Quoting: Liam DaweIn the campaign comments, they said this:

Mac/Linux is at the very beginning of the stretched goals (but I didn't tell you that *wink wink*).

I think you already wrote about this, but enabling ports by stretch goals seems plain stupid to me:
As long as the campaign is below the stretch goal, I might invest in something I cannot play,
as soon as it reached it, the stretch goal lost its motivation for Linuxers.

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Quoting: ArehandoroThis is not what the creator told me on reddit, they confirmed a Linux version with no mention of stretch goals or delays, so I might cancel my support which I backed it at the old boxed edition.

I hope they want to say "We're making a Linux version, but we'll be making it earlier if we hit a certain stretch goal."

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As for Linux support, it's going to be a platform for release. However, Linux support might not be released on the same day as the Windows version as it all depends on how much funding they get (stretch goals were mentioned) when the campaign is over and they're quite clear on that.

I found this quite unclear, to be honest...:

Our aim is to release the game on Windows and, shortly after, on Switch, Xbox One, and PS4. There are plans for both Mac and Linux, plus mobile support for Android and iOS, but this is dependent on stretch goals and will take more time.

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Quoting: sub

Quoting: Grim85When Stadia was announced I asked them [Feral] on Twitter if the footage of Shadow of the Tomb Raider was their work and they said it was not

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1132685-shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-coming-to-linux-on-5-november?p=1132779#post1132779 [External Link]

Hm, thanks. Couldn't find this with Google or on Twitter directly, but I'm not sure I would if it exists. :)

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Quoting: subHmmm. Take it with a grain of salt but I read *somewhere* that this is not the case.
The Stadia version is not based on Feral's work.

I'd consider this very interesting (and surprising).
Can you find this *somewhere*?

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They've got an update out and I wonder if it's fine on Linux now...?

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Quoting: DesumOh goodie. The ultimate DRM and censorship scheme. I'm so excited this is being warmly received because the servers happen to be running on Linux.

It's not like I'm going to be a customer of this or want gaming in general to go in this direction. I'm more with Purple Library Guy here, wishing it "moderate success".

But "the servers happen to be running on Linux" doesn't sound like what they are doing: It's not like only a multiplayer server running on Linux, like it is often the case. They have to port the games to run on Debian Linux and fully work there, on Vulkan, rendering the graphics, fast... to a streaming lib, not to a local monitor. In my humble opinion, that's way more than half of what it needs to publish the game for Linux to classic download. And it will make more developers learn how to do Linux games. And engines.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI wish them moderate success. Enough to help make Vulkan more dominant and developing on Linux more mainstream. Not enough to cripple normal PC gaming and leave us with all our games are belong to fickle megacorp.

Good points. :)

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Quoting: GuestI wish they focused on porting better games. Sure, Tomb Raider is better than Total War by a long shot, but Mad Max was much better. I still haven’t started playing the previous Tomb Raider because the first one was ok but had a lot of annoying moments.

I think Mad Max was the only big game I abandoned on Linux. It just felt so grindy and cumbersome at some point. ("Now you need to raise/lower the IDontCare level yet another time...")

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Quoting: Jewgeni Filippowitsch IwanowskiI've also been waiting for it and will buy it as soon as it's available.

Maybe I'm too old to be needing the greatest and newest games. I appreciate what's already there and as I don't spend that much time gaming anymore I might never fully finish my (rather medium sized) backlog. That's okay for me as long as once in a while there are some gems like this one released to brighten up the day.

As I don't have much time for playing anymore, I can also still satisfy my gaming needs with native ports (and whitelisted Proton games). For the same reason, I'm keeping my backlog of bought games small (half a dozen games or so). But the reason for writing...: How many games is "rather medium sized"? :-D

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