The layout looks unnecessarily condensed to me. It's a desktop keyboard. Am I the only one who doesn't care if they are a few inches wider if it makes them more comfortable? And instead of an ergonomic layout it's got...LEDs! Apparently a keyboard intended for gaming isn't a keyboard if it has no LEDs.

Pass.

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The fun thing? For all that time I didn't even realize that they weren't on Steam anymore. That's how much I care about their stuff. :D

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Quoting: twinsonianThe github page shows over 5k open issues. I love this engine and everything that is going on with it, but I hope at some point they really focus on polishing bugs and issues before adding more features. The idea of a movie maker is really cool, but aren't there already tools for creating game trailers etc? I don't know why this would be at the top of the list.

That's a valid point. My first thought about the MM feature, however, was "Cool, now I can make a tutorial video without having to look for 3rd party tools".

QuoteOne no brainer is to allow importing of resources, specifically sound files during run time. One use case example would be a music or beat game or in game custom music folder to load and play music at run time. Or a custom level editor where you can pick the music per level or import custom music. The point is, this has been an issue for a long time and a few google searches will show multiple open/closed issues and forum postings on it.

They probably closed it because you can easily do it already? The following snippet loads a MP3 or OGG track from anywhere in the file-system and plays it.

func load_music_track(var path):
 var snd_file = File.new()
 snd_file.open(path, File.READ)
 if path.ends_with("ogg"):
  var stream = AudioStreamOGGVorbis.new()
  stream.data = snd_file.get_buffer(snd_file.get_len())
  $Music.stream = stream
 if path.ends_with("mp3"):
  var stream = AudioStreamMP3.new()
  stream.data = snd_file.get_buffer(snd_file.get_len())
  $Music.stream = stream
 snd_file.close()
 $Music.play()

My code is assuming there is a AudioStreamPlayer node called "Music" present. Change appropriatly if that's not the case.

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I am casually in the market for a Deck, but I would use it pretty much exclusively as a handheld, too. The type of games I normally play typically doesn't play well on consoles, so whenever I have a "proper" PC available, I'd use that.

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I have a Pixelbook and love it, but ChromeOS is still predominantly used on fairly weak machines that aren't really suitable for gaming. I suppose that's still because of Chromebooks having a past as very web-centric productivity devices that can't do much other than running a browser. Not sure about Europe, but over here Chromebooks are quite popular in education because they're lightweight and affordable. But these devices tend not to be powerful enough for gaming, at least I don't think I'd want to play Crysis on them! :D
Whether or not ChromeOS can make a dent in the higher performance segment where having Steam could be more relevant, remains to be seen. In the meantime, I now can play my Indie game collection on my Pixelbook, so that's great! :)

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EA doesn't care about anything that's not Windows or console. It's just not in their culture and I actually doubt they have the needed skills in that company to support anything outside their little box. I mean let's be honest, Origin doesn't really work even in Windows, and the new app seems to be just as bad a piece of software as Origin was. These people aren't really good at what they do. EA thrived all these years not from making great games, but from a handful of strong IP franchises such as FIFA and NHL, people keep buying because of the license year after year, not such much because the games are good.

The only real hope is EA's competitors finally realizing how weak EA's games are and finally find the courage to directly compete with them. Like how Cities Skylines wiped out EA's Sim City line after EA ran it into the ground. I am waiting for somebody to pick up the Sims, too. And since FIFA pulled the license from EA, there is some hope for the sports game genre, too. Let's see!

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I'd love to see a well-stocked asset store. Right now Godot seems to be very popular among smaller studios and developers with a more coding than art-oriented background. A place to find/buy assets for Godot would be great.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: tgurrIt always really amazes me to see games like Victoria in such lists as I personally can't image how you can play such a an input and text-heavy game on a rather small screen. Games like Persona 4|5 on the other hand are a perfect fit from the start. It would be really great if we'd have some additional details from each game about how many users use an external connected screen and their playtimes on each in the form of native deck screen vs. external screen connected.

Well, I imagine plenty of people are playing some like that Docked. It's still on the Steam Deck, but you're not limited to the small screen :)

That was my first thought as well, but isn't it safe to assume that in most situations when you can dock, you'd be near your main gaming device (PC, laptop etc) as well, and could just use that?

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Quoting: akselmoJust stop using twitter.

It's not that easy, at least not for everyone. If you are a person who has to maintain contact with the general public, you can't just NOT use what is one of the more important channels to reach them. It's like companies can just NOT say no to Facebook for similar reasons.

It's rather yet another example why we need stronger and stricter regulations for organizations like Twitter.

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We need more replacements for EA games. :)

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