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Cross-platform development library SDL2 2.0.9 is out
31 October 2018 at 9:17 pm UTC
But I'll gladly try it out as soon as it lands. I'm pretty sure it'll be quite beneficial in my case.
31 October 2018 at 9:17 pm UTC
Quoting: liamdaweEdit: No it's not, updated :)My own project uses SDL too, so I'll keep an eye on their repository to see what's upcoming, and I hadn't seen the batching stuff being merged so far. Given how many games depend on SDL these days, there's little room for errors, so I would have been very much surprised if Sam or Ryan pulled a stunt like that :-).
But I'll gladly try it out as soon as it lands. I'm pretty sure it'll be quite beneficial in my case.
The RPG Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues has gone free to play
31 October 2018 at 8:56 pm UTC Likes: 1
That said, their selling of virtual trinkets for lots of real money did put me off, but is not exactly uncommon practice in today's gaming industry.
31 October 2018 at 8:56 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: ThormackIs/was it a scam?I wouldn't call it a scam. But definitely overambitious and underfunded.
That said, their selling of virtual trinkets for lots of real money did put me off, but is not exactly uncommon practice in today's gaming industry.
Cross-platform development library SDL2 2.0.9 is out
31 October 2018 at 8:44 pm UTC
31 October 2018 at 8:44 pm UTC
"SDL render batching, which Ryan Gordon wrote about in this Patreon post" is not in 2.0.9. As Ryan writes in the very same post:
"This was a lot of work, and I'm thrilled with the end result. This project is sitting in the "SDL-ryan-batching-renderer" branch in revision control; we're about to ship SDL 2.0.9 and it's way too late to drop a change this huge into it, but it will merge thereafter."
Other than that, yay! SDL is likely my second most favourite open source project.
"This was a lot of work, and I'm thrilled with the end result. This project is sitting in the "SDL-ryan-batching-renderer" branch in revision control; we're about to ship SDL 2.0.9 and it's way too late to drop a change this huge into it, but it will merge thereafter."
Other than that, yay! SDL is likely my second most favourite open source project.
EA's experimental Halcyon game engine has Vulkan and Linux support
31 October 2018 at 6:39 pm UTC
31 October 2018 at 6:39 pm UTC
Quoting: slaapliedjeUltima IX was delayed and the engine redone like 3 or 4 times, it has almost as bad a development history as Duke Nuke'em Forever.Yeah, I remember that the first screenshots I saw seemed fully 3d, but still had the classic top-down perspective. The final product looked nothing like that.
Quoting: slaapliedjeIt was though one of the early 3D accelerated titles (so early it originally only worked with software rendering or 3Dfx, and Direct3D was added in a later patch.) I thought the game was amazing, but yeah there were parts where the story was just missing the things they wanted to do, but ran out of time.Proud owner of a Voodoo2 card back then; though I think I already had it before UIX came out.
Quoting: slaapliedjeHa, I recently watched a video about UO.By Garriott himself, no less :-). I really liked how that man pushed boundaries back then, and I did have some hopes that perhaps the nth iteration of Shroud of the Avatar would again reach the level of Ultima 7. Alas, I don't think that's coming to pass any more.
The RPG Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues has gone free to play
31 October 2018 at 6:19 pm UTC Likes: 1
31 October 2018 at 6:19 pm UTC Likes: 1
I've been tempted twice to buy this. The first time when it was on Kickstarter and the second time a few weeks ago when they sold off excess physical copies at a "discount". They still were like $115 (with shipping across the pond included), but given the digital version was $40 at that time and did neither contain access to episode 2 (whatever that entails), nor -- more importantly -- a highly collectible cloth map, it sounded like an okay deal. A quick visit to their forum, however, convinced me otherwise: offline single player, the only mode I would have any interest of playing, still looked more like an afterthought and didn't seem overly compelling. And the writing was already on the wall, with rumours of Richard Garriott jumping ship, low player numbers of the online game, etc. . My gut feeling then and now is that SotA doesn't have a future.
Which is sort of sad. I have the highest respect for Richard Garriott, not in the least because Ultima 7 is still my most favourite computer game of all time (which in turn makes Exult my most favourite open source project of all time). But what he and his team proposed for SotA from the beginning simply seemed too good to be true. I've backed a few Kickstarters against better judgement, and got bitten, but this trap I managed to avoid.
Which is sort of sad. I have the highest respect for Richard Garriott, not in the least because Ultima 7 is still my most favourite computer game of all time (which in turn makes Exult my most favourite open source project of all time). But what he and his team proposed for SotA from the beginning simply seemed too good to be true. I've backed a few Kickstarters against better judgement, and got bitten, but this trap I managed to avoid.
