Gaming on Linux

Linux Australia Miniconference

Morwell, Victoria 2014
Andrew Pam
Serious C!ernetics
seric!"com"au

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4ri,es de,elo$ment of gra$3ics 3ardware and

software, and in earlier ears also audio

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socialisation, learning1

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Ad,antages and 4isad,antages

83ere to get Linux games

6o$ 10 Steam Linux games for toda

9mulators and engines

Gra$3ics dri,ers

Game de,elo$ment

More information

Ad,antages

:uns !etter on old 3ardware

&o need to $a for 8indows or Mac7S

re$eatedl

Continue to run classic games t3at no longer

run under newer 8indows or Mac7S

Li,eC4;Li,e4V4;Li,e(S+ distri!utions

4isad,antages

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Steam

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Steam to$ 10 Linux games
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11:ust .Ad,enture, #ndie, :PG, 9arl Access1
21Magicite .Action;Ad,enture, #ndie, :PG1
-1garr@s mod .#ndie, Simulation1
41Sid Meier@s Ci,ili/ation V .Strateg1
01A'Plane 10 Glo!al .Simulation1
*19uro$a (ni,ersalis #V .Simulation, Strateg1
B1Cer!al S$ace Program .9arl Access, #ndie, Simulation1
D1=a!itat .Action, Simulation, Strateg, 9arl Access1
>1Portal 2 A$erture 6ag mod .Action;Ad,enture, Casual, #ndie1
101Left 4 4ead 2 .Action1

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GS&9S, ProHect*4 .using 8ine51, ePSAe, PCSA2
.PS21, Gens .Sega Genesis1, 4eSmuM9 .4S1

Game engine recreations

Gra$3ics dri,ers

#ntel 3ardware uses t3e o$en source dri,er w3ic3 is

,er well su$$orted !ut t3e 3ardware is not Iuite as
$owerful

AM4 ,ideo cards can use t3e :adeon o$en source

dri,er .relia!le !ut 3as $erformance issues1 or t3e
Catalst $ro$rietar dri,er .fast !ut unrelia!le1

&,idia cards can use t3e &ou,eau o$en source

dri,er .new 3ardware onl Hust !eginning to get
su$$ort1 or t3e fglrx $ro$rietar dri,er .fast1

Game de,elo$ment

7nlineE LAMP stac%

LanguagesE Pt3on .PGame, :enP1, L(A, Lo!ster,

?a,a, ?a,ascri$t

?a,ascri$t li!rariesE 3aAe, Game?S, GameJuer,

?a,aScri$t GameLi!, gameKclosureL

+lender

Platinum Arts Sand!ox, Crstal S$ace, 8orldForge

8i%i$edia List of 7$en'source Video Games

More information

www"3um!le!undle"com

store"steam$owered"com;!rowse;linux;

www"indie,ania"com;gamesM$latformNLinux

games"seric!"com"au

www"lgd!"org .Linux Games 4ata!ase1

en"wi%i$edia"org;wi%i;LinuxOgaming

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Andrew Pam
Serious C!ernetics
seric!"com"au