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HIB always had this way of mixing the games I really like with the games I couldn't care about less (yes, I'm looking at you, Goat Simulator). Fortunately, you can now separate how much you are giving to each game and I'm also overdue for a charity donation anyway. I'll be buying the full bundle since I want Owlboy, although it's not a great sign for the game when it has much higher critic score than user score on Metacritic.

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This is actually working! :D

https://goo.gl/forms/QxC3x0guZi7W6Ojo2

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I have already a huge backlog so it is nearly imposible to get really excited anymore... BUT

1) All the games do support Linux!
2) All the games are DRM-free!
3) I do not have any of the games and they all look interesting

This hasn't happened for years...

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I'm satisfied. Completely understandable and nice of them to be so forthcoming. I'd rather have them handle it this way than provide bad support. Linux gamers should pay more attention to news like this anyhow, and not just buy without doing a bit of research. We're getting close to that, especially with Vulkan, but we gotta beware for a a little while longer.

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It looks like they aren't working on Shadow Warrior 2 after all. See here.

QuoteQ: Do you plan to ever release any (future) ports on GOG? I don't think there are any games from you there yet.

A: Not at the moment, nope.

If it means not in the near future, then it probably rules out Shadow Warrior 2, since Flying Wild Hog surely would be interested in releasing the Linux version on GOG.

I still don't get though, whether it's a coincidence, or Feral purposefully intend to release through Steam only. The more releases they make, the less likely it's a coincidence IMHO.

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While I can understand their reasoning, I'm still not happy about it. Linux support was promised during their initial Kickstarter, so using the post-release-porter-excuse doesn't quite cut it. I get that this is how it ended up, but it never should have in the first place.

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Ok I just played through the Demo and I think it does show some promise. The controls feel good enough (although I had to play with my Keyboard because a lot of Unity games mess up the bindings on the Dualshock 4 and I couldn't use custom binds in this game) but I gotta say I REALLY miss the backdash from the igavania games although the sprint button is welcome.

Also some of the enemy AI isn't perfect yet and the bosses wheren't that impressive. The first one is just an axe knight and a major pushover and the second boss just teleports around the room and spams homing skulls which only despawn when you hit them with your whip which is pretty annoying if they gang up on you.

What I'd also love to see is some enemy death animations because right now every enemy just puffs into a purple smoke cloud when you kill them.

All that said it's just an Early Alpha and if they iron out some of the flaws this could be a really good metroidvania game.

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Quoting: Anders1232If I buy this game on linux to gift to someone that uses windows, will Feral get his slice? I already own the game.

Only if you buy it from the Feral store I think.

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Quoting: PlayXnot working for me.
stuck at the aduld swim logo

after copy some mono and plugin files from another unity game I could get to main menu, but if I try to start a game, then nothing happens.

maybe they pressed only the "export to linux" button without testing

Same here. Been stung by this kind of quality control before, so I'm gonna refund it now, then see if they fix it quickly. If so, I'll be happy to buy it again.

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If I buy this game on linux to gift to someone that uses windows, will Feral get his slice? I already own the game.

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Quoting: STiATIf they can not give support to customers in Linux, I think it's very fair telling the potential customers that they can't expect support for the game on their platform if they buy it.

And they spoke frankly, and didn't hide behind bullshit. That's a sound and good reason to do what they did, and I respect that.

Ha, Yeah, at least they didn't say 'fuck you, that's why.' Pretty sure there have been some developers that have done that.

Hopefully part two will not be a case where they click a button in Unity and that's their 'support'. But it sounds like they plan on proper support.

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Quoting: XicronicThere also seems to be an in-game bug now where people can see others through walls. It's become a sniperfest =/

You're not wrong. I experienced that this evening, however I do need all the help I can get :-)

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If they can not give support to customers in Linux, I think it's very fair telling the potential customers that they can't expect support for the game on their platform if they buy it.

And they spoke frankly, and didn't hide behind bullshit. That's a sound and good reason to do what they did, and I respect that.

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Quoting: pete910Not just me then.

Edit:

This shows in console when run

Player data archive not found at `/mnt/games/steamapps/common/Ballistic/BallisticOverkill_Data/data.unity3d`, using local filesystem[pete@com1 Ballistic]

I noticed this with the recent Zombie Night Terror update too. So I don't think it's an isolated thing at this point, but more likely a Unity issue.

