Wishlist for Porting Projects (Pt. 2)

[L33F3R]

http://racer.nl hasn't had a linux version since a long time, but the screenshots look really nice.

And isn't it possible to get gta1&2 ported to linux?
These games are available for free

These are free games. LGP needs to put food on the table

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[KhaaL]

... (Ask a few of the people in the threads who have done a little of the initial leg work on a couple of the AAA titles- they'll tell you that the studio/publisher "want a solid business plan"- which typically translates into ponying up the access royalties that they want from you, what timelines you THINK you're going to take making it (i.e. they typically want set-in-stone deliverables dates, even if they aren't publishing it...), and what means you think you're going to use to market and sell the title.)

is it possible for LGP and the linux gaming community to collaborate this way: the community commits an amount of money / prepays LGP to see a port done the named studio will be assured that they'll the money a minimum amount of money for a port

[King InuYasha]

is it possible for LGP and the linux gaming community to collaborate this way: the community commits an amount of money / prepays LGP to see a port done the named studio will be assured that they'll the money a minimum amount of money for a port

That might not be a bad idea. The problem is that it is rather difficult to come up with the required money to acquire the licenses that those studios would accept for the porting to be done. Unless Michael and Svartalf plead to everybody that reads Phoronix. Then maybe we might come up with a portion of it. LGP would have to still absorb quite a bit of the licensing cost.

[L33F3R]

I concur. That is a great idea.

Gabe recently had a piece similar to this.

http://kotaku.com/5318368/valve-let-fans-fund-games-development

[KhaaL]

good you liked my idea i tried to push this onto stardock for a long while but it fell on deaf ears it seems...

[blablabla]

Not a gamerequest, but could you please pass the keyinput to the windowsmanager in futur games.
This will allow alt-tabbing and volumecontrol while ingame.
It's possible in HoN and Yo Franky

[whizse]

Frozen Synapse from Mode 7, and perhaps their older game, Determinance?

[Leszek]

Games developed by SCS Software with their Prism3D engine wich support Linux.

Euro Truck Simulator
Bus Driver
18 Wheels of Steel American Long Haul

[Leszek]

Games developed by SCS Software with use their Prism3D engine wich support Linux.

Euro Truck Simulator
Bus Driver
18 Wheels of Steel American Long Haul

[MAXX]

Games developed by SCS Software with use their Prism3D engine wich support Linux.

Euro Truck Simulator
Bus Driver
18 Wheels of Steel American Long Haul

Would you really play those?