Platform icons are broken again, like they were in the last sale. All the titles in the list just have Windows icons even if the game's available for other platforms.

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Quoting: PyreticBut they weren't??? They got confused about what you meant and responded appropriately. Someone else has now clarified and the developer is considering changing the description. Nobody got antagonised here.

Of course they're antagonistic. After four separate people pointed out the issue with their choice of words, them acknowledging that the choice of words is problematic, and deciding to change it, they're still insisting that their choice was the correct one, and they've managed to throw in a rant about Linux being a niche platform, and a dig about someone's username. All of that was completely unnecessary: all they needed - and what someone experienced with community management would do - is just give a "thanks for testing our game, you guys are great!" and maybe some blurb about how great the game is and how they made it.

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Quoting: ShabbyXCome on CatKiller, be nice

I'm plenty nice.

Perhaps this developer should consider getting a community manager if they can't otherwise help themselves from leaping in to antagonise people that they'd quite like a favour from and/or to get money from.

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Quoting: mitridasYes, I am aware that the same word has different meanings in different contexts.

And yet you bravely leaped from "you should maybe pick a different word" to "AlL GaMe eNgInEs sHoUlD Be oPeN Source!!11One."

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Quoting: mitridasI don't get your point.

No, you really don't.

QuoteDo you mean that every game developer who releases on Linux should make their games open source?

Of course not. What a ridiculous thing to ask.

What you should do is avoid the use of the word "proprietary," since that has a specific (different to the one you're thinking of) meaning in an open source context. Just like other words in common usage have a different specific meaning in a scientific context, or a legal context. Unless you are specifically intending to convey "ha, ha, you can only play our game how we want, not how you want," of course, which is what that word says in the open source context.

Quoting: mitridasWe might reword it to "Custom engine", and move it to a different section of the description to make it clearer.

That would be a much better choice.

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Quoting: ShabbyXI love how they consider this a feature:

> Proprietary engine.

It's different word usage from people who aren't familiar with open source. For us, "proprietary" is specifically contrasted with "open source," and rings all sorts of alarm bells. For people outside our ecosystem, "proprietary" just means "comes from the manufacturer themselves," like a screen wash or a paint primer or similar.

It is, obviously, a really bad choice of word when the thing you're intending to describe as "not a repackage of someone else's thing" does touch on the open source community... for example if you wish users of an open source operating system to test your game.

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QuoteImproved support for input devices with 8+ axes.
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Fixed Lethal Company, Phasmophobia and other Unity games crashing when a controller with a hat switch is plugged in.

I wonder if this means they've got someone working on more robust HOTAS support for Linux?

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Quoting: gbudnyWindows is better for these games, and above 90% of Windows users can confirm it - this operating system sells so well.

There are so many absolutely awful takes from you in this thread, but this is definitely the worst.

How many people do you imagine ever install an OS (any OS)? Which OS do essentially all desktop computers come with pre-installed?

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So taking an Epic deal (which doesn't support Linux) for many developers means that they don't bother having a Linux build at release. So 12 months later or whatever, when they're preparing their build for a store which does support Linux, Linux support is way harder - as we've discussed here before; they might need to rip out and redo a bunch of single-platform stuff, and they're quite likely to not bother then, either.

They've managed to avoid that by having a Linux build available from the outset, which is commendable. And World Of Goo was one of the games that kicked off mainstream Linux gaming pre-Steam with the Humble Bundles, which is commendable, too.

But I'll still probably only pick it up when it's on Steam. For full price though, since it'll have a native build.

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Quoting: PyreticI'm not sure what this does.

It allows you to attach a robust part of the chassis of your device by a robust cable or chain to a robust part of your display area to stop people walking off with your device.

QuoteIncrease security during convention booths? Seems like a niche use case.

With it, the Deck is the game demonstration device: everyone will make sure their game runs the absolute best on the Deck because that's how they're going to show it off to people. Without it, the Deck is just something you play with at home.

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