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The Funding Crowd 30 (Mar 10th-30th)
By Speedster, 3 April 2014 at 4:51 pm UTC
The zany Frog Fractions 2 project has posted a free flash game called Kickstarter Simulator 2015
http://twinbeard.com/kickstarter-simulator-2015

I haven't played it yet since this browser doesn't do flash, but it sounds like a good companion to that off-the-wall campaign (as one of my fellow FC teammates said about the pitch video, "what did I just watch?!?")
River Town, A Farming Role Play Game with A Heartwarming Story
By , 3 April 2014 at 4:20 pm UTC
OK..
Hmm kinda interesting
SOMA From Frictional Games Has A New Trailer, Looks Awesome
By CFWhitman, 3 April 2014 at 3:48 pm UTC
Quoting: edgleyEww, non fixed type face being used on a console :P

I guess it really is a horror game! :)
River Town, A Farming Role Play Game with A Heartwarming Story
By Hamish, 3 April 2014 at 3:38 pm UTC
Ah, another game promoting the mass media Holstein hegemony...

Sorry, but I always look through these things with an aim to laugh, so do not take it personally. I guess it is because of all the "existential freedom" I am enjoying out here.

I do appreciate the fact that they say your animals will die if you ignore them though.

Finally, some realism...
Valve's Free to Play Movie Now On Linux
By sobkas, 3 April 2014 at 3:30 pm UTC
Only if they could also fix Indie Game: The Movie
System Shock 2 FPS Now Available On Linux
By Hamish, 3 April 2014 at 3:16 pm UTC
Quoting: neffoIMO this is how old games should be ported, ie not at all - just bottled. The outcome is the same for us gamers. Save the programmers from digging through ancient code, and get them to work on porting new games.

They should be ported - but as source ports by the community, whenever possible.

And I can say for a fact that not all old games will work in WINE, and some of them probably never will.
River Town, A Farming Role Play Game with A Heartwarming Story
By , 3 April 2014 at 3:08 pm UTC
No way am I funding something that can let me play as a female and have same-sex relationships if it's not a sure thing. Because honestly that's something I look for in RPGs, characters I can relate to as a queer female and the idea that I'll only get that, one of the core requirements for me as a player, if they more than double their funding is an incredible turn-off.

And to be honest, in this day and age where a lot of females are playing the idea that you don't get a female option right out of the gate seems antiquated and frankly out of touch.
Project Cars New Trailer & A Poll On Platforms
By oldrocker99, 3 April 2014 at 2:46 pm UTC
Just voted, and SteamOS (in other words, Linux) is #1, with 36.42% of the votes!
Valve's Free to Play Movie Now On Linux
By , 3 April 2014 at 2:37 pm UTC
Oh noes, if you call something "Free to play" it must be about every free to play game ever released?

As I understand, this movie is about the competitive side of Dota 2, actually about one of the million-dollar tournaments called The International Valve put together and a team's journey there. I hear it's good.

My favourite eSports doc so far is State of Play, it helps that I love to watch Starcraft. Definitely checking this one out as well though. Wouldn't it be cool if a player/team got sponsored by someone desktop Linux-related and would only practice using Linux. :P
River Town, A Farming Role Play Game with A Heartwarming Story
By migizi, 3 April 2014 at 2:33 pm UTC
I see the point of asking for more money for both genders. First each gender has different parameters that define how they interact with people. Unless you treat every character in the game as unisex you have to define what each gender can do with each gender. Obviously if you want to play as a girl you can't go and hook up with another girl and get her pregnant. That isn't possible. By adding another gender you basically have to double your interactions code. It would have been wise to do it in the first place but an after the fact thing requires more time and money.
River Town, A Farming Role Play Game with A Heartwarming Story
By HadBabits, 3 April 2014 at 2:32 pm UTC
That stretch goal also promises gay marriages, so I guess they're really after that pink dollar ;p

I understand these things are extra work, but that is quite a price tag. If they promised it from the start it could generate a fair amount of support from the ladies and gaymers, and lady gaymers ;)
Shipwreck, A Top Down Adventure Game On Its Way To Linux, UPDATED
By mruseyourbrain, 3 April 2014 at 2:12 pm UTC
It reminds me of Anodyne which is a nice game.Maybe i should try this too..
River Town, A Farming Role Play Game with A Heartwarming Story
By oandarilho01, 3 April 2014 at 2:12 pm UTC
I agree that charging the interested players to be able to play as girls is a wrong way to fund up.
They should raise a little the initial budget and produce both genders.
SOMA From Frictional Games Has A New Trailer, Looks Awesome
By Lordpkappa, 3 April 2014 at 2:00 pm UTC
It's an update engine? Or the same of a Machine for Pigs?
SteamLUG April Linux Gaming Events
By , 3 April 2014 at 1:55 pm UTC
I will be joining the TF2 event :D will be fun. Hopefully I can get one of my Linux friend to join me
Don't Starve: Reign of Giants DLC Now In Early Access
By , 3 April 2014 at 1:42 pm UTC
I still dont understand "dont starve"
Valve's Free to Play Movie Now On Linux
By , 3 April 2014 at 1:25 pm UTC
Quoting: Radegast
Quoting: edgley
Quoting: AnonymousAlso a gay
Wut?
You've obviously never played a DOTA game, hehe

