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I think it's about time we tried to make a list of all games on Kickstarter currently trying to get funding that either support Linux, say they might support Linux, or even just are worth mentioning as we may be able to encourage them to support Linux.

Currently Campaigning Games


Playir: 3D Multiplayer games designer for PC and mobiles

Genre: Games Designer / FPS / RTS / Platformer / Racer / Educational
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: £5,730 pledged of £25,000
Drive ends: Sunday Nov 10, 4:57am EST.


Support 0 A.D., an Open-Source Strategy Game

Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $17,659 raised of $160,000
Drive ends: Sunday Oct 20 11:59pm PT


Sanguine Nights - Darkest Blood

Genre: Action RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $1,066 pledged of $75,000
Drive ends: Monday May 13, 4:20pm EDT.


Factorio

Genre: Construction of factories
Linux Status: CONFIRMED
Funding Status: 1.530€ raised of 17.000€
Drive ends: Saturday Mar 02 11:59PM PT


Super Comboman: Beat-em-up Sticker Action Platformer

Genre: Beat-em-up/platformer
Linux Status: Confirmed (previously $25k stretch goal)
Funding Status: $13,827 pledged of $14,900
Drive ends: Wednesday Nov 14, 11:35am EST.


Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption by the Quest for Glory designers

Genre: Role-playing/Adventure hybrid
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $202,462 pledged of $400,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Nov 20, 3:30pm EST.


Star Citizen

Genre: First person space adventure, trading and dogfighting

Linux Status: Developers are considering it, requires support and encouragment. You can vote for Linux support here.

Funding Status: $972,413 pledged of $500,000
Drive ends: Monday Nov 19, 1:58pm EST.


Sir, You Are Being Hunted

Genre: First person tweedpunk survival game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: £40,690 pledged of £40,000
Drive ends: Sunday Dec 2, 6:19am EST.


Bloom

Genre: Fantasy Action Adventure game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $1,260 pledged of $150,000
Drive ends: Monday Dec 17, 7:24pm EST.


Distance - A Next Generation Arcade Racer

Genre: Futuristic arcade racer
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $66,623 pledged of $125,000
Drive ends: Friday Nov 16, 10:00pm EST.


Old-School 3D MMORPG World Of Midgard for Mac, PC, Android & iOS

Genre: Graphic upgrade to 3D MMORPG
Linux Status: Beta version released soon
Funding Status: $1,048 raised of $5,000
Drive ends: Sun Nov 25 at 11:59PM PT.


Circus of Light

Genre: Hand drawn point and click game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: £748 pledged of £15,000
Drive ends: Friday Nov 30, 3:35am EST.


Interstellar Marines: Prologue

Genre: AAA indie FPS
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $86,777 pledged of $600,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Nov 27, 10:00pm EST.


Strike Suit Zero

Genre: Space combat
Linux Status: Upon reaching $180,000
Funding Status: $125,295 pledged of $100,000
Drive ends: Saturday Nov 17, 2:10am EST.


Maia

Genre: Sci fi God game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: £31,394 pledged of £100,042
Drive ends: Wednesday Nov 28, 8:03am EST.


Pier Solar HD an RPG for XBOX360, PC, Mac, Linux & Dreamcast

Genre: Classic style RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $45,777 pledged of $139,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Dec 5, 9:30am EST.


StarForge

Genre: Resource gathering, strategic sci fi action game
Linux Status: Possible with Unity 4
Funding Status: $57,549 raised of $75,000
Drive ends: Thu Nov 29 at 11:59PM PT


FORCED

Genre: Cooperative arena combat game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $10,297 pledged of $40,000
Drive ends: Saturday Dec 1, 4:37am EST.


Fields of Fresh - Epic Campaign for an Epic RPG

Genre: Farming Adventure RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $723 pledged of $1,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Nov 6, 3:30pm EST.


Dysis

Genre: Voxel RTS/FPS hybrid
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $12,848 pledged of $5,000
Drive ends: Sunday Nov 4, 8:56am EST.


ORBITOR

Genre: Space Action Adventure game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $8,027 pledged of $60,000
Drive ends: Friday Oct 26, 8:21pm EDT.


3089 Action RPG

Genre: A futuristic 3D open-world action role-playing game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $1,951 pledged of $1,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Oct 31, 2:15pm EDT.


ScrumbleShip

Genre: Voxel based space combat simulator
Linux Status: Confirmed, demo already available
Funding Status: $7,861 pledged of $8,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Oct 17, 1:27pm EDT.


Project Eternity

Genre: Isometric, party-based role-playing game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $2,957,292 pledged of $1,100,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Oct 16, 9:00pm EDT.


Papier Adventure

Genre: 3d adventure game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $11,824 pledged of $140,000
Drive ends: Friday Oct 12, 11:55pm EDT.


