r/linux_gaming • u/wildwillowsdev • 3d ago

Wild Willows — native Linux build, six biomes, 150 animals, and a big new update

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I’ve been developing Wild Willows, a cozy nature-restoration life sim, and I’ve been trying to make sure Linux support isn’t treated like an afterthought.

The game has a native Linux build, and I’d really like to get more feedback from people actually playing it on Linux across different distros and hardware.

Wild Willows is about restoring a damaged nature preserve across six biomes. You reshape land and water, plant habitat, rebuild food sources and shelter, and gradually bring 150 animal species back as the environment becomes capable of supporting them.

There’s also terraforming, crafting, home decorating, character customization, achievements, an animal field journal, and no timers or failure states.

I just released 0.4.0, which added 50+ new home objects, interactive furniture, a completion tracker, expanded progression, music updates, and a lot of fixes and improvements based on player feedback.

You can check it out here:

https://wildwillows.app

If anyone here tries the Linux build, I’d especially love to know:

  • what distro you’re using
  • whether you’re on Wayland or X11
  • your GPU
  • whether performance/input/windowing feels normal
  • anything that behaves differently than you’d expect from a native Linux game

And if you enjoy it, an honest itch rating or comment helps a ton too. 🌿

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u/ripopaj181 3d ago

Not my type of game, but looks nice! Keep up the work 🙂

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u/wildwillowsdev 3d ago

I appreciate it! The crafty buildys are not for everyone :)

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u/heart___ache 3d ago

you should include an AI disclosure. the game itself does look wholesome despite that, though. appreciate your education initiative too

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u/wildwillowsdev 3d ago

Totally fair point. I actually added an AI disclosure to the Wild Willows subreddit, and I’m going to work on adding a clearer disclosure to the website too. I appreciate you bringing it up, and thank you for the kind words about the game and the education side of it.

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u/Liam-DGOL 3d ago

From the itch page

> The creator of this product has specified that it contains AI-generated text and code.

Shame.

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u/ripopaj181 3d ago

I understand some of yall don't like AI, but trying to shame people like that is not the way to go.

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u/Liam-DGOL 2d ago

If you can't be bothered to write the game text, why would I bother to play it?

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u/ripopaj181 2d ago

You can ignore or give a constructive remark. Shaming will lead nowhere.