System Shock remake heads to Kickstarter, Linux is the first stretch-goal

Quoting: ElectricPrismYou may be tempered by the cold realities of _life experience_ but don't let that take your joy away - look at the huge success Linux has had as a platform in the last couple years partially due to people baiting developers into promising "Linux Support".

Every one us us has made a impact by all our actions to help create a lightning rod and it's working. GOL has served as a gaming hub to centralize and perpetuate excitement, and we've started the avalanche.

25% of Steam Games on Linux or 2,500 games is an amazing accomplishment. If you could do one thing to help the future, a worthy cause would be protecting them from closed software systems (not applications) destined to lead to dystopia, greed and corporations forcing users to play their game with their rules their way.

It's a two way effort needed to crack the dreaded chicken-and-egg problem. Valve and others have done an excellent job in building out initial infrastructure for high profile games and we, as gamers, need to meet them somewhere in the middle. So pushing commercial Linux games has been a personal goal of mine. I initially went with Mint in part to help boost the numbers of the already biggest(?) distribution and have urged friends/family on board as well. That was back in early 2015 and just in that year alone I've witnessed growth that I couldn't ever have imagined.

If you (reader) are somebody who is still dual booting Windows for convenience, I urge you to go cold turkey 100% Linux and help us all.

More than it being a stretch goal (which it will reach for sure), it's more Linux being considered a second-class citizen by some developers and people who pledge end up getting it months and months after other platforms.

I won't back this simply because I'm done with crowdfunding, but I'll certainly buy it if and when it comes out for Linux.

I thought it was originally going to be on Linux in the first place, on their Made With Unity page it says " Platform(s) Linux, Mac, TBA, Windows, Xbox One".
Linux just being thrown on as a stretch goal is kind of disappointing...

I backed the game earlier tonight. I will cancel my backing if the Linux stretch goal isn't met by the last day. That is my plan. I would prefer that Linux was a higher priority to them. I wish that there had of been a Linux version of the demo. However I can't ignore the fact that I enjoyed the demo, that I think this will be a good game and that they say they are willing to make a Linux version if a goal is met.

My main concern is that they have brought 28 of their 44 games on Steam to Linux but only 4 of their 13 games on GOG to Linux. Doesn't make me very comfortable as a DRM free buyer.

I backed it just because I want it to exist.

Even if a Linux version comes to be, I doubt my machine can run it. I refuse to use proprietary drivers any more, and only use Intel as a result.

Maybe in 5 years Intel will catch up enough for me to play this, but meh. I want this to be.
Is it a gamble? YEP! That's what kickstarter is: gambling.

I'm willing to roll the dice here. This game matters, and should be more widely experienced.

It's only me, or having Chris Avellone doing something in every single new game that is been developed these days is becoming annoying? Honestly I don't like his writing, "Fallout: New Vegas" was boring, "Wasteland 2" boring too, same "Icewind Dale" back in the days or "KOTOR II". Surely he knows how to add a layer of complexity to a game's world, but this usually contributes to make the game boring and the kind of game that throws choices at your face too much explicitly.

Quoting: mrboeseMy crystal ball says: Will be as always. First the developer promises a Linux version, then is completely surprised that - who thought of THIS - people actually want a Linux version.
Promises Linux version 1 week after release; But no - it's postponed - XBOX One + Playstation + Android + Wii U + Windows 10 App versions are more important; After 1 year there'll be a Linux version with ~40% performance loss; Some time after Linux release, the developer will complain that Linux sales are crappy (Who thought that ~1% of users can actually only be expected to contribute ~1% of sales!!1!!!), Ubuntu always crashes and there will be never a Linux version again.

TLDR: I believe it when I see it.

It smells like Carmageddon. Still burned deep by that one.
I'll join the "waiting for the release to be here" train.
I've got more than enough good games waiting for me to play with them anyway.

I've just tried playing the demo under Wine, but there are some DX11 dependencies and all I get is the company logo and then a white screen!

Quoting: ziabiceIt's only me, or having Chris Avellone doing something in every single new game that is been developed these days is becoming annoying? Honestly I don't like his writing, "Fallout: New Vegas" was boring, "Wasteland 2" boring too, same "Icewind Dale" back in the days or "KOTOR II". Surely he knows how to add a layer of complexity to a game's world, but this usually contributes to make the game boring and the kind of game that throws choices at your face too much explicitly.

...This game was written in 1994.