Project: Gorgon – An Indie MMO by Industry Veterans

Genre: Indie MMO
Linux Status: Likely - "the next version of Unity is expected to support Linux games, so the odds are very good that we’ll be able to have a Linux game client"
Funding Status: $7,303 pledged of $55,000
Drive ends: Saturday Nov 3, 1:00am EDT.


M.O.R.E.

Genre: Old school turn-based 4X space strategy game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $47,640 pledged of $50,000
Drive ends: Sunday Oct 28, 5:00pm EDT.


Sealark, an Oceanic Adventure Game

Genre: Adventure Game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $44,194 pledged of $5,000
Drive ends: Sunday Oct 14, 5:29pm EDT.


An Old-School RPG by Brenda Brathwaite and Tom Hall!

Genre: RPG
Linux Status: Upon reaching $1.5m
Funding Status: $212,390 pledged of $1,000,000
Drive ends: Sunday Nov 4, 9:15pm EST.


Monster RPG 2 - Open JRPG Game & Engine

Genre: RPG
Linux Status: Already available, but aiming for open source version
Funding Status: $193 raised of $1,500
Drive ends: Tue Nov 06 at 11:59PM PT.


Worlds Beyond - Classic retro RPG about the end of the world

Genre: Story-driven Sci-fi RPG

Linux Status: Confirmed and Open-Sourced

Funding Status: $2,630 pledged of $20,000
Drive ends: Friday Oct 5, 7:00pm EDT.


GUTS

Genre: Rogue-like
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $6,604 pledged of $60,000
Drive ends: Saturday Sep 29, 2:06pm EDT.


Tales of Illyria - A Unique RPG

Genre: Role playing experience
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $860 pledged of $23,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Sep 19, 9:52pm EDT.


Insurgency 2

Genre: High speed tactical multiplayer FPS
Linux Status: Upon reaching $200,000
Funding Status: $60,391 pledged of $180,000
Drive ends: Saturday Sep 8, 2:33am EDT.


Deozoa: Legends of Eden

Genre: Monster Catching RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $6,361 pledged of $78,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Sep 26, 10:00pm EDT.


Knock-knock

Genre: Platform survival horror
Linux Status: Likely due to Unity
Funding Status: $28,870 pledged of $30,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Sep 11, 1:04pm EDT.


Harmonia

Genre: Moddable Tactical RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed - Demo available
Funding Status: $2,397 pledged of $15,000
Drive ends: Saturday Sep 8, 1:13pm EDT.


Scope Creep Hack-venture - Learn Linux and/or Hacking!

Genre: 3d Adventure/Ethical Hacking game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $943 pledged of $2,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Sep 19, 8:39pm EDT.


Expeditions: Conquistador

Genre: Tactical roleplaying strategy adventure game
Linux Status: Confirmed via Unity3d
Funding Status: $41,682 pledged of $70,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Sep 12, 5:25pm EDT.


Evilot

Genre: Puzzle/Defence game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $5,926 pledged of $10,000
Drive ends: Friday Sep 7, 10:00am EDT.


Dead Cyborg

Genre: First Person Adventure game
Linux Status: Confirmed (EP1 already on Linux)
Funding Status: $100 raised of $5,000
Drive ends: Sat Nov 24 at 11:59PM PT.


Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse Adventure

Genre: Point and Click Adventure Game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $270,352 pledged of $400,000
Drive ends: Saturday Sep 22, 8:30am EDT.


David Crane's Jungle Adventure

Genre: Action-Platformer (Action-Adventure Platformer)
Linux Status: "We're happy to officially announce that we'll be using Unity3D to develop Jungle Adventure and due to popular demand, we've expanded platform support to PC, Mac, Linux and OUYA."
Funding Status: $15,492 pledged of pledged of $900,000
Drive ends: Friday Sep 14, 3:20pm EDT.


Planetary Annihilation - A Next Generation RTS

Genre: RTS
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $352,885 pledged of $900,000
Drive ends: 2012 Saturday Sep 15


Wings: Director's Cut

Genre: Action
Linux Status: Will release OSX/Linux versions if pledges are above the requested.
Funding Status: $4,152 pledged of $350,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Sep 11, 2:06am EDT.


Shadow Remnants

Genre: Tactical RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed, AT launch
Funding Status: $1,908 pledged of $75,000
Drive ends: Saturday Sep 1, 12:36am EDT.


La Vida

Genre: The Sims-esque life simulator
Linux Status: Confirmed!
Funding Status: $100 raised of $74,568
Drive ends: Mon Sep 03 at 11:59PM PT.


OddVille - An amazing journey in Retro3d

Genre: 3d Retro styles Adventure game

Linux Status: Source code available to >$25 pledges and anyone who wants to port the game

Funding Status: $117 pledged of $540
Drive ends: Friday Aug 17, 4:05am EDT.


Songmasters : The Music Wars

Genre: Music battling game
Linux Status: Via Flash
Funding Status: $9,290 pledged of $25,000
Drive ends: Sunday Aug 19, 3:10am EDT.


