Feral Interactive have released a new teaser for a Linux & Mac port to come

What is that carvings meaning?

Quoting: 0aTT

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: Teal1500A lot of people think its shadow warrior 2.

I really hope it is. How long does it usually take for Feral to move the game from "soon" to "very soon" and etc.?

I don't understand why people think so. It makes absolute no sense, because it is nearly impossible that Feral would port this game. This developer and publisher already ported the first part to Linux. How likely is it that Feral now makes the port for the second part? Very unlikely.

This is about solving a riddle and not about what you personally want.

I personally would love to see GTA V ported. If I search for 茶 and GTA V I get a lot results. Also the 茶 looks like V - somehow. It's GTA V! Hooray, Hooray!! Excuse my sarcasm, but it's just too funny.

"A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundra, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or the answer."

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddle

Well considering they didn't do the first port in house, i think its pretty likely, and it was only one guy who ported the first game, and shadow warrior 2 is way more serious of a game to port, its probably better to put it in the hands of people that know what there doing, not saying the dev's don't know what there doing, But we'll have to wait and see.

Quoting: 0aTT

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: Teal1500A lot of people think its shadow warrior 2.

I really hope it is. How long does it usually take for Feral to move the game from "soon" to "very soon" and etc.?

I don't understand why people think so. It makes absolute no sense, because it is nearly impossible that Feral would port this game. This developer and publisher already ported the first part to Linux. How likely is it that Feral now makes the port for the second part? Very unlikely.

How do you know if it's likely or not? Flying Wild Hog used external developers to port Shadow Warrior (Aaron Melcher and initially Edward Rudd). Then supposedly Leszek Godlewski who used to port various games was working for them, but then he announced that he isn't working on Linux games anymore. We have no direct information that FWH have any Linux developers in-house (unless you've seen otherwise?). So why can't they hire Feral to do it?


Last edited by Shmerl on 24 April 2017 at 5:47 pm UTC

I'm an idiot. If the logo stands for Macha (goddess of war) and "made to wade" comes from lyrics of Crass - Major General Despair (as Feral have used slightly obscure songs before) then a logical solution is Dawn of War III. This would also be levering an existing relationship with developers Relic Entertainment (Dawn of War 2, Company of Heroes 2) and publisher Sega (Total War series)


Last edited by thed4rkn1te on 24 April 2017 at 10:18 pm UTC

Quoting: thed4rkn1teI'm an idiot. If the logo stands for Macha (goddess of war) and "made to wade" comes from lyrics of Crass - Major General Despair (as Feral have used slightly obscure songs before) then a logical solution is Dawn of War III. This would also be levering an existing relationship with developers Relic Entertainment (Dawn of War 2, Company of Heroes 2) and publisher Sega (Total War series)

well the symbol is the Chinese symbol for tea

Quoting: thed4rkn1teI'm an idiot. If the logo stands for Macha (goddess of war) and "made to wade" comes from lyrics of Crass - Major General Despair (as Feral have used slightly obscure songs before) then a logical solution is Dawn of War III. This would also be levering an existing relationship with developers Relic Entertainment (Dawn of War 2, Company of Heroes 2) and publisher Sega (Total War series)

Dawn of War III would be possible. But how the logo is connected to Macha and how Macha is connected to Dawn of War and how this is connected to the song?


Last edited by 0aTT on 25 April 2017 at 11:59 am UTC

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: 0aTT

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: Teal1500A lot of people think its shadow warrior 2.

I really hope it is. How long does it usually take for Feral to move the game from "soon" to "very soon" and etc.?

I don't understand why people think so. It makes absolute no sense, because it is nearly impossible that Feral would port this game. This developer and publisher already ported the first part to Linux. How likely is it that Feral now makes the port for the second part? Very unlikely.

How do you know if it's likely or not? Flying Wild Hog used external developers to port Shadow Warrior (Aaron Melcher and initially Edward Rudd). Then supposedly Leszek Godlewski who used to port various games was working for them, but then he announced that he isn't working on Linux games anymore. We have no direct information that FWH have any Linux developers in-house (unless you've seen otherwise?). So why can't they hire Feral to do it?

Because it's completely arbitrary. By this we could think of more then 100 other games. Shadow Warrior don't solve the riddle anyway. There is no strong connection to "MADE TO WADE" or to 茶 - chá.

The fact that Feral has never ported a game for this publisher does not make it more likely. If we use your "could-be" approach we get dozens of games that would fit. So we could guess as well. Why Shadow Warrior 2 and not Hard Reset Redux for example?


Last edited by 0aTT on 25 April 2017 at 12:14 pm UTC

Personally I think that relating the logo of the Macha tea company to Macha the goddess of war is the strongest idea so far. So for now I'm siding with thed4rkn1te and say Dawn of War III.

Quoting: 0aTTThere is no strong connection to "MADE TO WADE" or to 茶 - chá.

There is a connection with SW. There is some book character called Wade (and books are accidentally called Shadow Warrior). Make a quick search "Wade Shadow Warrior", and the phrase "made to" reminds me of something mentioned in SW1 in one of the fortune cookies, I need to look it up. Also, the symbol looks like one of the monsters with a helmet in the second game. At least I got such association right away. Overall, on associative scale, I'd vote for SW2.


Last edited by Shmerl on 25 April 2017 at 4:53 pm UTC

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: 0aTTThere is no strong connection to "MADE TO WADE" or to 茶 - chá.

There is a connection with SW. There is some book character called Wade (and books are accidentally called Shadow Warrior). Make a quick search "Wade Shadow Warrior", and the phrase "made to" reminds me of something mentioned in SW1 in one of the fortune cookies, I need to look it up. Also, the symbol looks like one of the monsters with a helmet in the second game. At least I got such association right away. Overall, on associative scale, I'd vote for SW2.

I can't see what this have to do with our riddle. You have a connection to Wade by a name. But this is far away to solve the riddle. This is just an association.

茶 + MADE TO WADE = cha

This reminds me on Bayonettas Cha Cha Slide:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7eF3rLMyVY

:)

Just kidding. But there are currently a lot of rumors about new Bayonetta Games/Ports.

While I'm sure that also SW2 will come to Linux, I doubt strongly that Feral will make the port. They already had confirmed a Linux version:

http://linuxgamenews.com/post/121296721452/shadow-warrior-2-coming-to-linux-mac-pc-in-2016
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/sadly-it-looks-like-shadow-warrior-2-wont-be-a-day-1-linux-release.7982

So they announce it first, then they do not talk about it anymore and then Feral creates a riddle for it?

What kind of chaotic strategy is this? :)