I'm supporting you on Patreon and Flattr :) I suggest other look into either as well (Flattr in particular is pretty clever).

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Sorry if I missed it, but what type of game is this? The trailer didn't tell me anything (at all) and the description could be anything from a point'n'click adventure game, to a platformer to a story-based FPS.

Oh wait, it has a "Visual Novel" tag. Is it animated then? In what way is it HD now?

EDIT: To answer my own question, this other trailer gives a much better indication of what type of gameplay and presentation to expect: View video on youtube.com

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I actually completely missed that this came out for Linux! I remember reading about it before it came out, but I don't believe Linux was mentioned where-ever I read about it.
So, in short, if they hadn't pulled the free-piracy-trick, it would have remained missed for me. Good work Voksi and Devolver Digital!

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoI'm 40 years old and I can tell you that Vr was a commercial failure, is a commercial failure and will be a commercial failure, because of the high price of the hardware needed, and because the human is an animal of habits...

About the game... bleh.. Just what We need! Another digital card game.... ¬¬

VR already has an audience, even on a small platform with few VR titles, like ours. The fact that the hardware cost has already pretty much halved since the first generation of this new wave of VR came out, should also tell you that it'll keep dropping.
VR is here to stay, the question is just when it'll become mainstream.

Sidenote: Seeing as all the teenagers I know (which, admittedly, aren't that many seeing as I'm about twice that age) have at least some form of VR device (Google Cardboard / plastic equivalent and/or a GearVR), VR is already a part of their notion of which established media platforms exist. As VR gets better and better, I find it hard to believe that an entire generation will suddenly decide to just drop the entire medium.

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Thanks for the warning! I love a good, psychological horror game (or novel or film) but I absolutely despise jump-startles (I don't like calling them scares; they aren't) and the story and mood needs to the centrepiece of the experience, so I'll be giving this one a wide berth.

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Ahh, too many good games coming out now! I thought I was done buying games for this month, but there goes another straight in the basket! I liked Grimrock (though didn't love it), had quite some fun with Eye of the Beholder on my trusty old Amiga and I do love me some steampunk, so I'm looking forward to spending some time in this universe :D

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I haven't bought anything on GOG in ages, due to the ease of use of Steam, but the fact that GOG helped the Linux port just got them a sale :D

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I've been looking forward to this one, glad to hear that I'll actually have the time to play and finish it! Bought and scheduled for tonight :D

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: Cybolic[...]

Without any information contradicting what Stephen Kick has said (and he really should be the one to know, seeing as he's both the founder of Night Dive Studios and the project leader), I see no reason not to believe what he's saying. Also, there's nothing to be gained from throwing away the work and goodwill they've achieved so far, so even with my tinfoil hat on, I still see no reason not to trust the update.

We shouldn't ignore it, but we could add some common sense and experience of life and also mind what he's written between the lines or what he didn't mention at all. If I'd be a backer I'd e. g. want to know how much of the money they got is left.

Absolutely. It would be nice to know how much they have left, if they need further funding to complete the project at all or if they need further funding the complete the redesign (which I would assume they don't know before the reassessment is done). In any case, I don't see any indication that the project is over. Night Dive Studios does not depend on this project to stay afloat, so even if they were out of the Kickstarter money (which I doubt; low, maybe, but not out), the company itself is still generating money from sales of other games.
It's still way too early for pitchforks, if you ask me.

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For what it's worth, I just bought every DLC for Stellaris and Cities: Skylines (the two games I do occasionally play) that were remotely interesting to me as well as pre-ordered Surviving Mars. It's roughly what I normally spend on games in 4 months, but I hope this at least pushes the stats slightly more in favour of us Linux folk.

EDIT: If anyone else is jumping on the pre-order, I apparently get something out of it in-game if you use this link https://www.survivingmars.com/invites/jo4DjM [External Link] ;)

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