Sum might seem big, but professional 3D software is not necessarily cheap. I don't know what if there's volume discounts (would think that there is). Individual licenses for 3DS Max costs 1700$ each year (Maya is priced similarly). Based on that price, you can buy about 70 yearly licenses before spending more that 120000$. Assuming just 3DS Max is enough.

Of course with Blender you could always count on other companies funding it enough for it to be useful enough that you could keep most employees using it.

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Quoting: AederDying Light should be listed as Linux Native (broken) if anything. People literally tell you to use the Windows version on Proton over the Native one.

For me it was fine enough on NVidia proprietary drivers, but after switching to AMD and Mesa it's much harder to get working. Haven't tried yet compiling custom Mesa, so I haven't personally verified if workaround works.

Which of course means that on SteamDeck it could be pretty much broken without Proton.

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Quoting: elmapulHEY! isnt "The Garden Path" an godot game?
and ex-zodiac definitely is

wait, tail quest too! how many godot games do we have on this list?


ok, never mind, i didnt understand what the list was about ...

I guess this is the best place to drop this. There was actually 34 games made with Godot in the Next Fest: https://godotengine.org/article/godot-games-steam-next-fest-oct-2021

Half of them clearly support Linux. Some of the rest might have Linux in the roadmap, but figuring that out would need digging in quite deep as there might be just one mention in games discussions.

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Quoting: crabel

Quoting: AnzaHaven't played a good tower defense game in a while and this one seems like it doesn't have extra fluff.

Oh, I would not say that. It does the usual stuff, armored enemies, ghosts that can only targeted by magic. Shamans(?), when killed, continue on as ghosts, ... But the placement strategy is interesting. You have slabs and can place them. There you can add your heroes. Slabs can be upgraded for extra range or damage. Also you have spells to nuke/slow enemies.

I guess I worded it little bit wrong. I meant games that deviate more from the formula like having controllable character that you have to control in order to place towers and stuff like that. Not that kind of games can't be good, they just don't satisfy the itch same way.

I played Warstone TD for a while and it does feel right so far. In the beginning it does lot of hand holding, so I haven't run into any kind of challenge so far. I haven't been trusted with more than two kinds of units so far.

Town building feels very simplistic, so no wonder there's option to make it automatic.

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Haven't played a good tower defense game in a while and this one seems like it doesn't have extra fluff.

So need to wait for Kingdom Rush Vengeance to be ported...

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Quoting: deathxxxFor me, this is the best pointless game i have tryed and uninstall after 2-3min gameplay.

Looks like I don't really give up that fast. If I don't count games that have never worked, least time I have spent with a game has been six minutes. There's lot more that I remember giving up somewhere around ten to fifteen minutes. Mostly those are demos though

With Vagrus based on amount of reading you barely get through the intro in few minutes, at least the prologue has bit of a background story before you get into the actual game. Not that the game changes much as you still need to keep on reading.

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If you're intrigued, there's a free prologue: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1304660/Vagrus__The_Riven_Realms_Prologue/

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I do agree that the wilderness is harsh. I remember that throwing stones was bit challenging, which meant that getting food wasn't easy. On top of that you really have to keep eye on things. Cooking and boiling water is hard, like in real life

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As the event is ending soon and some demos might disappear. Here's summary of the good ones from the last several posts. To keep things short, I'll list just games that I'm totally sure about and I wont' repeat the longer review.

APICO
Bees and crafting, what's not to like. The demo has been there before the event, so I assume it won't vanish. Hopefully you only bugs you'll find is the bees though. But maybe it works better for other than me.

LumenCraft
Tower defense like game with mining. Has some learning curve, but the gameplay is solid once you get hang of it.

The Garden Path
Great atmosphere and there's also game in there. If you're not allergic to gardening, try this one out.

Neverlooted Dungeon : Almost Epic Adventures™
There's not too many immersive simulators available for Linux. This one seems to get quite lot of things right.

Woodland Empire
What can I say, I like ecology and nature simulations. Hopefully it's more stable for you than me.

Logic Light
If you need easy puzzle, this one is good diversion for a while.



If you would also tell your favorite ones, now would be good time, as said there might not be lot of time to play the games.

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For today there's more. There might not be time for another batch, but lets see.

Magna Graecia

Tile placement puzzle, be sure to read the rules as there's no tutorial. Basically the idea you expand land by upgrading tiles and you upgrade tiles by placing three similar ones in triangle shape where each tile has two similar tiles next to it.

Seems like good distraction for a while if you have patience for reading the rules. As is, can't be sure if there will be something that will keep you playing longer.

Retro Commander
It's clearly retro RTS for sure. Too bad I couldn't figure out how to launch the tutorial as I would have been wiped out if enemy was there to actually to kill me. There seems to be electricity and resource gathering and stuff like that. There might be good game in there, I just didn't have enough patience.

Hex the Lich
Hex based strategy with strange creatures and strange attacks. Tutorial gets you started, though user interface could indicate better which characters have actions left. Nice thing is that once you get past the level, you can buy upgrades. Upgrades can be new attacks or you can add tiles to your existing attacks.

Might be worth a revisit later, though I usually feel awake enough for strategy games.

Woodland Empire
This is as developer states, it's a city builder, but you place plants and trees instead of buildings. There's some ecology simulation going on and tutorial explains the fundamentals.

In practice it seems bit of a sandbox game with some limitations so you can't place everything right away.

I didn't get bored with it as it crashed and froze now and then. Idea is interesting, though full game would need even more stuff to be more than one hour diversion. I think demo had predators too, just didn't try them because of the instabilities.

Art of Destruction
Art of destruction pretty much sums the game. It's pretty much a toy once you figure out how to interact with it. Tab opens menu with all kinds of disasters. Some you can control, some you can't. There's also three scenarios, the default one is the most boring. Two others are better at killing your framerate.

I have seen better destruction games, but at least the demo is free.

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