Steel Storm for Linux

Hey guys we need to support our game developers. Another game is getting close to release. If you pre-order its only 9.99 compared for 14.95. Now you can play the first episode for FREE to see if its your cup of tea. Ran fine in Arch without sissues, it also has a 64 bit client incase you dont have 32 bit libraries installed. Reminds me of Raiden from the 80's arcade game.

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Steel Storm, an indie top-down arcade shooter. SP, DM and COOP! Linux, Mac and Win platforms.

 

Doesn't seem exciting. Support is 1 thing, worthiness is another.

 

Well its a airplane shooter game, if its not your cup of tea no worries, thats why there is a demo of it.

 

Thanks for that....I'll check it out. Agree, these people need to be supported for such a galant effort

 

Pay for a linux application ... I would say never...
Linux is all about the open source .. whoever doesn't want that .. windows is that way --->

For that much can pick up really good ones from the bargain bins for windows.

 

For those reasons like that, we dont get AAA titles for Linux. We have countless of people wanting to play their favorite games natively. Until the demand gets high, no major company will be making a game for Linux.

I cant argue with Free being Free but if I have a developer spending countless hours to provide me with 10 hours of entertaiment and wanting 10 dollars in return, I dont see any problem with it.

There are people that are Linux users that want games to play and be willing to pay to play them. So like I said before if its not your cup of tea dont play it and keep playing your free games.

 

Linux was meant for work not for gaming ... the problem is with the new ppl who try to change that
Get a free xp licence if you want to buy/play games but guess what if you want to pay for games anyway buy the os too ...

 

Linux is a general purpose operating system and can be used for whatever purpose the user wants to use it for, and for that matter Microsoft and Apple offerings are also general purpose not specifically written for gaming.

 

Sama, Linux was not made for work only, I might agree if your talking about Unix the original code.

New people try to bring new ideas into the platform and by having more people using the same platform we make the platform better.

Now I work hard for a living and play my games for fun. Samba I pay for games and Os. Running Windows 7 on my main rig and Arch on my M11x. Here is a small video of main rig playing Rift.

YouTube - Nvidia Surround Portrait Rift

I would put Arch on my main rig but unfortunately, Nvidia has not added support for Surround mode.

 

Linux was meant to be a free, open-source kernel atop which a free, general-purpose operating system could be assembled. Like other such OSs, a Linux distro can be used for everything from writing a report to playing a game to posting on a web forum.

Also, licenses for Windows XP aren't free. While I certainly agree that Windows is more common platform for games, I disagree with the (unsaid, but strongly implied) advice that one should pirate their OS. Doing that harms several parties.

 

Linux = Work
Linux = Server
Linux = Hobby
Linux = Gaming
Linux = Instructional Environment

what did i miss?

 

Linux = Embedded (used in MP3 players, Sat-nav, mobile/cell-phone(?),...)
Linux = ThinClient

 

Open Source has nothing to do with something being free of charge. And if you look at it from the Free Software side, "Free" in "Free Software" means free like in freedom, not free like in free beer.
There are numerous Free Software projects which are not free of charge.

So I must have gotten something wrong. I play Warzone 2100, Widelands, Torcs, Supertuxkart, Supertux, OpenTTD and Hedgewars on Linux. If I had a joystick I'd surely play Adanaxis too. And I follow the development of 0 A.D. with some eagerness.

There are no free XP licenses. The EULA will always put restrictions on you.

 

I was just about to say the samething. Open Source != Free ($). Open-source in itself is "free information." There's no "black magic" in open-source. I don't know where this misconception is coming from. Developers shouldn't be penalized for charging software if it were exclusive in Linux.

 

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And the next time you look up the screen on to your topic, the replies will be ... I tell you the answer for 1$ ....

If you let it start it can't turn it back .. linux did a god job til now to stay free .. guess times are changing.

But still it will be funny if windows will be cheaper to get