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3D adventure platformer Poi available for Linux in Steam Early Access
15 December 2015 at 6:31 pm UTC

Quoting: coryrj19951Finally more 3d platformers :D
Just got FreezeME, now I'm waiting on some PS2 era style platformers (Ratchet and Clank style more than anything :P )

Let us know what you think of it. (Not sure if I can resist the temptation myself for much longer.) We also have Yooka-Laylee, Lobodestroyo and Clive and Wrench to look forward to. The latter looks so much better than it used to now, after the developer got some help with textures for the characters.

SHINESS, a fantastic looking 3D RPG coming to Linux, new teaser trailer
15 December 2015 at 4:11 pm UTC Likes: 1

QuoteThe game itself was likely covered by one of the past Funding Crowd articles, but here's a refresher.

Doesn't look like it was. I can't even find it in the crowdfunding wiki muntdefems maintained. They announced Linux support one week into the campaign, so that's probably why we missed it.

It does look gorgeous though.

The Funding Crowd 54, the latest in Linux crowdfunding news
14 December 2015 at 7:34 pm UTC

^ Yes, that is why. That and The Last Shore are my own favorite hidden gems among these, and though neither of them look likely to make it, I'd already written up a draft for The Last Shore. The Derelict developers actually mention Another World (or Out of This World, as they call it) as a source of inspiration, so that's probably why.

3D adventure platformer Poi available for Linux in Steam Early Access
13 December 2015 at 8:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: tuubiThis might be fun, despite the online leaderboards nonsense. I hope you'll cover it again when it's out of EA.

Unless something gets in the way, I will.

Quoting: Miqueyecool, thanks for bringing this to my attention. it looks pretty epic!
I love to explore well crafted 3d worlds. hope the controls are tight.

I find the controls to be very responsive and accurate. The only issue I've had with controls is that the camera snags on walls (and sometimes clips through the environment), causing awkward camera angles that sometimes make it difficult to get jumps right. It's something the developer is aware of though, and you can draw the camera in to your shoulder at the press of a button, so it hasn't been a big issue for me.

SquareCells, a new puzzle game from the developer of Hexcells, has been released on Steam
13 December 2015 at 1:26 am UTC

Quoting: GuestDisapointing that it seems to be Steam only. I loved the Hexcells series....

Yeah, he has said on Twitter that he only plans to release on Steam this time. :/

SquareCells, a new puzzle game from the developer of Hexcells, has been released on Steam
11 December 2015 at 12:59 pm UTC

Quoting: subSo that's basically "Mario's Picross"?

No.

Gunnheim, a top-down co-op shooter, play as a viking with a gun now on Linux
10 December 2015 at 2:25 pm UTC

Yeah, this looks like awesome fun for couch co-op.

Unity 5.3 released, hello modern OpenGL system for Linux gaming
8 December 2015 at 11:49 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Creak
Quoting: Mountain ManI hope the Cities: Skylines developers are paying attention. We might finally get good performance in Linux.

I'm not sure Cities: Skyline uses Unity.

They got the Golden Cube at the Unity Awards 2015, so I think it does.

Double Fine has launched crowdfunding campaign to fund Psychonauts 2
7 December 2015 at 4:28 pm UTC

Sounds like a plan. :) When reading user reviews, I try to find both positive and negative reviews. It's not a perfect method, and many of the games I'm interested in have no professional reviews or let's plays, and only a handful of user reviews on Steam, GOG or Metacritic.