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I published a not-super-popular (edit: but free) esoteric programming game on Steam and of the < 100 (Steam) hardware survey responses for people who have playe

I published a not-super-popular (edit: but free) esoteric programming game on Steam and of the < 100 (Steam) hardware survey responses for people who have played my game, I'm seeing closer to 5% on Linux (edit to add: my game doesn't support Steam Deck). I'm sure the hardware survey is biased towards Linux, but it's still a surprising result! Especially so, given that I originally only released the game on Windows (and later added Linux support after getting multiple requests to port the game).

mhitza 3y ago
Feel free to name you're game so that I and others can check it out. It's not frowned upon to link to your paid for content if it's relevant to the topic/comment thread discussion.
- astura 3y ago
  It's in their profile - https://github.com/jaredkrinke/sic1 https://github.com/jaredkrinke/sic1
Pannoniae 3y ago
Thank you for showing me this wonderful game. That 5% is going to get a tiny bit higher:) You could consider having a donation "DLC" for the game, I would happily pay for it.
- schemescape 3y ago
  Thanks! Honestly, comments like this probably have a more positive impact on me than the small amount of money I could have made by selling the game :)
  - mlry 3y ago
    I found your game a couple of months ago here on HN and put it on my backlog of things to check out. But rest assured that I told a couple of work colleagues who went down that rabbit hole and didn't show up again for days due to being fascinated and nerd sniped. Their responses were quite positive and I'm looking forward to finding the time to follow!
ecshafer 3y ago
I always thought the hardware survey was biased towards windows. Running both windows and Linux I seem to never get the hardware survey on Linux but get it yearly in windows.
imadethis 3y ago
Downloaded the game based on this comment. The Zero-Instruction computer achievement was one of the most fun "sidequests" I've played in this type of game. Thanks! ninja edit: the lack of vim mappings is killing me

mhitza 3y ago

Feel free to name you're game so that I and others can check it out. It's not frowned upon to link to your paid for content if it's relevant to the topic/comment thread discussion.

astura 3y ago
It's in their profile - https://github.com/jaredkrinke/sic1 https://github.com/jaredkrinke/sic1

Pannoniae 3y ago

Thank you for showing me this wonderful game. That 5% is going to get a tiny bit higher:) You could consider having a donation "DLC" for the game, I would happily pay for it.

schemescape 3y ago
Thanks! Honestly, comments like this probably have a more positive impact on me than the small amount of money I could have made by selling the game :)
- mlry 3y ago
  I found your game a couple of months ago here on HN and put it on my backlog of things to check out. But rest assured that I told a couple of work colleagues who went down that rabbit hole and didn't show up again for days due to being fascinated and nerd sniped. Their responses were quite positive and I'm looking forward to finding the time to follow!

ecshafer 3y ago

I always thought the hardware survey was biased towards windows. Running both windows and Linux I seem to never get the hardware survey on Linux but get it yearly in windows.

imadethis 3y ago

Downloaded the game based on this comment. The Zero-Instruction computer achievement was one of the most fun "sidequests" I've played in this type of game. Thanks! ninja edit: the lack of vim mappings is killing me