Feral Interactive are teasing a new Linux port, bring on the speculation

I think i'd like to play none of the most quoted games so far (NieR, Tomb Raider...).

Soo here is my speculation down the rabbit hole.

The red buss shows us, we are looking for something in England. England - Frontier development,
you with me this far ? So my guess is.... Elite Dangerous!

And that statment is based on basicly nothing more then pure wish.
Well they are based in England, Cambridge to be exakt. So Im saying Elite Dangerous.

Feral! PORT ELITE! LIKE NOW! <3
And if you wont port Elite! I want tomb raider! :P


Last edited by Zelox on 28 June 2017 at 5:02 pm UTC

Commenting a little more on this Teaser Clue. I don't have any answers but I'll share some ideas.

The clue contains: "West Norwood - Bus 68"

I was thinking it might be related to Cockney Rhyming Slang, e.g. "Wood" in "Norwood" rhymes with Should, Could, Would, Good, Stood, Mud, Thud, Blood, Neighbourhood, Likelihood, Brotherhood, Knock on Wood, Hollywood, Understood, Ravenswood, Common Good, etc.

Then I looked at it this way: "West Nor Wood"
Noting that "NOR" is a logical operator, e.g. (0 NOR 0) = 1 ; (0 NOR 1) = 0 ; (1 NOR 1) = 0

So, I had a play with 6 NOR 8 (e.g. 68 bus)
Doing a bitwise NOR operation in Python on binary(6) versus binary(8) gets me an answer of integer(241)
241 is the number of possibly another bus in London.

I was also interested in the 68 bus route, here

While there, I checked out the 241 route, here

For a while I did get into my head that it might be London, sixties-based game " We Happy Few " but I couldn't match up that game in any way with Feral or West Norwood or Bus 68. Noting that "We Happy Few" is based in London, 1964.

This then makes me think about year "1968", hmmm, did anything interesting happen in "West Norwood" in 1968? (Maybe the birth of a game developer?)

I found that this athlete, George Hackenschmidt, termed "The Russian Lion" was buried in West Norwood cemetery in 1968: The Russian Lion in Norwood
(He was a great weight-lifter and wrestler.)

So, as you can see, I came up with lots of interesting little tidbits, but nothing substantial. Anyone able to make something coherent out of this?

EDIT: I've just had another look at the Feral Radar and spotted there is no "68" on the image, and it is just an earlier comment in this thread that one of the London buses going through West Norwood is number 68. The bus numbers are: 2, 68, 196, 315, 322, 432, 468, X68, N2, N68. This information rather spoils my earlier workings. Oh well :( Link here


Last edited by g000h on 28 June 2017 at 9:15 pm UTC

Mean a new game, as for guessing far too lazy for that.
Keep up the good porting Feral.
Would like to think it will be a day one release for something new though would be pleasant.

Quoting: sevenOk feral, listen carefully, I will say this over and over again...... Port SPACEMARINE already, its long overdue!!!

I loved that game, it was so much fun. I played it right through to the end and would play it again to the end if it got ported to Linux (I dont have any Windows partition any more).


I think the clue might be Tomb Raider, and I'd be really pleased if it was.

Quoting: MintedGamer

Quoting: sevenOk feral, listen carefully, I will say this over and over again...... Port SPACEMARINE already, its long overdue!!!

I loved that game, it was so much fun. I played it right through to the end and would play it again to the end if it got ported to Linux (I dont have any Windows partition any more).


I think the clue might be Tomb Raider, and I'd be really pleased if it was.

If you want space marine suggest it to feral they are open to hearing what the community wants plus its a Sega/published title they have been Linux friendly with the total war series.

Quoting: sasannOnly if they spend their time creating better ports than making silly riddles ...

Pretty sure marketers aren't the ones porting the game.

So if both Feral and Slightly Mad Studios are located around the same bus route, knowing that the bus can swim, then could it be a way to cross-platforms?


