This demo is a lot of fun, and the mechanics feel super smooth with a gamepad.

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I played a few levels of the demo yesterday, and I thought it was very good. Definitely going to buy it once the full game is available.

Bonfire Peaks also looks very interesting, and I thought it was going to have a Linux demo, but maybe that's just the full game.

I was also hoping to play A Monster's Expedition, but it seems like there was some issues with the demo (didn't work when I tried it), so I don't know if that will be available for us.

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Quoting: GuestAllegro, ouch… They should have used SDL2. I’ve had very bad experiences with games using Allegro.

Were those games all AGS games, or are there other well known games that use Allegro? There definitely are some issues with most AGS games I've played, but I wouldn't know if that was because of Allegro or something else. I know they started talking about migrating to Allegro 5 a few years ago, but I don't know if that ever happened, or if it fixed anything.

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Quoting: dudeGreat! Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun was really a bombastic premiere for Mimimi Studios. Great fun.
This one is definitely must buy for me. Wishlisted.

Their PC debut was actually The Last Tinker, which is also available for Linux, and is sort of a 3D platformer with training wheels. I enjoyed that one a lot to, so I think they have a great track record so far.

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Looks like a lot of fun! I wonder how much freedom you have in designing those monuments. Like, does it have to be a building, as in the trailer, or could you build a giant Tux or a rainbow?

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Fantastic news! :grin: I started playing Shadow Tactics last week, I'm loving it, and would love more of the same in a wild west setting.

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Quoting: morbiusRight, since there is a client, I've bought the bundle and decided to give it a go. Among 1700 indie games there is bound to be be some that click with me. It can't possibly be a bad deal and it's for a good cause. Apparently, I'm not the only one thinking so, as client can't install due to pressure of all the people rushing in.

Also, to adjust your expectations, keep in mind that since the client is completely optional, and developers are free to package their games the way they want, the client won't always be able to launch a game. It uses some fancy heuristics to try to figure things out though, and does an amazing job of it most of the time, but sometimes it's necessary to manually add an app manifest to the game directory to let the client know what to do with a game:

https://itch.io/docs/itch/integrating/manifest.html [External Link]

Of course, the best thing is to also let the developer know in these cases, so they can fix it.

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Be sure to share your personal highlights in the comments, it's crazy to try and go over it all.

I already mentioned Super Win the Game and On Rusty Trails in the comments on the previous article. Here's a few more that I don't think were mentioned yet:

• Silicon Zeroes


• Milkmaid of the Milky Way


• Octodad: Dadliest Catch


• Micron

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: slaapliedjeI also get annoyed at the many games on GOG that elsewhere have Linux versions, but they don't provide one themselves.

Yeah, that's a mess. The worst cases are major games which are missing ports from Feral for instance.

Does GOG have the infrastructure to split sales between multiple publishers, depending on the platform a game is downloaded to? If not, that could explain why.

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: RafiLinuxGo the games you wanted in the bundle that you purchased - Click Download - Go to the bottom of that page and it says "+ to collection" - Click that and for me I only have 1 collection

Then refresh your itch.io client and it should be under your owned games.

I'm pretty sure it ends up in your owned games as soon as you click Download, so the step where you add it to your collection is not actually necessary. :)

Yep, as Tuubi notes, I hit the "download" button, but I don't bother actually downloading anything. Hitting that button has added it to my account (although you MUST restart Itch client to see the new games).

I'm not sure if wishlists/collections can be made public on Itch? If so, then, yeah, it would be cool to see a Linux-only collection of this that we could all "subscribe" to, or copy, or however it works.

Ok, I think it's safe to say that adding a game to a collection doesn't make it integrate with the client in any way then. What I did was to open the bundle download page in the Itch client (which requires a new login), and start the downloads from there, which makes them open in the Itch client download dialog.

Itch collections can be made public, and can have multiple contributors, as this one (which is unfortunately not terribly well maintained):

https://itch.io/c/34969/linux-gems [External Link]

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