They told me this on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/kalypsomedia/status/1017352111959543810 [External Link]

"Wir diskutieren Linux grundsätzlich als Option - wir steigen hier aber grade mal erst in die Planung ein, dauert also noch, bis wir dazu irgendetwas sagen können."

which translates to:

"We are always discussing Linux as an option - but we're just starting planning here, so it will take a while until we can say something about it."

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Congratulations! Keep up the great work!

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Quoting: x_wing

Quoting: NeverthelessI think we should't try to find any excuses for piracy here.
It's all the way better to buy a Windows game and play it with Wine (if it MUST be done), and tell the developer that you gave him your money to play it on Linux.

Sorry, what I said aren't excuses, I'm just showing that there are many things that happens on customer side so there is no point to say that the way I see the things would ever affect the Linux game market or even call the shame on my point of view due to the frightening possibility that "If i was a developer thinking of porting to Linux, came here and saw people giving such weak excuses about taking others work, i would probably think again considering it's a small market."

The way of that software retail sales works is quite different the way you think and definitely what I'm saying here would never ever make any publisher to doubt to bring their software to our market. But, just so you don't get afraid of that terrible possibility, I'll give them some hope:

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I do understand that. What I meant was: We're a small community with a small platform. As was pointed out several times by other users in this forum, we have to be more positive (as in friendly, helpful, honest) than users of other platforms. That way Linux already gets more support than market logic allows.

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Quoting: x_wing

Quoting: dubigrasuThe lengths to which people will go in their arguments to justify dubious morality...

There is a difference between justify and have a point. We're talking about how software sales works and it's quite different to talk about of "stealing" something. And for software development/publishing there is a big difference (a difference that we can even take up to any digital data distribution).

So, my point goes towards that when a publisher release a piece of software he stimates his sales based on the market his pointing to, and that means that Linux users are not part of the market and will not change their sales estimates. There is no point to say that using a pirate version is "stealing" or "pirating a Windows only software harms Linux sales" when you're not part of the market. We are out of their scope, simple as that.

Anyway, I completely agree that that it's not cool and can harm our market if you pirate a Linux game. But I will never start pointing towards to the people that does it as I don't know their background, there are lots of reason to not buy a game and the only one that I would say is a shame is if you have the money and you're avaricious.

From my point of view, the way you put "morality/ethics" on this is kinda contradictory. Using your way of thinking I could extrapolate and say that libraries harms books sells, as they allow people to read some books for free.

I think we should't try to find any excuses for piracy here.
It's all the way better to buy a Windows game and play it with Wine (if it MUST be done), and tell the developer that you gave him your money to play it on Linux.

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With Chris Avellone as narrative designer this MUST be even better than part 1.

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Quoting: mortigarI'm under NDA so can't talk about the game, the Linux build has been working for around 3 months, and it gets updated at the same time as every other build!

Good to hear there seem to be no bigger issues!

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No it's Slitherine (publisher). I'd like to have more Slitherine games on Linux!

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Quoting: chancho_zombieI like naval games. We seriously need a Silent Hunter VI on Linux, but it seems nowadays no one is interested in submarines anymore.
I played Victory at Sea, it's not bad but not up to the level of similar titles like the Battlestations Series. Hope it improves but anyway is good to see a war game focused on a single player campaign.

So true! I'd love UBoot, Cold Waters, anything like the older Dangerous Waters, Red Storm Rising, Silent Hunter, SSN21 Seawolf on Linux!
For now I guess it's time to try out my copy of Victory a Sea at last!

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Quoting: Joeyboots80I'm going to have to eat a lot of rice cakes this year. Cause I'm gonna go broke. ;)

Uh.. I wish I was only interested in one genre...

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Quoting: liamdawe

Into the Breach

Oh jeez, how did I forget about that one.

It's never complete...

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