Edge Of Eternity [Official Site, Kickstarter] is a really fantastic looking indie tribute to the J-RPG classics and the developers have confirmed Linux will not see a release until Vulkan is stable in Unity.
That's not all, they are also waiting on a plugin they use to support Vulkan, see this comment:
The game was funded on Kickstarter with a total of $161,246. The Linux version was a stretch goal at 44K, so they have way more than they requested to get it done.
They recently shared some new images and it definitely sits near the top of my wishlist:
So hopefully with Unity 5.6 this will make it possible, which is when Vulkan is due to be ready in Unity.
I'm excited to watch this one progress, it could be amazing. This is a genre we have such little choice in on Linux.
Thanks for pointing it out frostwork. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
That's not all, they are also waiting on a plugin they use to support Vulkan, see this comment:
Quoteno, the alpha will be windows only for the moment, we are waiting for Unity Vulkan (https://blogs.unity3d.com/2016/09/29/introducing-the-vulkan-renderer-preview/) since we rely on DX11+ technologies like tessellation, compute shaders, hardware instancing and a lot of drawcalls for the fully dynamic world, we will also have to wait for the plugin that we use for vfx (http://www.popcornfx.com/) to add compatibility for Vulkan. It's the same for OSX with Metal support.
The game was funded on Kickstarter with a total of $161,246. The Linux version was a stretch goal at 44K, so they have way more than they requested to get it done.
They recently shared some new images and it definitely sits near the top of my wishlist:
So hopefully with Unity 5.6 this will make it possible, which is when Vulkan is due to be ready in Unity.
I'm excited to watch this one progress, it could be amazing. This is a genre we have such little choice in on Linux.
Thanks for pointing it out frostwork. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Kimyrielle Dec 2, 2016
Well, as far as reasons for delayed ports go, that one is at least a solid one.
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Looks like I need this!!! Hopefully AMDGPU + RADV is ready for CIK by release time, but probably not. May need to trade up for polaris or vega.
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The OpenGL core backend (available today) supports tessellation, compute, and instancing.
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slaapliedje Dec 2, 2016
Impressive, why is it that this looks so fantastic and Shrouds of the Avatar still looks like one of the older Gothic games? Pretty sure that one had higher funding on Kickstarter, but it is in the perpetual beta state.
Granted I have always been more of an Ultima fan than a Final Fantasy one.
Granted I have always been more of an Ultima fan than a Final Fantasy one.
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Kimyrielle Dec 2, 2016
I am usually not at all into JRPGs, but this one is really pretty, for sure. oO
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Unity's Vulkan support is coming along nicely, but are the PopcornFX folks even working on a Vulkan/SPIR-V backend? They just released their new D3D11 backend last year. Another case of ignorant developer relying on single-platform middleware for their supposedly cross-platform game?
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The OpenGL core backend (available today) supports tessellation, compute, and instancing.I wonder what the developer means then if the features they need are already available?
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opengl 4.x isn't that slow on unity, as he claims. Also, GL supports all the Dx11 features. He should have just said than he doesnt want to support gl 4.x because mac doesnt support above 4.2+ (since they need tesselation), that would make more sense.
Last edited by edo on 2 December 2016 at 10:18 pm UTC
Last edited by edo on 2 December 2016 at 10:18 pm UTC
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PublicNuisance Dec 2, 2016
I remember enjoying the Kickstarter demo on Windows so I hope they are able to not only make the Linux version that they promised but do a good job.
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Final Fantasy XIII is that you ?I hope not, those games were awful.
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OGL4 has everything DX11 has so it is possible they do have a case if supporting it is not trivial. Mac is stuck on OGL4.1 so probably huge problems on Mac so doing it would be only for Linux and completely meaningless on the long run since they can just wait for Vulkan. So waiting for Vulkan although not as mandatory as they make it sound, makes a lot of sense.
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Ah, another "developer" first making Direct3D game only to later "titanically overcome porting difficulties", fail to do so and start crying about Linux software inferiority on every corner (convention, conference etc.)...
My sincere condolence to all Kickstarter backers.
My sincere condolence to all Kickstarter backers.
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If using Vulkan means it will be faster, then I don't mind. Lower system requirements is a good thing. If that is the case, they should use Vulkan for both windows and Linux, since Dx 12 is windows 10 only (I think some people still use Windows 7/8).
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Does it have turn based combat?
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