Quoting: liamdaweI won't defend a developer who promises, promises, promises and....nothing happens. If they eventually bring it to Linux then great for the people who helped them so long ago.

I think it's really bad to keep people waiting who funded them.

Exactly this.

This is bad. Really bad.

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Quoting: amelcher@sub
My main dev machine is a intel+nvidia gpu macbook pro 2012. I have a separate box I built with an AMD card specifically for fixing AMD issues for Shadow Warrior :-D. Are you hinting that you are having amd issues? I'm happy to help.

Ah, thanks for your comment.

To be honest, I'm not sure if this is AMD related but I guess it is:

When I first tried SW I had lots of prominent graphics errors (vertex errors?) in the intro. Spiky stretched triangles. This seems to be gone now with either an update by you or upgrading to Catalyst 15.3 (from 14.12).

What's still present is the red box under the cursor in the menu (that arrow head).

And performance is "not that great". (Phenom II X4 940, Radeon 7950, 8 Gb RAM).
My display features a resolution of 2560x1440 but even selecting 1280x720 does not seem to
affecting performance (positively).

Cheers!

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I loved the classic Mega Man games.

But graphics and gameplay of this new game aren't my cup of tea.
To be honest graphics look uninspired and awfully passionless to the point
where it is a shame if the really made $4 million on Kickstarter alone.
Sorry.

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Thanks Liam for all this great work!

However...

Missing Q1:

Do you (also) have an AMD card?

Missing Q2:

Why not?

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We've done this because it's clear we didn't understand exactly what we were doing.

Hope we won't read similar things when it comes to Linux/SteamOS.

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To me the question is if this update will be available for free or if this comes with pay-again metro-redux-style.

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Quoting: GuestThese barely noticeable improvements aren’t enough to make me play again this terrible game.

Is this a blatant troll attempt? :D

Ok, I bite:

Even if it is not your cup of tea - which is fine - this game is definitely NOT terrible.
Not even by today's standards (which people sometimes claim).

No doubt it is a well-deserved classic.

I loved the Half Life series and still play them from time to time.
And I'd even pay full price for a new episode with the old source engine!
Really, I would! :)

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Quoting: GuestPorting after the fact to any platform not in mind from the start is going to cost far more than designing a game with cross-platform in mind from the start. Everyone should know this by now, and failure to design with cross platform from the start, to me just seems like lack of effort on behalf of the developer. Failure of proper planning is the real cost here.

I guess this is simply how things work now, unless the developer is

a) a die-hard Linux fan.
b) betting on the platform to gain a much higher share (soon).

This is a plain economical decision. Jonathan Blow is not a die-hard Linux fan.
Which is fine. He has way more experience with other platforms.
Most of the big money he earned with Braid was invested into making this game AFAIK.
He needs this to be a success.

Of course - you're focusing on Windows first because that is where the money is.
In this case, if you're not using one of the stock engines - which I think they do for a reason -
having portability in mind is most probably not a high priority.
The absolute money (sometimes people reason with it) behind the 1-3% of Linux share is,
unfortunately, completely irrelevant. 1-3% is still only 1-3%.
You want to get behind the ~85% of Windows users.

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I'd also have an eye on the fantastic HL2 single-player mod Transmissions - Element 120

http://www.moddb.com/mods/transmissions-element-120 [External Link]

They're looking for developers to bring the mod to Linux & Mac.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: sgtGarciaAt least Jonathan is honest, no false promises - I like this.

Indeed, and that's respectable.

I fully agree!

Also, I do like your objective conclusion.

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