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Good cast, Samsai. Worth a look, I think, but I've still to get into Glare and this looks like bizarre cross between Glare and Limbo. There's a wee hint of the Bastion narrator in there too, I reckon!

I'll get my "unplayed" games list down a bit, then I'll give this a go.

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Oh cool. BS2 has penguin icon already.

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Quoting: tuubiIt's obviously a side-scrolling shooter, not a platformer. Personally I had my fill of these on the C64 and Amiga back in the day. The art style looks cool though.

I beg to differ, it has a bit of all of it in which is why I called it an "action platformer" you run along and jump around platforms and there is shooter action in it.

I stand by my title ;)

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It's obviously a side-scrolling shooter, not a platformer. Personally I had my fill of these on the C64 and Amiga back in the day. The art style looks cool though.

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Wow, this looks awesome!

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Quoting: TeodosioOnce Steam machines are out I think that figure will insta-jump to 5% at least... and it will keep growing steadily from there.

3 million Steam Machines is terribly ambitious.

Quoting: GuestI've been using Steam for Linux since the beginning, and only got the survey on Linux for the first time... While I regularly get it when using Wine to run Steam.

Wine is recorded as Linux (and the Wine version is also recorded). I'd speculate that the reason you see it more is likely due to the fact that people running under Wine decline it more often than those in native Linux.

Quoting: LordpkappaI never see a single survey in Linux, 2-3 times in Windows.

Same thing here. Linux users have a reason to answer the survey, Windows users don't.

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Linux Version
Ubuntu 13.10 64 bit          27.45%   +0.27%
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS 64 bit    11.12%   -0.05%
Linux Mint 16 Petra 64 bit    7.60%   +0.12%
Linux 3.10 64 bit             7.15%   +1.76%
Ubuntu 13.10                  5.44%   -0.09%
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS            3.99%   -0.08%
Other                        37.25%   -1.93%
From the Linux breakdown:
Total sum of those not listed as other = 62.75%

62.75% out of the total steam Linux users 1.2% = 0.753%
Total sum of those not listed as other but without breakdown = 0.82%

0.753% != 0.82%

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I never see a single survey in Linux, 2-3 times in Windows.

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Quoting: AnonymousOr it falls down to 2-3% because many people are going to install windows on their machines?

The legendary average user will take his steambox as a console and won't bother/know to ditch OSes. More important factor will be the steamboxes that will come preinstalled with windows.

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I was waiting for them for a long time. I really love this games.

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Quoting: TeodosioOnce Steam machines are out I think that figure will insta-jump to 5% at least... and it will keep growing steadily from there.

Or it falls down to 2-3% because many people are going to install windows on their machines?

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Another metric might be to look at Linux Steam users as a whole number over time versus a percentage. The factors that drive total Steam usage changes might not be the same factors that drive Linux usage changes.

For example the rise in popularity of a steam exclusive like DOTA2 in Asian countries where WinXP is extremely popular (and Linux is not) would tilt things one way. On the other hand, something like the TF2 Linux release (with the Tux drops) pushed Linux usage waaaaay up, and that wasn't really an accurate representation of long term usage (or, people were cheating).

That said, I wouldn't bother trying to read to much into those numbers. Linux has been trending down for a while now, but who knows why. I can't explain the trend, but I have a theory for this month.

Now that Spring has arrived in the Northern hemisphere, Linux users (well known for their love of the outdoors) have switched off their PCs, and are out enjoying the warmer weather, the sunshine on their faces and the pollen in their paranasal sinuses.

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Once Steam machines are out I think that figure will insta-jump to 5% at least... and it will keep growing steadily from there.

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I tried the demo recently and I liked it. The game’s got a nice atmosphere and an interesting story.

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The game will be greenlighted, sure. Voted!

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One of the best looking game so far.

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its suppose to be based off of the ultimate overhead view space station 13. Which that game is epic. Wasn't much to look at, but omg it was the ultimate troll playground. Anyway...the developer responded to a post to why it doesn't run on Linux or Mac yet, saying that they haven't even compiled it for those two Operating Systems. I guess we have to wait.

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woo!

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Honestly, this game almost made me cry multiple times. I've been suffering from depression for almost 3 years, and this very accurately described my typical every day life of recent. I'd say the stage I'm at currently is likely level "2", second to suicidal/lifeless. My boyfriend showed me this game, although I think he needs to play it himself so he understands what I go through. It's really depressing that he doesn't want to because "it's boring". *sighs*

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Quoting: SabunAny list of noteworthy games made with Esenthel (That's really hard to say/type)? Anything that actually runs on Linux right now?

Lucius (http://store.steampowered.com/app/218640/)

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Previously I had stated I was getting an error/warning starting up Steam, I got an update and after reboot I no longer receive the error, I am trying Linux gaming again but I am using Play on Linux for windows games, I will try to keep this post updated.

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intersting stuff... I didn't know gold yet ...

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Quoting: ariStarting to be, not merelly a fan of the series but of the developers.

Real nice and polished gameplay from the games i've played, good design and thoughtfull implementation. Plus the support for linux, wich is allways a plus! :)

11bit are more and more a permanent on my radar, and in my opinion should be also on the general publics atention. Good going!

I would like to be a fan.. but unfortunately they do not do what they promise sometimes.
Steam community 've been waiting for controller support for almost a year now, and it was one of the selling points of the first game for me.

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Any list of noteworthy games made with Esenthel (That's really hard to say/type)? Anything that actually runs on Linux right now?

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Quoting: neorribleI would like to play Serious Sam 2, but it doesn't use Serious Engine 3. :(

SS2 is native also ..all you need to do is to buy the windows game and use http://www.liflg.org/?catid=6&gameid=83

i have an old DVD of SS2 which i got with my GPU back in the days and it worked pretty fine natively

Yeah, I also got it with my nVidia card. :D
It's a shame that there's no Steam support for the game on Linux.

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Interesting stuff to know!

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that framerate in the video... doesnt really make me want to buy it.
and another early access title... i guess we have too many of those already.
not enough features yet to be even early access imo... but thats just my opinion..

ideas look interesting.. will see where it goes with time

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Quoting: neorribleI would like to play Serious Sam 2, but it doesn't use Serious Engine 3. :(

SS2 is native also ..all you need to do is to buy the windows game and use http://www.liflg.org/?catid=6&gameid=83

i have an old DVD of SS2 which i got with my GPU back in the days and it worked pretty fine natively

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Quoting: HeimdallArx and Doomsday shouldn't be on there as they benefited from the source release of their games. The rest were built from the ground up.

I would pick CaesarIA and OpenMW, if I could pick two!

Yes, you can!

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