Last edited by Jahimself on 7 July 2017 at 1:30 am UTC

Quoting: JahimselfSo if both Feral and Slightly Mad Studios are located around the same bus route, knowing that the bus can swim, then could it be a way to cross-platforms?

Feral do not seem to link to steam workshop/multi player the way aspyr do which is a shame.

http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/JacksonPF.htm

Shadow of War? :)

It's a game from the WWII.

I don't know. Just had to find a way to link it to Shadow of Mordor... Peter Jackson... Lord of the Rings... War... West Norwood... :)


Last edited by Mohandevir on 13 July 2017 at 12:30 pm UTC

it's not in their radar anymore!! the only linux title in their feral radar now is the xcom DLC.

Quoting: veccherit's not in their radar anymore!! the only linux title in their feral radar now is the xcom DLC.

Indeed. I have just gone and seen it is no longer in the Radar (neither is the Mac icon). This could be one of two possibilities:

1) The radar is currently faulty or has been updated and not set correctly to display the right icons.
2) The game port has been cancelled, and that is why it is now missing.

Let's hope it is reason (1).

Quoting: g000h

Quoting: veccherit's not in their radar anymore!! the only linux title in their feral radar now is the xcom DLC.

Indeed. I have just gone and seen it is no longer in the Radar (neither is the Mac icon). This could be one of two possibilities:

1) The radar is currently faulty or has been updated and not set correctly to display the right icons.
2) The game port has been cancelled, and that is why it is now missing.

Let's hope it is reason (1).

OK, no Bioshock Remaster on Linux.

I hope Feral Make great ports again.

Quoting: g000h

Quoting: veccherit's not in their radar anymore!! the only linux title in their feral radar now is the xcom DLC.

Indeed. I have just gone and seen it is no longer in the Radar (neither is the Mac icon). This could be one of two possibilities:

1) The radar is currently faulty or has been updated and not set correctly to display the right icons.
2) The game port has been cancelled, and that is why it is now missing.

Let's hope it is reason (1).

I hope it's reason 1. I really want a new AAA game =(. Mainly I'm hoping for Rise of the Tomb Raider so fingers crossed.


Last edited by Scoopta on 17 August 2017 at 11:43 pm UTC

i've talked to feral in facebook:
me:
hi folks, i've noticed one of the ports you were teasing for linux ( "west norwood" ) is not in your radar anymore =/ is it some bug in the radar or actually you guys had a problem and there's not a new linux port (beyond xcom's dlc) coming for now?

feral:
"The Feral Radar is notoriously unreliable. We'll turn it off and turn it back on again. Maybe that will fix it."


Last edited by veccher on 18 August 2017 at 2:10 pm UTC

Quoting: veccheri've talked to feral in facebook:
me:
hi folks, i've noticed one of the ports you were teasing for linux ( "west norwood" ) is not in your radar anymore =/ is it some bug in the radar or actually you guys had a problem and there's not a new linux port (beyond xcom's dlc) coming for now?

feral:
"The Feral Radar is notoriously unreliable. We'll turn it off and turn it back on again. Maybe that will fix it."

I only have one thing to say to this...dammit Feral XD. Had me freaked out for nothing...on the bright side it isn't canceled.


Last edited by Scoopta on 18 August 2017 at 4:05 pm UTC

Well, I'm still confused on this. The West Norwood icons (Mac and Linux) are still missing on the Feral Radar when I just visited it. Obviously it can be the "notoriously unreliable" nature of the Radar which is at fault (still).

EDIT: If I haven't said 'still' enough yet, here's another one: still !


Last edited by g000h on 19 August 2017 at 2:35 am UTC

Quoting: g000hWell, I'm still confused on this. The West Norwood icons (Mac and Linux) are still missing on the Feral Radar when I just visited it. Obviously it can be the "notoriously unreliable" nature of the Radar which is at fault (still).

EDIT: If I haven't said 'still' enough yet, here's another one: still !

Yeah given that this has been brought to their attention a couple times from poking around on here and r/linux_gaming I'm surprised that nothing has actually changed but I'd assume that if they canceled it they'd say something.