Same issue, same solution, different game.

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not working for me.
stuck at the aduld swim logo

after copy some mono and plugin files from another unity game I could get to main menu, but if I try to start a game, then nothing happens.

maybe they pressed only the "export to linux" button without testing

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To be honest, I don't care _that_ much about official Linux support, not as much as I like to see a good developer being open and honest about their choices, difficulties, decision processes, etc.

They seem to have a pretty solid reason here, and while I would like the port to remain supported, I hope it will at least remain on "life support" (still being available, and occasionally receive a recompilation or a library update).

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Great bundle! Finally a bundle worth picking up again.

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There also seems to be an in-game bug now where people can see others through walls. It's become a sniperfest =/

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: lucifertdark

Quoting: liamdaweFeral likely have multiple development teams (I dont know any specifics about their internals fyi), likely working on more than one port at a time. People likely forget this.

How about sweet talking someone over at Feral into doing a proper in-depth interview for the site? You know it makes sense. ;) If anyone from Feral are reading this, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on. You know you want to. ;)

Depends what topics you want covered, we've interviewed them a few times.

See here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/interview-with-feral-interactive-about-their-ports-and-mesa-drivers-steam-keys-offered-for-mesa-developers.9356 (that's a big one too)

And here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/gamingonlinux-interviews-feral-interactive-about-xcom-linux-game-development.3946

Hey Liam, I think it would be awesome if you would be able to do an interview with Feral about Vulkan, questions like how challenging was the Mad Max conversion, experiences, pitfalls and wins from their first time developing a Vulkan title, how they see the API progressing, how the dev community is taking to the API, how it compared to working with OpenGL, etc, etc. I would find it really interesting if they can share some stories/info without giving away their trade secrets. Perhaps developers such as Yaakuro, Croteam and Khronos group themselves could also comment? I think that would be great content for the site, maybe as a follow up after the UK Vulkan meetup at the end of May?

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Turns out the Ziggurat keys come with a little bonus game accidentally: https://twitter.com/milkstone/status/864577551099985920

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That's an awesome bundle! All GNU/Linux and all DRM-free. I just bought the full package despite already owning Owlboy. I really appreciate this.

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Quoting: liamdaweBallistic Overkill is Steam-only game.

That's unlucky, the game looks pretty promising.

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I was thinking of picking this up since I liked XCOM: EU and XCOM 2, but I guess I'll just buy the classic X-Com games from GOG to run in OpenXcom instead.

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Post updated with more details on the issues the game now has. They made a real mess of it.

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Quoting: apocalyptechAha, quite welcome! It's been awhile since the last official HIB. Lucky for me, I'm actually interested in most of the ones in here, and the only one I'd already had was Kentucky Rt. 0.

A few numbers, for those inclined to like numbers:

Arithmetic mean of days-between-HIBs: 151 days (5.0 months)
Standard deviation: 62 days (2.1 months)

Intervals between HIBs (in days): 224, 224, 140, 170, 110, 92, 160, 106, 118, 42, 203, 39, 165, 181, 147, 175, 273
Maximum HIB interval (between 17 and 18): 273 days (9.1 months)

Next HIB, if exactly at mean: October 14, 2017
Next HIB, if exactly at mean+stddev: December 15, 2017

You're a massive nerd.

I approve.

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Aha, quite welcome! It's been awhile since the last official HIB. Lucky for me, I'm actually interested in most of the ones in here, and the only one I'd already had was Kentucky Rt. 0.

A few numbers, for those inclined to like numbers:

Arithmetic mean of days-between-HIBs: 151 days (5.0 months)
Standard deviation: 62 days (2.1 months)

Intervals between HIBs (in days): 224, 224, 140, 170, 110, 92, 160, 106, 118, 42, 203, 39, 165, 181, 147, 175, 273
Maximum HIB interval (between 17 and 18): 273 days (9.1 months)

Next HIB, if exactly at mean: October 14, 2017
Next HIB, if exactly at mean+stddev: December 15, 2017

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Kentucky Route Zero is one of the best narrative-driven games of late.

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Same here, vulkan's a no go for me on the 1080

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Great, another Total War game :O
Linux is really becoming strategyOS :S:

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...lets celebrate with some free keys from previous bundles!

Gods Will Be Watching

The Journey Down 1 + 2 Bundle

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