Category: Crowdfunding

Code 7 and Trackless explore two very different interpretations of what a "modern text adventure" could be, through graphics, audio and new spins on old styles of input.

Well if that headline didn't catch your attention I don't know what will. Sally Face is a dark adventure game about having a prosthetic face.

The 'SMACH Z' is a promising device and I'm quite excited to see how this all turns out, the promise of taking my Steam library easily on the go sounds fun.

This is really annoying. 'Through the Woods', a very promising psychological horror is no longer coming to Linux and was only announced two weeks before release due to platform-specific technology.

'AI War II' from Arcen Games is real and is currently in need of funds on Kickstarter, with Linux fully planned as a day-1 release.

Holy cow! Wasteland 3 is now on Fig looking for funding, and the good news is that it has almost reached it's goal!

I spoke with a developer of ANTRAXX a little while ago when they were considering full Linux support, now they have launched their Kickstarter for their online mech battler and Linux is a go.

In spite of the radio silence of late, there have been several interesting crowdfunding campaigns for Linux lately, including Dropsy creator Jay Tholen's Hypnospace Outlaw and the vibrant 3D point-and-click Woven.

Failbetter Games have announced their next game titled 'Sunless Skies' as the follow-on from 'Sunless Sea'. Linux will be supported.

InXile Entertainment have formally announced that Wasteland 3 is a thing and it will go to crowdfunding site Fig to secure development funding.

Redie is one indie game that I can’t wait to play when it’s fully released on November 2016. It was already Greenlit, but the developers still need support for the Kickstarter campaign. It currently has a lightweight demo (only 102 MB) that I absolutely recommend to try.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night the gothic, exploration-focused action platformer has been delayed back into the first half of 2018.

A community contributor to the Unreal Engine has put up a Patreon for you to be able to support their effort.

You may or may not remember that I wrote about Kingdom Come: Deliverance back in March. The developers said it wasn't technically possible, now it seems months later they still have no idea.

I love future sci-fi games, especially when they look as brutal and beautiful as Jupiter Hell. It will go to Kickstarter sometime soon and Linux is a first class citizen.

OTON X sounds like a rather interesting Linux-powered games console. It is aimed at people who want to create as well as play games.

Guts and Glory is basically the 3D version of the Flash game Happy Wheels and this is even acknowledged by its author, a single developer who started the project on his own during his spare time.

Abatron developer confirms plans for Linux version of demo before the full release, which will be partially funded by Kickstarter campaign.

Some thoughts on the BFF or Die demo on itch, an early Linux build of COLUMNAE and a list of other games currently being crowdfunded.

HaxeFlixel, a free and open source cross-platform game framework that was used in the creation of Defender's Quest is needing a bit of funding on IndieGoGo.