Ya know, fixing wine so that it can run games better is hot and all, but what's also sexy is companies fixing their games to work better with wine. Example: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1217060 [External Link]

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Yikes, another one to file under "Too 'spensive, I can't afford this"

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoSo... They actually remade the Linux port of Metro Last Light Redux..

Now, I wonder if the games are true Linux ports or just windows games running via DXVK (or a fork of it).

It's Linux. Stadia is all native Linux ports.

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Quoting: PatolaI guess that game would feel even better if it had VR. And it would be the first open-source game to do so...

Can you maybe explain in more detail how VR would work with this? Bear in mind this is a third person game with camera that rotates around the character. Do you imagine it still using the same control scheme, but you can look away from the character? Or did you have something else in mind?

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Quoting: Creak

Quoting: Purple Library GuyHave there been decades of 3D graphics?

Well, Matrix in 1999, the PS1 appeared in 1997, and even Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which started in 1993.

I'm pretty sure we can find something in the 80's quite easily 😉

1987
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpt_3D [External Link]

1982
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron [External Link]

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Got this originally on Desura. Remember that?

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Same engine as Horizon Zero Dawn, so here's hoping.

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Ah yeah, Bubble Fart Simulator. Played the heck out of this when it hit the bundles.

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Ah yeah. Not sure if that is where it originated, but in Minecraft this is known as Spleef.

https://youtu.be/zavxGDJhRlo?t=271 [External Link]

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: omer666It's more of a monopoly problem than a low market share problem. Back in the days, porting a game on 4/5 different OS was the norm.
Today all computers run on x86 architecture, all you need for testing your game on Linux is to install the damn distro.

Ignoring the main topic a little, "back in the day" games were also far less complicated to write. Game engines could likely be maintained and ported by a single person, or very small teams. It's far more complex these days.

...not to say that I don't think you're right. I do think you're right. They could just install GNU/Linux (and by now it's fairly easy to find the most popular) to do at least basic testing for a version they're asking people to pay money for.

Counter counter point: If "back in the day" means the 80s, porting a game meant using assembly language on vastly different hardware. Budgets were way lower, and yes, usually it was 1 person doing it, but I don't really think relatively speaking it was easier.

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