Covered here on GOL a few times since the early demo was incredibly promising, the viking and norse mythology inspired adventure and survival game Valheim has new footage up.
Iron Gate Studios put out a new trailer during the PC Gamingshow 2020 and it's looking incredibly interesting. Also announced is their teaming up with Coffee Stain Publishing. While we don't yet know of a release date, we do know it will support Linux.
Check out the new footage below:
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Features:
- Flexible house and base building system.
- Intuitive item crafting (weapons, armor, food etc).
- Huge procedural world.
- Dodge & block based combat system with a wide range of weapons.
- Defeat bosses & collect trophies.
- Engaging food & health system.
- Build & sail ships.
- Multiplayer (with focus on cooperation).
- Dedicated server.
More about it:
As a newly deceased viking warrior you are borne away by Valkyries to the tenth world of Valheim. Here you must overcome the challenges facing you in order to prove your worth to Odin and claim your rightful seat in the halls of Valhalla.
You must stand against the environment, face the dangers lurking in the forests and fields, and slay the fearsome Guardians of this world. Learn how to build shelter, craft tools and weapons, prepare food to sustain you, and sail mighty ships to the ends of the world. Your task is not an easy one, but where would the fun be in that?
You can follow Valheim on Steam.
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Had the demo on Itch, it was okayish. I have a fable for Norse mythology but as such I was not particullary impressed by the game. But since it has vanished from Itch I didn't care anymore.
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Had the demo on Itch, it was okayish. I have a fable for Norse mythology but as such I was not particullary impressed by the game. But since it has vanished from Itch I didn't care anymore.
I have been bug testing for the developers for a long time now, and I can tell you the game has come a very long way. It may not have been your cup of tea but I hope you give it a try again anyway!
Available for Linux of course, as it's built on Unity, and the main developer is a long time Linux user.
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Had the demo on Itch, it was okayish. I have a fable for Norse mythology but as such I was not particullary impressed by the game. But since it has vanished from Itch I didn't care anymore.
I will happily support a dev that supports Linux and makes a good game. We, "the 1%", can be happy about every Linux native game that is given to us.
Whining like "it is not on itch so I won't buy", "without gog release I won't buy", "gog release has not all multiplayer functions like the steam version, I won't buy" etc is annoying and leads us no where. At least not to a reasonable marketshare or to more native games on Linux.
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[Well I wasn't whining, I said 'I don't care anymore'. Slight difference
Whining like "it is not on itch so I won't buy", "without gog release I won't buy", "gog release has not all multiplayer functions like the steam version, I won't buy" etc is annoying and leads us no where. At least not to a reasonable marketshare or to more native games on Linux.
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I won't buy" etc is annoying and leads us no where.
Removing the game from DRM-fee stores leads to nowhere.
Last edited by Shmerl on 17 June 2020 at 10:51 pm UTC
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Draconicrose Jun 14, 2020
Looks good. The boyfriend and I are always looking for survival co-op games.
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Although I am disappointed I can no longer play the original itch.io verson --- simply because I really liked that very simple version --- I can also understand the devs possibly not wanting to have such an early (and what in there eyes might be inferior) version out there.
Whatever the case, I'm still looking forward to its release. I love the art design of the game and it sounds like they're not trying to make the experience a miserable one (disease, infection, freezing away from a fire, etc.) May Odin deign be pleased soon that Valheim shall be released. ;)
Last edited by Nanobang on 15 June 2020 at 1:00 pm UTC
Whatever the case, I'm still looking forward to its release. I love the art design of the game and it sounds like they're not trying to make the experience a miserable one (disease, infection, freezing away from a fire, etc.) May Odin deign be pleased soon that Valheim shall be released. ;)
Last edited by Nanobang on 15 June 2020 at 1:00 pm UTC
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The main reason the game was pulled from itch.io is that it's not representative of what the game is currently, as it has stopped being updated years ago. People would get a buggy experience, very little content, get tired of it and move on.
Better to have people be patient and get the proper experience as devs intended, and continuous updates.
As for DRM free releases, it's a choice that's been made. Most gamers are fine with using Steam, even Linux gamers.
Pushing for DRM-free games is understandable, but, in my opinion, it's also unreasonable in this day and age when looking to make a living out of a product, especially as an indie-developper team of three.
Better to have people be patient and get the proper experience as devs intended, and continuous updates.
As for DRM free releases, it's a choice that's been made. Most gamers are fine with using Steam, even Linux gamers.
Pushing for DRM-free games is understandable, but, in my opinion, it's also unreasonable in this day and age when looking to make a living out of a product, especially as an indie-developper team of three.
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[...]I don't really see the logic in that. DRM hasn't been proven to curb piracy and often just the challenge of breaking the DRM is enough for something to get pirated. I think "more stores = more sale opportunities" makes a lot more sense, especially when we're talking indie games and itch.
