Quoting: s_dCorrection... second golden age.  Remember Quake, and Loki, and RuneSoft, and LGP, Abuse (Crack Dot Com), Doom ported, Rise of the Triad ported, Heretic & Hexen ported, and a few others, all clustered around '98-'01 ...

I missed that, those were my last Windows-using years. I've updated my bio, though. :)

Quoting: s_dI love where we are now, because there is an enormous selection of wonderful games of a wide variety of genre.  In fact, what is not well-represented are AAA console ports like the very popular Modern Military Shooters (Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, etc).  Since those aren't interesting to me, I'm not particularly bothered by that "shortcoming".

I'm not bothered at all about that either, I only enjoy FPS with a solid and deep single-player campaign (the last one I played being the original Half-Life ^_^)

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Quoting: AntoinePlease, do register for twitter muntdefems. It takes a minute, you can delete your account immediately after voting, and the poll is so close right now. Every vote matters.

Voted! But only because of the fun I've had with the game. :D

BTW, what's the reward of being Project of the Month?

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Quoting: OrkultusThe way the game is played, it reminds me of the old SNES "Lawnmower Man" games

I never played those games. To me it reminds me of FOTONICA with more movement freedom.

By the way I love this game, but I terribly suck at it... :P

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Pity I don't have a Twitter account, I'd vote for SuperTuxKart for sure! ^_^

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Well, the Mistery Game was finally revealed last weekend and it's none other than AirBuccaneers. At the current rate of purchases it will be unlocked pretty soon.

At first I was very excited since it's a game built with Unity3D and I read that they had recently upgraded to Unity4, so a Linux port seemed a matter of (little) time. The game's FAQ [External Link] isn't very definite about this question, though:

Quoting: AirBuccaneers FAQ1.9 Will there be a Linux version of AirBuccaneers?

We have moved from Unity 3.5, which didn’t directly support Linux, to Unity 4 which does. AirBuccaneers has been seen running on Linux.

Quite an ambiguous answer, by any standard... So I decided to contact them by email and that's the answer I've got:

Quoting: LudoCraft Marketing DepartmentI'm sorry to inform you that we've currently put the AirBuccaneers Linux client development on hold.

We do aim to return to it as soon as possible, but can't really give any kind of estimation of when it might be done.

Nevertheless, have a great week!

While I appreciate their good wishes I'm a little disappointed to read this. So as it is we can only hope they retake the porting tasks ASAP so a native Linux port can finally see the light of day. If you're as hopeful as I am remember that this game will fit under the $5 tier, so you might need to raise your payment to get it.

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Quoting: berarmaDisappointing so far. I've tried Eschalon Book II but it won't work on Debian since it needs libc2.15. This problem is getting more and more common and it sucks, and they don't even care to warn about it. I can't even find and email address to ask for support.

Ew, that's not cool. On my end I can only confirm that it works flawlessly on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit.

They warn about this in the README.txt file, but I agree that they should say it on their website.

Quoting: README.txtRUNNING THE GAME ON LINUX
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Eschalon: Book II was compiled and tested using Ubuntu 12.04LTS, and we can only verify that it runs on that version of Linux. Many people have managed to get the game to run on numerous other versions of Linux, but we do not, and cannot, support every Linux variation. Please check our forums for information on running the game on other variations of Linux.

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More news!

First of all, Dungeons: The Dark Lord has been unlocked on the $1 tier, although with no foreseeable Linux port as I reported earlier today.

And secondly, I've just received the answer from Topware Interactive, publishers of Planets Under Attack and Two Worlds II:

I´m very sorry, but there are no plans for the moment.

I'm still waiting for the answer about Men of War: Assault Squad, but I guess it's gonna be the same as the other ones.

Next bonus item is an EP, but there's still another game to be unlocked (the Mistery Game on the $5 tier). Let's hope it's a Linux title and thus another reason to get this bundle (or raise the paid ammount).

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Quoting: muntdefemsSo at the moment there's no Linux support on the $5 level, don't bother to pay more than this (unless you think the 3 native Linux games deserve it, of course! )

...or you fancy the OSTs! :)

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Shortly after publishing this article I contacted the developers of all the $5 tier games. So far I've received two answers:

1) Daedalic Entertainment, developers of Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes, replied:

Thank your for your interest in our games. We forwarded your request to our sales compartment, which replied that they are observing and considering it. In any case, do not expect anything, at least not very soon.

2) Kalypso Media, publishers of Dungeons: The Dark Lord (which is about to be unlocked as a bonus game at the time of writing), replied:

Thank you for your inquiry. Currently, there are no plans to create Linux versions for the games you have mentioned.

So at the moment there's no Linux support on the $5 level, don't bother to pay more than this (unless you think the 3 native Linux games deserve it, of course! :P)

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Quoting: WienerWuerstelParty of Sin is "pay what you want" right now on http://groupees.com/bma [External Link]. You also get the upcoming Linux Version with the Steam Key. Might be a nice chance to get the Game if it really comes to Linux.

I'd bet avarisclari has bought (or considered to buy) this same bundle, hence the Major Mayhem entry. And I thank him, because I was considering writing an article about the BMA bundle, so he already did half the research. ^_^

I'll see what the Linux prospects are for the >$5 games and I'll start writing it right away.

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