Comments on: LGP History pt 3: The long haul/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/ Commercial gaming for Linux Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:53:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Apopas/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Apopas Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:31:38 +0000 /?p=326#comment-761 If you check older "news" you'll see that the mac port of the other ANKHs came few months prior than Linux port. So I believe we'll see a Linux version of ANKH3 as well. Hmmm but on the other hand they said the mac version would be out by xmas 2008 but yet to be released and they don't have it in their in development section as well :/ Anyway, Venetica is indeed looks promising. If you check older “news” you’ll see that the mac port of the other ANKHs came few months prior than Linux port. So I believe we’ll see a Linux version of ANKH3 as well.
Hmmm but on the other hand they said the mac version would be out by xmas 2008 but yet to be released and they don’t have it in their in development section as well :/

Anyway, Venetica is indeed looks promising.

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By: Arnaud/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Arnaud Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:57:28 +0000 /?p=326#comment-703 Michael, Just a question about Rune Soft Catalog : - 8th wonder of the world sould have ben ported to Linux, but due to poor sales of Northland, RuneSoft called it off. Why not try a port of this "budget" game, for 25$ for instance ? RuneSoft has a tool to port a game from Windows to Linux easily, even if some tweaks need to be done. Northland is very addictive. 8th Wonder of the world with multiplayer would be fine for those liking RTS games. Michael,

Just a question about Rune Soft Catalog :
- 8th wonder of the world sould have ben ported to Linux, but due to poor sales of Northland, RuneSoft called it off.

Why not try a port of this “budget” game, for 25$ for instance ? RuneSoft has a tool to port a game from Windows to Linux easily, even if some tweaks need to be done.
Northland is very addictive. 8th Wonder of the world with multiplayer would be fine for those liking RTS games.

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By: Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development)/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:46:59 +0000 /?p=326#comment-702 1) Yup, very soon, probably next week 2) Yes but longer. We hope to have all of our games available for download, but a few of them, it may be difficult. I expect Gorky17 and Cold War to be the last to be converted, if they ever are. 1) Yup, very soon, probably next week
2) Yes but longer. We hope to have all of our games available for download, but a few of them, it may be difficult. I expect Gorky17 and Cold War to be the last to be converted, if they ever are.

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By: Kingpin/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Kingpin Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:06:13 +0000 /?p=326#comment-701 1. Will that new Majesty be available in rental mode ? 2. Will Soul Ride be available in download/rental option ? What with other games that you are only a publisher, not a developer (ColdWar, Creatures) ? 1. Will that new Majesty be available in rental mode ?
2. Will Soul Ride be available in download/rental option ? What with other games that you are only a publisher, not a developer (ColdWar, Creatures) ?

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By: Maxim/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Maxim Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:38:23 +0000 /?p=326#comment-693 I kinda have to agree with you, BUT if 250 preorders will get the GNU/Linux port - then we have no better choice. I guess for Deck13 , 250 orders is enough to do the porting. I kinda have to agree with you, BUT if 250 preorders will get the GNU/Linux port – then we have no better choice.
I guess for Deck13 , 250 orders is enough to do the porting.

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By: Max/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Max Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:11:22 +0000 /?p=326#comment-688 Well, true words. It did bring three games to Linux though, which probably wouldn't have been ported otherwise. (although those ports did not reach the quality that the LGP ports have at all. Shadows not working on high detail settings in Ankh, would only be one of many examples here.) 250 Sales obviously are a joke compared to "Blockbuster Games" like Fallout 3 that sold millions of times. I bought Ankh and Ankh 2 but due to the lousy port quality I did not bother to buy Jack Keane, although I like the setting more. Additionally I found that the riddles were too easy when I tried the demo of Jack Keane. I might buy it when the price finally drops or when I happen to have too much money. Right now there is basically LGP which keeps picking decent games to port, then there is the hope that TTimo at Id Soft ports Rage and also the hope that someone (Icculus maybe?) might port the new Wolfenstein title (pretty unlikely), then there is the hope of eventually getting the UT3 client.... (lol, might become an inside joke like Duke Nukem Forever), Overgrowth will probably be ported by Icculus in his freetime (one of the Wolfire Devs is a friend of Icculus, so he ports their stuff) and then there is also that upcoming game by the Unigine Developers which actually looks quite interesting. And the only really reliable factor here is probably LGP. Overgrowth is pretty likely to happen (I talked to John from Wolfire about the port) and if the Unigine guys don't drop their Linux support, then it'll probably also happen. I wouldn't bet anything on future Id titles though (especially due to the whole Zenimax thing) and the UT3 client has just been delayed so ridiculously long, that it doesn't seem as if "Epic Games" had any interest in actually porting it. There also is the possibility of Natural Selection 2 being ported. (they use a self written engine and have been watching for portability throughout all their development, there is no plan of a Linux version at release, but if they have time they'd like to see their game on Linux) Eventually it's not too bad to not get every game out there, since the general quality of games has dropped rapidly over the past few years, they all have shiny graphics but crappy gameplay. Well, true words.
It did bring three games to Linux though, which probably wouldn’t have been ported otherwise. (although those ports did not reach the quality that the LGP ports have at all. Shadows not working on high detail settings in Ankh, would only be one of many examples here.)