Bad Dudes 2

Genre: Scrolling beat 'em up
Linux Status: Post Launch
Funding Status: $5,274 pledged of $80,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Aug 8, 5:25pm EDT.


Wicked Crush

Genre: User content generated platformer
Linux Status: "Shortly after the game is finished, I plan to work on Mac and Linux conversions, provided people are interested."
Funding Status: $3,289 pledged of $15,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Aug 15, 6:55pm EDT.


STAR COMMAND: Kickstart Part 2 - The PC/Mac Space Adventure

Genre: Spaceship management game
Linux Status: "This is for PC/Mac releases. This is not because we don't love linux, it's just that we already have our hands full putting this together for iOS, Android and now desktops. Linux may come further down the line - we hear you Linux users!"
Funding Status: $95,989 pledged of $100,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Aug 8, 11:52am EDT.


The Other Brothers

Genre: Retro Platformer
Linux Status: Confirmed with Unity4
Funding Status: $7,308 pledged of $50,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Aug 29, 2:33pm EDT.


Shadowrun Online

Genre: Online RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed with Unity4
Funding Status: $198,888 pledged of $500,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 14, 4:00pm EDT.


Castle Story

Genre: Creative voxel-based strategy game
Linux Status: Confirmed with Unity4
Funding Status: $313,919 pledged of $80,000
Drive ends: Sunday Aug 26, 9:59am EDT.


iPayWhatIWant - An Indie Bundle For iOS + Everything Else

Genre: 5 games
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $107 pledged of $5,000
Drive ends: Friday Aug 17, 10:33am EDT.


Nine Lives

Genre: Retro style platformer
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $40 raised of $2,000
Drive ends: Mon Aug 13 at 11:59PM PT.


Detective Grimoire: Adventure Game Win/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android

Genre: Investigative Adventure game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $14,062 pledged of $25,000
Drive ends: Thursday Aug 2, 6:28pm EDT.


Bus Simulator

Genre: Bus Simulator
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $0 raised of $10,000
Drive ends: Monday, August 27, 2012


Questverse

Genre: Sci-fi Anime RPG with simulation elements. Also educational
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $111 raised of $10,000
Drive ends: Wed Nov 28 at 11:59PM PT.


Don't Save the World: An RPG

Genre: RPG and/or Management Sim and/or Life sim, depending what you choose
Linux Status: Confirmed, via Ren'Py engine
Funding Status: $1,255 raised of $35,000
Drive ends: Wed Sep 05 at 11:59PM PT.


"Auravym" A New RPG Saga

Genre: Tactical RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed, after launch
Funding Status: $2,243 pledged of $7,000
Drive ends: Saturday Aug 25, 6:15pm EDT.


Perch

Genre: 2d physics puzzle platformer
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $1,252 pledged of $1,500
Drive ends: Saturday Aug 11, 10:00pm EDT.


Resurrect ADOM development

Genre: Roguelike
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $22,085 raised of $48,000
Drive ends: Thu Aug 30 at 11:59PM PT.


AR-K: A Dark Acid Adventure Comedy

Genre: 3D Adventure game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $5,507 pledged of $150,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 7, 4:45am EDT.


Crea

Genre: moddable, 2D sandbox game
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $4,845 pledged of $15,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 7, 10:00pm EDT.


Thoughts?

Genre: 3D platformer set inside the mind of the least-creative person on Earth
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $508 pledged of $11,000
Drive ends: Thursday Aug 9, 11:00am EDT.


OURFIRG - 3D Adventure Game

Genre: 3D Adventure game
Linux Status: Upon reaching $17,000
Funding Status: $1,359 pledged of $6,000
Drive ends: Saturday Aug 4, 2:21pm EDT.


Lennie: The Video Game!

Genre: Robot 2d platformer
Linux Status: (In message) "PC, Mac, Linux, and XBLA"
Funding Status: $2,057 pledged of $10,000
Drive ends: Sunday Jul 29, 11:43am EDT.


Legends of Aethereus - Action RPG

Genre: Action RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed via Unity3d 4
Funding Status: $20,994 pledged of $25,000
Drive ends: Sunday Jul 22, 3:15am EDT.


3D Dictionary 「SanJiten」

Genre: 3D Language Learning Video Game
Linux Status: Confirmed, via Unity 4
Funding Status: $16,923 pledged of $12,000
Drive ends: ect will be funded on Thursday Jul 26, 11:08pm EDT.


The Realm of Thyïlia - A revival of classical Role-Playing

Genre: Free, online role-playing game
Linux Status: Confirmed: "The game will run on all PC, Mac and Linux operating systems."
Funding Status: $1,015 pledged of $20,000
Drive ends: Monday Aug 6, 4:15pm EDT.


Project Lodus - A Cyberpunk Co-op Action RPG

Genre: A Cyberpunk Co-op Action RPG

Linux Status: Needs encouragement: "We don't have any platforms set yet, but Linux is a huge one and we'll definitely consider it. One of the biggest things we're looking for is platform input from fans & backers, so the best way to show Linux support would be to donate and join our forums."

