quiet a good article, different OS as a stretch goal is simply not smart, it basicly means that people on a supported OS are putting in money for another OS after which people for the second OS will start funding.... tis wrong :)

Talking for me personally, at the start of it all (double fine) I supported projects that had Linux as a stretch goal, but by now even if I like something I will not support it from the start if there is no Linux support from the start.  I might return to the project at a later date to see if it reached Linux but I might simply forget and thus not fund it.   

The article by muntdefems is good in helping to see who has Linux from the start and thus who to support.

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I did I did..... when I pressed post I thought he not gone think of ubuntu unity now will he..... he did :P

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Quoting: liamdaweJust tried out Chasm even though it uses mono

Even unity uses mono :)

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nice one, hope to see this column back a lot :)

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Quoting: CheesenessWhat about Valve's offerings? They currently have more titles available on Steam for Linux than any other developer, and with the Team Fortress and Counter Strike franchises still having very healthy player bases, it seems like that's worth noting as appealing (though I can understand if those titles aren't of interest to you personally).

Don't see those as new AAA titles, sorry and yes your right I don't care about them personally as I am not into online shooters :)

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right now what does steam offer me as a linux user that I don't already have ?

- sure I entered all my humblebundle keys  but I played all those games already or still got them installed
- games I want on steam like Legend of Grimrock because of the easy way to get the custom dungeons does not appear, so am playing that via wine.
- only close to new AAA title so far has been serious sam 3, and I loved it but beyond that there is nothing on steam that I can't get/have on desura or from a direct download page.

Once a few high profile kickstarters come out I might start using it more then now but till then I don't have the urge.

<rant>

As for the comment that X is to blame and Mir is the way to go, its a silly remark, 2 game engines (unity and unigine) show that they can run fine on X.  Mir is about a unified desktop for ubuntu on different devices, and if developers will make games that only work on Mir then we will have Linux and Ubuntu, which is a bad thing for all none ubuntu users, and don't tell me to switch because I am not telling you to switch to windows. 

</rant>

for the rest I agree with cheesness, its holding steady despite the fact that steam only has like 1% linux games vs windows games.

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not sure if its instant death or not, so from 1st shot that hits you, if thats the case I think I would be frustrated really fast.

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LOL about the idea and the trailer for sure

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saw it last night but waited till home from work to see if it would be posted yet.... :)

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http://www.ambientstudios.co.uk/ [External Link]

Sad News by Jonny, 25th April 2013

Hi all,

It’s time for a sad announcement: Ambient is shutting its doors. It’s been an amazing ride and we’ve produced some amazing products like Monster Meltdown and Death Inc. We’re super proud of what we achieved, but ultimately we didn’t manage to make enough money to keep the wolves from the door. And so we had to make the difficult decision that it is no longer feasible for Ambient to continue operating.

Thank you so much for all your support and encouragement along the way, we’ve got no regrets and have loved every minute of it.

- The Ambient team

A Note On The Death Inc. Alpha

Obviously we cannot deliver on the commitments we made in the various Death Inc. alpha tiers. If you’re one of the alpha backers, don’t worry – we will be issuing full refunds so you will not be in any way out of pocket.

pretty sad as I had loads of fun with the alpha and the 1st level......

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