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Screenbound is a platformer where you play in 2D and 3D together
4 April 2024 at 5:04 am UTC

The concept reminds me of Neko Ghost, Jump!, although that one switches between 2D and 3D rather than being simultaneous.

Stardew Valley 1.6 is out now - player count on Steam explodes
20 March 2024 at 5:13 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Pengling
QuotePets that love you will sometimes give you gifts.
I hope that doesn't mean what it sounds like!

Dead rodents?

Yuzu agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4 million and will entirely shut down (Citra for 3DS too)
5 March 2024 at 6:56 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: cozBusinesses have been created around protecting game developers against Switch emulation. You don't pay someone to protect you unless you expect to lose sales, which makes obvious that harm has been done.

Say what now? If you think you will lose sales on other platforms, then you make your game available on those platforms, you don't pay for some protection racket. That sounds pretty Mafia?

Valve reveals schedule of sales events for the rest of 2024
5 March 2024 at 6:42 am UTC

Quoting: whizse
Quoting: scaineBut "Coming Soon" are a bit of a pain when "Soon" turns into literal years.
"Coming soon". Been waiting 14 years now.

I think some dev teams manage to create really great prototypes/teasers, but when it comes to the drudgery of actually making it into a full-fledged game they get burned out quickly. Not an easily avoidable trap without a "boss" pushing it along, and too many Kickstarters ended up with that fate.

The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation
29 February 2024 at 7:11 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: alka.setzerthis only applies to the open source AMD stack, the closed source driver may not be subject to this limitation.

Sure, but who wants to use the AMD closed source drivers? ATI/AMD has never been good at graphics drivers (on any OS).

Geometry Survivor is wonderful nostalgia bait updated for the survivor-like era
22 February 2024 at 6:28 pm UTC Likes: 1

QuoteValve recode various videos for Steam Deck

They do that specifically for the Deck, leaving desktop Linux without?

World of Goo 2 launches in May on the Epic Store - but Linux support from their website
22 February 2024 at 5:56 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: pleasereadthemanualsupporting Linux natively long-term, even with open source engines, seems far more challenging than other platforms.

Which other platforms? Microsoft does a fair job of backwards compatibility with Windows, but certainly Apple does not. macOS developers have to keep up on maintenance, or their customers can't play their games after a few OS updates.

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 adding EA AntiCheat, breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux
15 February 2024 at 6:34 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: PenglingSony/BMG then unironically went on to infringe on the copyrights of various GPL'ed projects and then used pirated software within the company, with as much as 47% of what they were using at the time believed to have been pirated.

Ever notice how those who fuss the loudest usually end up being guilty of what they are fussing about?

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 adding EA AntiCheat, breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux
15 February 2024 at 6:27 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Geppeto35Lost in Random is quite a nice game also.

I played through that one recently, and enjoyed it as well; I think the stupid EA launcher broke a couple times during my playthrough, but at least Valve got it working again quickly.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.5.16 Preview improves Persona 3 Reload performance
14 February 2024 at 7:06 am UTC

Reviews are overwhelmingly positive, so clearly the game has something going for it. But I just can't tell what based on the screenshots and video; it looks like a visual novel crossed with Final Fantasy style combat (hence the JRPG part, I guess).

Anyone who played it that can speak to the wide appeal?

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