Ryan "Icculus" Gordon [Official Site, Twitter], the man responsible for maintaining many development tools like SDL 2 and who ported many games to Linux, is looking for new games to port. The fun thing is, he doesn't require payment since he's funded by his Patreon.
He's had contracts with Valve, Epic Games, Activision, Google, Crytek and plenty more. He has a lot of awesome work under his belt!
From his new post:
This is a pretty interesting way to get Linux ports done. Ryan has hit over $750 a month on Patreon now, so any ports he does as a result of this directly, will be funded by his Patreon, not the original game developer.
I've seen the discussion of crowdfunding Linux ports come up here and there, but this is one of the times that it might work. So, if you know any, send the developer to him and we may see more Linux games get ported as a result.
Will be very fun to see what comes out of this. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
He's had contracts with Valve, Epic Games, Activision, Google, Crytek and plenty more. He has a lot of awesome work under his belt!
From his new post:
Quote[…]If there's a developer that you think would be interested in getting a Linux port done by a guy that they don't have to pay, let me know. Hell, let them know about me! Let's see if we can get some conversations going with some developers that are sitting on the fence!
This is a pretty interesting way to get Linux ports done. Ryan has hit over $750 a month on Patreon now, so any ports he does as a result of this directly, will be funded by his Patreon, not the original game developer.
I've seen the discussion of crowdfunding Linux ports come up here and there, but this is one of the times that it might work. So, if you know any, send the developer to him and we may see more Linux games get ported as a result.
Will be very fun to see what comes out of this. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Well, considering the criteria of an "interested developer" and the fact that it might be nice with a game that would not require a huge time-consuming effort to port. Bethesda & Rockstar can probably be considered "out of the picture". So, a few titles that I´m thinking about:
"Endless Legend & Endless Space". Both games are supposed to be good and the developers initially planned linux versions before they felt they had to re-prioritize.
"Grim Dawn". Diablo/Viktor Vran-like game that is sopposed to be great. As far as I recall the developer said that a linux version was possible at some future date.
"The Age of Decadence". Indie rpg with good reviews. A linux version has been on the table but the developer claims linux-support in the game engine has not been completed.
"Underrail". Another small rpg with good reviews, that should have the needed XNA to FNA support for a linux port but the developer does not seem too interested.
"The Technomancer" Another spiders game "Bound by Flame" has already been ported to linux so there might be some support there.
"Outcast 1.1" This was promised to be ported to linux but then...nothing happened.
"Kathy Rain" and "Technobablylon". Two adventure games with good reviews both were supposed to be ported to linux but for differing reasons the porting seems to have stalled indefinitely.
Well, these are a few suggestions of titles that *might* be portable without too much trouble of a technical nature or in negotiating with the developers.
"Endless Legend & Endless Space". Both games are supposed to be good and the developers initially planned linux versions before they felt they had to re-prioritize.
"Grim Dawn". Diablo/Viktor Vran-like game that is sopposed to be great. As far as I recall the developer said that a linux version was possible at some future date.
"The Age of Decadence". Indie rpg with good reviews. A linux version has been on the table but the developer claims linux-support in the game engine has not been completed.
"Underrail". Another small rpg with good reviews, that should have the needed XNA to FNA support for a linux port but the developer does not seem too interested.
"The Technomancer" Another spiders game "Bound by Flame" has already been ported to linux so there might be some support there.
"Outcast 1.1" This was promised to be ported to linux but then...nothing happened.
"Kathy Rain" and "Technobablylon". Two adventure games with good reviews both were supposed to be ported to linux but for differing reasons the porting seems to have stalled indefinitely.
Well, these are a few suggestions of titles that *might* be portable without too much trouble of a technical nature or in negotiating with the developers.
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"Another fighting game would be great. He could either port Street Fighter 5 (which was supposed to come out for Linux a long time ago) or Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2 (works quite well with Wine and uses OpenGL so it shouldn't be too hard) or KOF XIV which uses SDL already. "
sdl?
input is not a big deal, it will save a few bytes during the porting process only
sdl?
input is not a big deal, it will save a few bytes during the porting process only
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Quoting: NodForgetting about the games for a moment, lets take a second to reflect how great it is that the community is funding Ryan to work on useful stuff that benefits us all (Linux gamers) directly. A good example is the fact Ryan has been able to work on https://icculus.org/physfs/ full time for the last month or so because of patreon funders.
I got more interested in the patreon model a few weeks back when I read these articles [1] [2]. Consequently I went looking for people I though worth funding, heres what I found:
Open Source Gaming:
* https://www.patreon.com/icculus
* https://www.patreon.com/flibitijibibo
* https://www.patreon.com/Cheeseness
* https://www.patreon.com/liamdawe
* https://www.patreon.com/openfl
* https://www.patreon.com/kozec
Open Source
* https://www.patreon.com/joeyh
I'm sure I missed some, if you know of other interesting people or projects in the open source gaming space please post them in the comments.
godot? blender?
and its not software but the copyleft pepper and carrot comic, made with open source software. (fund an case of sucess sometimes is better than the product itself)
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For me it would be a dream to see ported on day 1 Project Cars 2.
What I'd like to see fixed is Ark Survival Evolved
What I'd like to see ported is Dayz and (so I don't need anymore to keep Steam on wine) No Man's Sky.
PS. To Ryan: You made miracles with UT port, a dream became true! And I know you don't want to hear about it, but for me it's like you also ported UT3! Loki Software lives!!!
Last edited by evergreen on 22 August 2017 at 8:37 am UTC
What I'd like to see fixed is Ark Survival Evolved
What I'd like to see ported is Dayz and (so I don't need anymore to keep Steam on wine) No Man's Sky.
PS. To Ryan: You made miracles with UT port, a dream became true! And I know you don't want to hear about it, but for me it's like you also ported UT3! Loki Software lives!!!
Last edited by evergreen on 22 August 2017 at 8:37 am UTC
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It's funny how this changed into another request thread. There was a request for developers that may want his services or for people to steer developers into his direction. All game requests here are completely pointless.
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what about castle crashers? its a great indie game.
or (its veeery unlikely) eternal daughter (from the same designer of aquaria and Spelunky)
or (its veeery unlikely) eternal daughter (from the same designer of aquaria and Spelunky)
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lucifertdark Aug 22, 2017
Quoting: Luke_NukemBut actually, this must be what mansplaining feels like to women.What's that when it's at home?
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I think that AAA games may be difficult to port for one man (A Borderland 1 port would be so cool). I have to finish a lot of games, but i would like to see :
-Shadow Warrior 2 (Road Hog Engine)
-Legend of Grimrock 2
-Killing floor 2 (Unreal engine)
I believe Linux ports were promised for these 3 games, but never released.
Maybe you could have a look at Planet Nomads. (HB store
-Shadow Warrior 2 (Road Hog Engine)
-Legend of Grimrock 2
-Killing floor 2 (Unreal engine)
I believe Linux ports were promised for these 3 games, but never released.
Quoting: ZeloxNo man sky would be cool aswell.
Maybe you could have a look at Planet Nomads. (HB store
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Quoting: GuestMansplaining is just an admittedly annoying term for a very common type of condescension, and condescension isn't nice, be it for sexist reasons or otherwise. It always implies the assumption your audience is less intelligent/informed than you. But what's "urban talk". Never heard the term before. Is there also "rural talk"?Quoting: Luke_NukemI was going to say you're preaching to the choir... But actually, this must be what mansplaining feels like to women.Urgh....
"Urban talk" on a Linux website :O
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