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Ray's the Dead a new zombie game heading to Linux!
By muntdefems, 13 May 2013 at 9:15 am UTC
Funnily enough, there's no mention on the Kickstarter page that a stretch goal will be needed for day 1 Linux support. :(

Anyway, I thought that creating a Linux build with Unity4 was as simple as clicking a button...
CraftStudio Beta is now available for Linux!
By Hamish, 12 May 2013 at 5:22 pm UTC
Something about it reminds me of Logic Quests level editor from 1996.
Steam's April hardware survey shows poor Linux statistics!
By Hamish, 12 May 2013 at 4:59 pm UTC
Quoting: AnonymousI swear, either you're all doing this on purpose or this site attracts people with no reading comprehension.

"Which is more likely: that the irrevocable laws of the universe have been broken, or that you are somehow mistaken in thinking them so?" - Penumbra: Requiem.

Somehow that comment reminded me of the quote. ;)
Steam's April hardware survey shows poor Linux statistics!
By , 12 May 2013 at 12:36 pm UTC
Quoting: Another Anonymous UserThat is a nice discussion and all, however the Anonymous guy was basing the whole point of why there should be a wine static is a bit well wrong.
The only thing wrong is that you think I was saying there should be one.

I swear, either you're all doing this on purpose or this site attracts people with no reading comprehension.
Steam's April hardware survey shows poor Linux statistics!
By , 12 May 2013 at 12:09 pm UTC
That is a nice discussion and all, however the Anonymous guy was basing the whole point of why there should be a wine static is a bit well wrong. After all what the user wants is the developer should look at not what the user is using now. If that was case, Steam for Linux would have never been made as there wasn't a way to accurately verify who is using Linux and what for. Even the current way is not that accurate. However there is other things that drive the developers to support a platform, and one of those are the petitions or groups that people make to campaign for a port to another OS. So instead of arguing with a couple of guys who are managing a Linux gaming site, if someone wants a game on Linux, they should just petition it. Who knows if enough people are vocal about it and the company is looking for an alternative or expansion, a Linux version may be suggested as an Alternative.
CraftStudio Beta is now available for Linux!
By Morg, 12 May 2013 at 10:01 am UTC
This is pretty neat. Looks great!
CraftStudio Beta is now available for Linux!
By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2013 at 9:42 am UTC
I love the idea of these, but it seems it still doesn't come close to how easy Construct 2 and Multimedia Fusion 2 are in the easy to understand department :(, their interfaces are just much better.

It also crashes constantly for me, but hey I can get it to run at least!
We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!
By Hamish, 11 May 2013 at 7:33 pm UTC
I have already declined most of the ones I was offerd. To give out the one I do have I would need to find a fairer way of handling it. Well, we'll wait and see who win's Liam's little contest first. ;)
We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!
By n30p1r4t3, 11 May 2013 at 5:13 pm UTC
Quoting: HamishThese are being given out like candy. The amount of free Steam keys I have been given or offered for Postal 2 borders on insanity. And I am not even going to be using any of them. :P
I also wouldn't mind one!
We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!
By Superuser, 11 May 2013 at 1:38 pm UTC
A winner is me?
We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!
By , 11 May 2013 at 1:08 pm UTC
And....I'm in :)
We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!
By Sabun, 11 May 2013 at 12:30 pm UTC
QuoteAnd if you really want one, I could give you the one I got as part of my Desura purchase. 
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Sure! If it's not too much trouble. If you can't or don't want to in the end, it's no problem :)
We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!
By , 11 May 2013 at 10:02 am UTC
Meh. Why another glorification of violence presenting itself as "fun". I'll pass on this one.
We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!
By Hamish, 11 May 2013 at 1:31 am UTC
They are primarily doing it to increase awareness of the new Steam versions as well to try and regain some goodwill after the whole Postal 3 debacle.

And if you really want one, I could give you the one I got as part of my Desura purchase. ^_^
Humble Double Fine Bundle launches, we were right!
By Cheeseness, 10 May 2013 at 11:37 pm UTC
Quoting: liamdaweWell with Steam being as popular as it is nowadays I won't be surprised if we see more games just hooking into steam's servers and using them for matchmaking.
The issue here isn't with matchmaking, it's a combination of incompatible middlewares and that their build processes don't end up giving consistent client side prediction and synchronisation across platforms.

As s_d says, the game is pretty old (by industry standards), and was originally for incompatible platforms - there was never any reason to aim for this kind of cross platform consistency, and so there could be any number of things hiding throughout the codebase which would prevent cross-platform multiplayer from behaving.

