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Citybound City-builder Is Nearing Having Actual Game-play
By Sn3ipen, 24 April 2014 at 6:52 pm UTC
By Sn3ipen, 24 April 2014 at 6:52 pm UTC
Interesting. Subbed to this game.
Citybound City-builder Is Nearing Having Actual Game-play
By gemini, 24 April 2014 at 6:00 pm UTC
By gemini, 24 April 2014 at 6:00 pm UTC
Well the graphics are not really impressive, but it might still be fun.
Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Puzzle Game On Steam For Linux
By Speedster, 24 April 2014 at 5:08 pm UTC
By Speedster, 24 April 2014 at 5:08 pm UTC
I showed this one to a coworker who is known for rigging up things to make it work, told him he needs this one :D
Citybound City-builder Is Nearing Having Actual Game-play
By , 24 April 2014 at 4:46 pm UTC
By , 24 April 2014 at 4:46 pm UTC
A nice game I see here...
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
By Areso, 24 April 2014 at 3:21 pm UTC
By Areso, 24 April 2014 at 3:21 pm UTC
The GDC Video On Approaching Zero Driver Overhead in OpenGL Is Now Up
By Half-Shot, 24 April 2014 at 2:33 pm UTC
But why did they lower standards on Linux to save time. And actually how much business/time/money does it save once you are on OpenGL. I'm not expert, but it couldn't take THAT long to include some OpenGL 4 features. It's not an easy job to port DX to GL, but once your there, why stop short.
It's probably to stop the OSX users whining that Linux got a better port than them which is evil, bad and should never be done.
TL;DR : Any port that lowers its standards to meet another system despite not acutally needing to IS 'shoddy'. There is enough games to line my walls which were ported from consoles and look crap on PC just because the developers wanted a quick cash in.
By Half-Shot, 24 April 2014 at 2:33 pm UTC
Quoting: JasonThis isn't true. The OpenGL 3.x/4.x path on OSX is core profile only (no compatibility profile).
Metro only included a 3.x path only Linux and OSX, they decided not to put two in. It was hardly 'shoddy'. Strictly a business/time/money decision.
But why did they lower standards on Linux to save time. And actually how much business/time/money does it save once you are on OpenGL. I'm not expert, but it couldn't take THAT long to include some OpenGL 4 features. It's not an easy job to port DX to GL, but once your there, why stop short.
It's probably to stop the OSX users whining that Linux got a better port than them which is evil, bad and should never be done.
TL;DR : Any port that lowers its standards to meet another system despite not acutally needing to IS 'shoddy'. There is enough games to line my walls which were ported from consoles and look crap on PC just because the developers wanted a quick cash in.
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
By teapointkay, 24 April 2014 at 1:29 pm UTC
By teapointkay, 24 April 2014 at 1:29 pm UTC
Pirate joke should be here
The GDC Video On Approaching Zero Driver Overhead in OpenGL Is Now Up
By , 24 April 2014 at 12:26 pm UTC
This isn't true. The OpenGL 3.x/4.x path on OSX is core profile only (no compatibility profile).
Metro only included a 3.x path only Linux and OSX, they decided not to put two in. It was hardly 'shoddy'. Strictly a business/time/money decision.
By , 24 April 2014 at 12:26 pm UTC
Quoting: Half-ShotQuoting: STiATOpenGL is not the problem, AAA titles and others are considering it already only for having a Mac port.But being Apple, they use their own extensions, an old opengl version and lots of foam over opengl which makes it harder to port. Easier than DX by magnitudea, but by no means a quick job either. We need to convince AAA devs that GL can do much more than what OSX does with it.
This was why the M:Last Light port was shoddy compared to the windoes version. This is why they still think DirectX is more powerful.
This isn't true. The OpenGL 3.x/4.x path on OSX is core profile only (no compatibility profile).
Metro only included a 3.x path only Linux and OSX, they decided not to put two in. It was hardly 'shoddy'. Strictly a business/time/money decision.
Don't Get Your Hopes Up On Borderlands 2 On Linux Says Randy From Gearbox
By pwburkhardt, 24 April 2014 at 10:41 am UTC
By pwburkhardt, 24 April 2014 at 10:41 am UTC
maybe the next borderlands gets a linux support...
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
By wolfyrion, 24 April 2014 at 10:11 am UTC
By wolfyrion, 24 April 2014 at 10:11 am UTC
This Game kinda reminds me One Piece - a Japanese manga series :)
I wonder if you can gives names to your crew and equip each crew member with special weapons (swords , guns etc)
I wonder if you can gives names to your crew and equip each crew member with special weapons (swords , guns etc)
Project Zomboid Survival Game Has A New Major Update, Our Video & Thoughts Included
By GoCorinthians, 24 April 2014 at 9:11 am UTC
By GoCorinthians, 24 April 2014 at 9:11 am UTC
Quoting: MaokeiNot crashing im fine with it...but its most vulnerable software outthereQuoting: GoCorinthiansOk. got it sometime ago on my library but never tried out because no sound under OpenSUSE but now its ok. SteamOS is fine too.Whats wrong with java? Good for an indie dev, cross platform has a great 2d library.
