Just noticed that Pixel-Q are working on moving their entire back catalogue over to Steam. I've left a comment asking for Shooter 1 or 2 to be included in the linux-porting too. Fingers crossed. These guys make some of the best games I've played on the PS3. If you've never played the Shooter series, it's almost worth picking up an old PS3 just for them (or begging for it to come to linux, like I am). Eden is great fun too, in a slower-paced kind of way.

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I've got this on PS3 and it's really, properly tough. A really good TD game - very pretty, very challenging.

I'd be delighted to play it again (never use my PS3 these days), but at £15, it's one I have to work hard to justify. I'm sure there's extra content in the Steam version though, so we'll see.

[Edit : Couldn't resist signing up for the Beta testing. You never know...]

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Quoting: richie442Serious Sam 3 :BFE, Brutal Legend, Legend of Grimrock, Crusaders Kings 2, Europa Universalis IV, Portal ( Portal 2 coming), Left 4 Dead 2, Killing Floor, The Cave, CS: Source, DOTA 2, Team Fortress 2, Eurotruck Simulator 2 ( beta), Natural Selection 2, Trine 2, Metro: Last Light coming, Cities in motion coming, Wasteland 2 coming, Amnesia: Machine for pigs, Tropico 5 is coming, X3 is on Linux, Wargame is on Linux, Football Manager 2014. Of course, that's not so much compared to Windows..but just remember when Linux client came out :).....   there is already a bunch of really good looking games on Linux.. and i hope in the future there will be more of them

That's a nice list.

If I'm being petty, then I think we need to see an commitment from Unreal to bring their technology over. That would open the door for titles like Borderlands 1 & 2, Bioshock Infinite and Dishonoured among others (Sanctum, which I love, or even the likes of Mass Effect). I know that ports have been done for Killing Floor and Dungeon Defenders, but they have been hacked ports, not "official" support from the engine designers.

Also, Skyrim. Just saying.

And of course, all we need to bring another 8 million potentials over would be World of Warcraft support. But I can't see that happening. Or Skyrim, if I'm being honest.

But I live in hope that U3 makes an appearance at some point.

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I agree that purchases are more important. 113 of my 389 games are now linux friendly. However, it's fair to say that I've played most of those 113 games to death when Steam wasn't available to linux.

We're close to a tipping point though - Steam has now been available on linux long enough that newer games are coming through that I have only ever played on linux. The excellent "Gateways", recent "Natural Selection", "Teleglitch", "Sir you are being Hunted", "DOTA2" and maybe a dozen others. It's now been around a month since I logged into Windows to play a game (some DLC from the summer sale - Dishonoured and Borderlands). And the only games that have tempted me to consider Windows in the last 3 months (I resisted) are PayDay 2 and possibly the new Saints Row game.

But of course none of this matters, because I wasn't asked to participate in the Steam survey.

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I loved Kairosoft's Game Dev Story on Android and this looks like a more in-depth spiritual successor, so I'll likely dip into my wallet for this one. Also, I loved what Greenheart did to highlight piracy - if you haven't read their awesome story, I'd recommend you do so. Very funny, in a really depressing kind of way.

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Do they own the source code? I guess so, but not the franchise. So they'd have to get EA's permission to open source that. So.... I'm not gonna hold my breath.

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Quoting: BumadarSo while Harebrained Schemes is saying: 

We have started working on the Linux version of Shadowrun Returns this week. We have our build machine up and running and have started making test builds. It’s still unclear just how much more work is necessary, because the builds are pretty rough in spots. For example, we can create characters, but there are errors when loading into the first apartment scene. The editor is now compiling in Linux, but unfortunately crashes when trying to load scenes. We’re confident we can work through the various Linux-related issues, but it is going to take some time to wrangle them into submission.

We are a month after release and nothing to be seen, while the guys at inXile are saying its no big deal really.... 

Couldn't agree more. I backed both and it's frustrating to be a month down the line and no support for my platform. And what is a "reasonable timeframe"? <sigh>

From : http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1613260297/shadowrun-returns/posts/449984
When do I get the Linux version of the game? 

As we said during the Kickstarter, we will release the Linux version in a reasonable timeframe after launch. We've done a few test builds in house but there are a fair number of issues remaining to be fixed. Rather than delay the entire release of the game to everyone, we're going to focus on the non-Linux platforms first as they have the most support and are the furthest along in development. 

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Regarding weird lag affecting aim - it might be worth turning off the Steam overlay. I got that when I used my laptop (which has AMD graphics) on Portal. Turned off the overlay, and everything was snappy again. Worth a try anyway.

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Quoting: tooris it normal that even with lowest graphics ever I get so few fps… it's hardely playable.

lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GTX 650] (rev a1)

with nvidia-313 driver and Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz

I have a Core i7, Nvidia GTX670, so a bit better hardware, but comparable - the game plays perfectly here. Same driver too. What are you running things on - I'm on a 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 install here?

I must say, I'm really surprised at the quality of the graphics. This game is a real stunner.

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It might just be me, but I tend to steer clear of any Indiegogo projects if they're flexible funding. I just don't trust that platform enough. No worries with Indiegogo if it's normal funding, but not flexible. I think two or three projects in this list failed because of that choice.

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