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That's sweet :)

I would like to help, but I don't really have the required OpenGL skills :(
(I guess that's what they want)

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Quoting: BeamboomAs far as I recall it's a game built on Unity. They chose "compile -> Linux" in their menu and just assumed it would work.
That is what my gut feeling tells me.

That is indeed what they probably did. I think it's more like "they assume there's a good chance it would kinda work and that's better than not giving a Linux build at all", which as we've seen with The Witcher is not necessarily true.

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Great that they have linux support for this. Currently there seems to be some kind of problem with the game, so it doesn't even start. So no deponia for me this evening :(

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Quoting: SpeedsterSegata Sunshiro, speaking of notable adventure games in the last decade, have you played Book of Unwritten Tales? Native build has been available on Steam for a while, and I loved it. Really looking forward to the sequel, which will be releasing with Linux support.

Yes, they're on my wishlist but holding off for a while. Still have the Dark Eye games and a couple of other adventure games to play. But your recommendation will move it up the list for sure!

Just finished Broken Age, which was the biggest disappointment I've had in a game for a long time and Journey of a Roach was pretty dire (though more of a puzzle game than adventure). I still think Deponia is the closest thing I have played so far to the games I loved growing up. It's really good to see the genre being brought back from the dead though, that Guybrush-shaped void in me is slowly being filled.

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Quoting: DrMcCoyThey said they can't replicate that bug, for some reason.

I got a strong suspicion that reason is because they don't even have a Linux box in their office.

As far as I recall it's a game built on Unity. They chose "compile -> Linux" in their menu and just assumed it would work.
That is what my gut feeling tells me.

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Quoting: SpeedsterAssuming this review is not just a figment of the author's imagination, it's a good thing I didn't rush out and buy this for my Monkey-island-loving family, they would hate the story just like the reviewer...

I think he missed the point completely with this review. Yes, the actions of the protagonist are often immoral, but he's presented as an immoral egomaniac with no regard for others so it's not like the game is actively supporting that behavior but instead condemning it as the actions of a narcissist. Part of the humor of the game is that making the player judge the actions of the protagonist, making the player think "oh god, do I really have to do that?" or "is he going to do what I think he's going to do". The accusations of misogyny are pretty ludicrous too given that the male protagonist is portrayed as a (misogynistic) moron and the female characters are mostly strong and intelligent. That said, the game is definitely targeted at more mature audiences, not family friendly (maybe more suited to the age group that grew up with monkey Island).

So I would say it is a figment of his imagination. That and he has no sense of humor. Metacritic pretty much says the exact opposite.

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Marvel Heroes 2015 is just a patched up/relaunched version of the original Marvel Heroes where the devs tried to fix some of the glaring errors and mistakes. True, they have fixed some of the things they were criticized for but the core game is still the same.

You still can't create your own heroes from the ground up, you just build the skill set of the hero you choose in traditional rpg fashion - a skill set who more often than not is a copy-paste of another hero's set of skills just with different labels on them. And by the way, that's something that reminds me of how skills were in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, another a huge disappointment after the first two Ultimate Alliance games (who were pretty darn good).

If there is ONE topic that turns my heat up, it's the state of Marvel labelled games. Man, what a sad chapter that is. It looks like they believe the only ones that care about Marvel any more are kids and build their games with them as target audience - when in fact kids today barely know what Marvel *is* (or, was).

I wish I could blame Disney, but this started before they entered the arena. But Lord knows it's not become better after that.

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Yes, because racism is a-okay, right?

Fuck you, chrisq.

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Quoting: HadBabitsI'm more concerned with Among the Sleep fixing their issues

Yeah, this is very sad. Like many others, I see this weird black cross everwhere, making the game unplayable for me. For me, it looks like some vertex coordinates are broken, with them going off into infinity; but that's just a half-educated guess.

They said they can't replicate that bug, for some reason. A shame.
I offered to run a debug build with debug printf()s or something for them (aka simplistic stone-age debugging), but so far they haven't taken me up on that offer. I guess they can't use that help. *shrug*

I even briefly considered setting up vogl and see if I it's feasible to give them a complete GL dump (depending on how big that would be; I have no idea). Unfortunately, the vogl build script gives me a weird chroot error on my Debian system, and I can't make heads or tails of that. And I frankly don't see why I should put so much time into that on a hunch, especially when I have too much stuff going on already anyway...

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Quoting: SpeedsterAssuming this review is not just a figment of the author's imagination, it's a good thing I didn't rush out and buy this for my Monkey-island-loving family, they would hate the story just like the reviewer...

Actually that review only made me want to play it more. :D

People that are horrified by sexual/racial stereotypes are hilarious to me.
"L's swapped with R's"... Oh the horror! My girlfriend is asian and her english, just like the english of most asians that are not close to native level english is like that. Cry me a river. <3

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^ Oh, I thought their engine was in-house. The article didn't say it was a third party engine.

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You want to check out the Eador:Masters of the Broken World forums for some really inattentive developers.

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Quoting: HadBabitsI'm more concerned with Among the Sleep fixing their issues. I can't seem to get a response out of them.

Keep an eye here: https://twitter.com/gamingonlinux/status/486946106451181568

My second time to try to get a reply from them...