Funding Status: $5,901 pledged of $50,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 14, 4:26pm EDT.


Defense Grid 2

Genre: Strategy game where you spend resources on building towers that destroy waves of incoming enemies
Linux Status: Upon reaching $750,000
Funding Status: $108,673 pledged of $250,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 14, 5:00pm EDT.


Moon Intern

Genre: Serialized side-scrolling action RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $10,779 pledged of $30,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 7, 12:59am EDT.


Echoes of Aeons

Genre: Action RPG
Linux Status: Possible: "Our game engine does not currently support this. We are working with them to see if additional platforms are possible, but at this time we don't have any word. Coming from an IT background I can understand the want for some good Linux games and it's something we will continue looking into for solutions. "
Funding Status: $2,966 pledged of $50,000
Drive ends: Friday Aug 17, 12:00am EDT.


Jetpack 2

Genre: 2D Platformer
Linux Status: Confirmed
Funding Status: $5,807 pledged of $10,000
Drive ends: Saturday Sep 8, 9:00pm EDT.


Quest For Infamy - An Adventure Game By Infamous Quests

Genre: Adventure Game homage to Quest for Glory
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $48,448 pledged of $25,000
Drive ends: Friday Jul 6, 5:46pm EDT.


Jack Houston and the Necronauts

Genre: Adventure Game (must watch the pitch video!!)

Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $24,389 pledged of $56,000
Drive ends: Thursday Aug 9, 11:11pm EDT.


Rival Threads : Last Class Heroes - The Final Push

Genre: Stylish RPG
Linux status: Confirmed (due to Unity3d)
Funding status: $15,565 pledged of $5,000
Drive ends: ect will be funded on Tuesday Jul 10, 6:30pm EDT.


Super Retro Squad

Genre: Multi-styled Platformer
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $5,088 pledged of $10,000
Drive ends: Thursday Jul 19, 5:42pm EDT.


Alpha Colony: A Tribute to M.U.L.E.

Genre: Strategic colonisation game
Linux status: Confirmed (due to Unity 4)
Funding status: $35,016 pledged of $500,000
Drive ends: Sunday Jul 15, 1:00pm EDT.


Z. - "Magic: The Gathering + The Walking Dead"

Genre: Digital Zombie Cardgame
Linux status: Confirmed (due to Unity 4)
Funding status: $30,808 pledged of $100,000
Drive ends: Saturday Jul 14, 6:00pm EDT.


CLANG

Genre: Motion sensing swordfighting game by Neal Stephenson
Linux status: Confirmed (due to Unity 4) stretch goal if it reaches $800K
Funding status: $326,067 pledged of $500,000
Drive ends: Monday Jul 9, 12:00pm EDT.


Multiplayer in Helena the 3rd

Genre: 3rd & 1st person, tank driving shooting game. The Drive is for adding a multiplayer section to it.

Linux status: Confirmed, the original game is already available for Linux
Funding status: $123 pledged of $1,500
Drive ends: Saturday Jun 9, 6:48pm EDT



Fall of Eternity

Genre: Backwards RPG
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $163 pledged of $5,000
Drive ends: Wednesday Jul 18, 8:30pm EDT.


Lilly Looking Through

Genre: An animated adventure game (demo available from Kickstarter page)
Linux status: Confirmed.
Funding status: $5,115 pledged of $18,000
Drive ends: Saturday Jun 30, 11:59pm EDT.


Tiny Cthulhu (thanks Buovjaga)

Genre: 3d Platformer
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $205 raised of $15,000
Drive ends: Sat Jul 21 at 11:59PM PT.


Auro

Genre: Turn-based, dungeon crawling strategy game
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $626 pledged of $7,500
Drive ends: Friday Jun 29, 2:19pm EDT.


Two Guys SpaceVenture

Genre: Adventure game from Space Quest developers
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $268,257 pledged of $500,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Jun 12, 1:27pm EDT.


Carmageddon: Reincarnation

Genre: Vehicular mayhem
Linux status: Confirmed, it will arrive earlier if it reaches $600,000.
Funding status: $331,524 pledged of $400,000 goal
Drive ends: Wednesday Jun 6, 11:00pm EDT.


Metal Savior

Genre: Fast paced arcadey FPS Linux support: "It is possible that if we surpassed our goal we would be able to release a Linux and MAC version as well as we do want to support those Operating Systems as well."
Funding status: $285 pledged of $50,000
Drive ends: Friday Jun 29, 2:37pm EDT.


Legend of the Time Star

Genre: A Retro Action RPG Linux support: "Are there plans for a Mac/Linux port? It's definitely too soon to say 'yes' on this one, but ideally, we'd love to ensure as many people as possible get the chance to play Legend of the Time Star! If our initial budget allows, we'll try and get at the very least a Mac port out around the same time as the PC version. If not, we will revisit it based on the game's success and the demand of users. For now, it's safe to say the game will be PC only at launch."
Funding status: $14,668 pledged of $57,500
Drive ends: Thursday May 24, 8:01pm EDT.


