Dear Esther: A Source Engine Game On Linux

[downer]

I don't know what they mean by "wrapper." I wish Valve would just offer something like a native version of old WON for Linux, if they are so against fully supporting Steam on Linux.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Opponent_Network

[RussianNeuroMancer]

Source of this information: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...7&postcount=41

[FourDMusic]

Does this game remind anyone of myst?

[Nevertime]

That trailer told me nothing about the game... I bet its some kind of generic fps with a spooky plot :P

[RussianNeuroMancer]

That trailer told me nothing about the game... I bet its some kind of generic fps with a spooky plot :P

It's something like Trauma.

[entropy]

Dear Esther "just" tells a story. There are no puzzles to solve, there is no inventory and nothing/nobody to shoot.
You cannot jump nor run. Interaction with the environment is practically non-existing and limited to more or less
obvious trigger points which drives the story.

Having said that, *I* loved it - not only for its beautiful artwork.

Dear Esther ist different.

[Ancurio]

Why do I get the feeling people are confusing the Source Engine with the Steam platform itself?

[RussianNeuroMancer]

Why do I get the feeling people are confusing the Source Engine with the Steam platform itself?

Because we discuss Half-Life 2 mod here.

[Ancurio]

Because we discuss Half-Life 2 mod here.

But it's not a mod anymore, is it? I thought the original game (which was a mod) was remade into a standalone one.

[downer]

Why do I get the feeling people are confusing the Source Engine with the Steam platform itself?

I was assuming that players would be forced to activate and launch the Source Engine game through Steam, just like every other Source game I know of.