen Valve's excellent OpenGL presentation at steam dev days, right?
The VoGL segment starts here [External Link].

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I've also been burned by game-like things with weak gameplay.
Pro tip for those in no hurry: use the positive/negative review filters on the steam store page. If there isn't anything negative it's probably too early. Read a bit of both until you know which way you lean. Try to buy good games less often rather than meh sales you may not care to finish.

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So Ren'Py can be extended to do point and click, that's new.

I've only played Katawa Shoujo [External Link]. Maybe the first chapter of Analogue [External Link] too, enough to know that wasn't going to be a very cheerful story.

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If UE4 relies on shared memory parallelism that part will be very hard to port, maybe with a compiler hacker reimplementing memory barriers as IPC between webworkers.

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Yess, platforming.
Handling looks a lot like Psychonauts: rails, automatically grabbing bars, a stomp-punch.

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Plus, hands-on demos! That's a vote of confidence for their Linux performance.

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This Defense Grid post-mortem [External Link] (via Kickstarter updates [External Link] gives some really good reasons to target Linux: their first release got screwed by Microsoft (on delays and price points), they managed to release to Steam instead, and worked on Valve's CS:GO later on.

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Looks lovely, and I like their priorities: short coop sessions (though I hope solo will be good as well) and a really usable level builder.

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