Conquest 2 Vyrium Uprising

Genre: Real time strategy Linux support: "As part of our development process, we will strive to maintain compatibility with WINE so that Linux users should be able to play the game. A native Linux version, however would require us to exceed our current funding goal."
Funding status: $11,257 pledged of $675,000
Drive ends: Friday Jun 8, 8:34pm EDT.


Tex Murphy - Project Fedora

Genre: Adventure game Linux support: "Unfortunately, "Project Fedora's" engine doesn't support Linux. However, if we exceed our goal by enough, then we will be able to look into porting our game to Linux." (it's a home brew engine)
Funding status: $230,975 pledged of $450,000
Drive ends: Saturday Jun 16, 1:51am EDT.


Word Realms

Genre: A massively multiplayer online RPG where you'd fight by making words out of letter tiles Linux Support: "It should be playable on PC, Mac, and probably Linux unless you've got some crazy distro whose interface is a pocketwatch or something."
Funding status: $38,963 pledged of $100,000
Drive ends: Thursday Jun 21, 3:49pm EDT.


Lodestar: Stygian Skies

Genre: Tactical Science Fiction RPG Linux support: Confirmed, and as primary development platform.
Funding status: $788 pledged of $16,384
Drive ends: Thursday Jun 14, 10:32pm EDT.


The Time Tribe - Episodic time travel adventure game

Genre: Adventure game Linux support: Flash, so yes.
Funding status: $3,208 pledged of $25,000
Drive ends: Tuesday Jun 5, 11:59pm EDT.


Legends of Eisenwald

Genre: Medieval RPG and strategy, with tactical turn based battles and a simple economic model
Linux status: Confirmed for 3-4 months after Window release, will be released at same time if reaches $100,000.
Funding status: $74,136 pledged of $50,000
Drive ends: Tuesday May 22, 12:00am EDT.


Haunts: The Manse Macabre

Genre: Turn based horror game where you can play as intruders or dangerous denizens.
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $9,938 pledged of $25,000
Drive ends: Friday Jul 6, 6:41am EDT.


Xenonauts

Genre: X-Com inspired strategic Alien combat game (demo available)

Linux status: Confirmed

Funding status: $71,632 pledged of $50,000 Funding ends: Sunday Jun 10, 7:19pm EDT.


The Pocalypse Defense 2 - RPG & Tower Defense

Genre: Webcomic based RPG & Tower Defense

Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $1,335 Raised of $10,000
Drive ends: Wed Jun 13 at 11:59PM PT.


Moebius

Genre: Adventure games (from makers of Gabriel Knight)
Linux status: Upon reaching $400k.
Funding status: $349,883 pledged of $300,000
Drive ends: Saturday May 19, 9:57am EDT.


Drifter: A Space Trading Game (thanks Inquisitor)

Genre: Space Trading
Linux status: Possible
Funding status: $34,962 pledged of $50,000
Drive ends: Monday Jun 4, 10:29pm EDT.


Ambitions

Genre: Civilisation building in randomly generated world
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: €75 committed on a goal of €3500
Drive ends: 18th June 2012


Boot Hill Heroes

Genre: Wild West Retro RPG with 1-4 Player Co-op
Linux status: At 25k
Funding status: $15,943 pledged of $5,000
Drive ends: Monday May 21, 2:00am EDT.


fleetCOMM : Operation Vigrior (thanks Inquisitor)

Genre: Sci-fi 2D Real Time Tactics game

Linux status: Confirmed. 64bit Linux demo currently available here. 32bit version on the way.

Funding status: $7,471 pledged of $12,000
Drive ends: Saturday May 5, 2:59am EDT.


Sword of Justice

Genre: WWII RTS Linux support: Confirmed
Funding status: $801 pledged of $195,000
Drive ends: Saturday May 19, 5:10am EDT.


Inner Dream

Genre: Photo based adventure game (first ep available free now) Linux support: (in message) "If we'll raise enough funds to finish the game - we'll do our best to port it on Mac and Linux."
Funding status: $143 pledged of $11,111
Drive ends: Tuesday May 22, 2:31pm EDT.


The Adventures of Arcadia - Video Game

Genre:2D Side-Scrolling RPG Game

Linux status: (In message to me) "We plan to cross platform it for Max and Linux. It will right after the main release though - but not very long after it, if not almost parallel to it... Quick Answer: Yes - Yes It Will Be."
Funding status: $250 pledged of $3,000
Drive ends: May 2, 2:56pm EDT.


Necrosis

Genre: FPS
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $5 Raised of $3,000
Drive ends: Tue Apr 24 at 11:59PM PT


The Universe

Genre: Massively multiplayer persistent 4X
Linux status: Confirmed (via Java and HTML5)
Funding status: $1,243 Raised of $4,884
Drive ends: Wed May 23 at 11:59PM PT.


