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Latest Comments by niarbeht
Developer claims that a Linux port for retro-themed adventure 'Lucius Demake' may be done if there is interest
16 Aug 2016 at 2:30 pm UTC

Personally not a fan of adventure games anymore. Something inside me died after Space Quest 7 never materialized. :'(

What have you been playing recently and how is it?
11 Aug 2016 at 5:58 pm UTC

Mechwarrior: Online.

And yes, I know, I'm such a bad person.

But it's... okay? It's great if you play with friends.

Project Cars official twitter confirms to me there are no plans for it on Linux now
8 Aug 2016 at 6:02 pm UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: Zelox
Quoting: TuxeeDid anyone seriously think that Project Cars would ever see the light of day on SteamOS? The announcement was more than vague. There are a far more "outspoken" candidates out there which still have to deliver - Rocket League comes to my mind. And to spare you some future disappointment: If Star Citizen ever will be finished, we still won't see a Linux version. As with Kingdom Come: Deliverance (which reminds me, that I should finally get my refund from those bastards).
Star citizen is coming to Linux, and its been confirmed mutliple times.
Also the game is expected to be released by the end of the year.

The reason we dont have a port is because OpenGL are missing stuff along with cryengien.
But they will work on it.

Ofcourse they could probably back out, but I doubt it.
You can just ask the support what the exact problem are at the moment and Im sure they give u a strait answer.
Not only that, but if you examine their current Windows launcher compared to their original Windows launcher, you'll notice a shift from the original being Windows-only middleware to the current launcher, hint hint, seeming to be entirely based on libraries available on Linux.

Even more fun? In a recent episode of Bug Smashers, you could see a list of the available launchers in the programmer's ?Visual Studio? IDE, including such gems as "WindowsLauncher", "HeadlessLauncher", and... wait for it...

"LinuxLauncher".

So, they're at least poking it with a stick. And, seemingly, planning for it. Including making noise every now and again about revamping some stuff deep in the engine to better support DX12/Vulkan.

Also, at some point they switched sound middleware to something cross-platform with Linux support.

Do you... see a trend?

EDIT: I mean, sure, there are no guarantees in life, but there's good evidence that they're maneuvering themselves to a position to support Linux.

Stardew Valley is now in beta for Linux
28 Jul 2016 at 11:54 pm UTC

Quoting: TcheyHello,

I don't get something. How can i switch to Linux Beta, if i first cannot download the game because it's Windows only ? I need to buy the game for Windows, then switch to Beta ? But then, it counts as a Windows purchase, right ?
Right-click.

Properties.

Betas tab.

Type in the secret access code.

Hit "Check Code".

Select the "mac_linux_test" from the drop-down.

Hit close.

HaxeFlixel, a free and open source cross-platform game framework needs funds on IndieGoGo
27 Jul 2016 at 9:32 pm UTC

They're over $3500 now, with most of their month remaining. Crazy.