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Quoting: pbMaybe it's just me, but the install is 0 bytes and trying to start gives back "missing executable" (of course). I've had the empty install for a while now, but I tried uninstalling and installing again just a minute ago, with the same outcome.

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I just bought it from the Humble Store, since I prefer to get DRM-free games as well as Steam keys when possible, and it's downloading for me in Steam, 107.5MB.

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Maybe it's just me, but the install is 0 bytes and trying to start gives back "missing executable" (of course). I've had the empty install for a while now, but I tried uninstalling and installing again just a minute ago, with the same outcome.

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Kitten, I heard the exact opposite, that it tended to force you into the Keynesian tax-and-spend model. In fact, that's why I didn't buy it.

Mind you, a game about being a politician in a truly free market society would hardly be very engaging: what would the player do? Sit back and watch? CoD wouldn't be much fun if everyone put down their guns and talked it out over a nice cup of tea, and games about running big governments wouldn't be much fun if there was hardly any government to run.

So I suppose it's fair enough. Not for me, though.

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I have a FANTASTIC opportunity for a young Linux enthusiast - please can you pass around to anybody that may be looking for a internship/job.:)

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Hahaha

These poor devs. By the sounds of that article, I don't think they realize Linux is free... Someone send a Linux Mint ISO to these guys!

Game looks great. However if they are really this behind the ball; I doubt we will be getting Linux support :(

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Quoting: Xpander-does it now have a way to go inside the buildings (i found that pretty annoying that you couldnt)

I doubt it. They said that won't be happening.

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One should take a note that the game is rather tilted towards a capitalist economy and free-market tendencies and it shows. If that's what you're trying to make, I'll guess it'll be fun for you, but it is not a simulator of anything else.

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Quoting: aR-Have you heard of ShiVa Engine ?

No, I still question how long the engine will stay around. It went through a period of time where it was seeing no updates or communication from the developers. Then, if I remember correctly, their parent company went under and there was news that the engine was going to close down. I can't really invest money in a product when I don't know the viability of the company. They are talking about version 2.0 but I'll believe it when I see it.

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After asking on IRC and locating the preference file I managed to change the resolution in there to the correct one for my desktop. After that the mouse bug was not affecting me anymore. :)

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Central planning never works, not even in video games.

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Quoting: migiziI'm pretty interested in this engine. The only thing I don't like is it's OpenGL 4.0+. It eats into about 20% of the Steam user base, not sure about those outside of Steam. I've got a license for C4 Engine, tried out Unigine (great guys to work with) too expensive for me right now, Unity requires you to work in Windows, Ogre3D is limited to OpenGL2.1 and work on 3.0 is experimental. Irrlicht and OpenSceneGraph are the same way. (OSG will say they work with OGL 3+ but it's use at your own peril kind of thing)

As long as this works, without big issues, for Linux I'm probably going to get a license for it. I can deal with losing about 20% potential market for a nice easy to use engine. The price is decent as well.

Have you heard of ShiVa Engine ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmVtGny58TI
http://www.shivaengine.com/developer/category/blog

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played last time when it came to steam with its alpha program.
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-does it now have a way to go inside the buildings (i found that pretty annoying that you couldnt)
-does it have coop/multiplayer now?


those 2 things were my main concerns about this..

other than that it seemed pretty good game..might give it another go at some point

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Using XFCE I am also having an issue with the mouse.

I have set it to not go fullscreen in the config file. But that still does not seem to fix it for me unfortunately.

Any other fixes available?

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I watched the Catapult for hire video with DansGaming and it seems like a really great idea for a puzzle game. Kinda reminded me more of Portal with the depth than of Pain. It's great to see a single developer being able to do something like this.

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I've been waiting for a big sale on this one since it came out.

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Quoting: liamdaweHigher OpenGL requirement is like 32/64bit, if people don't push something it will stay around too long.

You forget that mesa controls the opensource OpenGL version available. OGL 3.3 was just released with mesa 10. We aren't likely to see OGL 4+ in mesa for a couple more years. (I could be wrong since people are working on OGL 4+ features already.) If Intel continues to gain ground in graphics then you have a large user base that is dependent on a library that doesn't move nearly as fast as binary blobs from AMD/Nvidia. Supporting Linux means you need to understand your market and what they can and can't support. There are many people who use only FOSS libraries even when using AMD/Nvidia cards.

