As much as I admire Mojang I still can't help but feel let down on Scrolls. They initially sent out tweets to confirm it would get a Linux version, but it's still not here. We find out more.
I purchased a copy on the promise of Linux support. Sadly over a year later this still hasn't happened!
I spoke to Henrik Pettersson who confirmed this to us:
@gamingonlinux As I understand, the new launcher will allow us to make a linux release, but it won't be automatic. So, there's hope, but 1/2
— Henrik Pettersson (@carnalizer) May 8, 2014
And…
@gamingonlinux 2/2 .. we will finalize windows and mac release first. I guess you're used to that order of things? :-/
— Henrik Pettersson (@carnalizer) May 8, 2014
Henrik did follow it up with this when I asked if it means it won't happen until the final release for the other platforms:
@gamingonlinux Well, at least not before launcher update, and windows+mac update to go with that.
— Henrik Pettersson (@carnalizer) May 8, 2014
I know we get a lot of this, but developers thinking we are "used to that order of things" is part of the problem. Mojang have a lot of Linux fans thanks to Minecraft and I feel they are letting us down.
I was able to run Scrolls in wine a couple times, but it seems to not work at-all nowadays and I simply refuse to use Wine now as it's just too much of a hassle for poor performance.
I hope they do deliver on their promise sooner rather than later.
This does bring up an interesting question, if a developer publicly states Linux will have a version and you buy it, should you be entitled to a refund if it never happens? Sadly probably not, but it does serve as a constant reminder to myself to never again buy a game until the Linux version lands, let it be a lesson to you all.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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