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Latest Comments by Eike
Doom (2016) could have been on Linux, id Software made a Linux version sound easy to do
24 Mar 2018 at 11:53 am UTC Likes: 10

Am I the only one who wants to draw a vomit smiley on this?

Contain a crisis on a colonization ship in story-based puzzle game 'Algo Bot', now on Linux
23 Mar 2018 at 10:22 am UTC

"Story-based puzzle game pulling in aspects of programming" sounds perfect. Anybody played it?

Maniac Mansion lives again on GOG, with a Linux download thanks to ScummVM
22 Mar 2018 at 8:00 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: GuestP.S. How many old farts are we here ? :)
I actually wonder if Linux is more of an old farts' thing.

Could we have this in a special survey question?

Maniac Mansion lives again on GOG, with a Linux download thanks to ScummVM
22 Mar 2018 at 3:26 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: PatolaBut Maniac Mansion was already playable in Linux inside Maniac Mansion 2 (Day of Tentacle Remastered). The complete game is accessible on the Arcade in the doctor's house.
Now you don't have to own another game to have it, simples.
Blasphemy!

You have to own Day Of The Tentacle in any event!

Croteam will have an interesting talk at GDC this year about game performance
18 Mar 2018 at 5:17 pm UTC

Quoting: mt7479Same for me. On top of my head I can't recall any other engine where I have that problem.
I remember two. The second one is Source Engine.

The developer of One Hour One Life on keeping games code & assets open and not launching on Steam
17 Mar 2018 at 12:04 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: Eike.
Excellent point.
I know points, I have the best points!

DayZ is not currently coming to Linux, but the developers are open to it
16 Mar 2018 at 1:35 pm UTC Likes: 9

that’ll be realistic only after we reach the 1.0 version of the game, as the multi platform/system development would become a bit tricky when still in Early Access.
... while it would become very tricky when done afterwards.

DayZ is not currently coming to Linux, but the developers are open to it
16 Mar 2018 at 1:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: WorMzyI remain sceptical that this game will ever reach v1.0.
It took me by surprise this thing still... is a thing.