Bit weird that they have Gnome as a minimum requirement.

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Quoting: MilaniumRon Gilbert mentioned in his blog that this was developed on Linux, so I assume the porting will be easy. Still sad that it wasn't a priority to get it on launch day.

Mac, not Linux. "It will be released on the Mac. 90% of the programming team is on the Mac. Windows is the "port"." Ron Gilbert himself got a Linux machine after Apple annoyed him, but I don't know for sure that he's still using it.

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Quoting: cookiEoverdoseDid someone try SGDBoop?

SGDBoop works fine. I think it was in one of Liam's guides? I've used it for a few things: press the button on Steam Grid DB, pick the thing you want it applied to, job done.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyIs it an easier port?

Dunno. It's Unity, I think.

Quoting: pete910Does it not cost devs to be on the switch/playstation platform ?

No more than Xbox, AFAIK.

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With all due respect to Ron Gilbert, I'm extremely skeptical of any "we pinky-swear that we'll release a native Linux build Real Soon Now" because way too many people have said exactly that and then gone on to do no such thing. This is a Windows-only get-when-it's-90%-off game until the native build actually materialises and is shown to have actual support. We've been burned too many times before. I would, of course, prefer it to be a properly-supported buy-at-full-price game.

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QuoteXbox version

Interesting that this is their first port of call when PlayStation and Switch are both bigger markets. Maybe they just have an Xbox themselves.

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I'll probably switch my HTPC to KDE Neon to use this once it's released. My desktop, however, is going to stay on old KDE until they've reimplemented the desktop cube in newer versions.

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QuoteAddendum: The only other game I own with a 'Mixed' rating that I loved is Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, but there I at least understand the Mixed rating: people wanted a horror game and got a walking simulator.

This is the key point. A game with a high review score isn't saying "this is a good game," it's saying "the Store description accurately describes the experience of playing the game." When that description is accurate everyone that wouldn't like that kind of game doesn't buy it, and the people that do buy it are the ones that would like it.

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Quoteit's a thoroughly odd selection

I suspected from looking at the list, but the bundle page mentions it explicitly: those are all franchises that have been gobbled up by Disney.

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Quoting: scaineEven if you could debate those particular reasons, the main one I completely agree with is that Steam is an unbelievably harsh audience - critical, demanding, largely uneducated and unbending. And the worst part? They get to review your game publicly, allowing for a sole developer's career to be largely ruined on the basis of, say, a similarity to Minecraft.

If Tyron doesn't have immediate cashflow issues, and actually cares about their reputation as a game developer, then I completely agree with their caution. Despite the fact that I'd really like to play this, but as I say, without Steam multiplayer, I can't see me buying this.

I think I've said it three times already, but I'll say it again just to be sure: it's entirely their choice whether they put their game on Steam or not, exactly as it should be. No skin off my nose either way. There are those (including yourself) that will be aware of the game and yet choose not to purchase it unless it's on Steam, but there are far more that will never hear about the game if it's not on Steam.

I wish the best of luck to the devs, and it seems they've created something that people really like, which is great.

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