So . . . Linux Support?

[frangipanisouff]

It seems a Linux version is available somewhere, but I can’t find it.

On the Greenheart Games front page, it says, "Get it for Windows and Mac."
On Steam, there is a little Windows and Apple icon.

So yeah, I’m not sure where I can buy the game.

[WaveJones]

To our Linux players: Game Dev Tycoon for Linux and glibc

On September 5th, the Free Software Foundation informed us that they have terminated our license to use ‘glibc’, the standard C library commonly used with Linux applications and which the distribution of Game Dev Tycoon for Linux dynamically links to.

glibc is licensed under the Lesser General Public License (L-GPL) and is thus fit for use in a commercial application through dynamic linking but we failed to inform our users that this library is in use and failed to provide a copy of the license file.

We respect copyright just as we expect our own copyright to be respected and promptly stopped distributing the Linux version of Game Dev Tycoon when the Free Software Foundation terminated our license and have since worked closely with the Free Software Foundation to address the issue. This blog post is part of the process to have our rights reinstated and we hope to be able to resume our distribution of the Linux version in the next few days.

We have updated our credits page to include direct download links to the license files of third party components. This page already listed third party components which were included in the distribution before, but failed to mention the dynamically linked glibc component for the Linux distribution. This is now corrected. We have also added an updated license directory in the deployment of Game Dev Tycoon to make this readily available to users and the next version of the Linux release will include this directory. As always, players can also contact us at support@greenheartgames.com if they have any questions or concerns.

See?

[frangipanisouff]

Yes, but that very same post says, “UPDATE: The FSF has reinstated our rights to use glibc.”

So I don’t really see how that’s relevant. I’m not asking about that.

I’m just asking if I’ll get the Linux packages if I buy the game.

[JayCheetah]

I would need a confirmation from @Charlie for this, but if you buy Game Dev Tycoon from the Greenheart Store, you automatically get download links for Linux
Plus a Steam key.

[blackus_]

I bought it when it initially released and got a link to a linux version. I have no reason to believe that changed in the meantime.

However: The linux version is vastly outdated at the moment. Noone really knows what’s going on there, staffers just said it’s will be updated in the future.

[frangipanisouff]

Ah, interesting. I think I’ll go ahead and get it then for the $10.

I definitely would suggest updating the text to include Linux on the homepage. It’s quite confusing that it just says it’s available for PC and Mac.

[blackus_]

I think they removed the text because the linux version is that much older than the current release. Which, I think is a good thing. Otherwise there would be even more disappointed customers.

[SamBC]

They probably removed it while they didn’t have permission and aren’t putting it back up until they’ve made use of that permission to get an updated Linux package made up.

[Charlie]

Hey Guys,
We are working on getting the Linux version of Game Dev Tycoon up and running again. Please have patience, we will make an announcement when it is available.

[pennapenna22]

ok, thanks. I’m only waiting for it