Ron Paul: Road to REVOLution

Genre: Sidescrolling platformer action/adventure game
Linux status: "The game will run on any device that supports Javascript" (Author is Linux user)
Funding status: $9,060 pledged of $5,000
Drive ends: Tuesday May 1, 2:41am EDT.


OverDose

Genre: FPS
Linux status: "...at the moment theres only a Windows version in the works, but we have had a few people that understand Linux have a look same as we did with Quake II Evolved, and like there I’m sure we will get a port of it up and running at some point. At this moment we only one single coder so Windows is of course going to take priority!" (The engine is GPL which makes porting easier)
Funding status: $821 Raised of $20,000
Drive ends: Thu Jun 21 at 11:59PM PT.


Grim Dawn

Genre: 3d Open World Action Platformer
Linux status: "we feel Linux would become something we could commit to at $800k. If we reach $650k, we pledge that we'll try to make it happen but wouldn't feel confident making a promise at that level. The Linux version would likely come a little after the full release."
Funding status: $161,896 pledged of $280,000
Drive ends: Friday May 18, 11:59pm EDT.


Plague (thanks zerothis)

Genre: 2d game where you spread the plague
Linux status: Confirmed.
Funding status: $1,341 of $20,000
Drive ends: SUNDAY APR 29, 2:51PM EDT.


Shadowrun Returns (thanks Inquisitor)

Genre: 2d turn based RPG (emphasis on story and interaction, based on long established role-playing setting).
Linux status: CONFIRMED ($1m target has been hit)
Funding status: $1,029,827 pledged of $400,000
Drive ends: Sunday Apr 29, 2:59am EDT.


Gravitas

Genre: Scifi combat racing
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $1,840 pledged of $25,000
Drive ends: Thursday May 10, 4:14pm EDT.


Ravaged (thanks Zeven)

Genre: Vehicular Multiplayer First Person Shooter
Linux status: From message: "Right now we are only focusing on PC. After release, we'll see what happens but until then PC is our priority."
Funding status: $7,317 pledged of $15,000
Drive ends: Sunday May 20, 11:56am EDT.


ZombieForward

Genre: Zombie Sandbox RPG
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $21 Raised of $35,000
Drive ends: Thu Jun 07 at 11:59PM PT.


The Earth: Battle for Survival

Genre: Top down alien shooter
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $115 pledged of $10,000
Drive ends: Friday May 4, 12:53pm EDT.


Balloon Popper

Genre: Balloon Popping game
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $11.00 pledged of $2,000
Drive ends: Wednesday May 9, 4:17pm EDT.


Bump N Brawl

Genre: Top down 3d fighting game
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $10.00 pledged of $10,000 Drive Status: Sunday May 6, 6:08pm EDT.


That's Why You're Not Ugly! - The Game

Genre: Lemonade stall-esque Beauty Parlour business simulator
Linux status: "Also will have access to download the game for any additional platforms we port to (Mac, Linux, iOS, Android) for no additional cost."
Funding status: $115 pledged of $22,500
Drive ends: Monday Apr 23, 3:05pm EDT.


Yogventures!

Genre: Multiplayer sandbox adventure game creator
Linux status: "It’s not immediately compatible with Linux, but If there is enough demand we will release a browser-based solution. " (ie. probably uses Unity3d)
Funding status: $139,578 pledged of $250,000
Drive ends: Sunday May 6, 3:23pm EDT.


Ensemble Online

Genre: Browser based MMO RTS
Linux status: "Linux, Mac, PC, and hundreds of millions of tablets and smartphones can play without downloading a bulky client."
Funding status: $1,476 pledged of $20,000
Drive ends: Sunday Apr 29, 7:01pm EDT.


Rebirth

Genre: 3d 3rd person action/adventure/exploration game
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $110 pledged of $20,000
Drive ends: Monday Apr 30, 6:02pm EDT.


Jane Jensen's Pinkerton Road: "A Year of Adventure"

Genre: Mystery Adventure games (possibly more than one, and more in the future if the company is successful, we're funding the company's foundation)
Linux status: "If we get enough funding to fuel the port to Linux we will offer it -- stay tuned!"
Funding status: $98,036 pledged of $300,000
Drive ends: Saturday May 19, 9:57am EDT.


Starlight Inception™

Genre: 1st person / 3rd person free-roaming spaceship combat experience
Linux status: Update #1 "Currently, we only plan PC and PS Vita. However, if we overfund in this campaign, we will look at other platforms, particularly the Ubuntu flavor of Linux and Mac, but also iOS. "
Funding status: $29,563 pledged of $150,000
Drive ends: Tuesday May 8, 11:47pm EDT.


Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Adventure Mysteries

Genre: Adventure Game
Linux status: "We are still looking into the Linux platform. I will post when I know more Dave"
Funding status: $11,040 pledged of $55,000
Drive ends: Saturday Apr 28, 11:50pm EDT.


