Quoting: Cyril

It's a minor thing, but I will give them a bonus point for not saying Windows is "PC", they correctly list their platforms. That always makes me happy.

Yes and no. :whistle:

A colorful multiplayer action RPG full of mice and dungeons! A new adventure in the world of Transformice on PC, Mac and Linux.

The game is set to release on Windows/OSX/Linux and mobile platforms in 2019.

The game will first be available on Windows PC, OSX and Linux.

Damn, there's always one bit that's not right <_< - well at least they're trying and they have it right in the main text and FAQ heh.

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Quoting: scaineI don't see any gum jumping. A major developer cast aspersions on Linux support for a crucial piece of middleware affecting many games. I want that news reported.

If Liam sat on news like this, waiting for official communications, half the controversial stories would break elsewhere, without any community damage control, such as dredgepits like Reddit.

Please keep doing what you're doing, Liam. It's much appreciated.

Some people will only ever want me to cover something when it's 100% confirmed and not have any kind of speculation whatsoever, that's just not how the internet works though. As I tried to explain to others before, part of my reasoning in doing a lot of things early is so I can get ahead of all the utter clickbait out there. Some people don't accept that and as usual a couple people across Reddit are saying all sorts of horrible things - but fuck them.

The problem is, what if they don't reply in a few days, a week, 2 weeks? Everyone else covers it, we're left waiting. Better to get ahead of a problem, while still contacting people to ensure you get confirmation while making sure people know things are not confirmed.

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Quoting: ShmerlWhat's the story with the GOG version? I still have it there, but it's not sold anymore.

No one knows, they didn't say.

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Quoting: Creak@liamdawe The mere fact that you apologize for "jumping the gun" is a proof to me that you want to build a transparent and honest community, and I praise you for that. Indeed you now have way more influence than a few years back, so now you need to be careful with that new responsibility ;)

Keep up the good work!

Sadly I'm already seeing people using it to give me grief but oh well, live and learn.

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Quoting: dpanterWhen the Reddit post appeared in the GoL Discord...

IMHO; Liam did the right thing by reporting something that could potentially have a dramatic impact on the future of Linux gaming. The actual sources have responded to his request for clarification and we can now remove our tinfoil hats and return to sanity.

At least until the next imaginary reason for panic emerges. :dizzy:

IMHO: Liam did a good job, but had he added some words to keep emotions in check (and we know he could), he would have done an even better job.
Also, reading the replies to the tweet: gosh, twitter is aweful.

I can add as many words as people want, someone will always be unhappy with how I present something. Outrage culture is sadly a very real thing, even in our smaller community here.

Also, Garry said this on Reddit [External Link] today:

Hey thanks for the nudge and trying to inject some clarity, I didn't know Epic was anti-linux and I've never had that impression from them or EAC, all this is the first I've heard about it.

As far as I remember it was mentioned in conversation (by us) that we had an increasing amount of cheats on Linux, and contemplated whether it was better off to just stop shipping the linux version (our decision). EAC said that the linux development was paused so it would be fine by them. I didn't get the impression they meant over all games they protect, but I can see how their development time would go into stopping the majority of cheats.

Personally, I've come to the conclusion that there are only negatives to shipping games to linux for us. It's a nice thing to do, but it's not financially viable to pay £100k+ a year in wages to support a linux version when it makes less than £5k- a year. So it's no good for us if we do it right, and it's no good for end users if we do it wrong. The argument is made that if we did it right and invested, there'd be a lot more sales and it'd be more sustainable.. but even if it sold 100x more than it did on linux, it'd still be 10x less than it did on macos, and 1000x less than it does on windows. The pragmatic thing to do is not ship games on linux.

So he's still saying EAC clearly told him it was paused. He's also trying to fan the flames on Twitter [External Link] again *sigh*, I hope people don't fall into it this time and start throwing mud, just leave him to it, he loves the attention.

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Please see this article.

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Nothing personal at all don't know where you're getting that idea. I didn't even hint at it.

Edit: And honestly, it's better I get in early than let everyone get their info from YouTubers doing titles on their videos like "Epic, This Is INSANE… | Attacking Valve’s Project PROTON, KILLING Rust On Linux & Damaging Gaming" and yes that's an actual video title [External Link].

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Quoting: dpanterThe update fixes graphics for me so it runs properly in full screen on the main monitor. No more messing around with the config file! ^_^

Probably due to SDL updates :) should mean it keeps working long into the future.

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Quoting: consthttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/how-to-be-a-great-advocate-for-a-niche-gaming-platform.12006

Still a great article, many people should bookmark it.

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Quoting: LeerdeckSo the only source is a comment from Garry Newman. Saw this article posted on /games with all the extra drama shitshow in the comments. I mean you could have wait for a actual response from EAC for confirmation before people lose their shit in the comment sections and post crazy conspiracy theories...

It took EAC a long time to reply to me last time, I am hoping with this circling around they might be quicker and/or reassess Linux support if they actually were pausing it. There's many good reasons for getting info out early, I don't expect everyone to understand this right away.

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