Quoting: nitroflow

Quoting: g000hMeanwhile I grabbed the previous August Monthly Bundle and got...

The Escapists 2 (early unlock)

Kona (didn't have it already)
Sudden Strike 4 (didn't have it already)

plus other non-Linux stuff (mostly unclaimed) such as Pathological Classic, The Surge, Forged Battalion.

Sudden Strike 4 is on linux too

Sorry, I should have been clearer. The first three games Esc2, Kona, SS4 *are* on Linux. I intended it to be read like that.

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Interested, *but*.... more interested in a really good DayZ Linux port. (Sorry)

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Meanwhile I grabbed the previous August Monthly Bundle and got...

The Escapists 2 (early unlock)

Kona (didn't have it already)
Sudden Strike 4 (didn't have it already)

plus other non-Linux stuff (mostly unclaimed) such as Pathological Classic, The Surge, Forged Battalion.

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Currently, 76% off on GreenManGaming [External Link]. Hmmm, maybe worth a punt.

Anyone finding it broken or problematic on Linux?

EDIT: And now back up to full price again :/

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Whoop - I have just spotted - the newly Linux-ported Turok is 75% off on Steam [External Link].

Think I am just about to purchase ;) EDIT: Bought it. Played for about 1 hour. Good game. Decent port.

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Anyone get a spare Dirt Rally key - I'm interested, and have plenty of other keys to swap it for.

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A few more I spotted:

Crypt of the Necrodancer at 80% off on Humble store [External Link]

Bomber Crew at 60% off on Humble store [External Link]

Merlin vs Zombies at 81% off on Steam [External Link] EDIT: Bought this one, played for 45 minutes. Reasonable game, similar style to Angry Birds, certainly worth it at this low cost.

Looking forward to the 7 Days To Die update.

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This very thread has done a good job of demonstrating to me just how toxic members of the Linux gaming community are.

Here's a few points:

- Most of the complainants neither bought nor played the game, and have no investment in it whatsoever. (So why comment? Answer: Because you're a troll.)
- Game developers do not like bad publicity, and if the Linux community is going to be toxic about their port or delayed build, then they might as well not have a Linux port. Better to have a perfect Windows release and Console release than even put any effort into Linux (which is what many of the AAA Studios do).
- Why not express anger about companies like Bethesda and Rockstar who never brought ANY of their titles to Linux? (That's right: Have a good old moan at the company which did bother bringing the game to Linux, and has been doing okay with updates.)
- So what if head of Facepunch makes some digs at Linux and Linux community. He makes digs at everything. It should be a case of "Water off a duck's back", i.e. It's nothing, and it shouldn't bother you.
- Rust game has been working fine on Linux (at least as good as the Windows version) ever since it went Final Release. And it was working pretty good before that, on Linux, too.

It's all okay though, because you can spend your money buying Windows games and then play them on WINE, making the Linux community look even smaller than it is.

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Quoting: dubigrasu

Quoting: g000hI've got plenty more to play if Rust does stop working on Linux, but I'm happy to keep going with it, if it does stay active.

But I take it you don't play on the GOL server? Don't remember seeing you there recently...

Yes, I've moved on. I did have a long stint on the GOL Rust server, particularly when I was less familiar with the game. It is a good server for starting out, i.e. less hostile than some of the others. It is also a good server for camaraderie, chatting while playing, and practising building skills. But I tend to prefer the threat and survival aspect of other servers, i.e. not being familiar with the other players. At some point, I might be back on the GOL one.

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Well, I've been playing Rust, prior to the recent Support controversy. And playing more Rust, after reading most of the GOL comments about the controversy.

Feel like sharing some of my game events...

I'm a solo player, playing it from a survivalist view-point. During play, anything could happen, you could turn around a corner and come face to face with a bear, a player with much better weapons than you, you could open 100 crates and not get an item you desperately need. Or you could open one crate and get just what you needed. As a solo-ist, the game is extra hard if you run into other players, particularly a group of co-op players who can potentially all gang up on you.

My previous Rust game, I'd got to the point where I'd placed two hidden bases at different points on the play map. I'd stocked up each base, so in the scenario that one would be attacked I'd still have a decent set of equipment in the other base. An event happened which bothered me: I'd entered the Oxum Gas Station, gone around looting it, and then climbed down the ladder into the little cave section. I spotted a player in the cave, and a crate with a stone in it. The other guy was wearing basic clothes and no weapon, and didn't attack me or behave hostile to me. I was kitted up. So, I left them in peace down in the cave. A bit later I was stood at the recycler, recycling all the items to get useful components. I was alert, but not being really careful about my characters well-being. BAMM! Shotgun to the back of my head. Dead on the floor. Who did it? The weakling from down in the cave, had snuck up and taken his chances. Mean-spirited opportunist. From that point in the game onwards, I have been even more careful in my play, checking the area before using recyclers. Taking cover and being weaponised while recycling (or other activity where you are not fully focussed on what is around you). Haven't been caught out again. And I didn't lose much anyway, seeing as I am regularly unloading back at base.

Then, in the last 5 hours of play. Oh, what a shame - There has been a partial server wipe. My character wakes up where my base had been located. Same map, both bases gone, still got my blueprints, and my character has no equipment whatsoever. This is a pretty bad situation. I couldn't even chop trees for wood, to build tools. So, off I go scavenging. One of the very first things I find is a metal pickaxe in a roadside crate. Oh, how good is my fortune today! Anyway, things continue to go reasonably well. I'm looting, I'm recycling, I'm getting decent equipment. Built my first reasonable base in 2 hours of play (Stone walls, metal doors, code locks.) Then, in my next gaming session, I found a great place to hide a second base, and I've gone through missions of moving items from base to base, building the new base, and getting myself into a decent standing (i.e. Sufficient food, supplies, weapons, and so on).

I like the survivalist nature of the game, trying to hide bases so that they won't become targets. Trying to build bases efficiently and to maximise their defence against attackers. Scavenging while avoiding being attacked. Trying to be ready for any eventuality and the unexpected interactions of other human players (and AI-controlled enemies too).

I've got plenty more to play if Rust does stop working on Linux, but I'm happy to keep going with it, if it does stay active.

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