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Sure thing. Supergiant has previously released all their games (Bastion, Transistor, Pyre) with Linux support. With Hades they explicitly said would not come t

by cf 6y ago

Sure thing. Supergiant has previously released all their games (Bastion, Transistor, Pyre) with Linux support. With Hades they explicitly said would not come to Linux, and in fact cite the presence of Proton as a reason [1] Nicalis games has released games like Cave Story, VVVVVV and Binding of Isaac with Linux support. But the latest DLC of BoI will not have Linux support. 1. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1145360/discussions/0/1639794468039645851/?ctp=5#c2915472677709226926 https://steamcommunity.com/app/1145360/discussions/0/1639794...

Zhyl 6y ago
Thanks, I will read up on these. I was feeling fairly secure that this was a concern that hadn't materialised, but it seems I have since been proved wrong :)
- cf 6y ago
  Thanks! And believe me I want to be proved wrong on this. If you find any developers that were motivated to create a native Linux port of their game due to strong numbers on Proton I want to know!
kevingadd 6y ago
Is it a bad thing that Hades doesn't have an official Linux client if it runs perfectly under Proton? They seem to be willing to invest heavily to get the game onto more platforms considering that (AFAIK) they rewrote the entire game in C++ to be able to port it to Switch, so it would surprise me if this is a "we don't care about you" situation and not a "Proton is good enough and doing a from-scratch Linux port would be expensive" situation. For their games before Hades they were using a portable middleware layer (FNA or MonoGame) and the C++-based engine they licensed for Hades is not the same. I definitely do not believe that Supergiant's choice here was motivated in any way by Proton. I think the costs simply didn't justify a custom port for them this time if making it a better experience would be difficult. P.S. Hades has an official Vulkan client, not just Direct3D, so the gap between native and emulated on Proton is much smaller than it would be for many games.

by cf 6y ago

Zhyl 6y ago

Thanks, I will read up on these. I was feeling fairly secure that this was a concern that hadn't materialised, but it seems I have since been proved wrong :)

cf 6y ago
Thanks! And believe me I want to be proved wrong on this. If you find any developers that were motivated to create a native Linux port of their game due to strong numbers on Proton I want to know!

kevingadd 6y ago

Is it a bad thing that Hades doesn't have an official Linux client if it runs perfectly under Proton? They seem to be willing to invest heavily to get the game onto more platforms considering that (AFAIK) they rewrote the entire game in C++ to be able to port it to Switch, so it would surprise me if this is a "we don't care about you" situation and not a "Proton is good enough and doing a from-scratch Linux port would be expensive" situation. For their games before Hades they were using a portable middleware layer (FNA or MonoGame) and the C++-based engine they licensed for Hades is not the same. I definitely do not believe that Supergiant's choice here was motivated in any way by Proton. I think the costs simply didn't justify a custom port for them this time if making it a better experience would be difficult. P.S. Hades has an official Vulkan client, not just Direct3D, so the gap between native and emulated on Proton is much smaller than it would be for many games.