Nekro

Genre: 3d overhead action games with twisted monster designs.
Linux status: "Available for PC, Mac and Linux"
Funding status: $270 pledged of $100,000
Drive ends: Friday May 4, 12:00am EDT.


Grey: The Lost Technology

Genre: 2.5D semi-top down view action/adventure game
Linux status: (from message I received) "Currently, we don't have plans for the game on Linux. In the future we are hoping to get game on Linux and Mac OS."
Funding status: $1,443 pledged of $5,000
Drive ends: Friday May 11, 7:39pm EDT.


BIONITE: Origins

Genre: FPS/RTS Hybrid :: Genre
Linux status: "But, we also have bigger plans if we exceed $15,000. We want to allow people to play this game on any platform possible, be it: iOS, Android, Linux, Mac, Xbox, Playstation, etc."
Funding status: $572 pledged of $15,000
Drive ends: Tuesday May 1, 11:50pm EDT.


Valdis Story: Abyssal City

Genre: Exploration and Combat Platformer
Linux status: "We will be looking into porting the game to other platforms, but they will not be available on launch with the PC version. A Mac version is most likely be the first port we make.We've recieved some request for a Linux port so we got in contact with a specialist in porting games to Linux that was suggested to us by a number of you in emails. The engine the game is built does not currently have support for Linux, and we won't know if we will get what we need to make it happen until a few months from now. The first steps have been taken, but this is where the port for Linux stands right now. If they are possible the ports will take some time, but we will give it our best."
Funding status: $15,655 pledged of $8,000 goal
Drive ends: Friday Apr 27, 9:17pm EDT.


Leisure Suit Larry Remake (thanks madjr)

Genre: Point and Click (somewhat Adult) Adventure Game
Linux status: NOT FULLY CONFIRMED. Previously -"Once we are 100% funded then we can add platforms, starting with Linux (our biggest demand besides PC / Steam) and branch out from there." Now - "1) PC 2) Mac 3) iPad 4) Android tablets. Once we surpass our $500k Kickstarter goal we can talk about additional rooms, more girls, Larry getting in to more trouble, and yes, even a version for you hardcore Linux users out there!!"
Funding status: $154,251 pledged of $500,000
Drive ends: Wednesday May 2, 12:30pm EDT.


Wasteland 2

Genre: Post Apocalyptic RPG
Linux status: CONFIRMED -"Linux is go! All pledge levels that include a copy of the game will come with your choice of PC or Linux or Mac OS X."
Funding status: $2,132,505 pledged of $900,0000
Drive ends: Tuesday Apr 17, 8:05am EDT.


"Loc" - Can you escape

Genre: 3d Puzzle game
Linux status: "It's not currently on the schedule but if there is a base of users that would really like it than we can totally check it out and give it a go."
Funding status: $6,326 pledged of $5,000
Drive ends: Saturday Mar 24, 8:19pm EDT.


Auditorium 2: Duet

Genre: Cooperative Puzzle Game
Linux status: NOT A RUNNER, uses UNITY3D for engine.
Funding status: $36,042 pledged of $60,000
Drive ends: Friday Mar 30, 11:59pm EDT.


Tempus Chronicle - The RPG Series (Tuesdays at 6pm)

Genre: Old school weekly episodic RPG game series (whoa)
Linux status: "To clarify, the game will be cloud-based and playable through the browser. That means that the game will work for any computer running PC/Mac (using Flash) or Linux (using Gnash) from the start."
Funding status: $38,169 pledged of $200,000
Drive ends: Monday Apr 30, 11:59pm EDT.


The Banner Saga

Genre: Role playing Viking strategy game with hand drawn aesthetics
Linux status: Confirmed, if slightly delayed"will officially be porting to the iPad and Linux. Let's be up front here: the Kickstarter campaign is officially for PC and Mac, and we can't change that now. However, we can now promise that your donations will be used to port the finished game to these new platforms within a reasonable timeframe. We're committed to it."
Funding status: $426,812 pledged of $100,000
Drive ends: Friday Apr 20, 7:00pm EDT.


Proppa

Genre: Colourful action mobile game
Linux status: Confirmed, but apparently only as a reward
Funding status: $5,861 pledged of $5,000 goal
Drive ends: Sunday Apr 15, 1:06am EDT.


Unearth (Thanks Buovjaga)

Genre: post apocalyptic strategy RPG
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $40 pledged of $5,000
Drive ends: Tue May 01 at 11:59PM PT


Tavern Of Heroes (Thanks Buovjaga)

Genre: point-n-click RPG
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $180 pledged of $10,000
Drive ends: Fri Jun 01 at 11:59PM PT


CraftStudio - Real-time collaborative game-making

Genre: Collaborative game making tool that aims to make creating a game fun in a MineCraft-esque way.

Linux status: On release, but not for alpha-testing.
Funding status: $9,665 Raised of $16,000 Goal
Drive ends: Fri Apr 27 at 11:59PM PT.


