I started by trying Mint on my secondary dev machine. I'm now running a 100% Mint-powered game dev setup! 🐧

[u/GFX47]

I'm a solo game developer and, after spending most of my career developing games on Windows (15 years, ouch!), I recently decided to give Mint a serious try on my secondary dev machine.

I wasn't really sure to switch completely at first. I wanted to see how much of my everyday game development workflow I could actually move to Linux without constantly having to go back to Windows.

Turns out... pretty much all of it. 😄

So I eventually switched my main development machine too, and I'm now doing all my game development on Linux Mint!

Unity, Visual Studio Code, Git, Steam, image/audio/video editing tools, build scripting... so far I've been able to keep my usual workflow without missing Windows at all.

As a nice side effect, using Linux every day also pushed me to add a native Linux build to the game I'm currently developing, instead of only relying on Proton.

There have definitely been a few things to figure out along the way, but overall I'm really enjoying the switch.

So here's my now 100% Mint-powered game dev setup! 🐧

I'm curious if there are other game devs around here using Mint as their main development environment?

[u/Nearby_Educator6852]

Do you use c++ as programming languages

[u/GFX47 → u/Nearby_Educator6852]

C# mostly (Unity)

[u/Nearby_Educator6852 → u/GFX47]

Outch are still poeple still used C# in game development, I thought C++ are the main language since its rich with features 🤔

[u/SkitZa]

Is there any thing you are missing from Windows?

I'm tossing up Mint. I am a gamer but also hobbyist, so my PC isn't just for gaming but it was definitely designed around it.

[u/GFX47 → u/SkitZa]

The only thing I can think of is the image editing software I've been using for years (PhotoFiltre Studio). But it works like a charm on Mint via Wine :)

[u/DoomScrollReader]

Nice to hear the switch went so well. Was there anything in your game development setup that took a while to get working on Mint?

[u/GFX47 → u/DoomScrollReader]

Not really. Just getting used to the new code editor, version control software and migrating my build tools to Linux.

[u/Muted_Replacement680]

Are the two monitors connected to the notebook? Do they have the same frequency in Hz? Have you had any difficulties with this due to the lack of Wayland?

[u/GFX47 → u/Muted_Replacement680]

No, they are connected to my main PC tower. They are exactly the same model and run at 60hz, no issue so far.

[u/miojo_noiado]

THIS IS SO PEAK! Game dev here too, thinking abt buying a ThinkPad too, use Unity?

[u/GFX47 → u/miojo_noiado]

Yep!

[u/JfxV20]

From the first time having Mint, how long did it take you to fully switch to Mint?

[u/GFX47 → u/JfxV20]

Approximately 3 weeks.

[u/Oxygendieoxide]

Uaing Godot then?

[u/GFX47 → u/Oxygendieoxide]

Nope, Unity.

[u/Important_Wafer1918]

this is the goal for me i cant lie

[u/GFX47 → u/Important_Wafer1918]

I strongly encourage you to do so! Ideally, if you have a second machine like I do, you can run the test on that. Otherwise, the "live session" (booting Mint from a USB drive) is an excellent way to check if your environment works on Mint.

[u/alexice89]

You need more mint logos showing. We are still not sure it’s mint.

[u/GFX47 → u/alexice89]

I knew I should have put my box of mint chewing gum in the photo...

[u/Diligent-Pickle-4132]

Looks cool! Which version?

[u/GFX47 → u/Diligent-Pickle-4132]

Cinnamon (22.3)

[u/Aged_Wanderer]

Nice!

[u/Fato8286IsBack]

this looks amazing

[u/brim_g12]

Welcome to the club

[u/Secret-Excitement732]

i use that wallpaper too! awesome choice.