idanwin Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I was wondering what opinions my fellow 0ad-ers hold on SteamOS so I'm starting this topic.I haven't been able to try it, but I've been reading a LOT of articles about it, and I'm quite impressed (see Phoronix).My opinion:I think it's going to change the console market and (I hope) break the release cycle that always put me off (I've never had a console for that reason). So I'm definitely going for a Steam Box next year.I'm afraid that not enough people will choose to buy a Steambox or switch to linux because there are no exclusives. I also think it's wrong to have exclusives. What I would love is Linux-only DLC's (preferably referencing TUX!!! and other typically linux things ... like ... darn, I've got no clue) that would be a small incentive that would not have people getting angry because they 'Only released Half Life 3 on Linux/SteamOS' and would make native South Pole inhabitants feel proud of their favourite penguin getting a world tour.Every week more games are being released on Linux, it's getting hard to keep track. Some really amazing games already came out (Portal, Metro, Sam, Painkiller, ...) and others are said to be coming (XCOM, Civ, Battlefield 4, ...) so Valve has definitely already made a lot of ripples, now I'm just wishing they can cause a tectonic shift in the gaming world, entailed by a tsunami of games being ported and developed for Linux.I'm also looking forward to seeing 0 A.D. on Steam one day :-)I'm curious to read your opinions! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niektb Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Well, we should try and Get it greenlit! If we're going to release the game to SteamOS, then we should implement controller support as well. I'm not sure if that 'll work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idanwin Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) I don't think we'd need to do controller support actually, I think the steam controller is supposed to be able to act as a mouse for games that don't have controller support.And I think we should wait with greenlight until we're out of alpha - personally.Things I think we need finished before trying greenlight (in order of importance):-Multiplayer lobby-Multi-core support-Performance increase-More victory conditions-Egyptian factions finishedAnd we should do another kickstarter during the greenlight because we'll attract much more supporters then. Edited December 14, 2013 by idanwin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I don't think we'd need to do controller support actually, I think the steam controller is supposed to be able to act as a mouse for games that don't have controller support.And I think we should wait with greenlight until we're out of alpha - personally.Things I think we need finished before trying greenlight (in order of importance):-Multiplayer lobby-Multi-core support-Performance increase-More victory conditions-Egyptian factions finishedAnd we should do another kickstarter during the greenlight because we'll attract much more supporters then.Seleucid finished too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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