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Humble Indie Bundle Shows GNU/Linux Gaming Statistics

Posted by AwesomeTux on · 5 comments
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Games have become the topic of late. Osmos developers wonder whether there is enough market share for GNU/Linux game ports to be worth the cost, but they aren't the only ones. It's been discussed time and time again, is a GNU/Linux -- or really any Unix or Unix-like -- port worth it?

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Comments (5)

techiem2 ·
All of the games are available for Linux. I'm not sure why the author thinks otherwise.
AwesomeTux ·
I think some were only ported for "Humble Indie Bundle" and now that it's over with they are no longer available. Correct?
techiem2 ·
Ah. That I wouldn't know. It would seem silly though, since once it's ported, it's ported.
tharik ·
Not only are they still available, several of the games have been released as open source.
AwesomeTux ·
techiem2: On Aquaria's website: "Will we see Aquaria on platforms other than the PC and the Mac? We're working on it! A Linux release has been looked into, but there are no definite plans for release."

Once it's ported, it's ported, but is it really if they don't update and maintain it?

tharik: Well, not several, there was only 5 games included (another added later). Penumbra and Lugaru are the only ones released (and both aren't even fully released), Aquaria and Gish are only planning to release their code.

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