Quoting: EikeLet me guess: The did look at their past sells and it was hardly worth it. So they wonder themselves how to judge. If you'Ve got a better solution, make sure to propose it to them. (I do like the idea of kickstarting a Linux version. It would make sure to only make it when there's a set mimimum of sells.)

As I said: Make an educated guess about possible sales, assess required manhours. Make a decision. Even if the sales don't cover the expenses entirely the gained experience could be worth it. Kickstarting might be a feasible alternative (though you already have to be clear about the effort required).

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Quoting: nitroflowPretty disappointing comments here. Measuring interest is a perfectly valid thing to do especially when they've ported their previous games.

This seems to be most retarded approach to measure interest. I know others have done that before and accumulated hundreds of "+1" posts in Steam discussions. I wonder how many of these "+1" translate into purchases months or years after this discussion. There must be a more sane solution at hand, too - since there are so many Linux ports out there which came into being without that. Let me guess:

We have to invest so many man hours into the port. We have to sell so and so many copies to break even. Looking at our past stats we can expect so and so many sales. If we sell less, it won't cost us a fortune, we can file it under experience gained.

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Quoting: ShmerlThey quite clearly say a few key points here:

1. Steam and your Subscription(s) require the automatic download and installation of Content and Services onto your computer.

That precludes manual installation from the backup you referred to. I.e. doing it manually would be violation of their TOS.

2. This license ends upon termination of (a) this Agreement or (b) a Subscription that includes the license.

I.e. if your account is terminated or Steam closes down (both would mean end of the subscription naturally), you aren't allowed to install or use those games anymore.

All that fits into restriction on digital goods after purchase.

That's a license agreement. Not DRM. Besides: It says something about the initial download and installation. Nothing about backups.

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoCan you move these games [External Link] to another of your machines using an external HDD?

Yes you can. Get yourself informed before dumping rants.

To illustrate it: Apotheon. Comes with normal binaries (or the shell script). Double click these - game starts. No Steam client started beforehand, no Steam client starts in the background.

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I know this has been discussed before, but I'm still unsure. Got RotR with my Humble Monthly some time ago. If I retrieve and claim my Steam key now - will Feral get anything? Are Steam keys linked to a certain price? I suppose if I buy an additional key on Humble Bundle now, they'll get more or less the same amount as they get when buying on Steam, right?

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Downloading...

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As a fair warning , the grind can be a pain.

Well, after all it's F2P and if it wasn't for the grind it would be difficult to create new content, keep existing players interested and attract new players. OTOH: Up to tier 3 the grind is quite bearable (particularly if you spend some real money on some premium vehicles) and IMO the fights there are the most entertaining ones.

Ended up being quite put off by the amount of pro Russian bias in the game though. I'd sunk a bit of time and money into the German tree but at mid tiers the t-34 is all you'll ever face and it completely owns.

If this bias really existed - why don't you play the Russian tanks? For my part I'm at least as successful with the other nations (with the exception of Japanese and French tanks).

Quoting: fractalWord of advice to any new users - skip Arcade mode and go straight into the Realistic mode, this is where the game shines and actually differs from miseryware such World of X series.

Depends. I like arcade with planes. Fiddling with engine management and observing maximum speeds before your wing rips are kinda "too much for the quick in-between game". With tanks I wholeheartedly recommend realistic. Most of the possible tactics with different types of vehicles are gone, when you are marked on the map and highlighted in the aiming sight.

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Indeed. I should have thought about the locale setting. Works properly now.

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Can't confirm that. Even on the lowest level the difficulty is absolutely absurd. I wonder whether this is a bug. It is definitely buggy since at one point my aircraft was invisible, the level scrolled on to the first boss and stayed there. All I could do was Alt-F4 the game.

Edit: Definitely a bug. Comparing with a gameplay video from the Steam forums my version runs about 10 times as fast as the one in the video.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPWhat a weird question...

On which platform would you like to play Iron Harvest on the most*?
*We are developing IH for PC first. The Kickstarter campaign and all Alpha/Beta builds will be PC-only. We’d like to gauge the level of interest in versions for other platforms.

Windows PC
PlayStation 4 / PlayStation 4 Pro
Xbox One / Xbox One X
MacOS
Linux

And it is single-choice.
Should be multiple choice, really. Even people who dual-boot are rather likely to pick Windows as they just know it makes most sense.

Why? It says the most. If this is too difficult to grasp: Just click the Linux option and be done.

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