Akaneiro: Demon Hunters Linux no longer a stretch goal

Quoting: AnonymousI'd like to ask if it's possible to see other games (mainly the Alice games) on Linux as well.

Sad news there, buddy... :( 

I don't think that's actually a very good question for American;  in his recent Reddit AMA, he clarified that he has zero control over any of the Alice IP, and really doesn't want to work with that publisher any more, either.  They had his studio develop an "American McGee" treatment of the Wizard of Oz universe, called Oz... and then pulled the plug, leaving his studio out all the development money up to that date, and with no publisher for the game.  To make it worse, his studio would have needed a publisher at that point, because there was no way the old publisher, who owned the IP, would have given it to him for free.

So, any porting effort in the future would need to be initiated by EA (like that would ever happen).

Someone asked him whether he'd ever do another dark fairy-tale or children's story adaptation again, and he coyly replied that he is working making a version of Little Red Riding Hood, twisted with dark Japanese mythology (i.e., Akaneiro...)

Quoting: x414e54Okay backed it. It does seem a lot just for a Linux export of a unity game, but I would like to play the game all the same.

And I agree, I really dislike primary platforms as stretch goals. If you are paying for your main and only platform and it does not make it then you end up with a game you cannot play. Yes you can cancel, but you may forget and cancelling is against the whole idea of Kick-starter, and could drop it back under their main goal. 

Stretch goals should just be extra things that really are not core to wanting to or being able to play the game.

So, the problem isn't exporting from Unity3D v4; there is an actual problem.  The game was built in Unity3D v3, before the Linux export was available.  Apparently, porting a project from 3.5 to 4.0 isn't always roses and rainbows, and he's not the first dev I've read about having some growing pains between versions.  Whether or not this specifically costs $200K in part (or substantially) is another issue.

I guess the thing to keep in mind here is that he's nearly finished with a game that requires $200K to get the necessary fit and polish to meet his standards for quality (which are pretty good, I'd say), and he's committing to a bit of extra work to be able to expand the game to more backers (us and the OUYA crowd, of which I also count myself) to be able to make his goal.  I agree that the wording in the announcement was insulting, and the way it was gone about was a "bit pants" (as my UK friends would say)!  But, everyone makes mistakes, and conveying meaning and emotion on the internet is very difficult.

Not that I'm especially a fanboy backer, but it is good to have good information;  thanks to Liam for posting to Reddit, and to American for the technical answer!

Having to rebuild a GUI from scratch, due to an SDK switch is language I understand.  I appreciate him leveling with us.  I'll go pledge and make a showing of it;  the game looks fantastic.