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Selaco is an upcoming GZDoom-powered shooter that looks awesome
9 April 2021 at 10:42 pm UTC
9 April 2021 at 10:42 pm UTC
Looks appealing certainly, but it has one of those things I don't like in modern 3D Shooter games - A great big weapon model taking up nearly 1/4 of the screen. I prefer games where there is only a cross-hair and you have full visibility of the environment. (I wish 3D Shooters had an option to turn the weapon model off.)
Tyrant's Blessing will offer up slick tactical battles inspired by Into the Breach
8 April 2021 at 9:28 pm UTC
8 April 2021 at 9:28 pm UTC
From the game play video, shown above, I think I'd actually prefer this to "Into The Breach". I didn't like the fact that enemy units in Into The Breach dig up from underground, wherever on the map, and then you have static city buildings to defend. Not only does this game not seem to do that (or does it much more limited) but also I like the setting where you're fighting with a group of fantasy characters against fantasy monsters.
Vectorio is a new free to play survival tower defense game out on Steam
7 April 2021 at 2:34 am UTC
7 April 2021 at 2:34 am UTC
I've tried it too. Not bad. Certainly worth trying out.
OBS Studio 27.0 RC1 out with Wayland support and browser docking on Linux
3 April 2021 at 9:46 pm UTC Likes: 4
Maybe they've got their finger on the pulse, mix on the alsa, and pipe on the wire, heh.
3 April 2021 at 9:46 pm UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: Purple Library GuyI've been gradually seeing more mentions of Pipewire, seems like it's kind of becoming another "next thing that will finally make Linux sound great" (although I understand it can do more than sound). What do people figure the prospects are this time around?
Maybe they've got their finger on the pulse, mix on the alsa, and pipe on the wire, heh.
What have you been playing recently, come tell your thoughts
28 March 2021 at 5:58 pm UTC Likes: 2
28 March 2021 at 5:58 pm UTC Likes: 2
I keep playing 7 Days To Die. As it is a building, crafting, survival, open-world sandbox with destructible terrain, multiple biomes, and a big selection of settings to tweak, it is very replayable indeed. I've sunk over 2000 hours into it now.
I take some inspiration from the various 7 Days To Die youtubers, and how they play the game.
Capp00 has been playing in Wasteland Warrior, and I played the same game-world (which is mostly wasteland-only biome). After playing on similar settings to Capp00 I replayed in a different area in the same world, with harder settings.
Eventually I happened across someone who commented in Youtube comments that they played 7 Days To Die on Insane difficulty, all the time. This triggered me a little, and I decided I'd play on Insane for a bit, and it went "okay", better than I'd expected.
Then Glock9gamer started a new Youtube series where he put the Zombie Toughness up to max (Insane) and Zombie running speed up to max (Nightmare all the time). I decided I'd attempt the same. I noted that I had to adopt different strategies to deal with the super-fast zombies compared to my normal 7 Days To Die playing, and I appreciated these differences - It added a new dimension to the game.
After playing for a while, and surviving, I decided I would go better than Glock9. I started a new Nightmare Speed, Insane Toughness fresh game - but - with Horde Every Night and Loot Abundance at 75% as well. These are extremely tough settings to play 7 Days To Die. And I did it, played it for about 50 game-days and surviving until the end (and stopped playing at that point - I could return if I wanted.) Oh, one more thing to mention - I play Permadeath, i.e. One life and if you die then that's it.
I don't think the 7 Days To Die developers have the Loot Abundance calculations properly generated. Playing on Loot Abundance set to 50% is a lot worse than it sounds, i.e. It is more difficult than having Loot Abundance set to 100% and chucking away half of what you find. Here is a demonstration - If I play on Loot 100% I find approx 1 egg in 4 nests. If I play on Loot 50% I find approx 1 egg in 15 nests (rather than 1 per 8). I also have played the game on Loot Abundance 25% (the lowest setting possible) and in one such playthrough I found a single sewing kit over 20 game-days, versus when I play on 100% and find 4 sewing kits per day.
Other than Glock9gamer, I do find that most of the other 7 Days Youtubers choose difficulty settings that they can easily manage. I'd find their videos more entertaining if they had tougher zombie settings, lower loot abundance, and really did have a struggle to make it from game-day to game-day (i.e. risking dying)
I take some inspiration from the various 7 Days To Die youtubers, and how they play the game.
