Folks, there is a basic point you all may have forgotten where gog.com does differ from both Steam AND Desura which I believe is VITAL to keeping a clean computer (having learned much from M$ Windows$): The big difference between gog.com and the others (Desura, Steam, and probably many more) is this: you don't have to install a client. I don't know about you but in my experience that is BIG. Its really not possible to say that Steam and Desura are totally DRM free because all require you to install a client. gog.com does not. The problem with installing anything other than the game is you have a 3rd party who you have no idea what stuff they are installing in your system, similar to other DRMs. While Steam and Desura may not use DRMs that are as infectious, their purpose is to track what you download on your computer and report back to them at a minimum (and possibly add stuff depending on their policies and deals with partners). Otherwise, why bother with the client? There could be all kinds of "stuff" the clients installers leave lying in your profiles. Has any Steam or Desura user done a file diff on their accounts after removing their Steam or Desura download clients? Point is, no 3rd party provider is truly DRM free unless they don't require you to install a client. gog.com is the only group I've found so far that doesn't require this so I've gotten quite a few things from them before more Linux options were available. Now that they are, I've told gog.com my support drops unless they catch up with Desura and Steam in the Linux availability. (and voted of course). Now that the client installer issues is on the table, can anybody confirm what is installed by these clients and what is removed upon uninstall and what is left behind to "tag" you? Only that will confirm whether either Steam or Desura is truly DRM free (regardless of whether the game itself is). We can all download using virtual machines I suppose, but what a hassle...

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It looks like the goal will be reached. Its already at 102% with 5 days to go. Stretch goals on possibly in sight. Thanks all!! We will have another premium game native Linux and open source!!

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@Cheeseness Perhaps you missed the part where I said, "I do agree in spirit".  But I don't set the rules or strategies. The business world is rarely concerned about "doing the right thing" nearly as much as "how do we get people to pay more for the same thing".

By the way, one of those increasingly rare people appears to have a kickstarter campaign that is beginning to stagnate at 89% and nearly 600 discount $15 full game rewards at Asylum. This fellow put ALL the good stuff as a CORE part of his campaign with only 8 days left. What do you say Linux lovers? If you  haven't gone to lend a hand, please do so. At $15 you can give the game to a friend who logs to get scared. Even at $5 you'll help get a game whose core (The Dagon game engine) is open source and promised to Linux from the very beginning. It will take a relative small amount of money (11k) to guarantee funding. IF you agree that Linux offerings should be a core, and not a stretch goal, let's put our money where our mouth is (if you have the budget for it of course). You can help make another quality game for Linux happen here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/agustincordes/asylum-kickstart-the-horror/ [External Link]

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@Cheeseness Many people agreed with you.That said, you can make an argument of funding additional testing, but since the games were being developed on MacOS anyway...if I didn't enjoy the first game so much, I wouldn't supported this one. I do agree in spirit that any game made with Unity 4 shouldn't have MacOS/Linux as a stretch goal, its should be a core goal. Ah well, at least its happening.

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Hmm..the game requires a 16GB usb stick to send it to people physically in an economic manner. 4 DVD's is a lot of material to test. It would be nice if they didn't make it a stretch goal, but it was a modest one. Hoping to get confirmation of a Linux version for Unwritten: That which happened later on. they are still figuring out how much money they really have and won't know for 2 weeks, but I think its likely.

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$76K and less than 2 weeks go to. Hopefully we'll make it...

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They are now up to $71K. with 2 weeks to go. This looks like it could happen. I'm particularly keen on seeing the engine get some new features.

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@hamish True, although I've seen projects from as little as 5k to as high as 1 million both succeed and fail. Given the quality of production, I'm guessing its what they need. The artwork and voice acting right now I'm guessing is their biggest expense right now (I could be wrong). At the moment their current rate of sales conversions puts its close if unchanged; almost on a knife's edge. Many others are doing a big push right now. Hopefully it will do.. Would like to see a more comfortable margin though. There are still around 1000 $15 discounted game downloads available out of 2000 but many got larger reward sets. Would be cool to see the discount downloads sell out.

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@Hamish

Actually, considering the average budget for games this size I think its relatively modest and given the short history of this team (Scratches...so far) its realistic. They are at the 52% mark now. Remember that Death, Inc (Also being made for Linux) is asking for 300k POUNDS! From the looks of the campaign progress there, odds of success seem very low. At best I think they'll only get 50% of that. I think Asylum game is worth investing in because these guys have what appears to high level development and unlike most Kickstarter game projects, has a chance of being released on time (4 years of work, nearly done it seems), and their goal is actually within reach. (Being from Argentina probably allows them to get better developers at lower rates. :D ). Anyway, my thoughts there.

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@RustyBroomhandle
Yes you are correct! And the funny thing is, I own them both.

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