Sam Gleske on 13 Feb 2013 21:16:00 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] So... Gaming.

My point was that the previous tech are great FPS games available for Linux.  That's how you can satisfy your FPS appetite on Linux.  They may not have come out this year but they're still great games to play and years ahead of open source FPS up to this point.  With the open sourcing of the Doom 3 engine the open source FPS gaming landscape will change too.

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Doug Stewart <zamoose@gmail.com> wrote:
I wouldn't put too much stock in any further former-id tech coming to Linux -- John Carmack is pretty down on direct ports, so we'll have to wait for source releases. 

http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/john_carmack_linux_is_not_the_right_platform_for_video_games.html

--
Doug Stewart

On Feb 13, 2013, at 11:45 PM, Sam Gleske <sam.mxracer@gmail.com> wrote:

Also there's a whole host of ID Software games which are ported to Linux.  I comprised a list of decent games on Linux which steam could have before they even considered a Linux port.  See my post on Linux questions.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-games-33/what-games-would-you-like-to-see-ported-to-linux-105965/page91.html#post4554300

Cold war is another good FPS game for Linux not listed there.  Also, here's a bunch of other FPS games listed for Linux.

http://gamesonlinux.com/fps.html

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Doug Stewart <zamoose@gmail.com> wrote:



On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Aubrey Jones <aubrey@htssoft.com> wrote:
a) there's Valve Steam for linux. There are already more games
available on Steam linux, prelaunch, than there were on Steam Mac at
launch.

b) Do you like turn-based strategy games? If so, maybe you'd like our
game: Just Tactics. <http://www.justtactics.com>. Not only does it run
on linux, it was developed on linux. In Devon. You don't hear that
every day.

I was unaware of Just Tactics. I'll definitely check it out.

Side note: I just picked up Unity of Command for a song on a Steam sale. It's very Advance Wars-ish, though I'm getting kicked around by the AI pretty good at this point.

--
-Doug



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