Steam Greenlight Games

These are Linux games that are gaining support to be released on Steam. A list of them (that seems regularly updated) can be found here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92987370

Alphafunding


Drive completed games:


JewelryBox

Genre: Ruby development environment
Linux status: Confirmed and a focus
Funding status: $11.00 pledged of $32,500
Drive ends: Sunday May 27, 7:39pm EDT. FINISHED - CANCELLED


Commander^3

Genre: First person psychadelic action/adventure game
Linux status: "The game will initially be available for Windows. If it takes off, I will also compile it for OSX and Linux."
Funding status: $376 pledged of $300
Drive ends: Monday Apr 30, 7:44pm EDT. FINISHED - SUCCESSFUL

(I'm hesitant to mention this, as it seems to be incredibly ambitious, and the Kickstarter drive is only to bring it to an alpha status, and I've just had a bad feeling about it, but you guys have a right to be informed)

The Dead Linger

Genre: Zombie MMO
Linux status: "Windows PC for now, we're hoping to also get some Mac and Linux support out there later on!" (Note: Uses Ogre3d for rendering)
Funding status: $154,968 pledged of $60,000
Drive ends: Sunday Apr 29, 6:00pm EDT FINISHED - SUCCESSFUL


Devil Gene R

Genre: Episodic visual novel
Linux status: Confirmed: "Thanks to Ren'Py this project can and will be released and ready to run on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems."
Funding status: $4,187 pledged of $10,000
Drive ends: Tuesday May 1, 1:28am EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL

Police Warfare (thanks HakuXR)

Genre: Tactical shooter (like Rainbow Six and SWAT)
Linux status: "Consoles / Linux / Mac This is something we've received a lot of questions about. As of now our focus is the PC version of the game BUT if we exceed our fundraising goals we are putting every cent back into the development of this game. That means if we receive the neccesary funds to hire additional platform engineers and leads to bring the game to linux or mac for only 10 users we will. That's not to say there's only 10 linux and mac users out there (since we've recieved many more requests than that!), the point I am making is that our goal is to make an amazing game and put it in as many players hands as possible."
Funding status: $21,754 pledged of $325,000
Drive ends: Friday May 18, 11:51AM EDT. FINISHED- CANCELLED


Math + Game = Education

Genre: Educational game
Linux status: "All of the above and get a Preview Copy of the Final Game(s) for 3 YEARS and even get new Updates, Upgrades, or even Expansion Packs for ALL Mobile Platforms and even Tablet/Desktop OS's (i.e. Windows 7/8, Linux/UNIX, and/or OSX) we release to."
Funding status: $100.00 pledged of $750
Drive ends: Sunday Apr 22, 12:53pm EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL


Rogue AI - Wan't this game on your iPad?

Genre: Space defensive strategy game
Linux status: Update #1: "Started converting Rogue AI to windows and hopefully to Linux as well!"
Funding status: $27.00 pledged of $1,293
Drive ends: Saturday Apr 14, 8:23pm EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL


Metacell 2: Beyond the Gate

Genre: 3d top-down shooter.
Linux status: "144% [$99,360] Mac and Linux release of Metacell 1 and 2" (I love it when they outright state the terms like this)
Funding status: $1,674 pledged of $69,000
Drive ends: Friday Apr 13, 10:22pm EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL


Lords of Uberdark

Genre: 3D mining & building game with cel shaded graphics

Linux status: Linux version is being worked on
Funding status: $22,853 pledged of $20,000
Drive ends: August 7, 2011. FINISHED - SUCCESS


Heroes of Forevia

Genre: Arcade action rpg with emphasis on mulitplayer inspired by Gauntlet Legends
Linux status: If they raise $20,000, they'll launch with a Linux version but that they're "going to release a Linux port one way or another"
Funding status: $3,076 pledged of $10,000
Drive ends: Saturday Apr 7, 3:12am EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL


FTL: Faster Than Light*

Genre: Spaceship simulator with elements of rouguelike, mangement, and RTS
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $200,542 pledged of $10,000 (confirmed)
Drive ends: Sunday Apr *1, *1:00am EDT FINISHED - SUCCESS


TAKEDOWN

Genre: Tactical shooter (like Rainbow Six and SWAT)
Linux status: "Mac and Linux are TBD based on demand. If you are interested, let us know!"
Funding status: $221,833 pledged of $200,000
Drive ends: FINISHED - SUCCESS


Bacillus

Genre: Genetics and microbe Puzzle game with scientific underpinnings
Linux status: Confirmed
Funding status: $4,329 pledged of $1,500 goal*
Drive ends: COMPLETED AND SUCCESSFUL


Feeble's Fable™: The Legend of Runes

Genre: 3d Adventure Game with great art design
Linux status: "If we are able to raise $100,000 through Kickstarter, we will port to Linux." :: Funding status: $7,733 pledged of $38,500
Funding status: $10,803 pledged of $38,500
Drive ends: Sunday Apr 1, 2:59am EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL


Originally posted The Ubuntu Forums (ubuntuforums.org)

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