I voted for Ori, looks good and I don't have it yet.

Cave Story and Super Meat Boy are good games but I wouldn't buy them again. I have Cave Story on Wii and Steam, and Super Meat Boy on Steam(and it's been confirmed to be free for PS+ users at launch so will have it on PS4 also).

I have voted for all, these are good games! :)

Jonathan Blow has exhausted the profits he's made with on his new game [url=http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/the_witness]The Witness and he still needs more to complete it. Now would be the perfect time for Braid to come here so he can get some extra cash flow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0xl3NuGPP0

You sure about Steam? Don't know what they're doing but take Journey of a Roach, The Last Tinker: City of Colors and The Book of Unwritten Tales as an example. Only there are their Linux versions present, not on HB (though they don't offer TBoUT DRM-free on any platform) nor here. They're either doing the porting themselves or prodding/working with original developers somehow. But I'm guessing it's more of an in-house job, since it would stand to reason that Linux versions would also be available elsewhere otherwise (in case the developers themselves have ported them).

That's certainly second best to helping Wine support new games, which I agree is different story althogether, but one that would be nice if GOG became a part of. As far as tinkering goes, there's already a number of PlayOnLinux scripts that target specifically GOG versions of various games, so users have done a tremendous job of making it easier than ever to install Windows-only games in Linux. Well-known company like GOG should try and go a step further.

I'm pretty sure that aside from providing the tools for SteamOS versions of the games, Steam has absolutely nothing to do with development/monetary assistance of Linux versions. Why are some Linux versions only on Steam? Reasons. For Age of Wonders 3, for example, Triumph mentioned that providing Mac/Linux versions of the game to GOG is not economically feasible for the time being.

They could, but it's always a case of technical/legal issues. Will said PlayOnLinux scripts work on any Mint/Ubuntu system without any problem? They have to ensure that they will be, because GOG promises support/30 day money guarantee in case it doesn't work. As for legal issues, since GOG started supporting Linux less than a year ago, they would have to renegotiate their deals with every publisher to allow them to sell Linux versions. If the publisher doesn't want to renegotiate for one reason or another, then there is little that GOG can do about that.

Here are five indies you should be familiar with. Check out the links provided and consider voting for the games that strike your fancy.

<span class="bold">Ori And The Blind Forest</span>
>>[url=mailto:feedback@moongamestudios.com]Email[/url]
>>Trailer
>>Twitter
>>Review
>>Longplay
>>Facebook
>>Soundtrack
>>Official Site
>>Composer Gareth Coker's Twitter

<span class="bold">Cave Story+</span>
>>[url=mailto:info@nicalis.com]Email[/url]
>>Trailer
>>Review
>>Longplay
>>Facebook
>>Official Site
>>Soundtrack
>>Freeware DL
>>Nicalis's Twitter
>>Studio Pixel's Twitter
>>Daisuke Amaya's Twitter
>>Tyrone Rodriguez's Twitter

<span class="bold">Limbo</span>
>>[url=mailto:info@playdead.com]Email[/url]
>>Trailer
>>Twitter
>>Review
>>Longplay
>>Official Site

<span class="bold">Braid</span>
>>Trailer
>>Twitter
>>Review
>>Longplay
>>Official Site
>>Soundtrack
>>The Witness Blog
>>Jonathan Blow's Blog

<span class="bold">Super Meat Boy</span>
>>Trailer
>>Twitter
>>Review
>>Longplay
>>Facebook
>>Official Site
>>Soundtrack
>>Tommy Refenes's Blog
>>Official Team Meat Shop
>>Shannon Refenes's Blog
>>Tommy Refenes's Twitter
>>Edmund McMillenn's Blog
>>Shannon Refenes's Twitter
>>Edmund McMillenn's Twitter
>>Composer Danny Baranowsky's Blog
>>[url=mailto:dannybaranowsky@gmail.com]Composer Danny Baranowsky's Email[/url]
>>Composer Danny Baranowsky's Twitter
>>Tommy &amp; Shannon Refenes's Cat Evil's Twitter

P.S. If you decide to vote, bump the thread. Say which game(s) you voted for and why.

Voted for Ori, Limbo and Braid. Those game are so beautiful! Thanks for this post :) +1

You know, recently I am wondering how GOG decide whether to accept or reject a game. Do they have some criteria ? or maybe mostly from economic point (it would gain enough revenue, etc) ?

Anyone knows ?

I thought when a developer willing to provide DRM-Free and it is a decent game, GOG would accept it. It seems it is not that simple -as I compared what games available here and on Humble Store. and It seems some games (Braid, etc) didn't make it here (yet?).

I didn't mean they would have to use said scripts (but in case they decided so, there's already a nice base set up, at least as a starting point), just taking as an example what regular users did in their own free time.

Thanks again for shedding some light on this matter!


Sorry Barry if we took it a bit away from your intended topic.

No worries. Every post bumps the topic, keeping it visible to potential voters. Feel free to take as many detours as your heart desires.

I voted for all of these at some point another before opening the thread, but I'd really love to Super Meat Boy make it here. Platforming bliss (or hell, depending on how you look at it).