Quoting: wojtek88I always enjoy mrdeathjr videos, no reason to remove them from my point of view.

Links should suffice. And even those should be limited to native Linux games unless the thread is about wine or emulation. Just my opinion of course.

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Quoting: nullzeroIf a studio like Sickhead that is specialized in monogame ports to consoles, also gets experience in Linux/mac porting too, then it would have a full porting ability and that would be bad for specialized one man porters like Ethan. :(

I'm inclined to think that every game developer/porter with Linux skills is a win for us as Linux gamers. Being "self-employed" (as Americans like to put it) I can sympathize with Ethan, but we can't expect him and Aaron Melcher, Ryan C. Gordon, Aspyr and Feral to handle all of the ports and all of Linux game development forever.

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I haven't really had much time for games, but I did manage to play through Human Resource Machine and get most of the optional optimization goals as well. I'll have to take a break before doing the rest as I started dreaming of code and solutions, and waking up I feel like I've been working instead of sleeping. Happened to me with TIS-100 as well...

HRM is definitely easier than the Zachtronics stuff even if the tablet-optimized interface fights you a bit and the "story" turned out to be more like just a bit of context. It can literally be told in a sentence or two. These niggles notwithstanding, it's an excellent puzzler.

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Quoting: rkfgHow about writing a simple bash script that gets most of the related system information automatically and allows the user to copypaste it to the site (just a text area that's parsed automatically would be fine)?

Why reinvent the wheel? Just copy-paste the contents of Steam's System Information dialog. I don't know if this feature would be worth it though. Lots of parser code just to save the user a handful of clicks.

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Quoting: JHi

has anyone managed to multiplayer this online? did you need racenet (or whatever its called)?

thx

I played a couple of team races with my wife's nephew and it all worked just fine, aside from his crashy and underpowered Windows laptop that is. No racenet needed. Didn't look into other online game modes though.

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In case someone missed it, HRM is currently available for an unbeatable price (as in pay what you want) in the Humble Eye Candy Bundle. And unless you're allergic to fun and/or puzzles, you need to buy this game. I spent a big chunk of my working hours today playing this programming puzzler instead of actually programming.

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Quoting: EikeEverbody interested in the topic needs to play Journey Down if he hasn't yet done so!

Everebody interested in adventure games needs to play Journey Down. :) Can't wait for Chapter 3.

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The idea seems fresh and the graphics pretty enough... Too bad about the poor execution. Missing lipsync I can overlook (common in older adventures), but game-breaking bugs not so much. Hope they'll be fixed at some point.

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They've got the style down pat and I was already digging out my wallet. What else could I do as an adventure fan who grew up in the eighties. Then I read "time-management" and instantly the deal is off. I wonder what it means in practice though. Maybe it's not as bad as I think? I won't hold my breath but will definitely keep my eye on this.

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Quoting: Mountain ManPretending that DRM doesn't prevent casual copying is as naive as pretending that it hinders hardcore pirates.

It's also naive to pretend there's nothing between those two extremes. I'm not a casual consumer, nor a hardcore pirate. Does that mean I don't exist? To make things worse, I recently saw my wife's 9 year old nephew playing a pirated game he downloaded from some malware-ridden website. (He had no idea why he shouldn't have done it.) Does that make him a hardcore pirate?

The only thing a would-be pirate needs to know is how to use a search engine. Others have ripped the media and cracked the games already. For the people who are too "casual" to manage the downloading part, DRM hardly makes a difference.

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