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Silence of the Siren is a new HoMM-like from the dev of Project Hospital
3 October 2024 at 2:32 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: ja_oxy
Quoting: ExplosiveDiarrheaNative Linux version? Hmmm, this makes me less likely to buy their game: we all know they will eventually drop/unsupport/lag-behind it...
Now, if they had a *supported* Proton version (whatever that means, I'm not really sure) that would be amazing!

Hi,
I'm one of the programmers of the game and I'd like to address this concern. You can be sure the game will support Linux simply because most of the programming is done on Linux. So Linux is not just an afterthought for us. It's the same case as with our previous game - Project Hospital. I understand your frustration probably coming from experience with some games, where Linux support might be neglected, but that surely won't be the case with Silence of the Siren.

BR,
JA

Thank you so much for your comment! I have a general question: Would you ever be interested in doing a "show us how it's done" type post about how you do your development? Not super detailed perhaps, but even just basic stuff like what tools you use, what environments you use, how you communicate with your team, etc etc... I love reading or listening to developers talk about how they do their craft, but so few do.
Valve (Steam) begin a direct collaboration with Arch Linux
1 October 2024 at 1:21 pm UTC
This is so fascinating. Personally just for my own selfish sake, I wish it were a different distro that wasn't rolling (I'm just ready to exit the rolling release rollercoaster), but I completely understand why they're doing this. And it's wonderful! This should do lots of great things for the linux community and gaming.
My favourite auto-battler Mechabellum is out now
1 October 2024 at 1:17 pm UTC
This is a genre I have absolutely no experience with. Autobattler sounds interesting, but I really wish they had a demo. But then again, the games only $10 ???????????? CHOICES!
Steam's Turn-Based RPG Fest is now live
1 October 2024 at 12:57 pm UTC Likes: 2
This is one of my favorite genres, so I'm super pumped about this!! That said, I wouldn't really include any 4x games in these listings, as valve has done, but I guess they think "oh it has turns" so it belongs.

Some of my favs from the sale:

  • Octopath series

  • Zoria (unique aspect of base building)

  • Rogue Trader

  • Pathfinder series (ultra mega complex systems though)

  • Sea of Stars (only the first half, then just stop)

  • Wildermyth (so unique and cool!)

  • Mechanicus

  • Chained Echoes (perfect for Deck)

  • Colony Ship (great but lack of a map is frustrating)

  • Solasta (pretty much the best strict D&D ruleset game)

  • Skald (again - very unique and fun!)
Silence of the Siren is a new HoMM-like from the dev of Project Hospital
1 October 2024 at 12:41 pm UTC
This is definitely a game I'm keeping an eye on. Very high up on my wishlist. I love the art and the demo I played a while back (while a little confusing) was really fun.
Baldur's Gate 3 patch 1.7 is out now with a mod manager, modding toolkit and lots more
30 September 2024 at 1:01 am UTC
Quoting: dvdI think i liked the Karlach and Astarion ending the best. It's fair to say that not every companion was equally well or interestingly written. Karlach seems kind of a 1 bit companion, not much to her beside the ending, with a twist.

Spoiler, click me
You must've played it after I did I'm guessing? After a bunch of patches maybe? I mained Astarion and romanced Karlach, and I did every single thing possible to get her to go to the hells with Wyll (specifically doing all his and her side quest stuff to make sure of that) and fully fleshed out the romance between Astarion and Karlach .... and then at the end I was presented with zero choices or options or dialog or anything at all.

1- Astarion instantly abandoned everyone, but especially the love of his life who he JUST said he would do anything for, to live in a cave ... wtf????????????

2- Karlach said "I'm getting hot" and fell down on the ground and exploded and died ... wtf?????????

3- Wyll said "let's go have a beer at the tavern" and that was it, absolutely totally destroying any semblance of immersion by ignoring his companion exploding and dying or the other companion sprinting away to live in a cave ... wtf????????

4- Gale whined like a little bitch about not being a god. This was not "wtf" but just cringy.

5- Shadowheart was totally 100% missing ... wtf?????

6- Laezel - rides off on a dragon to kill the lich queen. This was the only thing that made any sense.

And then for the remainder of my camp:

Duke Ravengard - nothing whatsoever.

Minsc - nothing whatsoever.

Jaheira - nothing whatsoever.

Halsin - nothing whatsoever.

Aylin & Isobel - nothing whatsoever.

Arabella - nothing whatsoever.

Mizora - nothing whatsoever.

In addition, no choices in the entire game mattered at all. Save various camp members, or don't, it makes no difference at all since they are all totally absent from the ending. Side with certain factions or don't, makes no difference at all.
shapez 2 is a huge success selling over 270,000 in the first month, future plans detailed
27 September 2024 at 12:24 pm UTC
I can confirm it’s a wonderful game. Doesn’t feel EA at all. I normally bounce hard off these type games but this is the one exception. Absolutely love the lack of timers, resource gathering, but most of all combat. It’s just the build. Wonderful.
System76 release COSMIC Alpha 2
27 September 2024 at 12:21 pm UTC Likes: 5
Yes! Bring on the updates. Seems they are making great progress. My most anticipated Linux software! I’m waiting until a beta version to try it out live but all these updates sound great.
Cross-platform Nexus Mods app adds support for Mod Collections, fixes REDmod on Linux
26 September 2024 at 1:13 pm UTC Likes: 1
It's interesting to me that recently the two games I played with mods were via in-game modding tools, so not requiring any form of mod manager, or anything like that.

Starfield had the in-game mod support for whatever they call it (creation engine or something?). I used only simple mods but they helped a TON with QOL stuff that made my entire playthrough MUCH more fun.

And then just recently I finished Rogue Trader, and had an absolute BLAST! Loved it, but there I also used the in-game mod called "toybox" for again, just simple QOL things that eliminated tedium, and fixed some bugs.

I wonder as we go forward into the future, if more and more games will do this, therefore drawing users away from 3rd party tools? Or will 3rd party tools live on forever since they're more free and open.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered releases October 31 with the PlayStation Overlay
25 September 2024 at 1:58 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: SakuretsuA totally unnecessary Remaster + mandatory PSN account linking = No, thanks.

That's how I feel. At first I thought the rumors of this remaster were just satire, like the studio was making fun of the entire industry with all the remasters everywhere. But nope. Real life.

Also hilarious because I guess this means they have absolutely no other constructive or original ideas coming anytime soon? I guess after Concord lost them a nice cool $200 mil, they have to try and scrape a few pennies out of a remaster of a game that needs no remaster.
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