If I want to make a game with AAA graphics, then going with the latest standard is expected. If my graphics are middle ground, then requiring the latest and greatest tech makes it sound like I don't know what I'm doing.

OGL 3.3 back ported as much of the OGL 4.0 standard it could. Targeting OGL 3.3 would give you some of the latest tech while supporting the largest user base (besides OGL 2.1)

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Higher OpenGL requirement is like 32/64bit, if people don't push something it will stay around too long.

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I'm pretty interested in this engine. The only thing I don't like is it's OpenGL 4.0+. It eats into about 20% of the Steam user base, not sure about those outside of Steam. I've got a license for C4 Engine, tried out Unigine (great guys to work with) too expensive for me right now, Unity requires you to work in Windows, Ogre3D is limited to OpenGL2.1 and work on 3.0 is experimental. Irrlicht and OpenSceneGraph are the same way. (OSG will say they work with OGL 3+ but it's use at your own peril kind of thing)

As long as this works, without big issues, for Linux I'm probably going to get a license for it. I can deal with losing about 20% potential market for a nice easy to use engine. The price is decent as well.

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Too many games to play them all, honestly :P

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It's still my favourite game and has been totally playable since the first "alpha". Every time there's an update it's usually introduced new biomes and/or NPCs and gives it a new lease of life every time.

The last update introduced the last NPC to come in (The Landowner) and I believe the only major new additions left are the Castle biome and multiplayer. An NPC config file has also been made editable but eventually just about everything will be tunable from the game's settings.

I've put quite a few hours in on this and it's been incredible value for money for me. The aim of the game is to collect all the "mysterious fragments" but personally I never collect any fragments and just "survive" in the world, it's so beautiful! Highly recommended.

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Biggie or not, with only 11 days left, it's clear that Shattered Time is doomed to fail. Such a shame.

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Quoting: xuwangMy fault for the off-topic. Last question -- what forums do you mean? Do you mean GOL or does Godot have a forum somewhere? Googling "Forum Godot" didn't turn up much.

Good luck with your project. I bet your buddy will be surprised if you finish it.

www.godotengine.org - check the community page. ;)

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looks pretty cool

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Quoting: adolson

Quoting: xuwangHow is Godot coming along? How "beta" is it? I follow it on Github and I see a lot of activity. It's quite exciting to see!

It's pretty great, in my opinion.
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But anyhow, this is really off-topic, and I realize that is my fault. Check out the forums if you wanna see what people are up to (seems to be more active than their FB or my reddit sub).

Thanks for the interesting write-up.
My fault for the off-topic. Last question -- what forums do you mean? Do you mean GOL or does Godot have a forum somewhere? Googling "Forum Godot" didn't turn up much.

Good luck with your project. I bet your buddy will be surprised if you finish it.

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I was about to donate to this kickstarter until I realised that the new features would be in a 'Commercial Edition' and not shared with all users of PASB. Its sad to see someone do this to a wonderful piece of free and open source software.

If it were guaranteed that the money was purely being used to accelerate development of the entire project, keeping everything available to everyone freely I'd reconsider, but splitting it into a 'Commercial' and 'Free but feature-limited' editions is horrible.

Also, whilst making the software available through a distribution platform with the reach and audience of steam could be seen as advantageous, it still marries the software to one of the most restrictive forms of DRM in widespread use, and further discourages any financial backing by conscientious users and contributors to the project as-is.

Mike, if your object was to make an educational tool, it should be available to ALL, not just those able to pay.

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Definitely an idea I'd be willing to try especially if this one doesn't work out but the idea was to prepare a version for Steam so there is a constant budget and so that Sandbox can keep moving forward far beyond just the Kickstarter features. I really want Sandbox to be as easy as possible to make all sorts of creative works and be developed far into the future. Thanks for your insight on those projects, I'm going to check them out and see what I can learn from them and perhaps even go the same route. Thank you and take care!
-mike

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Then why not raise funds for the open source and free version? 0 a.d. did a fundraiser, RotC did, OpenShot did, and they were quite successful.

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I Kickstarted this game, after reading their page, and the reputation of the designers and programmers. I do agree that the initial Steam price was $60, since the game is still (obviously) beta. If you like your RTSes fast and frantic, this is THE game for you, and a steal at its current price. It's got a pretty vicious AI, too:><:.

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Yes, Yes, YEEES!!! I've been playing Intestellar Marines through wine (runs fine, with a few minor issues). And it feels great. Really looking forward to following releases ... with linux support!

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