Linux version?

[Gengear]

I remember playing this game a hell of a lot when I was younger on the PS2, I loved it, but I'll admit I used cheat codes to get all the boomerangs early and unlock all the levels 0-0

I want to be a good girl and play this game and beat it this time with no cheat codes, but unfortunatly I wont be able to if theres no LInux version ;-;

[Sl33py D33r]

well a few months ago i would have said no chance but with a recent development i'd say probobly if the community puts a little work in,

this game is over a decade old and likely using old code from the xbox version because it used directX and was most similar to a pc, the first challenge to getting it on linux would be to message one of the devs and ask them if they could look into something called the vulkan api which is basically a non terrible version of openGL thats faster and a lot easier to work with, if they can get that working with the game engine then making a linux port will be a lot easier.

[Gengear]

Someone asked about a Mac version and developers said they've made things openGL so it'd be easier to port in the future but its not in the developer plans currently, and I got told similar things on twitter.

https://twitter.com/kromestudios/status/708465390150492160

[amanda816]

I'd love to be able to play this with the kids on the steam machine, its a family game we used to play on the gamecube.

[Cyba Cowboy]

Krome Studios is an Australian developer and I'd love to support them... But I can't do so if their game doesn't support Linux-based operating systems, such as SteamOS and Ubuntu!

[BasedNetCode.wav]

+1 Linux

[Grim]

Since this thread has been open for 10 months and no replies from the devs, they obviously don't have Linux on their priority list, so +1 for Linux won't help unless you ask them directly if they are gonna port it or not.

Just use Wine or run a Windows VM (if installing a Windows OS beside your Linux OS is out of the question) if you already own the game and are on Linux or wait for a port that may or may not ever happen.

[flesk]

Doesn't seem likely for this one, but maybe we'll have better luck with the sequel:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/411960/discussions/0/282992562608494566/?ctp=4#c224446614470260389

[Linds]

We are investigating a Linux SKU, but don't have anything firm in place at this stage.

[flesk]

Thanks for looking into it either way.

[Charliebrownau [HIGH]]

Originally posted by Linds:

We are investigating a Linux SKU,
but don't have anything firm in place at this stage.

Gday

Why is supporting Linux so hard?

Cant you guys support -
OpenAL/GTK/SDL/SDL2 and OpenGL/Vulkan ?

Or is it because stuff like Unity or microsoft complilers make it hard to support
linux cross platform design or using plugins/addons that only work under winx

Love to understand whats blocking you guys supporting Linux in 2017 ?

[Linds]

Linux experience, QA and money

Originally posted by Charliebrownau HIGH:

Originally posted by Linds:

We are investigating a Linux SKU,
but don't have anything firm in place at this stage.

Gday

Why is supporting Linux so hard?

Cant you guys support -
OpenAL/GTK/SDL/SDL2 and OpenGL/Vulkan ?

Or is it because stuff like Unity or microsoft complilers make it hard to support
linux cross platform design or using plugins/addons that only work under winx

Love to understand whats blocking you guys supporting Linux in 2017 ?

Linux experience, QA and money. The game is OpenGL and OpenALSoft (for better 3D support)

[shrubbery]

Originally posted by Linds:

Linux experience, QA and money

Originally posted by Charliebrownau HIGH:

Gday

Why is supporting Linux so hard?

Cant you guys support -
OpenAL/GTK/SDL/SDL2 and OpenGL/Vulkan ?

Or is it because stuff like Unity or microsoft complilers make it hard to support
linux cross platform design or using plugins/addons that only work under winx

Love to understand whats blocking you guys supporting Linux in 2017 ?

Linux experience, QA and money. The game is OpenGL and OpenALSoft (for better 3D support)

You tried asking Feral interactive to help? They're well known for their good linux ports. I'd really love to replay this game natively on my computer c:

[Junglist]

Originally posted by Linds:

We are investigating a Linux SKU, but don't have anything firm in place at this stage.

I'm really happy to hear that you're at least considering the Linux version.

I follow the philosophy 'Tux, then bux', so hopefully, I'll be able to buy it one day,

[Charliebrownau [HIGH]]

Originally posted by Linds:

We are investigating a Linux SKU,
but don't have anything firm in place at this stage.

I hope they can support Linux ,
this would be a great split screen local couch coop game
on Steam OS/Linux Steam machine

Both Unity and UE4 supports Linux
It looks like Unity and UE4 will support VULKAN

Really wish devs would CUT the ties with vendor lock in API's
and choose OPENGL + OpenAL + SDL + VULKAN
instead of dotnet + DX11

[Charliebrownau [HIGH]]

Originally posted by Linds:

Linux experience, QA and money

Originally posted by Charliebrownau HIGH:

Gday

Why is supporting Linux so hard?

Cant you guys support -
OpenAL/GTK/SDL/SDL2 and OpenGL/Vulkan ?

Or is it because stuff like Unity or microsoft complilers make it hard to support
linux cross platform design or using plugins/addons that only work under winx

Love to understand whats blocking you guys supporting Linux in 2017 ?

Linux experience, QA and money.
The game is OpenGL and OpenALSoft (for better 3D support)

Have you seen the http://gamingonlinux.com/ website ,
they often mention how games are made on linux ,
it seems feral makes a few ports from directx to linux ,

If you looking for Q/A
why not release a free playable alpha build and ask the
community on steam and http://gamingonlinux.com/
to ask for beta testing