Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is coming to Linux!

Nice game. I'm already waiting for it.

I don't think anything has had such a big influence as numbers (money), and HIB showed the numbers favoring GNU/Linux. Before that, some developers were saying it was a bad platform for games, now we don't hear that anymore. Money rules when it comes to COMMERCIAL games.

Quoting: liamdaweDon't get me wrong I know Valve has had an effect on games but I was talking more user base, I still doubt Linux's share has increased much at all from Valve's efforts, I believe it can change and will but not seeing it yet.

Now, that I agree with. It's so difficult to really see what affect Steam on Linux has had on the user base. It's undoubtedly had a far more significant effect on the developers that much of anything else.

How ironic is it that Linux's freedom is a key attractor to closed-source game developers? In this case, it's the freedom to sell a game any way you want without a gatekeeper or official app store. Of course, that is for direct-sales only, but the the other two OS's are (poorly) attempting to discourage side-loading of software. It's incredibly strange for me to even consider the term "side-load" when referring to PC software, yet that is where things are slowly headed, it seems.

QuotePersonally I of course hope we keep growing after all GOL's success depends on people using Linux heh. I am hoping our new design will help keep us going since near enough everything will be better on it! Makes us much more up to date that's for sure!

Oh, yes, I totally agree. Recall that one drawback of the current design is deficiencies when rendered on non-tablet mobile devices. The new design is quite slick for small screens, and also attractive for large screens. Of course, there is no design in the world that can compete with great content, so that will need to be the focus!

Quoting: berarmaBefore that, some developers were saying it was a bad platform for games, now we don't hear that anymore. Money rules when it comes to COMMERCIAL games.

Well, we definitely still hear that from some developers, such as "triple-A" published studios.  There are also indies who are still unhappy with us (Jonathan Blow complains a lot, Tommy Refenes of Team Meat has made pretty insulting statements in the past, and of course, Garry Newman most recently).  But, yeah, it's becoming less vocal.

What really warms the cockles of my heart is when non-Linux users come to our defence. I've recently become close (well, "Internet-close" anyway) to quite a few fellow crowd-funding enthusiasts, and they have pushed for Linux stretch goals on my behalf.  Of course, my obligation, when that happens, is to try to raise hell in our community to show a strong response!

These folks are both Mac gamers, and Windows gamers, and when it comes to crowd-funding, they've seen how passionate and dedicated we are.  Heck, the SpaceVenture and Hero-U campaigns (spiritual successors to Space Quest and Quest for Glory) nearly killed me...

No one can deny the emergency of Linux gaming. Since Steam was released for Ubuntu, companies have been watching carefully. One HUGE factor in deciding to port to Linux is that Unity3D makes it very easy to port to lots of platforms.

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Quoting: oddworldincNo one can deny the emergency of Linux gaming. Since Steam was released for Ubuntu, companies have been watching carefully. One HUGE factor in deciding to port to Linux is that Unity3D makes it very easy to port to lots of platforms.

What exactly do companies watch for in Steam? Is it the monthly hardware survey?

Quoting: liamdaweDon't get me wrong I know Valve has had an effect on games but I was talking more user base, I still doubt Linux's share has increased much at all from Valve's efforts, I believe it can change and will but not seeing it yet.

It seems my comment here has been skipped over by everyone. :'( Or is it that it wasn't clear enough? These stats I was poiting out are as substantial as can be, showing the direct impact of Steam's arrival on Linux and it's big.

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Quoting: liamdaweDon't get me wrong I know Valve has had an effect on games but I was talking more user base, I still doubt Linux's share has increased much at all from Valve's efforts, I believe it can change and will but not seeing it yet.

It seems my comment here has been skipped over by everyone. :'( Or is it that it wasn't clear enough? These stats I was poiting out are as substantial as can be, showing the direct impact of Steam's arrival on Linux and it's big.

No it's just I have 0% trust in those counters. As you look at another counter and it gives you a totally different result.

Is this game going to be Steam only, or will it be more generously spread?

Sorry for coming late to this particular party, been very busy.

Quoting: HamishIs this game going to be Steam only, or will it be more generously spread?

Sorry for coming late to this particular party, been very busy.

I hope so. Steam has already made it into Debian SID but I couldn't run it successfully past the main menu, and even if I made it I don't like the service so far. Why do big companies mess it so much while little indies can do it right from the start? Nah, I'm complaining again, though big kudos to those indies, keep doing it!

Quoting: oddworldincOne HUGE factor in deciding to port to Linux is that Unity3D makes it very easy to port to lots of platforms.

I missed this sentence and I fully agree. Unity3D has probably ported more games to GNU/Linux than anything else, maybe the second best thing after the HIB. And they did it right unlike other big names. Steam is big and influencing but it hasn't done that much yet, IMHO.