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Unforgiving but addictive 3D top-down shooter 'Redie' is now out on Steam, demo available and some thoughts
4 Dec 2016 at 11:11 pm UTC

Wonderful game, thank you for featuring it SangreDeReptil. Another excellent pick up!

User Editorial: Steam Machines & SteamOS after a year in the wild
10 Nov 2016 at 5:28 pm UTC Likes: 2

Brilliant post, calvin. I think you just said it exactly how it is, without the unnecessary pessimism or unreasonable optimism that usually occurs widely among Linux gaming community when this particular subject is touched.

Is there a way to follow you somewhere, like Twitter?

Developer of 'Steam Marines' talks sales, Linux represented 2% over the lifetime of it
8 Nov 2016 at 6:04 pm UTC Likes: 13

Quoting: LeopardWhat is that smug developer?

Just because you're supporting Linux and Mac people won't buy your shitty game.

When Witcher 3,Skyrim and Doom like AAA games comes to SteamOS and Linux people will greatfully buy them.

We don't need your shitty game(s).We're happy with Mad Max,Shadow of Mordor,Civilazition V and stuff like that.

He just sees Linux and Mac users for profit.His goal is not sharing a game's fun with platforms.

To him,Windows users are worthy.We're just leftovers
You are insane. No matter if it's Civ 5, Deus Ex, Undertale or Stardew Valley, percentage share in sales will always be the same.

The Steam Marines developer actually cared and cares to support Linux and Mac, which are the minority of gaming market. He shared his numbers publicly. He contributes to the community that way. And this is what you think of him?

And what did you do to make our small gaming niche better?

Shame.

'The Last Leviathan', a physics-based, ship building and destruction adventure game in Early Access for Linux
1 Nov 2016 at 6:30 am UTC

Quoting: AnxiousInfusionPeople generally reduce early access to "ea" which unfortunately gets easily confused for Electronic Arts. I wish I was smart enough to offer a better name.
I believe the original term for that business model was "alphafunding". It was introduced by Desura back in ~2011:
http://www.nerd-age.com/desura-alpha-indie-games-funding/ [External Link]

GOG also has its own term for it: "games in development".
https://www.gog.com/news/introducing_games_in_development [External Link]

And itch.io offers "refinery":
https://itch.io/refinery [External Link]

Some thoughts on 'Prison Run and Gun', a retro puzzle platformer on Steam that fans of the genre will enjoy
30 Oct 2016 at 10:16 pm UTC Likes: 1

I liked another game from Prison Run and Gun developer (Quantized Bit) - Volt. The level design in Volt positively surprised me and left such good impression that I will gladly play other games created by the studio.

Feral Interactive's Linux ports may come with Vulkan sooner than we thought (UPDATED)
27 Oct 2016 at 6:57 pm UTC Likes: 2

They don't specifically state what game, and while watching the livestream they are doing, it wasn't explicitly clear if they meant Deus Ex: Mankind Divided would be updated with it, or a future port.
It was announced literally a minute before you joined, Liam, and I believe they said that it's Deus Ex: MD that they are gonna look into in context of possible Vulkan treatment.

But better confirm it with our friends at Feral :)

Desura, IndieRoyale and DailyRoyale now have new owners who plan to revive them
26 Oct 2016 at 5:31 pm UTC Likes: 2

They were the first major service to introduce Linux support :) I have a soft spot in my heart for them :)