BEEP
March 27th, 2011 by CrusaderYour fellow reader Ulbri submitted a news item letting us know that Beep, being developed by Big Fat Alien, will be released for Linux in April.
There’s also a blog post detailing the effort to port the game to Linux:
Now after going through all this effort, you might be wondering if anyone is even going to care about a Linux build. To be honest, I have my doubts. But if other games are any indication, you can expect to gain between 5-20% sales by providing a Linux version.
How can this be given that most estimates peg Linux adoption at less than 3% of the total PC user-base? My guess is that those 3% of PC users are:
1. starving for content
2. much more likely to fit the gaming demographic
3. much more likely to want to support commercial software on Linux (Linux usesr tend to be a bit ideological)
BEEP! BEEP!
March 28th, 2011 at 5:36 am
Reminds me of Little Big Planet to a point which I enjoyed.
I’m also all 3 of those users as well, hell, I’ve already bought that oil rig game and have yet to even download it! Also paid £50 for that charity gaming pack (the first one)
Linux ftw
March 28th, 2011 at 10:50 am
This looks really fun!
FYI: As for Oil Rush, it runs ~2x better (40-50fps) on a NVIDIA 9400 512mb vs (20-30fps) ATI 3300 with 128mb onboard. I can also play SpringRTS with AA on and don’t get green screens!
March 28th, 2011 at 11:19 am
Beep looks great! I’d buy that. I think their blog post is spot-on, though, and it concerns me a little. I know I’ve bought games in the past just to increase the number of Linux sales, and now I’m wondering if that was such a good idea. It’s not feasible for a developer to make games for an audience like that, because if Linux *does* get mainstream gaming attention, there will be nothing to prove anymore. Will we fail developers just when they begin to count on us?
Anyway, just a thought. I plan to buy Beep because it looks fun. :)
March 29th, 2011 at 10:16 am
I wouldn’t be able to play it if it weren’t available for Linux.
March 30th, 2011 at 6:01 am
Windows demo works fine with wine =)