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The Silent Age has been out for more than a year right now, and some months after its release the developers replied in the forum, regarding the possibility of a Linux port. This is what they said:
Quoteellioman [developer] 20 Aug, 2015 @ 6:21am
(...) "But the good news is that we're working on it and are quite close to being ready to publish. We've been dealing with some texture issues on Linux but we are confident that we've found a solution. Just have to do a bit of testing and then we'll be rocking."
However, after months of complete silence (no pun intended) another developer posted an update:
QuoteHouseOnFireDK [developer] 26 Jun @ 7:16am
"Hey guys. As you have noticed, we haven't had success getting the Steam Linux version to work because of issues with the middleware. We haven't looked at it for a while, but if and when we return to it, we'll let you know.
Anyone interested is welcome to sign up as a playtesters for the Linux version here."
It's a shame that now they don't even have a release date, because the game looks particularly interesting, with its aesthetics clearly inspired by Another World, but at least the request to join an eventual play-test could be read as if they're still interested in porting the game. We'll see how it plays out...
About the game (Official)
Lose yourself in The Silent Age, the thrilling point-and-click adventure with over seven million mobile downloads, completely revamped and updated for PC.
Help Joe as he travels between the groovy present of 1972 and the apocalyptic future of 2012 to discover the truth behind humankind’s extinction, a quest entrusted to him by a dying man from the future. Use your portable time travel device to solve puzzles that bring you closer to answers and saving humanity.
Winner of the 2013 Casual Connect Indie Prize and applauded for its deep story, clever puzzles, and radically simple navigation and art style, The Silent Age is an unforgettable experience. Can you, a simple janitor and literally, “the average Joe,” save humankind? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Ah the dreaded "middleware" reasoning again.
Why on earth do developers not look into first and plan ahead?
So frustrating.
Why on earth do developers not look into first and plan ahead?
So frustrating.
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Look forward to the day when games will be released for GNU/Linux only. It will be the end of all these stories.
Yes people keep telling me that my thinking is wrong, unpolite, politically uncorrect.
But to be honest I can't see what Doze could ever contribute to my life, actually it caused me lots of pains in several occasions, so it would be a relief for me to see it go. About Mac, I have no sympathy at all for a rip-off of FreeBSD. If only FreeBSD people had used the GNU license...
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Yes people keep telling me that my thinking is wrong, unpolite, politically uncorrect.
But to be honest I can't see what Doze could ever contribute to my life, actually it caused me lots of pains in several occasions, so it would be a relief for me to see it go. About Mac, I have no sympathy at all for a rip-off of FreeBSD. If only FreeBSD people had used the GNU license...
Last edited by Teodosio on 30 June 2016 at 11:37 am UTC
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Their loss - looks like they gonna miss out on at least three sales from GOL so far then!
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That's too bad. It is quite a good point and click adventure. I played it on Android.
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What do these developers mean by middleware? Are they talking about network, database, keyboard/controller libraries? There are tons of platform independent libraries for those.
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Quoting: GuestSo really, it would force people out of their comfort zone (really, windows is about as comfortable as shirt made out of tree bark) to try something new.I don't get this. How do exclusives force anyone to do anything at all? If a game isn't available on my OS, I shrug and move on. I certainly do not feel compelled to install Windows or buy a Console just so I can play them. Exclusives are bad, full stop. Besides, if you love Linux for the freedom it affords you, why do you feel the need to force it down someone's throat?
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Quoting: tuubiQuoting: GuestSo really, it would force people out of their comfort zone (really, windows is about as comfortable as shirt made out of tree bark) to try something new.I don't get this. How do exclusives force anyone to do anything at all? If a game isn't available on my OS, I shrug and move on. I certainly do not feel compelled to install Windows or buy a Console just so I can play them. Exclusives are bad, full stop. Besides, if you love Linux for the freedom it affords you, why do you feel the need to force it down someone's throat?
Though I agree with your sentiment, a lot of people will buy a console to play a certain game.
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Quoting: kit89True, but they do not need the game, and they are not forced to buy anything.Quoting: tuubiQuoting: GuestSo really, it would force people out of their comfort zone (really, windows is about as comfortable as shirt made out of tree bark) to try something new.I don't get this. How do exclusives force anyone to do anything at all? If a game isn't available on my OS, I shrug and move on. I certainly do not feel compelled to install Windows or buy a Console just so I can play them. Exclusives are bad, full stop. Besides, if you love Linux for the freedom it affords you, why do you feel the need to force it down someone's throat?
Though I agree with your sentiment, a lot of people will buy a console to play a certain game.
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Quoting: GuestObviously, there is no need for a game, or an OS, or computers for that matter. If we wanted to be literal about everything, we could all revert to a paleo-diet and live in a simple agrarian society as that would meet our "needs" sufficiently.That's not being literal, that's being a wise-ass. ;)
Anyway, I'd argue that we do indeed need entertainment, but no single game is important enough to force us into anything, and even if it was, forcing people to try Linux is not the right way to go about it.
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Naming and shaming.
Anyone who owns that software on a different platform can find out which middleware is involved, and can call out the name of the producers, so anyone knows which incompetent nincompoops are responsible, and so every other developer will know which morons they have to avoid.
Anyway, I can't see anything resembling "middleware" here. It's plain Unity with the Steamworks.NET plugin. I only see broken shaders. No idea, maybe they've been produced with that broken "middleware".
Anyone who owns that software on a different platform can find out which middleware is involved, and can call out the name of the producers, so anyone knows which incompetent nincompoops are responsible, and so every other developer will know which morons they have to avoid.
Anyway, I can't see anything resembling "middleware" here. It's plain Unity with the Steamworks.NET plugin. I only see broken shaders. No idea, maybe they've been produced with that broken "middleware".
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