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In another case of Kickstarter woes, Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom a promising looking action-RPG seems to be delaying the Linux release. The main release is now scheduled for the 18th of April and it looks like Linux gamers will be left out in the cold.
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I've been following it for a long time and it's sad that the Steam store page for it only lists Windows.
Their official release date announcement didn't mention Linux either, it said "PC" and we all know how confusing that term is for Linux gamers.
They mentioned Linux in a random comment on their Kickstarter a few days ago, but it was a simple "We don't have any release date yet.". That's not encouraging at all, why don't they have a release date, why is this not being clearly communicated forcing Linux gamers to sift through thousands of comments? I get developers are busy people, but seriously come on! If you list a platform, you should damn well communicate properly about it.
I reached out to the developer to ask about the status of the Linux version and I haven't received a reply.
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"PC" is clear for me, it means "Personal Computer" not Windows or any system but more like hardware :P
Unfortunately, that often means "Windows" for most of people, but this is wrong and it should change. That's like say "console" and think it's only Sony, that's just nonsense
Gahh. Good riddance to a weird name!
QuoteWill the game be DRM-Free ?
Indeed, we will also release the game on GoG.
Game has been on the Steam store for ages, but there's still nothing on GOG & the dev is now saying that the GOG release will come later. Given the issues they also seem to be having with PS4 keys it sounds like their choice of publisher was a poor one IMO
Quoting: Shinikio"it said "PC" and we all know how confusing that term is for Linux gamers."
"PC" is clear for me, it means "Personal Computer" not Windows or any system but more like hardware :P
Unfortunately, that often means "Windows" for most of people, but this is wrong and it should change. That's like say "console" and think it's only Sony, that's just nonsense
Yeah but it has worked when a game is announced they say PC and thus have managed to get into the heads of the majority PC = Windows.
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Quoting: Whitewolfe80Quoting: Shinikio"it said "PC" and we all know how confusing that term is for Linux gamers."
"PC" is clear for me, it means "Personal Computer" not Windows or any system but more like hardware :P
Unfortunately, that often means "Windows" for most of people, but this is wrong and it should change. That's like say "console" and think it's only Sony, that's just nonsense
Yeah but it has worked when a game is announced they say PC and thus have managed to get into the heads of the majority PC = Windows.
Yeah I know, but should be "PC Windows" not only "PC" :)
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