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XCavalypse, clean up a zombie apocalypse with an excavator now on Linux
7 June 2016 at 10:32 am UTC Likes: 4

Aww, I thought it would be about actually cleaning up the city afterwards, maybe learning about the event in the process like the topic led me to believe/hope, not repetitive zombie-slaughter with heavy machinery. This could have been an interesting and innovative mix of exploration and excavator simulation. Of course I wouldn't have minded if there was some aftermath-related action involved, like a bit of running from zombie stragglers, but this is just... meh.

8 out of the 10 current most popular Steam games support Linux
7 June 2016 at 9:29 am UTC

The "negative hype train" has never made me think I should be using Windows, but maybe I'm just not the hype-swallowing type. Sure, a large part of the game-consuming public is interested solely in games, not operating systems, and will play on whatever platform gives them the means to play whatever they want. And that's completely understandable. It's perfectly natural to think in black and white, but personally I like the shades between these absolutes of "everything" and "nothing" just fine. Settling for "enough" is not a sign of weakness, contrary to common belief and the holy tenets of consumerism.

Somehow I get the feeling that the doom-and-gloom types among us tend to be people who still spend a lot of time playing games on Windows and are trying to convince the rest of us that they have no real choice, or maybe that their choice is the right one and that the rest of us should see how justified they are in doing so, because "oh noes, if they don't agree with everything I say and do as I do they must think they're better than me!". Welp, who cares. Back to work.

Salt and Sanctuary, a stylish 2D action RPG is now in Beta for Linux gamers
7 June 2016 at 7:47 am UTC

I have total confidence in Mr. Lee's porting skills, and this seems like something I might enjoy. Won't buy a beta but I'll keep a close eye on the game.

Quoting: HadBabitsI do have a bug (which I reported!) where setting the game in borderless or windowed makes a small window that's cropped. However, Flibit doesn't seem to have this issue, so it could be something specific to my set up?
Something to do with your window manager, seeing as the problem is related to windowing? Maybe install and test with one of the light alternatives like xfwm, awesome or one of the *boxes?

8 out of the 10 current most popular Steam games support Linux
6 June 2016 at 9:31 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: maodzedunUntil the terrible performance difference is fixed, they can port the entire Steam library to Linux and it still won't matter.
You mean it won't matter to so called hardcore gamers, but it will matter to those of us who won't consider gaming on Windows at all. As long as there's plenty to play, with acceptable performance on reasonable hardware, I don't really care how it runs on other platforms.

Besides, there's no shortage of games on Linux for those of us who don't have the time or the budget for every single hit game out there. And the future looks bright through my penguin-shaped eyewear. Time (and Vulkan) will level the playing field, and everyone shall live happily ever after.

Recursed, a reality twisting platformer made on Linux needs help on Steam Greenlight
6 June 2016 at 7:07 pm UTC Likes: 2

Seems like a decent puzzler with some fresh ideas. Voted.

An EVE Online developer has built an unofficial Linux launcher, game uses Wine
5 June 2016 at 8:45 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: c3224Guys, idiots who use Python, Pearl, C#(mono), Java, Javascript (or any other scripting language except Lua) etc. cant make good software or use complex/advanced stuff like Vulkan, OGL, Posix etc., they are just too stupid and/or lazy, end of story.
Hehe, funny stuff. :D

(No, I'm not laughing with you, I'm laughing at you.)

Rocket League for Linux & SteamOS getting close to a release window finally
4 June 2016 at 9:54 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: liamdaweThen join in some games with the GOL community, I am sure there will be plenty ;)
I'll have to do that. :)

An EVE Online developer has built an unofficial Linux launcher, game uses Wine
4 June 2016 at 9:32 am UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: Kuduzkehpanmac os will support vulkan its not so different than OpenGL and METAL wont gonna be popular or Trending. And vendors are more mature to build vulkan ready graphic drivers for mac os.
Unless you know something the rest of the industry doesn't, Mac will not support Vulkan. Apple are putting their eggs in the Metal basket. Apple make/approve the drivers, so you can't just slot Vulkan into Mac like you can do on Linux and Windows.
Also Vulkan is very different from OpenGL. The only thing these API's do have in common is that both are managed by the Khronos Group. In fact Vulkan and Metal are more likely to have something in common than Vulkan and OpenGL do.

As Liam said, Apple isn't likely to support Vulkan on IOS or OSX. Molten could make this problem go away, we'll see.

Rocket League for Linux & SteamOS getting close to a release window finally
4 June 2016 at 9:10 am UTC Likes: 1

The game seems really fun. Too bad my friends have probably already lost interest, and playing with random strangers isn't really my cup of tea. I'll most likely still get it but I might have to wait for a sale. Happily the Steam summer sale isn't far off.

Anima Gate of Memories is an awesome looking third person action RPG coming to Linux (corrected)
3 June 2016 at 1:02 pm UTC

Quoting: Anjune
Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: AnjuneIt's out for Windows. I don't want to wait two more months (never mind how long it'll really take) now that I've seen how gorgeous it is :(

But what can ya do
You know what they say: "Waiting makes it better!" Nice to be a Linux gamer eh? We sure spend a lot of time waiting...

At least it's more affordable that way... *smirk*
Silver lining spotted.

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