Sanctum 2 is now free for the next 47 hours on Humble Bundle.

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/sanctum-2 [External Link]

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I bought this for $15 during the Klei sale 2 weeks ago on Steam. I knew they had already promised linux support and was willing to try playing it with WINE.

Even though others have it running with WINE, mine worked with all the title screens but gave me a black screen and no visible characters... Yet I could see their bubble captions. I didn't want to deal with it then, but I guess now I will wait until it releases a native client. (I have a new release of Rimworld to play with in the mean time.)

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Quoting: mcphailYep. I followed some links on GOG [External Link] and got it working on Ubuntu 16.04 a few weeks ago.

Cool!!! I'll have to try it when I get some time... I noticed the link mentioned an updated client...

Long Live DEEKIN!!!

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Steam doesn't have a big sale on, but it does have a few titles going for cheap too. A lot of them can be found the same or cheaper on the other links though.

The next steam sale starts tomorrow... As noted here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-next-three-major-steam-sale-dates-have-been-leaked.10586

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Quoting: omer666And if the game is mod compatible, you can pick one of the original editors for the game. At the time i had an open source editor on the Mac, but I can't remember it's name...

If the game is mod compatible, it will become an instant must have.

That may be a little difficult though... iirc, some of the mods included graphics for unique items. It *might* be difficult to let them in because they will probably be low-res in comparison. Mixing them in may be ugly. Then again... with all the old content, the best of it was story driven so it can be overlooked.

I did have it this game when it first came out and I was able to run it on linux native... I loved it. Though as linux improved over the years, the linux version of the game did not, and eventually it became too much of a hassle to try and get it to run.

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Quoting: razing32

Quoting: stretch611That being said, if there was a gamer style program similar to AA, I might have to join due to 1,000 hours on Rimworld and nearly 1,000 on Factorio. (Note: I may need it... but I wouldn't join it willingly.) :P

So are these games the Borg to you ? :D

Not sure if assimilation is the proper term.... Maybe Achilles's Heel. For some reason Tycoon style sims and Fantasy style RPGs have always been my favorite. It always is fun to build a colony, or train network, and see it thrive. Its even interesting to sit back and watch what you created thrive; like watching a well tuned machine hum along... its hypnotic.

I guess even my enjoyment on TD and RTS games to a lesser degree is due to my enjoyment on builders... building a base instead of a colony.

I'm a game-a-holic, and I have a problem... but damn, I'm sure as hell not going to stop.

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This is essentially Dwarf Fortress with 8-bit graphics instead of ASCII art. And more sci-fi humans meets the gun-slinging west instead of Fantasy Dwarves. (ok, *maybe* 16-bit graphics... very similar to Prison Architect.)

Many of the new tantrums added are straight out of Dwarf Fortress... Not to mention existing mood modifiers like sleeping on the floor or eating without a table.

That being said, if there was a gamer style program similar to AA, I might have to join due to 1,000 hours on Rimworld and nearly 1,000 on Factorio. (Note: I may need it... but I wouldn't join it willingly.) :P

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One of the programmers has been using Unity on Linux and said how it works just fine. Hearing that, fills me with hope about the future on Linux as a development platform as well as a gaming platform.

I hate to nitpick... especially on a topic that is not quite in the theme of this site... But, linux as a development environment has been strong for quite some time. I believe that I can safely say that linux is far stronger for development needs than it is for gaming needs.

I have had all my needs as a dev platform fulfilled for the last 10+ years in linux... that is what allowed me to drop windows completely. I still needed dual booting for games after I made the switch to developing full time on linux. Back then WINE was not as good as it is now, and we certainly did not have all the native titles that we do now.

Admittedly, gaming development may not have been as strong all those years, but part of that is the fact it helps a lot when the system you are coding on can execute and test the program you are writing. It can be frustrating waiting for compiles... no one wants to add the time necessary to reboot into a different OS just to test.

EDIT: All those reboots just to play a game was a huge factor to me. It weighed heavily on my personal decision not to buy all the shiny new windows titles. Especially when getting an off-hours call and having to immediately save the game I was playing (assuming I was at a point I could save) and reboot back to linux just to solve a quick problem. (Compared to now when I generally just swap out the game and leave it running in the background.)