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I'm more concerned with Among the Sleep fixing their issues. I can't seem to get a response out of them.

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Quoting: commodore256I have Deponia and the part that puzzles me is why haven't they done this before? I looked at the dlls in Steam and it uses ffmpge and sdl libraries.

Did you even read the news?

QuoteThe news comes only two months after the Visionaire point-and-click game engine incorporated a “Linux Export” feature in their 4.0 RC version

Visionaire Studio 4

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Also there are graphics packs that makes it a lot better looking and more inviting to newcomers.
search for dwarf fortress mayday on googles image search and check it out.

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Segata Sunshiro, speaking of notable adventure games in the last decade, have you played Book of Unwritten Tales? Native build has been available on Steam for a while, and I loved it. Really looking forward to the sequel, which will be releasing with Linux support.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingartgames/the-book-of-unwritten-tales-2

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Assuming this review is not just a figment of the author's imagination, it's a good thing I didn't rush out and buy this for my Monkey-island-loving family, they would hate the story just like the reviewer...

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Quoting: BillNyeTheBlackGuyIt's not a normal MMO, it's a hack and slash game with MMO elements. You don't create your own hero either.

The game's steam page reads "[b]uild your character using a library of spectacular powers appropriate to your hero", so I believe you're not talking about the 2015 edition (hey, Liam, how about we get a clearer post title and body BTW? I for one don't understand if the "2015" is just a suffix to state that Marvel Heroes is going through an overhaul or if this is a whole new game).

As for the hack-and-slash, I have never played this game, but if it stays true to the touted "action-RPG-style", it must depend at least a little on strategy behind the fights.

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Wooo! I can play as Squirrel Girl!!

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I have Deponia and the part that puzzles me is why haven't they done this before? I looked at the dlls in Steam and it uses ffmpge and sdl libraries.

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Quoting: DrMcCoyBah, they should FLOSS the sources instead...

Yeah, doing that could not only help support for years (and for free!) with other platforms both Unix and Unix-like, but other Open Source projects like Mumble and its overlay issue with NS2 could be fixed easily.

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Quoting: CimerydPlease be as good as WoW. Please have many obscure characters to choose from. Please come to Linux. Please be as good as WoW. Please don't just milk the franchise. Please do F2P right. Please be as good as WoW. Please.

After LotRO, AoC and so many other WoW killer MMOs, I'm sceptical of everything now. At least these guys have the realism to go F2P right out of the gate.

It's not a normal MMO, it's a hack and slash game with MMO elements. You don't create your own hero either.

Anyway, I played Marvel Heroes online before, and I hated it. I doubt Marvel Heroes 2015 is any better. I rather have Torchlight 2 or Path of Exile instead. TL2 developers don't' seem to be interested in Linux at all, so I really hope GGG can bring Path of Exile to Linux.

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Quoting: BeamboomWhen it first was launched a few years back it was essentially *slayed* by the reviewers. So I would not be too excited if I were you guys.

Here's hoping some of the more decent Marvel games comes our way too.

I think you meant this game Marvel witch is called Marvel Heroes
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/marvel-heroes
as I understand link on steam leads to Marvel Heroes 2015 which is received better
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/marvel-heroes-2015

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What I know is than I have deponia and I dont have linux support, and i'm not willing to pay 30 bugs for it.

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I really love adventure games so I will definitely pick this one up :)

Quoting: PlintslchoBesides, for those who have bought the game(s) on GOG.com, won't they become automatically available for Linux as well when GOG.com offers games for Linux? That's what I'd expect.

Probably only if you have bought the "Deponia: The Complete Journey" on GoG. The three games itself wont get a Linux version.

That is the table from the Steam page.

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That's great news.

I'm not a fan of Daedalic adventures and really dislike Deponia in particular (I couldn't even bring myself to finish the first game). But still, this is good news. Hopefully, we'll see Memoria one day natively for Linux then.

Besides, for those who have bought the game(s) on GOG.com, won't they become automatically available for Linux as well when GOG.com offers games for Linux? That's what I'd expect.

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When it first was launched a few years back it was essentially *slayed* by the reviewers. So I would not be too excited if I were you guys.

Here's hoping some of the more decent Marvel games comes our way too.

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Please be as good as WoW. Please have many obscure characters to choose from. Please come to Linux. Please be as good as WoW. Please don't just milk the franchise. Please do F2P right. Please be as good as WoW. Please.

After LotRO, AoC and so many other WoW killer MMOs, I'm sceptical of everything now. At least these guys have the realism to go F2P right out of the gate.
Honestly I think with this game, cloning the DC Universe Online model would be best, making you create your own hero and running into the big shots, but it might have its allure to play as Iron Man too...as long as there are a few hundred heroes to choose from.

EDIT: Checked the game and its comments out on Steam, I'm not that psyched any more. Damn it.

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Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: xfimI downloaded Subway Reflections demo on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS powered laptop but I dont know how to start those demos actually... Can anyone help please? Thanks.

Run the executable in the unpacked folder, under
engine/binaries/linux/

I'll bet it would have killed them to just put a 2 line shell script at the root of the zip file. ;)

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