It's official, we are doing our very first GOTY awards for Linux games. Nominations are currently open and will be for a few days before voting begins, so be sure to add every game you think deserves it.
This is our first attempt, so it may not be perfect, but it has seen some testing and worked fine for our tests. We may look to separate it by categories next year, but we do not have time to code that in this year, so to prevent delays it's a single-vote deal this year.
Voting will open on the night of the 31st of December, and the winner will be announced on the 14th of January 2015. So, you have just over a week for nominations and around 2 weeks for voting, simple enough right!
We manually approve all nominations to prevent spammy entries and duplicates, so don't fret if it takes a while to show up.
Games do not need to have released this year to enter, so if you still love a game from a while ago that's fine too.
To reduce our admin time: Please Note: This is for Native Linux games only. No Windows games, but wrapped games that support Linux (The Witcher 2, GOG Games) are fine.
Click here to enter the GOTY section. Be sure to help get the word out too!
Please reply here with any bugs, but there shouldn't really be any as it's quite simple. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
This is our first attempt, so it may not be perfect, but it has seen some testing and worked fine for our tests. We may look to separate it by categories next year, but we do not have time to code that in this year, so to prevent delays it's a single-vote deal this year.
Voting will open on the night of the 31st of December, and the winner will be announced on the 14th of January 2015. So, you have just over a week for nominations and around 2 weeks for voting, simple enough right!
We manually approve all nominations to prevent spammy entries and duplicates, so don't fret if it takes a while to show up.
Games do not need to have released this year to enter, so if you still love a game from a while ago that's fine too.
To reduce our admin time: Please Note: This is for Native Linux games only. No Windows games, but wrapped games that support Linux (The Witcher 2, GOG Games) are fine.
Click here to enter the GOTY section. Be sure to help get the word out too!
Please reply here with any bugs, but there shouldn't really be any as it's quite simple. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Released this year: Metro 2033 or Witcher 2.
2014: Transistor
STEAM dayONE 4k FTW!
2014: Transistor
STEAM dayONE 4k FTW!
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The links to pages 2 and beyond are broken, missing "?" in the url.
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Quoting: DaverballThe links to pages 2 and beyond are broken, missing "?" in the url.
Thanks, fixed.
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Not sure it's right to add Early Access games to the GOTY nominations. Some are not even feature complete.
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Quoting: FredONot sure it's right to add Early Access games to the GOTY nominations. Some are not even feature complete.They are still released in some form, and they are games. So, I am fine with it as my personal GOTY is in EA, so I want to vote for it.
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linux_gamer Dec 22, 2014
Borderlands 2 / TPS
and Euro Truck Simulator 2.
and Euro Truck Simulator 2.
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What about games with ports that are in some form of public beta? I.e. there's no linux icon on steam but you can download and play them on linux already. In other words do you look at steamdb or just the steam store itself to judge whether a game supports linux or not?
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Ideally only officially released games that actually advertise the Linux version.
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Alright, seems like maybe a bit of a double standard when you allow EA titles, but I can understand why you would want to do it that way, since open beta titles probably don't stand a chance against officially released titles anyways, just purely based on the user base.
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Quoting: DaverballAlright, seems like maybe a bit of a double standard when you allow EA titles, but I can understand why you would want to do it that way, since open beta titles probably don't stand a chance against officially released titles anyways, just purely based on the user base.
EA titles advertise their supported platforms. Games that have a secret Linux version do not, it's nothing to do with double standards.
If it advertises a Linux version: Allowed.
If it does not: Nope.
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StianTheDark Dec 22, 2014
What? Crusader Kings 2 wasn't released this year!
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Segata Sanshiro Dec 22, 2014
I'm really glad this is happening, it's really cool! Next year, I'd like to see awards for developers and porting houses too :). Also coke and limousines, but can't have everything.
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Quoting: StianTheDarkWhat? Crusader Kings 2 wasn't released this year!Please read the article, and/or the GOTY page for the rules.
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Yeah, sorry that was a poor choice of words on my part, I merely meant to point out that linux builds of EA titles might be in a comparably shaky state to a public beta on a game that's already released officially, so I find it equally questionable to allow EA titles.
I do however respect the distinction you make based on how the port is advertised rather than on its quality, I didn't mean to take a stab at you for that. English is my second language I should learn to stay away from idioms if I don't fully grasp their meaning. :)
I do however respect the distinction you make based on how the port is advertised rather than on its quality, I didn't mean to take a stab at you for that. English is my second language I should learn to stay away from idioms if I don't fully grasp their meaning. :)
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So little time, and yet so many games left to play.
Great initiative! Looking forward to vote and final results. :)
Great initiative! Looking forward to vote and final results. :)
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I submitted both Mark of the Ninja and Bastion, since those are probably the two games I got the most enjoyment out of this year.
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You should use a 'masonry' display so that more items could be displayed at one time. Now I have to open all tabs to search for a title
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Why does Dreamfall Chapters have two entries? Far as I know, only one game is released so far.
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Quoting: minjYou should use a 'masonry' display so that more items could be displayed at one time. Now I have to open all tabs to search for a titleAdjusted it to be in 3 columns, and upped the count. Should make finding a game easier.
Quoting: KelsWhy does Dreamfall Chapters have two entries? Far as I know, only one game is released so far.There will be errors now and then with duplicate approvals if they are named slightly differently. Stuff happens.
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Quoting: liamdaweLooks nice. Now the only thing lacking is a counter for the total number of entries.Quoting: minjYou should use a 'masonry' display so that more items could be displayed at one time. Now I have to open all tabs to search for a titleAdjusted it to be in 3 columns, and upped the count. Should make finding a game easier.
Quoting: KelsWhy does Dreamfall Chapters have two entries? Far as I know, only one game is released so far.There will be errors now and then with duplicate approvals if they are named slightly differently. Stuff happens.
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