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We asked the developers about Desktop Dungeons getting a Linux port quite a while ago (wow July 2013!), and today they deliver in style. Desktop Dungeons is a a quick-play roguelike puzzle game, that sounds pretty confusing, but it looks awesome.

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I am glad to see it finally come to Linux as it was an instant buy for me as soon as the news came in. It seems it has a few teething issues currently it reports a "missing executable", however if you go to the installed folder and run "DesktopDungeons.sh" then it will work! So, you don't need to wait.

QuoteThat’s right, Desktop Dungeons is now available for Linux! Tell your friends that don’t have the game yet that their excuses are rapidly dwindling… Especially because Desktop Dungeons is part of Midweek Madness on Steam right now for 50% off!

Like goats, Linux comes in many flavors. Also like goats, sometimes Linux can be recalcitrant and kill you in one hit… If you have any problems with the game, let us know and we’ll fix it ASAP. And finally, if anyone’s got a Steam box, we’d love to know how it plays!

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Check it out on Steam now folks, it's 50% off to don't let that saving go to waste, nothing wrong with grabbing a good deal!


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The perfect coffee-break game

Fight your way through fantasy dungeons in 10 minutes or less. We’re busy people too.
Prize-winning awesomeness (13th Annual IGF Awards)

Classic roguelike play re-imagined as a unique single-screen puzzle game sort of thing! Reviewers have a hard time with genres.

6 hours of gameplay? Try 6 billion.

Randomly generated dungeons are different every time you play. Build your Kingdom to unlock hordes of new classes, races and challenges.

Amazing soundtrack by the improbably astounding team of Danny Baranowsky and Grant Kirkhope. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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7 comments

Dungeonmaster May 13, 2014
A great game which has been spoiled which way to much DRM.
Liam Dawe May 13, 2014
Quoting: DungeonmasterA great game which has been spoiled which way to much DRM.

Spoiled with DRM? What the hell are you on? I noted in the article it can be ran outside of Steam by just opening the launcher, how is it spoiled with DRM exactly?
torham May 13, 2014
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: DungeonmasterA great game which has been spoiled which way to much DRM.
Spoiled with DRM? What the hell are you on? I noted in the article it can be ran outside of Steam by just opening the launcher, how is it spoiled with DRM exactly?
Unlike a standalone package, this can't be installed without the authorization of a 3rd party.
Liam Dawe May 14, 2014
Quoting: torham
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: DungeonmasterA great game which has been spoiled which way to much DRM.
Spoiled with DRM? What the hell are you on? I noted in the article it can be ran outside of Steam by just opening the launcher, how is it spoiled with DRM exactly?
Unlike a standalone package, this can't be installed without the authorization of a 3rd party.

Steam itself is not DRM any more than having to open your browser, go to a website, login and then get your download. Steam includes the choice of DRM for developers, but Steam itself is not DRM.
oldrocker99 May 14, 2014
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Yes, I had to open the file manually, but this is one nice little game, with more to it than I expected. There's something resembling an actual campaign, the music is very good, and it was on sale.
Anonymous May 14, 2014
Quoting: liamdaweSteam itself is not DRM any more than having to open your browser, go to a website, login and then get your download. Steam includes the choice of DRM for developers, but Steam itself is not DRM.
Even more: many games i have in Steam for Linux can be played without running Steam, even if they have (usually optional) Steam-specific features like achievements etc.
torham May 14, 2014
Here is why it is different from needing to login to download your game and why I think Steam does contain unavoidable DRM:

First I think it's useful to consider the difference between downloading and installing. Steam combines them together somewhat which confuses things. I think we can agree that you have to do both in order to play the game.

Obviously for digital distribution you have to get the game first. No one can compel you to send them the software and so restricting the download to include only those who paid is fine. This is true even for DRM-free software under the GPL. Steam requiring someone to login in order to download the game is not DRM.

Unfortunately, Steam doesn't let you install the game without their permission. If you want to install or reinstall the game you need to connect to Steam again. Since the right to install the game is managed by Steam then I argue what you have is DRM. This is different than with a DRM-free package from the Humble Store, which allows you to install all day without contacting them in any way.
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