After 200hrs on Rust lets try another zombie game.
JAVA? what hell! nothing is perfect...
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
By wolfyrion, 24 April 2014 at 8:42 am UTC
By wolfyrion, 24 April 2014 at 8:42 am UTC
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
By , 24 April 2014 at 7:59 am UTC
By , 24 April 2014 at 7:59 am UTC
What do pirates wear in winter?
Long Johns.
Long Johns.
Portal 2 Mod Thinking With Time Machine Coming To Linux
By Mambo, 24 April 2014 at 7:26 am UTC
By Mambo, 24 April 2014 at 7:26 am UTC
Ooh, this is like one of the Braid worlds. It should make for some gnarly puzzles.
Don't Get Your Hopes Up On Borderlands 2 On Linux Says Randy From Gearbox
By scaine, 24 April 2014 at 6:38 am UTC Likes: 1
That's the second time you've alluded that Colonial Marines is irrelevant to this editorial. Almost as if you had no idea who developed it.
Hint: Gearbox.
By scaine, 24 April 2014 at 6:38 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: alexThunderQuoting: liamdaweWhat's not to be "butthurt" about that?I thought you're feeling butthurt, because we should lower our hopes for a borderlands 2 port. I mean, I can understand your opinion about Colonial Marines very well, but I think that one doesn't belong to this news/article, does it?
That's the second time you've alluded that Colonial Marines is irrelevant to this editorial. Almost as if you had no idea who developed it.
Hint: Gearbox.
Jagged Alliance Gold Released On Steam For Linux
By MrTennessee17, 24 April 2014 at 2:46 am UTC
By MrTennessee17, 24 April 2014 at 2:46 am UTC
Glad to see that some of the old titles are getting the Penguin support now.
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
By GoCorinthians, 24 April 2014 at 1:45 am UTC
By GoCorinthians, 24 April 2014 at 1:45 am UTC
Planetary Annihilation Native Linux RTS New Major Update, Video Included
By , 24 April 2014 at 1:44 am UTC
By , 24 April 2014 at 1:44 am UTC
This game is so ***ing awesome... The game ender is building thrusters on moons and smashing them into the planet your enemy's base is sitting on. Otherwise it's pretty much Total Annihilation/Supreme Commander.
Might have been my imagination, but I actually think this game ran better on my Arch Linux in Enlightenment than it ever did on Windows. I could swear it was less buggy too! But as the other comments suggest, it may be I just got lucky with hardware, since I'm running Nvidia/Intel.
Might have been my imagination, but I actually think this game ran better on my Arch Linux in Enlightenment than it ever did on Windows. I could swear it was less buggy too! But as the other comments suggest, it may be I just got lucky with hardware, since I'm running Nvidia/Intel.
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
By joniimaru, 24 April 2014 at 1:21 am UTC
By joniimaru, 24 April 2014 at 1:21 am UTC
How much do pirates pay fore earrings? A buccaneer.
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
By r0m1, 24 April 2014 at 12:38 am UTC
By r0m1, 24 April 2014 at 12:38 am UTC
What does a pirate's parrot parrot say? "Awk!"
New Major Steam Client Update
By Sabun, 24 April 2014 at 12:30 am UTC
By Sabun, 24 April 2014 at 12:30 am UTC
QuoteUpdated the steam-runtime for Ubuntu 14.04 compatibilityThis was definitely a nice surprise when booting into my system yesterday :)
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
By Skully, 23 April 2014 at 11:49 pm UTC Likes: 1
By Skully, 23 April 2014 at 11:49 pm UTC Likes: 1
Why did the pirate go on vacation?
A: He needed some arrr and arrr!
A pirate walks into a bar with a big ships wheel down his pants. The bartender says,
"Excuse me sir, but do you know you have a ships wheel down the front of your pants?"
And the pirate says
Aaargh, it's driving me nuts!!
Why did the Pirate kill his wife?
A: She couldn't get it haaaaarrrrrrrrrrrd
Now give me arrrr blarrrrrdy key.... pretty please
A: He needed some arrr and arrr!
A pirate walks into a bar with a big ships wheel down his pants. The bartender says,
"Excuse me sir, but do you know you have a ships wheel down the front of your pants?"
And the pirate says
Aaargh, it's driving me nuts!!
Why did the Pirate kill his wife?
A: She couldn't get it haaaaarrrrrrrrrrrd
Now give me arrrr blarrrrrdy key.... pretty please
Planetary Annihilation Native Linux RTS New Major Update, Video Included
By , 23 April 2014 at 11:07 pm UTC
By , 23 April 2014 at 11:07 pm UTC
if you are using ATI there is a work around - i think hitting one of the F keys to display FPS, forces the image to redraw.
I had that issue
I had that issue
Don't Get Your Hopes Up On Borderlands 2 On Linux Says Randy From Gearbox
By alexThunder, 23 April 2014 at 10:20 pm UTC
I thought you're feeling butthurt, because we should lower our hopes for a borderlands 2 port. I mean, I can understand your opinion about Colonial Marines very well, but I think that one doesn't belong to this news/article, does it?