This sort of thing is really tough to implement retroactively.
We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!
By Sabun, 10 May 2013 at 10:16 pm UTC
Quoting: HamishThese are being given out like candy. The amount of free Steam keys I have been given or offered for Postal 2 borders on insanity. And I am not even going to be using any of them. :P
I wouldn't mind taking one off your hands :P
Are the devs giving them out as publicity, or could there be a new game coming out?
We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!
By Hamish, 10 May 2013 at 8:31 pm UTC
These are being given out like candy. The amount of free Steam keys I have been given or offered for Postal 2 borders on insanity. And I am not even going to be using any of them. :P
Humble Double Fine Bundle launches, we were right!
By Liam Dawe, 10 May 2013 at 8:12 pm UTC
Well with Steam being as popular as it is nowadays I won't be surprised if we see more games just hooking into steam's servers and using them for matchmaking.
Humble Double Fine Bundle launches, we were right!
By s_d, 10 May 2013 at 8:10 pm UTC
Quoting: berarma
Quoting: s_dRegarding multiplayer, it is absolutely true, and I've a nice technical explanation from them.  It appears to be an architectural limitation:

http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/9178/

As much as I respect these guys and their work, I think that's a very poor design decision.

Yes, well, the engineer that answered my question did defend the method (sort of), but also didn't seem overly thrilled about it either :P

It is what it is.  The game is four years old, and was originally launched exclusively on two consoles (which probably couldn't match-make against each other for a whole set of other reasons).

Why would their publisher (EA!!!) have been willing to paying DF to build netcode that would make an unapproved future desktop port viable for cross-platform multi-player?
We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!
By Sabun, 10 May 2013 at 7:20 pm UTC
Done and done :)
Half-Life 2, EP1, EP2 and Lost Coast hit Linux!
By Sabun, 10 May 2013 at 7:14 pm UTC
Quoting: OrkultusWhen are we getting painkiller - Hell and Damnation?
Good question. The devs did say around April or May, so it could be before the end of this month. Oh man, so many goodies for Linux. I'm behaving like a child on the inside with all these releases ^_^
Half-Life 2, EP1, EP2 and Lost Coast hit Linux!
By Orkultus, 10 May 2013 at 3:59 pm UTC
When are we getting painkiller - Hell and Damnation?
The Funding Crowd, a weekly review of Linux crowdfunded games
By , 10 May 2013 at 1:55 pm UTC
Road Redemption reached their funding goal.
Half-Life 2, EP1, EP2 and Lost Coast hit Linux!
By Sabun, 10 May 2013 at 1:33 pm UTC
My screen's refresh rate is only 60Hz, but being able to view how high the fps can go in-game allows me to gauge just how well my card/driver can handle the game or not. It's not very important, but I like to geek out at this sort of thing a bit :D
Half-Life 2, EP1, EP2 and Lost Coast hit Linux!
By , 10 May 2013 at 12:52 pm UTC
Quoting: Sabun150fps is pretty darn nice so it's all good.

Do you have a monitor with a refresh rate to match? AFAIK the Source engine does not have triple buffering so there shouldn't be any visible difference between VSync 60 FPS and Non VSync 120 FPS on a standard 60 Hz monitor.

I realise your GPU will no doubt handle a stack of several buffered frames on it's own, but I personally don't see the big fuss about such high frame rates when the actual implications are next to zero outside of a statistic.

Just saying and curious about peoples opinion on it :)

Will be doing a LP of all three games (as one series) every Monday starting on the 13th (I've now got proper audio capture going!).
Half-Life 2, EP1, EP2 and Lost Coast hit Linux!
By Sabun, 10 May 2013 at 11:13 am UTC
Oh man, native Linux games overdose! First Portal then L4D2, then Double Fine now the entire Half Life 2 franchise. I've got a lot of gaming to do (not that I'm complaining) :D
View video on youtube.com
No bugs thus far, but fps is rather poor for my system. Without V-sync, at 1080p it only reaches 150fps. It is a Beta though, and 150fps is pretty darn nice so it's all good.
Half-Life 2, EP1, EP2 and Lost Coast hit Linux!
By , 10 May 2013 at 10:52 am UTC
As an experiment, I downloaded HL2 on my Acer C7 Chromebook running Chrubuntu 12.04, 64-bit. And yes, it runs great. This little $200 machine, which costs less then most tablets, is a REAL computer running Linux, and I can also run GIMP, pan, LibreOffice, etc. And play a surprisingly large number of games. Screwabunchatablets...
Half-Life 2, EP1, EP2 and Lost Coast hit Linux!
By , 10 May 2013 at 10:29 am UTC
@edgley

Looks like they forked the old jedioutcastlinux on github - Jedi Outcast seriously had some epic multiplayer back in the day - with some new paint and whatever upgrades they add I'll be stoked - can't wait for multiplayer. :)
Half-Life 2, EP1, EP2 and Lost Coast hit Linux!
By , 10 May 2013 at 9:14 am UTC
Quoting: ElectricPrismJedi Outcast and others ready for linux soon :).

https://github.com/Razish/OpenJK
Half-Life 2, EP1, EP2 and Lost Coast hit Linux!
By , 10 May 2013 at 9:03 am UTC
I also got Serious Sam 3 BFE and it's really fun on Hippie Blood Flower Mode. <3
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