We can’t, for instance, ship an installer and have it just work.

Sigh.

I wish more devs would find and read my Linux development articles up on gamedev.net. It really isn't that difficult to build a "universal binary" that runs on almost all Linux distributions, and build an installer for it - once you know how. I went through a lot of the same pain they went through (and every other commercial Linux game dev) - trying to find information, catching flak from the community when you ask questions and try to get answers, etc - but I documented everything I learned to save other devs that frustration.

Here's a [URL='http://www.mygamecompany.com/articles/index.htm']link[/URL] to the most up-to-date versions of those articles on my web site.

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Welcome!

By the way, I noticed you didn't post a link to your own blog, just your "adversary's". Was that an oversight? I would think you would want to drive some traffic to your own blog...

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Boy, that brings back memories! I remember playing Wolfenstein 3D, Blake Stone, and other similar games back in the early 90s. They did a good job with the retro feel.

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Looks great! I'm looking forward to seeing how the game looks as development progresses...

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My sale is now on!

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I can see how that would be easy to do (losing your way) when you're working on a project part-time for that long. It's been difficult enough to stay focused on Dirk 2 for 3 years. I've had to take some breaks along the way to work on other smaller game projects, and come back to it fresh.

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This looks cool. It's exactly what I was thinking of doing, except 2D instead of 3D - combining my Rick Rocket space shooter and Dirk Dashing platformer game engines for a new Rick Rocket game, where you can fly around, then land on planets or stations and explore. I'll be following this project with great interest.

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Thanks! There are a couple of different things the guards might do when that happens - that's one of them. I plan to add more things like that before I'm done.

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Thanks, guys! Much appreciated!

By the way, I finished putting together the official Dirk Dashing 2 pre-order trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XqETL1zm2I [External Link]

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Thanks for sharing the news on the front page guys, and for tweeting it! I need all the help I can get to spread the word!

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