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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by ddevault on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:02PM (#22014064)
Ethan Lee worked on this! Ethan Lee is an awesome person. Ethan is probably the single biggest contributor to gaming on Linux, and he's always worked in the background. Thanks Ethan, you rock, and deserve more credit.
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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by cookiecaper on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:06PM (#22014110)
Maybe I've just been out of the scene too long, but can't let mention of Linux gaming luminaries go without Ryan C. Gordon of Loki Games/icculus.org. For many years, if there was a big project coming to Linux, Ryan Gordon was likely to be the wizard behind it.

His homepage: http://icculus.org/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_C._Gordon

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/icculus

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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by FreezerburnV on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:12PM (#22014934)
Ryan is currently working on on a new cross-platform game engine where you write entirely Ruby: https://dragonruby.itch.io/dragonruby-gtk
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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by superpie on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:13PM (#22014947)
It's fantastic that he provided a place to host code for game modders / developers as well, I definitely spent years of my life playing http://svn.icculus.org/tremulous/
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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by nurbel on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:29PM (#22012741)
indeed, Ethan Lee's portfolio is impressive ! http://www.flibitijibibo.com/index.php?page=Portfolio/Ports

I wouldn't have thought linux games were such a small thing, for a single person to have worked on so many of them

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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by jandrese on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:59PM (#22013066)
That's an impressive collection of Indie games. This looks like the classic example of a consultant gig. You have some specialized knowledge of how to solve a problem that's easy when you know what you're doing. Indie devs can hire you for a day and check off that "Linux support" box so they can show up in a Humble Bundle and make a little more than you spent on the consultant with those 5% or so Linux gamers.

> Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

WTF???

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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by meheleventyone on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:19PM (#22013344)
Dating Dads is probably the least risqué thing in that genre.
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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by MattRix on Friday January 10, 2020 @04:32PM (#22015791)
It was a very popular game!
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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by mintplant on Saturday January 11, 2020 @06:47AM (#22019409)
It's a comedy/meme game.
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