Yeah, it doesn't really do much for me. Never read side chat, though I'm pretty sure that applies to any online game :P
SteamLUG April Linux Gaming Events
By , 3 April 2014 at 1:14 pm UTC
I participated in a few of those. Friendly atmosphere, lots of fun, even if a bit chaotic at times. Also do not worry if you have never tried the game before. You will probably be not the only one. Highly recommended.
SOMA From Frictional Games Has A New Trailer, Looks Awesome
By , 3 April 2014 at 1:14 pm UTC
Eww, non fixed type face being used on a console :P
SOMA From Frictional Games Has A New Trailer, Looks Awesome
By Xpander, 3 April 2014 at 1:12 pm UTC
still no gameplay videos ...so cant really say if its gonna be good or not.

setting seems interesting though
System Shock 2 FPS Now Available On Linux
By Cybolic, 3 April 2014 at 12:48 pm UTC
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: CybolicI'll have to disagree as well.
The audio is crackling for me, like in many other Wine games, and the loading times, the delay for the pause menu and loading/saving are several minutes and I'm on a 4GHz Intel i7 with 48GB RAM, a GeForce GTX 660 Ti and running the game from a striped SSD array - there's clearly something wrong with the Wine layer.
Move the audio off of OpenAL, fixed the sound for me.
Yeah, but then you don't get that lovely late 90s reverb effect ;)
I "fixed" it by changing the PulseAudio buffer settings (in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf) to:default-fragments = 10
default-fragment-size-msec = 5
System Shock 2 FPS Now Available On Linux
By Liam Dawe, 3 April 2014 at 12:45 pm UTC
Quoting: CybolicI'll have to disagree as well.
The audio is crackling for me, like in many other Wine games, and the loading times, the delay for the pause menu and loading/saving are several minutes and I'm on a 4GHz Intel i7 with 48GB RAM, a GeForce GTX 660 Ti and running the game from a striped SSD array - there's clearly something wrong with the Wine layer.
Move the audio off of OpenAL, fixed the sound for me.
System Shock 2 FPS Now Available On Linux
By Cybolic, 3 April 2014 at 12:40 pm UTC
I'll have to disagree as well.
The audio is crackling for me, like in many other Wine games, and the loading times, the delay for the pause menu and loading/saving are several minutes and I'm on a 4GHz Intel i7 with 48GB RAM, a GeForce GTX 660 Ti and running the game from a striped SSD array - there's clearly something wrong with the Wine layer.
SOMA From Frictional Games Has A New Trailer, Looks Awesome
By DrMcCoy, 3 April 2014 at 12:36 pm UTC
So the setting is very much in line with the Penumbra games, sifting through desolated ruins and remains; no other people in sight.

While I am still looking forward to that, I'm also still wishing it would have gone in a different direction. More like the live-action teasers, a cyberpunk-is/noir-ish FMV game. And with people you interact with.
Valve's Free to Play Movie Now On Linux
By Radegast, 3 April 2014 at 12:35 pm UTC
Quoting: edgley
Quoting: AnonymousAlso a gay
Wut?
You've obviously never played a DOTA game, hehe
SOMA From Frictional Games Has A New Trailer, Looks Awesome
By HadBabits, 3 April 2014 at 12:32 pm UTC
I was hoping for more of a spook, but oh well, still excited :D
System Shock 2 FPS Now Available On Linux
By DrMcCoy, 3 April 2014 at 12:32 pm UTC
As someone who's with ScummVM, I very much disagree with you there, neffo.
Old games you be properly ported, even to the point of them being able to run on non-x86 architectures, sometime which Wine can't do.
System Shock 2 FPS Now Available On Linux
By neffo, 3 April 2014 at 12:22 pm UTC
There really is no reason this game needs to be ported to Linux over just running in it Wine. Forget the nonsense. It works perfect in Wine. On any modern version of Windows it runs on a functionally similar translation layer to that which Wine creates (WoW).

IMO this is how old games should be ported, ie not at all - just bottled. The outcome is the same for us gamers. Save the programmers from digging through ancient code, and get them to work on porting new games.
Project Cars New Trailer & A Poll On Platforms
By , 3 April 2014 at 11:37 am UTC
Looks like pool went little overboard. SteamOS is now 1st and has about 4 times as many votes as Windows has :D
Valve's Free to Play Movie Now On Linux
By , 3 April 2014 at 10:55 am UTC
it is on youtube if you want to watch it. Dota isn't A game it's THE game.
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