Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: hardpenguin

Quoting: ShmerlAre they already using GTK3 for the launcher? They used GTK2 for TW2.

Can you tell me, please, does that matter in a slightest way?

Yes. GTK2 must go for good, if you want to switch to Wayland and avoid using XWayland in addition. So everything should be moving in that direction.

This is nonsense. You will have to use XWayland for years to come. To run all the games that link X libraries directly (so, the vast majority of them), to begin with.

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Quoting: ShmerlAre they already using GTK3 for the launcher? They used GTK2 for TW2.

Can you tell me, please, does that matter in a slightest way?

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It's also on itch.io, while we're listing stores ;)

https://cardboardcomputer.itch.io/kentucky-route-zero [External Link]

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Quoting: dmantione

They also removed the "Exit to Windows" text (yeah I know, it’s an old game), so it just says "Quit" in the Linux port. Funny, because I noticed people whining about that on another website. Goes to show that VP do have a nice attention to the small details for us Linux gamers.

This is because in many peoples eyes, Eon does the same thing as Wine. While there are details on Eon exactly works, from the data that I have, I suspect Eon differs quite a bit from Wine.

What is similar about both technologies is that they load the original Windows executable in memory. However, while Wine is generic and makes no assumptions about the game in question, I believe Eon needs actual porting works on the game.

What is the difference. A good example would be the filesystem. Wine needs to emulate a full Windows filesystem with C: drives letters. I believe Eon is much more smilare to:

function OpenFile(name:Pchar):HFILE;winapi;

begin
if string(name)='settings.txt' then
OpenFile:=open(homedir+'/.config/Virtual Programming/Overlord/settings.txt');
end;

... the result is that VP ports behave like native Linux applications and don't need a filesystem with Dos drives letters.

Much more fundamental is that Wine needs to emulate DirectX shaders with low level OpenGL shaders. Because Eon knows what shaders to expect, native GLSL shaders can be used (Peter Mulholland from VP once said that they use native shaders).

Another thing that I belive Eon does, is runtime patching: Consider the machine code of the game in memory the "source code" and modify it at runtime. I believe this way, you can replace "Exit to Windows" with "Quit".

So yes, there are similarities between Wine and Eon, but I believe the VP ports are a lot closer to native applications than what some people believe. It certainly doesn't look VP just wraps the game and work is done.

This, sir, is an excellent post and I wish more people knew this. Consider posting to /r/linux_gaming on Reddit!

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I still haven't even played Kingdom Rush even though it was ported to Linux two years ago, yes it has been that long I even had to check. Am I missing something big here?

A lot! It is super fun, I spent like 50 hours playing this one and I don't even like tower defense games :P

Quoting: boltronicsOMG.. this is a day one purchase for me. I've got almost every star on the Android version, and have every achievement for the GNU/Linux one. Great little tower defense game.

Me too, man! High five!

Quoting: boltronicsI don't understand why Ironhide Game Studio hasn't released more of these games.

Well, they have three Kingdom Rush titles for mobiles and browsers, among which the first one is also available on desktop platforms, while the second one is also coming, as you can see.

They are also working on a new title, Iron Marines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9n4hwMdWMQ [External Link]

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Quoting: ElectricPrismI held off buying this because of the Early Access after Storm United going dark :(

On a scale of 1 to 10 for FPS players who like Halo, etc... how good is this?

Pretty good. Personally it reminds me a bit of Team Fortress 2 and maybe Urban Terror. Fast, but not too fast paced shooter with fun classes. It's only 7 euro and definitely worth the price!

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It's also on GOG now:
https://www.gog.com/game/undertale [External Link]

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I kinda believe that the story behind Mad Max is the lack of Denuvo on Linux...

On all these announcements: I think that every one of them was a honest and cheerful promise, that got delayed or cancelled because of the technicalities. That is the case especially for ports that were announced in the late phase of the game development, when it's too late to change frameworks or middleware to something that supports Linux. Remember, that porting to Linux games that were never intended to be ran on Linux is extremely hard and often ends in scrapping functionalities (Company of Heroes 2 and non-Windows compatible multiplayer).

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Quoting: hardpenguin

Quoting: toorWaiting for a DRM-free version.

The Steam version is DRM-free but it probably won't be too long before the Linux version will land in GOG and Humble stores :)

The DRM-free version on humble store is only for windows for some reason, not mac, whereas the steam version is for mac too :x

Remind the developer and/or write to the Humble support (maybe they will remind him!). Meanwhile, the Mac version is available on GOG :)

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Quoting: toorWaiting for a DRM-free version.

The Steam version is DRM-free but it probably won't be too long before the Linux version will land in GOG and Humble stores :)

Quoting: ElectricPrismThis is in my top 5 for the last 20 years, great game.

Yup, game of the year 2015 and probably one of the best purchases I did that year. Definitely recommending to anyone with at least a little sensitivity and humor.

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