(I sent you some things by PM, also.)
So I played the original lemmings in 2 player mode, way back in the day, and really loved this.
I remember loving the whole chaos of this, and the feeling of there being many possibilities in terms of actions and strategy where streams of lemmings meet, and the feeling that it should be possible to get very good at this.
I woke up in the night recently with the idea of making a 3 player version of this, not having played any of the lemmings clones I see here.
I am now really enjoying working on the project, and feeling really productive. Not sure about final goals, with various possibilities there, but for now I really want to get to the point where it is something that is enjoyable and people want to play.
So I would say try running the Windows binaries through Wine, as it would be great to know if this works, and then I will also look into making a native Linux build. (For this, please let me know what distribution and distribution version you are using.)
So yeah, there is lots of material I should look at here, but maybe it should be up to me to do my research a bit better, with regards to lessons learned by other lemmings clones. Don't hesitate to point me to stuff, for this!
Quote from: Simon on October 06, 2025, 09:35:09 PMYou haven't shared the background of your project yet, thus: What's your vision? Simply make this kind of game more convenient to play (rather than via networking emulator)? Or do you have new design goals for gameplay/physics/rules/...?
So I played the original lemmings in 2 player mode, way back in the day, and really loved this.
I remember loving the whole chaos of this, and the feeling of there being many possibilities in terms of actions and strategy where streams of lemmings meet, and the feeling that it should be possible to get very good at this.
I woke up in the night recently with the idea of making a 3 player version of this, not having played any of the lemmings clones I see here.
I am now really enjoying working on the project, and feeling really productive. Not sure about final goals, with various possibilities there, but for now I really want to get to the point where it is something that is enjoyable and people want to play.
Quote from: Simon on October 06, 2025, 09:35:09 PMI run Linux. I'm happy to build from source myself. Or I run your binaries (Linux binaries directly, or Windows binaries through Wine).
So I would say try running the Windows binaries through Wine, as it would be great to know if this works, and then I will also look into making a native Linux build. (For this, please let me know what distribution and distribution version you are using.)
Quote from: Simon on October 06, 2025, 09:35:09 PMgeoo and I are experienced Lix players. I'm the author of Lix, and both of us have given extensive feedback for the Clones developers. I'm happy to write some longer posts here for you about the design background of Lix and Clones. Let me know what interests you!
So yeah, there is lots of material I should look at here, but maybe it should be up to me to do my research a bit better, with regards to lessons learned by other lemmings clones. Don't hesitate to point me to stuff, for this!