I hope you learned your lesson then :D
By alexThunder, 23 April 2014 at 10:20 pm UTC
Quoting: liamdaweWhat's not to be "butthurt" about that?
I thought you're feeling butthurt, because we should lower our hopes for a borderlands 2 port. I mean, I can understand your opinion about Colonial Marines very well, but I think that one doesn't belong to this news/article, does it?
Quoting: liamdaweI paid out for two pre-order copies ~£60 of Colonial Marines based on "actual game-play" videos
I hope you learned your lesson then :D
Planetary Annihilation Native Linux RTS New Major Update, Video Included
By Half-Shot, 23 April 2014 at 10:17 pm UTC
By Half-Shot, 23 April 2014 at 10:17 pm UTC
...Game still doesn't render. Still not happy.
AMD Releases 14.4 Release Candidate Graphics Driver
By Half-Shot, 23 April 2014 at 10:16 pm UTC
Radeon FOSS have it more nailed than AMD ever did, your in safe hands.
By Half-Shot, 23 April 2014 at 10:16 pm UTC
Quoting: SpeedsterQuoting: Anonymoustoo bad they dropped support for the majority of some of their not-so-old "Legacy" graphics cards completelyWhich ones, 4000 series? I've heard the free driver works really well with those now, so Catalyst doesn't really seem needed.
Radeon FOSS have it more nailed than AMD ever did, your in safe hands.
The GDC Video On Approaching Zero Driver Overhead in OpenGL Is Now Up
By Half-Shot, 23 April 2014 at 10:12 pm UTC
But being Apple, they use their own extensions, an old opengl version and lots of foam over opengl which makes it harder to port. Easier than DX by magnitudea, but by no means a quick job either. We need to convince AAA devs that GL can do much more than what OSX does with it.
This was why the M:Last Light port was shoddy compared to the windoes version. This is why they still think DirectX is more powerful.
By Half-Shot, 23 April 2014 at 10:12 pm UTC
Quoting: STiATOpenGL is not the problem, AAA titles and others are considering it already only for having a Mac port.
But being Apple, they use their own extensions, an old opengl version and lots of foam over opengl which makes it harder to port. Easier than DX by magnitudea, but by no means a quick job either. We need to convince AAA devs that GL can do much more than what OSX does with it.
This was why the M:Last Light port was shoddy compared to the windoes version. This is why they still think DirectX is more powerful.
Don't Get Your Hopes Up On Borderlands 2 On Linux Says Randy From Gearbox
By , 23 April 2014 at 9:58 pm UTC
By , 23 April 2014 at 9:58 pm UTC
I bet this means no
Don't Get Your Hopes Up On Borderlands 2 On Linux Says Randy From Gearbox
By , 23 April 2014 at 9:33 pm UTC
Good point.
Let's see what the end of the year will bring us from the big publishers.
By , 23 April 2014 at 9:33 pm UTC
Quoting: AnonymousQuoting: entropyWasn't Gabe Newell saying recently that it turned out to be easy to convince publishers to support Linux? Gearbox obviously disagrees.convincing to do new game for it is 100x easier than convincing for late port
when you do new game (if done correctly) you'll need minimal work. it will share marketing expense and you'll sell over all platforms. this is simple win which is not hard to persuade into
late port needs extra work, extra marketing... and there is a fact of how many people will buy it. lots of people already bought windows version to play native or on wine. now... this is where persuading over risk gets trickier
Good point.
Let's see what the end of the year will bring us from the big publishers.
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
By OttoRobba, 23 April 2014 at 9:16 pm UTC
By OttoRobba, 23 April 2014 at 9:16 pm UTC
Ahoy! Puns ahead!
Where do you take an injured pirate?
To the YARRRR!
Why do pirates fear the full moon?
Because it is curvy. :P
What do pirates do when they are horny?
They make a booty call.
What linux distro is favored by pirates?
ARRRRch.
Why couldn't the pirate stop playing games?
He was hooked!
What is the favorite pirate drink?
A salty dog.
What is the second favorite pirate drink?
Grape shot.
Why do pirates hate George Lucas?
Jar Jarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
What memory do they use on their pirate computers?
Corsair.
What car does a pirate drive?
A scallywag.
What does a pirate say when he can't speak loudly?
Come carouser.
Where do you take an injured pirate?
To the YARRRR!
Why do pirates fear the full moon?
Because it is curvy. :P
What do pirates do when they are horny?
They make a booty call.
What linux distro is favored by pirates?
ARRRRch.
Why couldn't the pirate stop playing games?
He was hooked!
What is the favorite pirate drink?
A salty dog.
What is the second favorite pirate drink?
Grape shot.
Why do pirates hate George Lucas?
Jar Jarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
What memory do they use on their pirate computers?
Corsair.
What car does a pirate drive?
A scallywag.
What does a pirate say when he can't speak loudly?
Come carouser.
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