Looking more promising than ever, the in-development free and open source RPG Veloren has a big new release out. A fully original open source game although it does take inspiration from Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.
Some of what's new in this release includes:
- Modular weapons
- Real-time weather: rain, wind, thunder, lightning
- Cliff towns
- Interconnected cave networks with cave biomes
- LoD trees (looks more visually interesting far-off)
- More character customisation options
- NPC personalities
- Loot ownership for drops from mining
- New ambience sounds
- Slider for ambience volume
- + Loads more
Good to see it continue to advance. It's properly playable, although a lot of the work currently is still going into the technical implementations of all the features so it's not quite a proper game yet, still somewhat fun to go exploring in though.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I’m following and sometimes testing Veloren since 2018 i think, and i believe it will be greatly fun !
Later ?
Currently, it’s a bit too clunky and empty : lots of nice places to explore, but nothing much to really "do".
Still, happy to jump in, from time to time.
Later ?
Currently, it’s a bit too clunky and empty : lots of nice places to explore, but nothing much to really "do".
Still, happy to jump in, from time to time.
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Quoting: TcheyI’m following and sometimes testing Veloren since 2018 i think, and i believe it will be greatly fun !
Later ?
Currently, it’s a bit too clunky and empty : lots of nice places to explore, but nothing much to really "do".
Still, happy to jump in, from time to time.
Its more fun with friends.
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Craggles086 Jul 26, 2022
Looks cool..
So will this play like Pirates?
Already have an open source version of civilisation, so I guess Pirates should be next.
So will this play like Pirates?
Already have an open source version of civilisation, so I guess Pirates should be next.
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PublicNuisance Jul 26, 2022
I am not usually an MMO fan but I have enjoyed what I have played of Veloren. I really like that they use Vulkan this early so it doesn't have to be done later. I also like that they use Open Collective for donations.
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dziadulewicz Jul 26, 2022
looks like installing it is still entering a world of pain though. none of the 3 ways seem to work: https://reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/w6s477/veloren_fresh_release_but_both_flatpak_and_snap/
i wish installing a simple game would not be, at least this confusing, to begin with
i wish installing a simple game would not be, at least this confusing, to begin with
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Quoting: PublicNuisanceI am not usually an MMO fan but I have enjoyed what I have played of Veloren.
I think that is because commercial MMOs are especially bad with grinding and other player hostile stuff that is only good for the bottom line of the publisher and nothing else.
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This one looks very promising, and it's cool to see a game built in Rust.
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