Quadrilateral Cowboy, a cyberpunk heist adventure is coming to Linux in September

QuoteI don't really understand why developers can't wait ~two months just to release them altogether, I find it a bit odd, but they must have their reasoning.

For a small developer the reasoning seems obvious. You want your product out of the door and making money as soon as it's finished.

There's that, and there's also the fact that it is easier to correct bugs found on only "one" plateform than on multiple. And after the windows version is stable enough, he can move to linux. If it's only a few weeks late, it's ok.

I hope that the previous games from blendo will also be ported to linux, since they are really great.

Meanwhile I am still waiting for the Linux version of Atom Zombie Smasher to be put on Steam :( It was one of the most entertaining games from early Humble Indie Bundles :)

Quoting: tuubi

QuoteI don't really understand why developers can't wait ~two months just to release them altogether, I find it a bit odd, but they must have their reasoning.

For a small developer the reasoning seems obvious. You want your product out of the door and making money as soon as it's finished.

Then surly you want it out on more platforms right away to get even more money? Same logic ;)

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: tuubi

QuoteI don't really understand why developers can't wait ~two months just to release them altogether, I find it a bit odd, but they must have their reasoning.

For a small developer the reasoning seems obvious. You want your product out of the door and making money as soon as it's finished.

Then surly you want it out on more platforms right away to get even more money? Same logic ;)

Sure, if all platforms were ready at the same time. Seems like they weren't though. No reason to sit on the Windows version while Aaron works on the Linux port.

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: tuubi

QuoteI don't really understand why developers can't wait ~two months just to release them altogether, I find it a bit odd, but they must have their reasoning.

For a small developer the reasoning seems obvious. You want your product out of the door and making money as soon as it's finished.

Then surly you want it out on more platforms right away to get even more money? Same logic ;)

Sure, if all platforms were ready at the same time. Seems like they weren't though. No reason to sit on the Windows version while Aaron works on the Linux port.

Yeah I know. It's just the usual for us, but it would still be nice if porters were able to get in early enough so that we don't see delays.

It's not exactly a long delay, which is more my point.

Right, true cross-platform development and same-day releases are the goal.

The game seems interesting, nerdy, and weird. Seeing as at least two of those adjectives are often used to describe yours truly, I guess I've got no choice but to try it.

Quoting: liamdaweYeah I know. It's just the usual for us, but it would still be nice if porters were able to get in early enough so that we don't see delays.

It's not exactly a long delay, which is more my point.

It doesn't matter how long the delay is, you're still losing money you could be earning by putting out a finished product. That's two more months of rent, bills, food costs, etc. that you'd need to be paying while sitting on a finished product that you could put on sale right now. For a small studio that doesn't have millions in the bank, that's a very significant consideration.

While I very much agree it'd be nice to see more development done in such a way that there are simultaneous cross-platform releases (definitely support the developers who do!), from a financial standpoint it'd be absolutely insane not to release a finished game on as many platforms as possible as soon as possible. What, exactly, would they be gaining by waiting?