Quoting: torstenchrThey better support linux - i joined the original campaign and they promised linux back then... iirc.

I did not even know there was a cammpaign for this remaster.

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How about the entire Spiderweb Software back catalogue?

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Kiiinda hoping it's not Final Fantasy XV because even on Windows the system requirements are a tad on the heavy side.

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Allow me to suggest a theory about why some big publishers are seemingly anti-Linux.

Ahem. :)

*cracks knuckles*

There is a weird thing in investment where you can get more money invested in your company by dropping the right buzzwords. "Blockchain" *kaching* ... "machine learning" *kaching* ... "Augmented reality" *kaching*.

These investors know bugger-all about tech, but they love money and will happily take risks on "the next big thing".

Now back to game publishers that are listed on the stock market. I suspect their reasoning for being opposed to Linux generally is that they are afraid their stock price would fall if they make what is perceived to be bad business decisions. The word "Linux" was so toxic once upon a time that even Ubuntu did not use the word anywhere on their web site for a while. (See also: Android)

Things are different now, but these are people with loads of money that are generally out of touch.

I think the trick is for "Linux" to become a positive buzzword in business. In some small way I think Microsoft might actually be helping with this as they expand their Linux server business. Unfortunately, this is tech-facing, not consumer-facing.

Anyhoo - big-money buzzwords, investors, stock prices.

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I'm sure we all want to convert people to our cult that supports Linux. :)

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Nice. My first job after military service was as a games reviewer in a print magazine. The Megadrive was the dominant platform here, so it was mostly those games.

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The thing with Age of Wonders: Planetfall is that it is also announced for XBox One, so in all likelihood, the Microsoft thing will happen where the dev/publisher is not even allowed to mention any non Microsoft platforms for a set period of time.

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Really nice looking. I want basically this but not procgen or roguelike.

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Quoting: aukondkI had a little play. Only controller I have is a 360 compatible wireless with a dongle so I tried it on my tablet over OTG. Big picture works fine with the controller but a couple of games I tried didn't work. I guess because I usually connect the controller to the game direct rather than through Steam.

I fired up FTL as I always wanted it on my tablet. Pinch to zoom works for the fiddly buttons but I had to double tap to select sometimes and couldn't work out how to right click.

Should be two finger tap. Three finger tap for onscreen keyboard.

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I bought a pack ages (lol) ago with all of those in it, except realMyst, and also bought Myst IV seperately (hey, the box was nice), but I'm happy to buy it all again if native (even if just wrapped) Linux ports showed up. Perhaps this time I'll work on finishing the ones I have yet to finish!

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