Native build for GNU/Linux

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Please release the Demo and the full game for the GNU operating system.

I don't care for Proton, and I buy exclusively GNU/Linux native games. There are hundreds on Steam and this could be another title.

Thanks!

[Yeulth]

Well they seem to be using Godot, should't be too hard (but would take time). Also, good to see another Linux user around here

[Calico]

I know you said you don't care for Proton, but the game does run perfectly fine with it.

[D:\side\]

Originally posted by Yeulth:

Well they seem to be using Godot, should't be too hard (but would take time). Also, good to see another Linux user around here

They are not. It's their own engine.

[Yeulth]

Originally posted by D:\side\:

Originally posted by Yeulth:

Well they seem to be using Godot, should't be too hard (but would take time). Also, good to see another Linux user around here

They are not. It's their own engine.

Huh true, i think i misremembered as another game or maybe because my system show one of their files (the .res) as a Godot file.

[D:\side\]

Yeah, file extensions, especially when it comes to game assets, aren't that standardized, so it's a pretty poor indicator of a game engine by itself.

I sometimes wonder though if Sky would be better off if it actually were built on top of a well-maintained engine from a different team that specializes in the stuff. So TGC could focus on refining the game rather than its infrastructure. But I don't think that'll ever actually happen, so as it stands now, they have to do both. So we have the AVX2 drama all over and, much less popular, this Linux problem. Oh well.

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Originally posted by D:\side\:

So we have the AVX2 drama all over and, much less popular, this Linux problem. Oh well.

You mean the pandemic SpywareOS by an unethical conglomerate with major antitrust cases problem?

Windows© fanboys are sad trolls, really. You don't have reason on your side, so you resort to low blows and poking others.

We don't need to be 100%, as most GNU/Linux users cherish variety (see the hundreds of GNU distros). However, GNU is already the best OS for gaming and it has become more popular than MacOS. is MacOS also lesser than that Windows crap because less users can afford the US$10.000,00+ Machintosh and peripherals? I don't think so.

McDonnald's is also popular and its garbage. Enjoy addictive food by a major unethical corporation, and get supersized. I will stick to traditional Brazilian and Italian cousine.

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

I'd like to point out that even with systematic and coordinated attacks[en.m.wikipedia.org] on Libre Software and the GNU/Linux operating system by Microsoft®, and even after years of CEO's calling us a "cancer" (Ballmer), "thieves" (Gates), and the company calling us a problem, the GNU operating system now operates on all of Microsoft's servers (and the entire internet), the Android/Linux OS runs on most smart devices in the world, including cellhpones; and GNU has become the best OS for everything, including gaming, without resorting to hostile takeovers, anticompetitive deals, sabbotage, and the spread of lies on Microsoft's crap software.

If it hurts you, see a therapist, and respect the fact that we're here to stay.

Therefore, here I am, asking for a GNU native build, like hundreds of other games that I own on Steam and run natively on my modest machines that don't require 16GB RAM just to run malware in the background.

[D:\side\]

Funny how three words "this Linux problem" that referred to the lack of the native version and improbability for it to ever exist because the developers use an engine of their own and are struggling to maintain that as it is, spiraled out into a fiery rant against a perceived "Windows© fanboy" that somehow uses desktop flavors Linux on a daily basis. Now how could that be?

You don't know me or my OS preferences and this insecure attitude about Linux is part of the reason why developers are hesitant about supporting it.

Now stop preaching to the choir and find a better angle for more important crowds, like the curious story of Delta V[playingtux.com] where the seemingly small Linux crowd seriously contributed more (6.5x) to the stability of the game, and not even just for Linux, but across the board.

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bruh was cooking until they lost their mind

[D:\side\]

It's fine, L's happen, I've had a good share of my own, can we please wait for developers' response on the issue now? Thanks!

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

You don't seem to realize how often people come throwing stones.

If it was not the case, I am sorry.

Your nickname D:\side\ made me think you're a Windows/DOS user.

I do hope.we get a response soon.

[D:\side\]

I absolutely do, though I still stand by the sentiment that throwing back boulders is not an appropriate or commensurate response, paints Linux users in a bad light and reinforces Microsoft's desktop dominance – at a time when Microsoft itself is giving plenty of reasons for users to jump ship (unsolicited recommendations, Cortana, Copilot, Recall) and Linux has better chances than probably ever. So maybe don't do that.

If you want to convince anyone, use reasons your audience is actually familiar with. Very few people actually pay attention to the broader economic picture of what's happening. Focus on things they know.

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

I did not throw back "boulders", and I said if it was not an attack, and I misinterpreted you, that I am definitely sorry. However, you seem to be milking this. Can we agree to cease confrontation?

Yes, there are plenty of reasons to jump ship, as there has been for a while. The practical monopoly on PCs and the anticompetitive lock-ins are bad for consumers (who end up forced to accept unethical invasions of their privacy and lesser autonomy on their devices) and for the world market, that should gets stagnated.

However, GNU/Linux has surpassed Windows© for gaming. It is a good time to be advanving in this area too.

I wish more handhelds manufacturers make their own distro or partner with Steam.

[D:\side\]

Sure. My intention was to offer hopefully helpful advice for Linux advocacy to help avoid such blunders in future and do that more effectively, but it's admittedly unsolicited, so I'll stop with that, alright. Intended or not, it does look like milking. I certainly can't prove it isn't.

[Used 2009 Honda Civic LX]

Genuinely - why do you care about the game not running natively? I'm not attacking you, I'm asking a question. On principle, multiple builds complicate things for developers more, and it's needless in a world where Proton is officially supported on Steam and isn't a third-party solution anymore. It runs fine with Proton and the devs have allowed it. I don't see the need for a native build. They use an in-house engine which complicates things even more.

I game only on Linux and specifically switch *off* of native ports because they're buggy. The one for Portal just this week started crashing on start-up for no reason. In Pillars of Eternity my characters would randomly disappear and their capes would turn invisible. Mods in Left 4 Dead 2 don't work on the native version if the game isn't on your /home partition. The native port for Garrys Mod is unusable. The xenomorph straight-up fell through the floor in-front of me on Alien Isolation's native port. I could go on.