Back then when the Humble Indie Bundle first appeared, and the games supported linux, it was a no-brainer. I was sold, and that really became the point where I never had to dual boot again.

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: stretch611my 3 cents... (yes, I'm odd)
As Liam mentioned, you need to know where the enemies will attack from...

How very dare you, sir, for I am not he! :D

Liam is tied up this week, so BTRE is holding down the fort while I've been sitting on this article idea for a few weeks and now felt like a good time to post it. I've obviously found a fellow-TD fan in a few of you!

D'ohh, Sorry about that. I'm sure you are absolutely insulted by that slight. :D

Not sure about linux support on Dungeon Warfare 2. Here is the original announcement [External Link]. There was a dev update [External Link] less than a week ago, but no mention of linux in either.

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my 3 cents... (yes, I'm odd)

Kingdom Rush/KR: Frontiers... Fun little games well worth the price. I go back and play them from time to time.

Sanctum 2: TD meets FPS. I'm not a huge fan of FPS... its just not my cup of tea. That being said, I bought this, could not figure out what to do (and never had a chance to leave the FPS part of the game) and gave up on it really quick. Was it bugged? Maybe, it was one year ago this month when I tried it. But I realized there was more FPS and less TD then I personally care for. YMMV

Dungeon Warfare: If you have any fun with TD games get it. This has been a really fun romp since I bought it, and has been on my recent list of things to play and overplay. It actually is fairly well balanced. There are custom maps in the steam workshop. You are forced to replay old levels to grind up experience in order to conquer the later levels. However, it really does not seem grindy for some reason. Dungeon Warfare 2 has been announced and I can't wait to try that one, sight unseen. I'll say it again...get it if you like this genre... It is quite fun.

OTTTD: I have considered this a few times before... for some reason I never can quite hit the "buy" button. I can't remember why (bad steam reviews, maybe fearing grindy-ness of leveling characters, I honestly don't remember.) I might reconsider now with the positive feedback.

Revenge of the Titans: A nice and fun game. I never came close to finishing... not sure if its that hard or if I made poor tech choices. Though it has been a fun game, and I do go back and play a little from time to time. IIRC, I got this game as part of an old Humble Bundle while it was still in beta (way back when and before steam even supported linux.) Offtopic: The dev, puppygames also makes a fun space-invaders clone called Titan Attacks [External Link]. And I have had fun with their robotron like shooter, Ultratron [External Link]. In short, I enjoy their games, they all have a retro-vibe,and all have a related storyline.

Space Run: Played it, had some fun hours in it, ultimately it now sits unused. As Liam mentioned, you need to know where the enemies will attack from... I'm not big on TD games that force you to use certain towers in certain spots. Replaying a level because you didn't know what side to put your extremely limited resources on to begin with is not fun IMHO.

Defense Grid 2: Good TD game, high res graphics, fun to play. I have spent many hours in this one. I enjoy it, but IMO, it has limited replayability. You can go back and run some levels with challenges like no upgrades past rank 2, but once you finish the campaign it gets boring as wave after wave of the same things. There are scenarios on the steam workshop, yet the dev acknowledges that scenarios don't work in the linux port. At this point the devs have not even commented in the steam forums for over 2 years. In my experience, the game runs well on linux, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any update to allow linux users to use custom maps.

Defense Zone 2/3 (I don't have DZ1): Interesting games, fun, but nothing unique about them. For the low cost you do get some enjoyment out of them. Levels are a little long... some sessions have lasted 2+ hours for a single level with all the waves. Overall, worth the money if you like TD, but nothing spectacular.

Talk about your timing though... I went to humble bundle and installed Fieldrunners 1 & 2 over the weekend. (HB has linux versions, steam does not.) The first one doesn't like my latest laptop/CPU and plays far too fast. If you blink the game is over. (Odd seeing how the .deb package is only 5 years old.) Fieldrunners 2 has no problem adjusting to my CPU clock/timing, but after playing a short while, it just seems more grindy then I remember. These are both TD games ported from iOS to Android to Windows to Linux.

Edit: Defense Grid 2 scenarios are actually on a 3rd party site, not steam. Not that it matters if you run linux.

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