I have to hand it to the development team behind Tower of Time [Steam], they're certainly putting in some effort to get their Linux version in top shape.
They just pushed out a rather large update that's just for the Linux build, as it seems many people were having trouble with it. Speaking in their announcement they said:
We originally intended to wait with that for the full release, but in the light of negative comments about Linux version not working properly (even if on unsupported distributions), we decided to push it now.
There is a long list of changes here, the most important one is the (yet) another one video player and also different format for all cinematic movies we have in game.
Linux version is giving us headaches since day one. We are struggling hard to make it work on as many distributions as possible, but we cannot guarantee that it will work on each and every one. We do hope that you will understand it.
I've re-tested it with the latest available build and it does seem to work rather nicely. I'm actually really quite impressed with the game, as it performs well even on Ultra settings, it looks great and it's really quite fun now. They've put a lot of work into all aspects of the game since my initial tests and it feels so much better overall.
They also recently announced that they're going to release in full on the 12th of April, so they will be leaving Early Access.
If you appreciate the effort, you can find their game on Steam. It's 15% off for another ~5 hours.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Overall pretty good but performance could be better, im around 50-70FPS on ultra with GTX 1070 and 2560x1440.
I'd expect a bit more from game like this but its not terrible in terms of performance. probably +20FPS when on 1080p.
They also have vulkan option available but some things do not render correctly with it, but framerates are +10-15FPS better with Vulkan.
QuoteWe originally intended to wait with that for the full release, but in the light of negative comments about Linux version not working properly (even if on unsupported distributions), we decided to push it now.
Quote"to make it work on as many distributions as possible,"and not just limiting it to "Ubuntu 12."
oldrocker99 Apr 2, 2018
Recommended.
inlinuxdude Apr 2, 2018
Quoting: inlinuxdudeWent and bought it, and left a comment on their update thread letting them know I did so because they worked so hard on the Linux issues.. https://steamcommunity.com/games/617480/announcements/detail/1656636766775738465Heh, I did the same :)
Either go for the supported distro, or FIX IT YOURSELF. FFS.
Philadelphus Apr 4, 2018
Runs fine for me on Debian testing (if a bit low frame-rate on my GTX 750 Ti, but that's not their problem), and I left them a note to that effect. :) I don't play a lot of RPGs, but this one seemed a bit different and intriguing, and has some great voiceover work for the videos.
oldrocker99 Apr 28, 2018
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