Pushing for DRM-free games is understandable, but, in my opinion, it's also unreasonable in this day and age when looking to make a living out of a product, especially as an indie-developper team of three.
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To clarify, Valheim developer pulled the game from itch.io not because of DRM, but because he wanted to rely on Steam services for NAT traversal features. Basically, we can blame IPv4 and Steam only providing network services for Steam games. In either case, the result is ugly. So it's not so much a DRM problem as lock-in one.
Last edited by Shmerl on 15 June 2020 at 2:55 pm UTC
Last edited by Shmerl on 15 June 2020 at 2:55 pm UTC
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[...]I don't really see the logic in that. DRM hasn't been proven to curb piracy and often just the challenge of breaking the DRM is enough for something to get pirated. I think "more stores = more sale opportunities" makes a lot more sense, especially when we're talking indie games and itch.
Pushing for DRM-free games is understandable, but, in my opinion, it's also unreasonable in this day and age when looking to make a living out of a product, especially as an indie-developper team of three.
More stores will also mean more work and more bound ressources. And small indies often have a hole lot of work and I fully understand, when the just go to steam, where the most potential customers are. (BTW Steam does not automatically mean DRM)
So if that is a reason for some people to not buy a game only because of that - sorry but I don not understand that.
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Sure, but none of those things is what was talked about; we were talking about DRM :)[...]I don't really see the logic in that. DRM hasn't been proven to curb piracy and often just the challenge of breaking the DRM is enough for something to get pirated. I think "more stores = more sale opportunities" makes a lot more sense, especially when we're talking indie games and itch.
Pushing for DRM-free games is understandable, but, in my opinion, it's also unreasonable in this day and age when looking to make a living out of a product, especially as an indie-developper team of three.
More stores will also mean more work and more bound ressources. And small indies often have a hole lot of work and I fully understand, when the just go to steam, where the most potential customers are. (BTW Steam does not automatically mean DRM)
So if that is a reason for some people to not buy a game only because of that - sorry but I don not understand that.
Regardless, it seems the move to Steam wasn't due to resources either, but due to frameworks (I couldn't find a quote to confirm this though as the game has been removed from itch and their blog doesn't go that far back). From what I hear though, pushing updates to itch is supposedly as easy as doing a git commit, so I don't think the store work load would have had any effect in any case.
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The main reason the game was pulled from itch.io is that it's not representative of what the game is currently, as it has stopped being updated years ago. People would get a buggy experience, very little content, get tired of it and move on.
Better to have people be patient and get the proper experience as devs intended, and continuous updates.
As for DRM free releases, it's a choice that's been made. Most gamers are fine with using Steam, even Linux gamers.
Pushing for DRM-free games is understandable, but, in my opinion, it's also unreasonable in this day and age when looking to make a living out of a product, especially as an indie-developper team of three.
DRM games as mentioned by Cybolic don't protect against piracy.
Often they harm the paying customer while the pirates play just fine.
Some DRM today is as intrusive as root kits (See Valorant and Black Desert Online)
Also DRM is how games die. Some games stop being playable , not because OS or way to emulate them but because the DRM servers are down.
If people want to pirate they will. What stops piracy is good service and convenience.
If i remember well the devs of Darkwood even put their own game on torrents because they rather people torrent it than buy it on grey market sites that cause legal/financial hassles for them.
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Since we're talking about DRM, let's not forget that just because a game is on Steam doesn't automatically make it have DRM. IIRC, Stardew Valley and Starbound are two examples of games on Steam without DRM. RimWorld may be another.The main reason the game was pulled from itch.io is that it's not representative of what the game is currently, as it has stopped being updated years ago. People would get a buggy experience, very little content, get tired of it and move on.
Better to have people be patient and get the proper experience as devs intended, and continuous updates.
As for DRM free releases, it's a choice that's been made. Most gamers are fine with using Steam, even Linux gamers.
Pushing for DRM-free games is understandable, but, in my opinion, it's also unreasonable in this day and age when looking to make a living out of a product, especially as an indie-developper team of three.
DRM games as mentioned by Cybolic don't protect against piracy.
Often they harm the paying customer while the pirates play just fine.
Some DRM today is as intrusive as root kits (See Valorant and Black Desert Online)
Also DRM is how games die. Some games stop being playable , not because OS or way to emulate them but because the DRM servers are down.
If people want to pirate they will. What stops piracy is good service and convenience.
If i remember well the devs of Darkwood even put their own game on torrents because they rather people torrent it than buy it on grey market sites that cause legal/financial hassles for them.
Valheim looks somewhat promising. I played the Itch demo quite a while ago and found it really difficult to get started. It felt like it had a ways to go. I wish they'd release on Itch because I'd buy it there... but whatever. I don't hate Steam.
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