What did I just watch? :S:

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Quoting: GuestI have had zero issue with the original version of Limbo, one of the best games I played on Linux.

You sure it was the Wine port? Because they made a native port later on, and that was good. But the Wine wrapped one never worked properly for me.

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Quoting: liamdaweIf a game being on Linux can be done with minimal effort using Wine when it works really damn well, what's the downside exactly?

That's a big if. And if that is the case, it's fine with me. Unfortunately experience has taught me to be cautious of Wine ports. Limbo, Eador, Dear Esther attempted Wine ports and failed miserably. :(

Although I have to admit that Topware Interactive seem to know what they are doing, so I will give them the benefit of the doubt.

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Quoting: liamdaweI would argue that four years is quite a while and it was before Steam was officially released on Linux.

Dirt and Spec Ops aren't as niche as this game, so they are a different story.

I don't necessarily disagree with you on that. I also have great respect for the Wine project.

What I am concerned about is that these Wine ports tend to be minimal-effort products. As in I haven't seen a single example of a Wine port where the game did not run in Wine in advance (or were not complete disasters like Limbo and Eador). And as we come closer to the current year releases, we begin scraping the line between where games just work in Wine and where they begin having subtle annoying bugs like input and sound problems, rendering glitches, broken controller support etc., while in a way they still do "work". If the game actually needs to be hacked to work in Wine or Wine needs to be hacked to make the game work, I think the effort is better spent making an actual native port instead.

End rant. :P

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Ahem... Does it really qualify as an older title by being released in 2012? I have nothing against using Wine for old games that are not economically viable to port via any other method. But being released on the same year as Dirt Showdown and Spec Ops: The Line does not qualify it as an old game in my book.

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Can you get refunds from Kickstarter? I always thought that sending money to Kickstarter is like flushing it down the drain.

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Quoting: LinasLooking forward to GOL codebase going open source. :)

As mentioned though, that's a long way off.

Well, that is entirely up to you, isn't it? You may not be entirely satisfied with your code, but it exists and it works, as proven by the fact that I am able to post this message here. Therefore it can be published.

I do think it is a good idea, and would urge you to go ahead and release it sooner than later. If you are not comfortable with going all the way right from the start, make it invite-only (Patreon reward, maybe?). I am sure than we have a few code monkeys (me including) around that would love to poke their fingers in your code. ;)

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Looking forward to GOL codebase going open source. :)

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I wonder how playable is it with a controller?

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Quoting: KeyrockI have no interest in beta testing... This is definitely a day 1 purchase for me...

Heh, it's the exact opposite for me. I have limited interest in the game, but was considering to sign up out of patriotic duty to make Linux gaming great again. :)

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