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You guys know that you can add any software on this list? So it just doesn't mean anything!

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i wait for this long time :)

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I am interested in working with Linux users and custom files for dod:s linux.
Custom HUD's especially.
Please see here, I am about to add some test files for those interested...
http://www.dodbits.com/dods/index.php/forum/6-gui-and-hud-s/180-insanes-hud-and-gui-ver11-for-linux#180

INsane  dodbits.com

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This is one of the games I'm looking forward to most, I would have already bought it on their website (btw, buy it from their website as it gives you a Steam key) if the Linux version was available.

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Ha, this looks fun doesn't it!. Even the Bugs look fun, eating naked lol.

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Sweetness!

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Quoting: HamishMade this an Editors Pick since it has certainly made my week, and I think it has quite heavily contributed to Cheeseness' as well. ;)

I was over the moon when I first spotted it, but didn't have time to post it here. It's neat that there are already projects springing up too :D

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Guess they didn't get the word today that Gartner says Microsoft's market share will decrease 7% this year with a 14% decrease shortly following. But I understand most devs don't follow market news, sadly. There was also a guy at Forbes that did some in depth analyzing and had some stark opinions: "Expect enormous layoffs over the next 3 years.  Something like 50-60%, or more, of employees will go away.". "Someone" forced his article to be deleted.

There is just so much people don't know or understand. But oh well, anyway this game looks cool just 6 more day's to go though. Maybe he'll get a boost from this post, if people enjoy this type of shooter.

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Made this an Editors Pick since it has certainly made my week, and I think it has quite heavily contributed to Cheeseness' as well. ;)

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If you are interested  we've published a new post on our site about food and resting in RPGs, how it has been handled in games and how we plan to handle it.


Thanks for your comments!


Aric
Numantian Games

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Quoting: SuperuserI guess I should just stick to being a non-programmer. :(

I started tinkering with the Quake III engine as a non-programmer, because I didn't want a great game like Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory to die. Now, two years later, I am still working on my project called ET: Legacy and although I cannot call myself a real programmer, it feels good to understand parts of code which were incomprehensible to me before.

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Actually, My first experience with Half-Life, HL:Source, and HL2 was on Linux (winex/cedega).  Worked so well, that I ended up using my lower end desktop to host a lan party of ~20 people because my friend's dedicated Windows server kept crashing.

I am now running most of my collection on Steam:Linux natively.  The only noticeable difference is that I no longer launch steam through wine.

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Used to play them a lot online when i was younger, would be pretty cool to have them on Linux :D

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Quoting: SabunI looked at the source code, and my gosh is it scary. I have a bit of knowledge with C++, but I can see it wasn't easy making these kinds of titles in the past. Engines like Unity and Unreal, heck even Love2D make things a whole lot easier now. The difference in complexity is vast...

Yeah... I just can't get past the likes of Ruby (which badly needs more game engines, fellow rubyists!) and Python.

I picked a C++11 book (also covers C++03) recently though that is very good. It's from the local library and I don't think I'll by buying it as it costs US$45 (and then I'd have to import it). It's called "Sams TeachYourself C++ in One Hour a Day" Seventh Edition.

I swear that things you can do in one line in Ruby take like 10 lines to do in C++, but I'm trying to get through it. Still, now I understand why real programming is so hard, hehe. Mind you, all of those fancy commercial engines like Unity and the UDK are C/C++ under the hood as that's what brings performance. LÖVE probably also has some parts written in C or C++.

I guess I should just stick to being a non-programmer. :(

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I looked at the source code, and my gosh is it scary. I have a bit of knowledge with C++, but I can see it wasn't easy making these kinds of titles in the past. Engines like Unity and Unreal, heck even Love2D make things a whole lot easier now. The difference in complexity is vast...

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Thanks for posting this, Hamish. It's so exciting :D

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both. :) i just haven't gotten around to it yet, but sooon. :)

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Half-life 2 you mean? Because half-life has already been ported

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I just checked with Toploader over at RWS and he did confirm that the bulk of the non-Steam dependant features from the Postal and Postal 2 releases will also be making their way to the Desura versions as well. I do not know if this finally validates some of the Steam trickled down arguments that I have been hearing or just goes to further prove how awesome RWS is. :)

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The Holomatch port was actually someone kludging the game to work on the Quake3 source code. That being said, it actually works pretty well.

As to the other things you have linked to, those are merely the source code to the Modding SDK released under a restrictive license, and as such it would be useless when it comes to making a proper source port.

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EliteForce source code was already released.

Files >> stef-gamesource110.zip - with holomatch sources.
and >> stvoy_sp_mod_sdk.zip - with single player sources.
can be found here:

http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/files/Elite_Force/Official_Releases/Others;385

There is already holomatch linux port.

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Hands up everyone who played with QBASIC themselves when they were younger! ^_^

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awesome! warms my heart to see the industry seriously considering this.

i've never played half-life, and i hope to do so first on Linux.

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Quoting: liamdaweYou realise they did this before last months survey was out right?

Mmkay.
Need to watch the actual conference, do you know if the video is or will be available?

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Quoting: Xodetaetl

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: XodetaetlThis chart is a deceitful joke... Don't count on me for the praise round.

Huh?

They cheat with numbers to make it look like Linux is big and growing. The logarithmic scale (with very small percentage indicators so most people won't see the cheating)  + not showing last month percentage of linux users.

You realise they did this before last months survey was out right?

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: XodetaetlThis chart is a deceitful joke... Don't count on me for the praise round.

Huh?

They cheat with numbers to make it look like Linux is big and growing. The logarithmic scale (with very small percentage indicators so most people won't see the cheating)  + not showing last month percentage of linux users.

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...the mysterious logarithmic scale ;)

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Quoting: XodetaetlThis chart is a deceitful joke... Don't count on me for the praise round.

Huh?

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This chart is a deceitful joke... Don't count on me for the praise round.

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Heh, I just checked 'retweets' actually and... I'm not on there! I would be [redacted], my tweets are protected (only because spambots follow me all the time and it annoys me. And yep, I retweeted the word o' Linux!

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