Kinda reminds me of the Jack Keane games, but perhaps it's because of the 3D character models. Like the painted backgrounds, though. I guess I'll have to wishlist ...

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Quoting: Alm888Aww, come on! They have a point, you know. It is just your Linux-centrism that keeps you from seeing it. :)

Thanks for the added context.

I guess in GOGs defense, it's also likely a not so technically inclined PR person answered that question.

But all that said, with a thing like the Steam Deck that's all over the news and gets regular coverage by (Windows-centric) mainstream gaming press, one could perhaps assume that a business that sells games that can be potentially played on the Deck was a little more proactive and informed.

Oh well, for all I care they need do naught but provide a website to buy and download my games. The less they try to "support" me with additional crap, the less there is to go wrong. And I assume the Deck runs a browser, right!?

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One reason I never tried Crusader Kings II was that by the time I found it, the full experience would have cost hundreds of €. That's okay when spent over x years, but seems excessive as a one-time cost for a single game. In my case though, I would not have wanted a subscription model either. I like to pay to own, not to rent.

Now if they'd give you credit for your subscription fee, and allow to redeem that in their store to own however many DLCs you can buy for it, that might be something I could get behind.

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Quoting: whizseThey do have a point about the battery though. I just hate it when it is glued down.

Same here. It's a consumable, it should be user-replaceable, and preferably without tools. The rest looks pretty good though.

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I've not that many games on Steam, but judging by the list plenty of my GOG library would work fine :-).

VERIFIED: 1 games (10.0%)
PLAYABLE: 2 games (20.0%)
UNSUPPORTED: 0 games (0.0%)
UNKNOWN: 7 games (70.0%)

Also a bit surprising to see games like Haven as verified that (to the best of my knowledge) still do not work with vanilla Wine. Hopefully more and more of these Proton improvements will trickle upstream, making gaming on Linux a better experience for everyone.

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Quoting: JarmerI wanna try one of these adventure games, they look really cool and it's been years since I played a point n click adventure, should be fun! Which one do you think is one of their best to start on? Technobabylon? Maybe Strangeland?

I'd recommend Technobabylon. I also played Shardlight, Primordia and a bit of Resonance, and neither are bad, but overall I liked the story and characters of Technobabylon best.

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Quoting: denyasisFrom the job posting, remote work:

Quote"No set hours or unreasonable demands"

Given it's an office setting, I'd imagine it's by choice due to family schedules, etc. So, it seems like they are standing by the work-life balance claim.

Besides it's 2022. People work weekends. It's no big deal.

Seems I misinterpreted no set hours as "no need to sit at your desk and twiddle your thumbs when your day's work is done" rather than "you work 40 hours a week but we don't care if you do all of them on Monday". In that case I could get behind this. Having my "weekend" not coincide with that of the majority could be beneficial at times.

Quoting: denyasisIf I had any concern, it would be the lack of pay rates, raises, or benefit increases? How do you know it's worth applying if they don't tell you how much the work is worth? Am I missing it?

Didn't see that either, and while it's a crucial detail, I actually find a lot of job offers lack that. Guess the HR types always hope they'll find someone willing to accept even less than what they think the work might be worth.

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Might have been something for my idealistic younger self. Now it's more about the $$$s and hopefully early retirement to clear my games backlog ;-).

But that one particular bit caught my eyes:

Quotea sensible approach to work-life balance

Looking at the Wine patches list on a regular basis (still waiting for some mfplat related changes), I get the impression that there is at least some kind of activity from CodeWeavers employees on any given day. Guess it's nice if people are motivated to put a few hours in on Saturdays and Sundays, but to me that doesn't feel healthy nor sustainable. Of course, for other contributors the weekend might actually be the only part of the week to spend some of their time on helping out, so some activity is to be expected.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeDid you ever play Legends of Valor?

No. And I don't remember hearing that name either. Though I vaguely recall a magazine article about an upcoming RPG set in a single, fully simulated city, which had piqued my interest way back in the past. Legends of Valor might fit the bill, though I neither recall the game nor the magazine. So it could easily have been something else, 5 years or a decade later. Until now I have assumed it was something that just never materialized, like the Amiga port of Darklands, but perhaps it just went under my radar.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeAmbermoon was absolutely amazing to see run on the Amiga.

No doubt about that. When viewed in context of the hardware it ran on, I think it's on par with any AAA first person game you can throw at modern systems. But 30 years from now I'll likely still call those games dated :-). For me, 2D graphics age much better than 3D ever will.

Quoting: slaapliedjeOne of these days I'll put mine all together and play it (though with an 060, it should be very smooth).

I played on a stock A500 and what made the biggest difference for me was when I finally got a hard drive. The game read assets from multiple floppies on each area transition, so there was a lot of disk swapping involved and loading times were slow. With that out of the way, it was smooth sailing, even at 8 MHz :-).

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