Comments on: Updates, Balls, Absinthe, DRM, Aug. 24

By: Albob

Albob — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:59:40 +0000

Thank you so much for the Linux port. I’m really looking forward to it even though I already have the Windows version. I hope you’ll create a breach here, since there aren’t many commercial (ie ‘good’) games on Linux. As a game programmer to be and a Linux lover, I think your work is to be seen as an example.

Plus, you’re so right not to put any DRM. They only get in the way of the buyers and the game would have been cracked anyway.

Long Live 2D Boy and World Of Goo!

By: numasan

numasan — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:18:59 +0000

Thank you for doing a Linux port! As soon as it’s done, I’ll buy it for sure (love the style!)

Regarding the package method, a self contained .tgz would be the simplest to do and work with every distribution (the Penny Arcade game does this). Another thing to consider is to use MojoSetup by Icculus, the guy responsible for porting the Unreal series and other commercial titles to Linux/OSX. It is supposed to be the “new Loki installer”, which worked really fine and easy, but is outdated.

http://icculus.org/mojosetup/

By: Yfrwlf

Yfrwlf — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:27:13 +0000

About the Linux version, please supply binaries for users who don’t want to compile, and since there’s no ideal Linux packaging solution yet right now, making a Zero Install package would be better as ZI allows easily updating to newer versions as well as puts menu items in there for you, so it’s just a bit better than a straight up binary. It’s cross-distro and can’t conflict with any existing dependencies, though I don’t think the latter is as much of an issue.

By: Goo_of_Purest_Evil

Goo_of_Purest_Evil — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:48:30 +0000

Awesome!

+1 yay for DRM free
+1 tar.gz minimum, but .deb and .rpm would be sweet, sweet, sweet!

We love you, 2dboy! :D