Update Nov 1:

This is completed, you can find the final results here:

http://pixel-maniacs.com/blog/2016-11-01-charity-project-completed-18-penguins-adopted-

SHORT VERSION (TL;DR)

1) Buy our Game "Can't Drive This" on a Linux Machine (get it at http://store.steampowered.com/app/466980)

2) 100% of the Revenue we receive from sales for Can't Drive This for Linux in October, will be invested into adopting penguins in South Africa from here: https://sanccob.co.za/adopt – Saving 1 Penguin costs about 6.4 sales.

3) The adopted penguins will be named after the top users on the leaderboard "Penguin".

Deadline is 11:00 am on Nov 1, Germany Time

CURRENT PENGUIN COUNT

15 penguins at the moment, last update Oct 22, 3pm CET

LONG VERSION

We have recently released of Can't Drive This for Linux. Hooray!

We want to raise awareness for Game developers, Unity Developers in specific, that it might be easy to port your game for Linux and it's most likely to be worth the investment.

LINUX VERSION – PROFIT & LOSS

OR: ARE LINUX SALES THE ONLY METRIC THAT MATTERS?

This is what the current profit/loss calculation looks like:

Cost:

1 day of a developer, let us assume $30/h cost = $240

Testing: $0 It is not hard to find linux gamers who beta test your game on linux as the linux community is usually quite helpful and likes to support new programs and games beeing added to linux

Revenue so far:

$633 since last week (Updated 22th of Oct)

We will of course post the revenue we have made in October, on Nov 1.

Beside the monetary aspect of the Linux version, you might also take other factors into account:

Linux is a free platform, supporting it is a good decision, morally

The Linux community is thankful for every Linux port you build and will talk about your game. There are also a lot of lists and databases that refer linux games, bringing you traffic and links to your website. The links to your website will increase the rankings of your game's website or landing page in search engines.

Linux users tend to be technically talented and might be able to give you very qualified feedback, and usually send you output logs and detailed information about their machines, in a support or feature request.

ABOUT SANCCOB

The organisation is based in Cape Town, South Africa and rescues oiled up penguins. They wash, fed and care for them for a few weeks, and then release them back to nature, as soon as they're strong enough.

Every year, SANCCOB treats almost 2,500 seabirds, of which approximately 1,500 are endangered African penguins at its centres in South Africa.

Here's a statement from Francois Louw from SANCCOB:

"SANCCOB’s primary objective is to reverse the decline of seabird populations through the rescue, rehabilitation and release of ill, injured, abandoned and oiled seabirds – especially endangered species like the African penguin. The organisation is an internationally recognised leader in oiled wildlife response, rehabilitation and chick-rearing; contributes to research which benefits seabirds; trains people to care for the birds and educates the public to develop behavioural patterns that benefit marine life and the environment."

Here are some pictures of their daily work: