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Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by barbs »

danso wrote: post #24

Holy...moly. As a Mac gamer, I've been waiting forever for Mark of the Ninja and Fez. AFAIK, they've not yet been previously released, so is this an exclusive for Humble Bundle? If so, what a huge scoop. If I were those developers, I would've hawked the games on Steam for a couple of weeks...as Mac fans like me would've happily paid full price. edit: The average purchase so far is $4.37...seriously? Given the caliber…

I believe that a lot of the mac and linux ports were made so that they could be in the Humble Indie Bundle, but these ports are also available elsewhere (the steam page for Fez now lists Mac and Linux).

Yet another awesome thing about the HiB: an incentive to create Mac and Linux ports of games.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by mineo »

onosendai wrote: post #35
shmerl wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was it? May be I missed that. UPDATE: I actually bought it for the Linux version now, and I had no idea it became DRM free earlier. In the past it was DRMed. HB writes however: > Trine 2: Complete Story is making its DRM-free Windows and Mac debut!

Yeah, now that I think back on it, Trine 2 had been out for some time by the time I got it through the Humble Store, which was what Frozenbyte used to sell the game outside of Steam and other DRM'ed distribution channels. And I just got it again, apparently. Not sure what the 'Complete Story' edition is all about, but hey, more content can't be bad.

(I haven't gotten Trine 2 before, so this may not be correct) The HIB9 includes a Trine 2 Complete Edition ebook, maybe that's what makes the 'Complete Story'?

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by maggit »

InAnEmergency wrote: post #67
jerf wrote: post #19

I've slowly been transitioning to Linux-only gaming, because the whole reboot-into-Windows just to play is a pretty steep bar. (Steeper than it even sounds in practice, as now, basically, every time I boot into Windows I have to spend about 10 minutes updating the damn thing, because I don't do it often enough; this has become a vicious cycle.) This bundle is great for that, with all the Linux debuts. Linux gaming is…

Was excited to play Mark of the Ninja on Linux (64-bit) but all I get is a blank screen :'(

I've similarly had poor experiences with the Humble ports of games. Off the top of my head I can think of Super Meat Boy, which usually crashes within the first minute, and Psychonauts, which is so broken that it ruins all the fun. Both of these on OSX, by the way, but I've had similar problems on Linux.

This is why I have stopped buying the bundles, even though this one contains games I have wanted to play for a long time.

I have also told the Humble guys this, but I have gotten no response.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by ekianjo »

barbs wrote: post #99
ekianjo wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only thing I don't like about FEZ is his creator. And the "Indie Game: The Movie" just reinforced that impression. What a douche.

I don't see where all the hate comes from myself. Mind explaining your position?

The way Phil talks, the way he shits on japanese games （saying they are crap） , and his behavior very much alike to a spoiled brat. I have no sympathy for him and I strongly feel he should be way more humble about himself.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by johnchristopher »

ekianjo wrote: post #64
jerf wrote: post #19

I've slowly been transitioning to Linux-only gaming, because the whole reboot-into-Windows just to play is a pretty steep bar. (Steeper than it even sounds in practice, as now, basically, every time I boot into Windows I have to spend about 10 minutes updating the damn thing, because I don't do it often enough; this has become a vicious cycle.) This bundle is great for that, with all the Linux debuts. Linux gaming is…

Well there's Metro Last Light coming up very soon it seems, that's a sign that AAA gaming may be entering the dance slowly. On the indie side in the end of July Andy, the creator of Monaco, confirmed the upcoming Linux port. I bought Monaco when it came out for Windows, but I hardly played it since I'm spending most of my time under Linux. NOw, knowing this game is coming on Linux made my day. And this HB9 is excelle…

Unreal 2004, quake3, W:ET, etc. Those AAA games already entered the dance and it didn't work out as well as their windows versions. I would not bet a cent on Metro Last Light changing anything to gaming on linux.

It is always "about to change soon" with games on Linux.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by eterm »

johnchristopher wrote: post #105
ekianjo wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well there's Metro Last Light coming up very soon it seems, that's a sign that AAA gaming may be entering the dance slowly. On the indie side in the end of July Andy, the creator of Monaco, confirmed the upcoming Linux port. I bought Monaco when it came out for Windows, but I hardly played it since I'm spending most of my time under Linux. NOw, knowing this game is coming on Linux made my day. And this HB9 is excelle…

Unreal 2004, quake3, W:ET, etc. Those AAA games already entered the dance and it didn't work out as well as their windows versions. I would not bet a cent on Metro Last Light changing anything to gaming on linux. It is always "about to change soon" with games on Linux.

Steam for linux is a game-changer though. While previous efforts (there was a surge around 2000 with the likes of Q3, NWN etc) lacked cohesion, there is a convenient banner under which to promote games on linux and real stats on how many people are actually playing games on linux rather than the overhyped estimates of the past.

Linux gaming in the past has too much been about poor-grade clones of popular games. Now via Steam Linux is getting a lot of real games delivered, and in a manner where the publisher/developer can see the true impact of the decisions to port.

So no, Metro: LL might not change anything itself, but it is a sign that other stuff is having a real effect and that there is a pull.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by shmerl »

ekianjo wrote: post #91
shmerl wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I won't start using Steam while they drive DRM proliferation (i.e. being very conductive for DRM pushing publishers), it's a deal breaker for me at least. As for GOG, they didn't say that they don't want to support Linux. They clearly said they want to, but the way they planned it for themselves makes it complex and takes long time to research/develop. While we can disagree with GOG's approach, it's up to them to dec…

> As for GOG, they didn't say that they don't want to support Linux. They clearly said they want to, but the way they planned it for themselves makes it complex and takes long time to research/develop. While we can disagree with GOG's approach, it's up to them to decide how to enable it. So let's wait and see what they come up with next year. Seriously the position from GOG is plain BS. If they really wanted to suppo…

> they really wanted to support Linux, they could easily package most of their old games with Dosbox and 90% of them would run fine this way.

This was not about DosBox games which are already playable. It was about starting support for native Linux games which is not trivial. In general I agree with you that their approach of "all or nothing" in finding a way for long term support of native games is far from perfect, but what can you do - it's their business how to do it. They listened to feedback but didn't go the iterative way.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by prawks »

green7ea wrote: post #25
jerf wrote: post #19

I've slowly been transitioning to Linux-only gaming, because the whole reboot-into-Windows just to play is a pretty steep bar. (Steeper than it even sounds in practice, as now, basically, every time I boot into Windows I have to spend about 10 minutes updating the damn thing, because I don't do it often enough; this has become a vicious cycle.) This bundle is great for that, with all the Linux debuts. Linux gaming is…

I have also been doing more gaming in Linux recently. I only have a windows partition for Starcraft 2 and League of Legends. If blizzard ever gets on board the linux bandwagon, I won't need a windows partition :-D.

DotA2 runs great on Linux ;)

Re: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

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Post by axelfreeman »

I bought Alienware X51 with Ubuntu (it's preinstalled in US-Region) and love this indiegames. They (most) work very good. I don't need Windows to gaming. Steam, Humble Bundle and WINE for older games. C&C Red Alert works better with WINE than >Windows XP.
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