Capp00 has been playing in Wasteland Warrior, and I played the same game-world (which is mostly wasteland-only biome). After playing on similar settings to Capp00 I replayed in a different area in the same world, with harder settings.
Eventually I happened across someone who commented in Youtube comments that they played 7 Days To Die on Insane difficulty, all the time. This triggered me a little, and I decided I'd play on Insane for a bit, and it went "okay", better than I'd expected.
Then Glock9gamer started a new Youtube series where he put the Zombie Toughness up to max (Insane) and Zombie running speed up to max (Nightmare all the time). I decided I'd attempt the same. I noted that I had to adopt different strategies to deal with the super-fast zombies compared to my normal 7 Days To Die playing, and I appreciated these differences - It added a new dimension to the game.
After playing for a while, and surviving, I decided I would go better than Glock9. I started a new Nightmare Speed, Insane Toughness fresh game - but - with Horde Every Night and Loot Abundance at 75% as well. These are extremely tough settings to play 7 Days To Die. And I did it, played it for about 50 game-days and surviving until the end (and stopped playing at that point - I could return if I wanted.) Oh, one more thing to mention - I play Permadeath, i.e. One life and if you die then that's it.
I don't think the 7 Days To Die developers have the Loot Abundance calculations properly generated. Playing on Loot Abundance set to 50% is a lot worse than it sounds, i.e. It is more difficult than having Loot Abundance set to 100% and chucking away half of what you find. Here is a demonstration - If I play on Loot 100% I find approx 1 egg in 4 nests. If I play on Loot 50% I find approx 1 egg in 15 nests (rather than 1 per 8). I also have played the game on Loot Abundance 25% (the lowest setting possible) and in one such playthrough I found a single sewing kit over 20 game-days, versus when I play on 100% and find 4 sewing kits per day.
Other than Glock9gamer, I do find that most of the other 7 Days Youtubers choose difficulty settings that they can easily manage. I'd find their videos more entertaining if they had tougher zombie settings, lower loot abundance, and really did have a struggle to make it from game-day to game-day (i.e. risking dying)
Metro Exodus arrives for Linux on April 14
25 March 2021 at 1:32 pm UTC Likes: 6
25 March 2021 at 1:32 pm UTC Likes: 6
Now we just need Croteam to up their game and put out Serious Sam 4 for Linux.
The open source Epic Games client for Linux, Heroic Games Launcher can now run offline
24 March 2021 at 4:20 am UTC
I'm doing exactly the same as you - Picking up all the free titles that Epic are giving away, but not supporting Epic by buying games on their platform *because* Epic isn't supporting Linux. Make a native Linux Epic client, and maybe I'd reciprocate.
Cool that there are multiple ways to play Epic titles directly on Linux, even if Epic has done nothing to accommodate this.
24 March 2021 at 4:20 am UTC
Quoting: BumadarI guess creating that epic account and simply adding the free game every Thursday is about to pay off
I'm doing exactly the same as you - Picking up all the free titles that Epic are giving away, but not supporting Epic by buying games on their platform *because* Epic isn't supporting Linux. Make a native Linux Epic client, and maybe I'd reciprocate.
Cool that there are multiple ways to play Epic titles directly on Linux, even if Epic has done nothing to accommodate this.
GOG have their absolutely huge Spring Sale live now
23 March 2021 at 2:04 am UTC Likes: 2
23 March 2021 at 2:04 am UTC Likes: 2
Yeah, I would have been tempted to purchase DRM-free Mad Max *again*, but seeing as this isn't the Linux version and I already own the Linux version on Steam, I guess I'll save my money this time.
GOG Connect - would be good for this title (if they ever permit it).
GOG Connect - would be good for this title (if they ever permit it).
Try out the cute demo of survival game Little Martian and try to get home
19 March 2021 at 10:44 am UTC
19 March 2021 at 10:44 am UTC
I downloaded and tried out the demo. Seems decent. Reminds me of the game Wayward.
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 1: Dumpster Diving
2 March 2021 at 12:08 am UTC Likes: 5
2 March 2021 at 12:08 am UTC Likes: 5
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