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I believe Humble Bundle has a partnership with a consultancy that will take care of porting a game to other platforms to enable their Mac/Linux/Windows value pr
by bsimpson 13y ago
I believe Humble Bundle has a partnership with a consultancy that will take care of porting a game to other platforms to enable their Mac/Linux/Windows value proposition. Valve could probably do something similar (though I imagine it's a lot more work to port a AAA game than an indie platformer).
- wonderzombie 13y agoIf you're using an off-the-shelf engine (Unreal engine, say), it's probably somewhat easier, as some of the work would be one-off, at least in theory. But I don't honestly know how that breaks down.
- speeder 13y agoMost off-the-shelf engine support Linux. This include all Quake engine variations (including Source, and GoldSource) and Unreal variations.
- touristtam 13y agoand probably the branched version from activision used in their `call of duty` franchies.... -_-''
- GauntletWizard 13y agoDon't forget Unity, and C#/XNA support via Mono/Monogame.
- vacri 13y agoI can't speak for recent Humble Bundles, but the linux experience of earlier ones was inconsistent to say the least. Some games were as if they were intended to be native. Others just didn't work or actually didn't exist. Others worked, but were buggy... and never got the update fixes. Maybe they have become better?
- ekianjo 13y agoYeah in the recent bundles it has been much better.
- JVIDEL 13y agoInteresting, where did you hear that?