Why there are few native Linux games compared to Windows or even Mac? (fedia.io)

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Does the existence of Wine compatibility layer discourages the creation of native Linux games?

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[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Is it harder to port from Linux to windows than other way around or does that not really matter?

Or are there engines to use, that are already globally supported by all 3 big OS?

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

Regarding engines: I believe Vulkan and OpenGL are supported by all three.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Vulkan and OpenGL are not engines but a graphics API:

https://www.vulkan.org/learn

https://www.opengl.org/

These are engines:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines

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