ryujin470@fedia.io to Gaming@beehaw.org · 2 days agoWhy there are few native Linux games compared to Windows or even Mac?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareWhy there are few native Linux games compared to Windows or even Mac?ryujin470@fedia.io to Gaming@beehaw.org · 2 days agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agobecause you can’t just target “linux”. You target a distro. That’s not feasible for any of them to maintain
minus-squaremissingno@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoYou only need to target the Steam Linux Runtime.
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoThis isn’t entirely true though. Devs could target an AppImage for example.
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoand i have found appimages that fail to worm due to some dependencies too. This is not a solved prooblem for linux. And no, flatpak isn’t it either
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoI want to add on to that, flatpak even struggles with native Linux games like left4dead2. (Hardly any mods work)
minus-squareDie4Ever@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoyea dependencies seem like a real issue here, I don’t think Linux supports side-by-side versions like Windows does, Windows will just install every version of DirectX and libraries like that
because you can’t just target “linux”. You target a distro. That’s not feasible for any of them to maintain
You only need to target the Steam Linux Runtime.
This isn’t entirely true though. Devs could target an AppImage for example.
and i have found appimages that fail to worm due to some dependencies too. This is not a solved prooblem for linux. And no, flatpak isn’t it either
I want to add on to that, flatpak even struggles with native Linux games like left4dead2. (Hardly any mods work)
yea dependencies seem like a real issue here, I don’t think Linux supports side-by-side versions like Windows does, Windows will just install every version of DirectX and libraries like that