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Hero-U: Rogue To Redemption Will Have A GNU/Linux Client (If Funded) !

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http://linuxgamingnews.org – After seeing that the pledging to Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption wasn’t as good as they hoped and even reaching the starting goal will be a struggle, Corey Cole removed the stretch goal for supporting GNU/Linux and now promises that support without a stretch goal some time after the Windows release. Here what Corey Cole about the GNU/Linux support : “We have had a lot of requests for a Linux version, but the team had concerns that spending time on making Linux builds, testing them, and getting them out to the Linux Beta testers might affect the development schedule. A few nights ago, (Distributions)

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Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption is a role-playing game, with adventure game puzzles and an immersive story, developed by a Corey and Lori Cole, that need your help. The two developers are known for games such as Quest for Glory and Castle of Dr. Brain. With Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption they set out to make a classic 2D role-playing adventure.

Linux support has been finally promised for much talked game Carmageddon: Reincarnation. The project is currently on Kickstarter sitting at $580k with 12 hours remaining.

Linux support was promised at a stretch goal of $600k (original goal $400k) but now developers have announced that they will release a Linux version even if they do not reach the goal.

Update ! Stainless Games wrote in the comments : “We WILL be supporting Mac and Linux in the longer term, no matter whether we reach the stretch or not. As I mentioned in my last post here, the stretch goal helps us towards the target of accelerating how soon this stuff gets done – not [...]

Check out the second update here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...ject-eternity/

Linux support is a stretch goal, but it's at 2.4 mill and they've already got half of that. So it's basically guaranteed.

I'll be chipping in as soon as they have PayPal. Finally, a new story-driven RPG (which are rare enough these days) that runs on Linux.

Elite: Dangerous 24 weeks 4 days ago

I'd really love to see Elite: Dangerous made natively for Linux, but we need to make our voices heard:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...lite-dangerous

They have just added a Mac only stretch goal basically due to this:

"Linus remains a possibility, but demand for the Mac version has far exceeded that for Linux,so it makes sense for us to support that first.

As I wrote earlier,   Legends of Aethereus is a co-op (and solo) action RPG game. I was hoping that they will get more more of the modest 25k they asked, but as long as it’s funded (~28k) it’s good enough. Also I want to point out the interview my friend Todd from LinuxGameNews.com had with  Legends Of Aethereus marketing manager Sean Kauppinen several days ago.   There are even r

Anima – Gate of Memories which I’ve posted about earlier was funded with 33 hours to go and new stretch goals. Currently ~93,000 was raised, so we can still make it to at least the 1st stretch goal. We still have a time to make our stretch goals possible.

Mage's Initiation, an adventure/RPG set in a magical realm, built in the old style of classic Sierra games, has been successfully funded and a Linux version will be released.Himalaya Studios proposed the support for the Linux platform as a stretch goal.

Much hyped 3D space combat game Strike Suit Zero will be available for Linux.

Developed by indie game studio Born Ready Games, the project raised $174,804 on kickstarter few months back, falling short of $180,000 stretch goal for Linux support.

However, Born Ready has now announced in a press release that a Linux version of the game will be available later this year.