Thinking of buying... Linux!

[Chibi]

Dangermouse has tried it... lucky bastard.  Here's his post:

I got my Aquaria v1.1.1 Smiley Loving the widescreen support! Smiley Looks spectacular. Had to go through a few minor changes throughout my mod to support the darkness layers though : / Still sad to see nothing new for the mod tools. : / I suppose that leaves plenty of room for future updates though if Alec is still planning on supporting this wonderful gem of a game!

[Xiagan]

Or, at least the 1.0 version was reported to run well in Wine. Has anyone tried the new 1.1.1 release?

Will do tomorrow.

[beemer]

So now that the Mac version is out an the 1.1 patch for the Windows version is finished, is there any update on whether or not there will be a Linux port made?

Probably not.

I have a ton of projects to do in the immediate future, so I don't think there will be justifiable time to do it.

Ok - If we buy, will running it in wine be *officially* supported/bug fixed/etc?

edit: Actually, what would it take to get a linux version? X number of pre-orders or something to make it worth it to you?  From what I played of the demo under wine, this is a fantastic game.  Linux has it's share of great games and this really needs to be among them.

[Alec]

Yeah, if I had a million preorders, I might do it. 

I've got a ton of things on the go right now, and another port really doesn't get me that excited.

[beemer]

sigh..and the video made it look so close too...

So - what about officially supporting it under wine then?

[Alec]

So - what about officially supporting it under wine then?

I don't really get what this means. It runs great under Wine from what users have told me. I don't have a Linux box, and I'd have no idea how to fix something if it only didn't work under Wine - since it would be due to some fault of Wine's emulation.

[Xiagan]

It works very fine and flawless with Ubuntu Hardy and the latest version of Wine.

[JSW]

So - what about officially supporting it under wine then?

I don't really get what this means.

I think basically it means testing the game in Wine when you or they release a major update and fixing the bugs that crop up whenever possible.

[rettichschnidi]

I'm waiting for a linuxversion since the day Aquaria came out.

Have you ever thought about letting someone else making the linuxversion? Maybe linuxgamepublishing.com or rune-soft.com?

[Alec]

Probably not going to happen.

[Danger Mouse]

I don't understand why this needs to happen when it's already playable on linux.... is it slow or something?

[Chibi]

From what I've heard, Aquaria (all versions) works excellently in Wine.

[beemer]

From what I've heard, Aquaria (all versions) works excellently in Wine.

That's not the point tho - It may work flawlessly now and forever. But - what if it doesn't?  Then I've spent X amount of money for a game I can't play.  If they won't do a linux port or officially support it under wine, then there's no reason to buy it if it could break (with a new version of wine or new version of the game itself) and the seller won't do anything about it.

Heck, I'd be happy with a version for linux that used a wine wrapper like Google's Picasa.  That way the game and the version of wine being used are under the control of Alec - easier to support for him without the headache of the user changing the wine version.

[Chibi]

Ah, so what you're questioning is the reliability of Aquaria in Wine. I'm sure that it will continue to work - apparently all versions up to and including 1.1.1 work in Wine (I'm not entirely sure, so excuse me if I'm wrong).

[Alec]

It'll work.