EA's experimental Halcyon game engine has Vulkan and Linux support
30 October 2018 at 5:50 pm UTC
30 October 2018 at 5:50 pm UTC
Quoting: slaapliedjeI actually quite liked IX, but you could tell where the story fell flat.I think both VIII and IX were rushed out the door way before they were ready for release. So definitely EA to blame. As a result, VIII feels like they cut most of the content, just to get it done, while IX was decent enough, but with a terrible story.
Quoting: slaapliedjeDidn't Richard Garriott leave after 7 though?From what I remember, Origin Systems was acquired by EA after the release of Ultima 7. Garriott didn't leave until they shut down Origin. Sometime after Ultima IX. I'm pretty sure he was involved with all the Ultimas.
Quoting: slaapliedjeUltima Online 2 being cancelled was the biggest EA travesty and I kind haven't really bought many games from them since then. Somehow UO is still going strong, but I recently tried it in Linux with Wine and it failed hard.I'm not into online games, so can't really comment on anything going on with UO. But I'm glad I didn't put any money into Shroud of the Avatar when it was on Kickstarter. Though at least that one runs natively on Linux.
City builder 'Kingdoms and Castles' updated with Wolves, Witches and more
29 October 2018 at 7:21 pm UTC
29 October 2018 at 7:21 pm UTC
That one has been on my wishlist for quite some time. But with so many games running natively or with wine these days, my backlog grows longer and longer ... which is a good thing, I guess :).
EA's experimental Halcyon game engine has Vulkan and Linux support
29 October 2018 at 7:17 pm UTC
After ruining Ultima VIII and IX before shutting down Origin Systems?! ... no thank you!
It's not quite coincidence that a pair of villains in Ultima VII went by the names Elizabeth and Abraham. Or that the evil artefacts resembled a cube, sphere and tetrahedron.
The final EA game I bought has been Dragon Age: Origins, and that only grudgingly because of the online activation and day 1 DLC. I've got a list of companies I don't buy from, and EA is one of them.
29 October 2018 at 7:17 pm UTC
Quoting: slaapliedjeSome of the EA games for the Atari 8bit / c64 were some of the best around. If only they still published the Ultima games...
After ruining Ultima VIII and IX before shutting down Origin Systems?! ... no thank you!
It's not quite coincidence that a pair of villains in Ultima VII went by the names Elizabeth and Abraham. Or that the evil artefacts resembled a cube, sphere and tetrahedron.
The final EA game I bought has been Dragon Age: Origins, and that only grudgingly because of the online activation and day 1 DLC. I've got a list of companies I don't buy from, and EA is one of them.
For The King's free '(un)cooperative' Gold Rush update is out
29 October 2018 at 7:02 pm UTC Likes: 1
29 October 2018 at 7:02 pm UTC Likes: 1
Still waiting for the Linux version to hit GOG. Most likely in vain ...
A writer for Forbes has been talking about the positives of switching to Linux
4 September 2018 at 5:10 pm UTC Likes: 9
4 September 2018 at 5:10 pm UTC Likes: 9
In my circles, a lot of people are fed up with Windows, but they always cite gaming or other applications as keeping them from switching. So it's nice to see articles like that.
Personally, I've converted my mother to Linux a couple years back. (Not quite selfless, as it cut back on the computer support quite a bit). Last time I visited, I upgraded her laptop to Ubuntu 18.04 (from 16.04), switching to Gnome in the process, and I was a bit concerned that those changes would cause her some discomfort. Last time I rang her up, I asked how it went with the new system, and she says it's the best upgrade she has ever had (she really likes the Night Light mode).
My take is that for everyone doing simple tasks (web, mail, simple office stuff, photos), Linux has been ready for the job for ages. The problem is, most of those people aren't able to install an OS of any kind, so unless they have a friendly soul to help them (or they can buy hardware with Linux pre-installed), they will always be stuck with Windows.
Personally, I've converted my mother to Linux a couple years back. (Not quite selfless, as it cut back on the computer support quite a bit). Last time I visited, I upgraded her laptop to Ubuntu 18.04 (from 16.04), switching to Gnome in the process, and I was a bit concerned that those changes would cause her some discomfort. Last time I rang her up, I asked how it went with the new system, and she says it's the best upgrade she has ever had (she really likes the Night Light mode).
My take is that for everyone doing simple tasks (web, mail, simple office stuff, photos), Linux has been ready for the job for ages. The problem is, most of those people aren't able to install an OS of any kind, so unless they have a friendly soul to help them (or they can buy hardware with Linux pre-installed), they will always be stuck with Windows.
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