Quoting: dubigrasuAlso:

Hey, guys. I probably could have chosen my words better than I did. I wasn't trying to upset any of our Linux supporters and I didn't mean to belittle their support. I love all of our backers and I appreciate all of their help.

We basically had to build our Linux infrastructure from scratch on our side. It wasn't something we were used to. It was also painful for us to develop in Linux because the Unity tools didn't support Linux at the time. This meant that we were unable to debug on the platform.

Now that we have gone through the process of creating these builds it is something that will be much easier for us in the future. Pair that with SteamOS, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine and I think Linux's future is good with PoE games.

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/81598-devs-thanks-for-the-linux-support/ [External Link]

That's great!

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: valcans

Quoting: kingofrodeoThe most important thing in life is to follow your dream, at least once. You can always get another job if you fail miserably as an indie developer.

This is exactly how I feel ^^^ I don't know what is going to happen in the end but I am going to try my best and make it happen. You only live once so might as well try to make one of your dreams happen and not think down the line "what if?".

I hope everything turns out how you expected it to be!
Good luck!

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I don't want to spoil the fun but I guess what Jonathan Blow said recently:

If you are thinking of quitting your AAA job to go indie,
you probably missed the bus by 3-4 years at this point.

https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/637544725298454528 [External Link]

It's hard but I guess he really has a point, sadly.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: Cybolic... like a smartwatch app-dev complaining they aren't millionaires yet.

They do?

Haha - at least the watch is smart then. :D

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: liamdaweUnity has come a long way that's for sure, games don't run as badly now as they used to performance and general issue-wise.

I really am failing to see how they didn't think it was worth it, sure the percentage is low, but why do developers repeatedly hark on about the percentage of the platform. They clearly made quite a bit of money from the Linux version of it, and there's simply no way support costs for the Linux version were higher than what they made. If it is, to me that's another case of developers taking too much money from what the game has made, and not using it correctly.

This!

Also, when it comes to investment, I wonder which of the following statements is true for Obsidian:

1.) They don't know about SteamOS.
2.) They know about SteamOS but don't know it's actually Linux.
3.) They know about SteamOS being Linux but don't have faith in it being successful.
4.) They know about SteamOS being Linux and see it being successful but still doubt the market share will justify a Linux release.

Did I miss something?

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Looks good!

Does it feature a single-player campaign?

View this comment - View article - View full comments

And some of us were hoping for Half Life 3... :D

Rocket League? What a bummer.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Would definitely pay extra for a good single-player campaign!

At least they were honest about their motives and told people upfront
that there won't be a single-player campaign because it's very difficult,
takes a lot of time (read money) and, moreover, you actually need to
hire specialists for this job.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I'd extra pay for a serious single-player campaign!
Really!

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: blackout24I think AMD missed an easy opportunity to improve their reputation with the Linux community. Without them Vulkan wouldn't be anywhere now, but they didn't show of anything Vulkan related at GDC...NVIDIA did, Intel did, PowerVR guys did...And now they let NVIDIA come off as the spearhead of Vulkan and OpenGL Linux gaming.

Exactly that!

This one-time chance is not yet gone.
But I agree, a good AMD Vulkan driver must follow quickly after the final spec is released.
Everything points to this year's SIGGRAPH.

View this comment - View article - View full comments