There is a Pathea Games developer and light bulb joke somewhere in here...

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I just wish they would focus on more important things like the lack of proper 3D navigation before tackling stuff like Vulkan.
Oh, well... all in good time, I guess.

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Snap only works on Ubuntu?
Didn't even know that... rather weird and seems strangely against the concept.

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Quoting: HoriExcapt that Imperator had technical issues that prevented many people from playing (I think that's the source of all the hate).

No, the source of the hate is that they released an empty shell to be filled with DLC later on. They could have waited a year more with the release. I really think, and hope, that their DLC policy is getting to them. People really begin to notice.
Imperator is like a EUIV/CK2 hybrid, but with nowhere near the content of either of them (with all their DLCs). So it will be compared to both games, and not win that comparison in any scenario.
You don't get a 35% (or whatever it is now) rating for being a good game. It doesn't just have "flaws". As I said, part of it is due to the EUIV/CK2 comparisons, part of it due to general fatigue with DLC milking policy, but even if you take that out, what you have is a deeply incomplete game.

Stellaris, too, was really messed up on release, but at least it was its very own thing, not comparable to other Paradox games.

I'm not telling you not to like the game. I sure like a few objectively trashy games, but I do acknowledge their quality and know that most won't like them.

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Well, I certainly haven't been buying Imperator, but so haven't a large number of people, for obvious reasons.
Interesting that their Linux sales numbers are dropping over the years, though, that's not the same story as from other devs.

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Quoting: EikeAnybody knows what happened with their first Kickstarter campaign?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/supragames/supraland-a-first-person-metroidvania-puzzle-adven/updates [External Link]

Completely failed to raise any awareness, probably didn't do any marketing and spreading the word at all.
24 backers looks to me like the dev just put the game on there and hoped for the best.

Also not really an easy idea to sell.
If I hadn't played Supraland, I probably wouldn't believe someone could pull that idea off so well.

Now that the first game was such a success, the developer is of course in a much better position to gain funding.

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Quoting: GuestInstead, the correct message to send is we will not send you money until you support us like every other gamer gets to enjoy. We demand Linux support. That's how you get more Linux support.

Hate to break it to you so directly, but that is wishful thinking without any base in reality.
Uhhh, about 1% of gamers demand Linux support. Yes, that will sure convince developers. As a 1% group demanding anything has always been very successful, I'm sure.
Seriously, it convinces barely anyone even here and we're all linux gamers ;)

No, Linux gamers will be ignored by most developers without a personal interest in the platform itself - until there are enough linux gamers to actually listen to them, to make the effort viable.
And that number can only be increased by growing game support. Which - since a larger percentage of native ports won't happen without a larger target audience first - can only be provided by Wine/etc.

Though, of course, the increased support of Linux by engines naturally also helps here, as it lowers the perceived barrier of having to maintain another platform.

Obviously, preferably buying games with Linux support has a positive influence, as has (nicely!) asking for future Linux support of game X. But beyond that, buying a Windows-only game on Linux and playing it there will show a developer that there's an audience here which has the one thing any developer desires most: $$$.
Which might convince a developer to give the platform a try with a proper release. Or not.
But at least it is a chance, in contrast to a handful of people screeching "No tux no bux!" in their ear, which only leads to the "ignore those Linux freaks"-reaction you can regularly see wherever the topic comes up.

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Hehe, Valved walked into the "customers really can be daft at times, better be very clear" trap.

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I also wasn't aware there was a dosemu 2.
Is there any guide on how to actually run a game with it?

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Too many fish in the sea, really.
I don't think there is much that could be done about it.

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