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The organizers have officially recognized the role of Wine as a viable path for including more titles in future bundles. It is satisfying to see this perspective gain traction because it broadens the possibilities for players across different platforms. We will continue to watch how these integrations develop to ensure …

January 17, 2013

Use Wine as needed in future Humble Indie Bundles

Use Wine as needed in future Humble Indie Bundles

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 1 month ago

We applaud game developers who support Linux, and are grateful to the Humble Indie Bundle for helping bring many games to Linux. The more users run games on Linux, the more likely other game developers will be to pay attention to this market. We urge game developers to target not just Windows, but Mac and Linux as well, as early in development as possible. 


Ideally, games should be written using portable techniques such as OpenGL, but Wine is also a valid porting strategy in many cases, as long as it's done with care and with the same quality standards as a native port. Thousands of Linux and Mac users already use Wine (perhaps via Codeweavers Crossover, PlayOnLinux, or Wineskin) to play their favorite games. 


We encourage game developers not yet able to embrace full native cross-platform development to include Linux compatibility via Wine in their development and QA process. Professional Wine developers are ready and willing to help.

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November 18, 2012

6 Comments

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Jessica Walton
14 years ago Featured

dont really care how it runs just let me play my humble bundle games on ubuntu please

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Dave Ryan
14 years ago Featured

Native or not i just want to play my games on my desktop. Wine works fine for most stuff.

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Mike Gordon
14 years ago Featured

YES. Native ports are great but honestly anything is better than nothing. stop leaving us in the dark!

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Alex Sloan
14 years ago Featured

quality wine builds are totally acceptable. better than no support at all.

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Sarah Santana
14 years ago Featured

tired of rebooting into windows every time i get the urge to game. just make it happen already.

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Kevin Jimenez
14 years ago Featured

i have been using wine for years. if companies just packaged it right it would be perfect for the average linux gaming user.

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