Reckon I'm taking Thurs/Fri off this week to celebrate this release!

I was surprised that no-one had upvoted the official announcement on their Steam page too. I thought this would be big news.

Looking forward to this one.

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Getting a lovely "original System Shock" vibe from the atmosphere, even though this is a shooter. This is seriously well done. I love it!

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Out of the most recognisable names from my early Ubuntu years (Sil, Popey, Wimpy, Jono and Jorge), only Jorge is left, as far as I know.

These guys shaped Ubuntu for me. They built an incredible community that I contributed to for over 15 years, first on the Ubuntu Forums, then on Ask Ubuntu (I still have my "top 100 contributors" t-shirt lying around somewhere!).

Absolute stars. They'll be missed.

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Fall?? FALL??? :grin:

Looks quite fun. I'll keep an eye on it!

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Word of the day:

megalopolises

Plural of megalopolis, meaning a large, heavily populated urban complex.

Strong work, Liam. Every day is a school day, I find. Also, very satisfying word to say over and over...

Edit to note that this game looks like one that Ehvis will enjoy - massive manufacturing, research trees, building at scale. I feel a spreadsheet coming on!!

And a second edit to note that this is an incredibly bad time to launch, given that Metro Exodus is releasing the day before!

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I played this a little back in the day, but haven't ever tried it since it went open source. I admit that every time I see these articles, my heart skips a beat thinking that someone has open source engine'd the Battlezone series... which would be amazing (although the remaster works perfectly in wine/proton).

Still, I need to give this another chance!

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Fantastic news! I LOVED the demo when I tried it out a few months back and I've been eagerly awaiting a full release to really sink some time into this.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Really sorry folks, I hope you'll have the chance to experience Narita Boy on another platform somewhere down the line.

Yeah... that's really not going to happen though is it? Who'd trust a dev team this incompetent, even on another platform? If it ever hits Humble Choice, I might play it, since I get all 12 games anyway. Give them actual money though? Nope.

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Quoting: Craggles086Will it be on Steam / will I get a Steam key later if I buy it now?

Putting the game on Steam is something I want to look at when the game is more or less “done”. It’s a complicated decision for various reasons – there are upsides and downsides, and it’s not something you can easily try and then back out of.

If the game ends up on Steam, and if Valve still allows developers to generate keys for this purpose, then I’d like to get keys to existing players. However, that’s too many ifs to make a promise, so I would recommend assuming “no Steam key” for any purchasing decision made now.

http://fractalsoftworks.com/faq/ [External Link]

Yep, it was this very (vague) wording on their FAQ that led me to post my question. Upsides? Downsides? Really odd, in this day and age, to sell your game directly rather than through a platform that boasts 100's of millions of active players every month. Can't really imagine what the downsides would be, other than risking a poor overall review rating, which would seem unlikely given how passionate people are about this one.

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This looks absolutely superb. Why on earth don't they sell through Steam, I wonder? I'd never heard of it until this article!

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