250 Sales obviously are a joke compared to “Blockbuster Games” like Fallout 3 that sold millions of times.

I bought Ankh and Ankh 2 but due to the lousy port quality I did not bother to buy Jack Keane, although I like the setting more. Additionally I found that the riddles were too easy when I tried the demo of Jack Keane.
I might buy it when the price finally drops or when I happen to have too much money.

Right now there is basically LGP which keeps picking decent games to port, then there is the hope that TTimo at Id Soft ports Rage and also the hope that someone (Icculus maybe?) might port the new Wolfenstein title (pretty unlikely), then there is the hope of eventually getting the UT3 client…. (lol, might become an inside joke like Duke Nukem Forever), Overgrowth will probably be ported by Icculus in his freetime (one of the Wolfire Devs is a friend of Icculus, so he ports their stuff) and then there is also that upcoming game by the Unigine Developers which actually looks quite interesting.
And the only really reliable factor here is probably LGP.
Overgrowth is pretty likely to happen (I talked to John from Wolfire about the port) and if the Unigine guys don’t drop their Linux support, then it’ll probably also happen. I wouldn’t bet anything on future Id titles though (especially due to the whole Zenimax thing) and the UT3 client has just been delayed so ridiculously long, that it doesn’t seem as if “Epic Games” had any interest in actually porting it.
There also is the possibility of Natural Selection 2 being ported. (they use a self written engine and have been watching for portability throughout all their development, there is no plan of a Linux version at release, but if they have time they’d like to see their game on Linux)

Eventually it’s not too bad to not get every game out there, since the general quality of games has dropped rapidly over the past few years, they all have shiny graphics but crappy gameplay.

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By: Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development)/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/comment-page-1/#comment-687 Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development) Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:58:11 +0000 /?p=326#comment-687 The whole '250 sales and we'll do the port' did MONUMENTAL damage to Linux gaming. Can you imagine that any serious company would care less if we do a Linux port for 250 sales? Can you expect EA to even give us the time of day with 250 sales... That whole thing took Linux gaming back years in appearence with any big company that may have seen it. The whole ‘250 sales and we’ll do the port’ did MONUMENTAL damage to Linux gaming.
Can you imagine that any serious company would care less if we do a Linux port for 250 sales? Can you expect EA to even give us the time of day with 250 sales… That whole thing took Linux gaming back years in appearence with any big company that may have seen it.

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By: Max/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/comment-page-1/#comment-686 Max Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:48:19 +0000 /?p=326#comment-686 Hm, I seem to meet you everywhere, Maxim, like on the Venetica Forums, there only seem to be you, me and the "Linux-user" guy who try to get a Linux port though. :( I wonder if tuxgames or LGP could organize a preorder action like ixsoft did for Ankh and Ankh 2 and also for Jack Keane. That preorder stuff was part of some "More games for Linux" action by Runesoft, Ixsoft and so on, which seems to have stopped now. At least I saw no actions by them whatsoever during the past few months. What they did back then was getting 250 preorders for each game, so that the game could be ported to Linux. Ah, well, apparently it was not just that preorder action that was organized by Runesoft, the port was also done by Runesoft, I thought Deck 13 would have ported it. Uh, well, I just did some research on the Runesoft website and I'm not sure whether they still port or not. They are working on a Mac port of some other Ankh title right now but obviously only for Macs. So, well, maybe you should take a look at "Venetica" and write some "important LGP business email"? I'd say that it's worth investigating. It's a role playing game, using a modified version of the Ogre engine. As far as I know there is no English version yet, but it'll be released in October, if things go right. Hm, I seem to meet you everywhere, Maxim, like on the Venetica Forums, there only seem to be you, me and the “Linux-user” guy who try to get a Linux port though. :(

I wonder if tuxgames or LGP could organize a preorder action like ixsoft did for Ankh and Ankh 2 and also for Jack Keane. That preorder stuff was part of some “More games for Linux” action by Runesoft, Ixsoft and so on, which seems to have stopped now. At least I saw no actions by them whatsoever during the past few months.
What they did back then was getting 250 preorders for each game, so that the game could be ported to Linux.
Ah, well, apparently it was not just that preorder action that was organized by Runesoft, the port was also done by Runesoft, I thought Deck 13 would have ported it.
Uh, well, I just did some research on the Runesoft website and I’m not sure whether they still port or not. They are working on a Mac port of some other Ankh title right now but obviously only for Macs.

So, well, maybe you should take a look at “Venetica” and write some “important LGP business email”?
I’d say that it’s worth investigating.
It’s a role playing game, using a modified version of the Ogre engine.
As far as I know there is no English version yet, but it’ll be released in October, if things go right.

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By: liam dawe/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/comment-page-1/#comment-685 liam dawe Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:47:18 +0000 /?p=326#comment-685 Good as i want to try it i don't want to fork out money this coming payday for a game i may not like :) Good as i want to try it i don’t want to fork out money this coming payday for a game i may not like :)

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By: Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development)/2009/08/25/lgp-history-pt-3-the-long-haul/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development) Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:01:26 +0000 /?p=326#comment-683 It was delayed in replication Im afraid. We're hoping to get delivery at LGP midweek. It was delayed in replication Im afraid. We’re hoping to get delivery at LGP midweek.

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