PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant really rolls off the tongue doesn't it? Is it basically Dome Keeper in 3D? Well, sort-of but not quite. Either way, it looks fantastic and the latest trailer gives us a fresh glimpse into the world of firing a massive planetary defence cannon.
Working for an autocratic regime and confined to your bunker, it's your mission to manually control that huge weapon with various buttons, levers and more. It's not just you sat in front of a screen though, you can actually get up and walk around this bunker with customizations, and you'll be dealing with various moral dilemmas. There's also some secrets to the bunker to explore and discover.
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We still don't entirely know if it will have Native Linux support. It's built with Godot and their FAQ still just mentions that Linux is a "pretty safe bet" since Godot works well. Just have to wait and see.
I'm excited by this one, what a great idea and the new footage looks awesome. Dome Keeper really sucked me in, so I expect more great things from Bippinbits. Their booth at Gamescom is also just awesome.
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tfk a day ago
Planetary Defense Cannon Commander
For those who were wondering.
For those who were wondering.
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Dana Souly a day ago
I didn't expect a total German name for a game.
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Avehicle7887 a day ago
Lazy devs, no Linux version on GOG and updates took forever to arrive.
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Eike a day ago
Lazy devs, no Linux version on GOG and updates took forever to arrive.
It looks a bit strange on Steam, too. The game link on their news has a Linux icon, the hardware requirements not (yet).
But they were very optimistic about a native Linux version in the forum.
(I guess they don't want to get the backlash about just supporting Proton being better and native ports being so bad by Linux gamers? ;| )
I'm looking forward to it!
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scaine a day ago
"Lazy devs" is a tired cliche and it carries the weight of a multitude of assumptions - is it the devs decisions? Publishers? Store restrictions? Third party libraries? Licensees? Is the studio about to fold? Is it a small team hit by personal tragedy or illness? Nah, they're just lazy, ammarite? 
Personally, I think you might be better off taking up the lack of a Linux GOG version, or the speed of the updates on GOG... with GOG.
Back on topic - I was disinterested in this game based on the first announcement, but seeing this trailer has changed my mind completely. Wishlishted and I hope there's an Inscryption-like meta to this game that takes us out of the day to day firing of a massive planetary cannon. The play on repetitiveness in the trailer hints that there will be!
Last edited by scaine on 21 Aug 2025 at 11:16 am UTC
Personally, I think you might be better off taking up the lack of a Linux GOG version, or the speed of the updates on GOG... with GOG.
Back on topic - I was disinterested in this game based on the first announcement, but seeing this trailer has changed my mind completely. Wishlishted and I hope there's an Inscryption-like meta to this game that takes us out of the day to day firing of a massive planetary cannon. The play on repetitiveness in the trailer hints that there will be!
Last edited by scaine on 21 Aug 2025 at 11:16 am UTC
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R Daneel Olivaw a day ago
definitely excited for this one! Dome Keeper was so good. The later updates were pretty bad (that added character what on earth were they thinking omg) but the core game was fantastic.
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walther von stolzing a day ago
> I didn't expect a total German name for a game.
Yes, the classic Spielnamenserwartungsverletzung.
Yes, the classic Spielnamenserwartungsverletzung.
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Kimyrielle a day ago
Wow, German words can get REALLY long...
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Eike a day ago
Wow, German words can get REALLY long...
I think in this case it's mainly an Aufmerksamkeitssteigerungsstrategie(*)(**).
(*) strategy to raise attention
(**) Hey, it's not yet in Google!
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tfk a day ago
Autobandventieldopjesdecoratievariatiecomplex.
Having a decorative variety of car tyre valve caps disorder.
Having a decorative variety of car tyre valve caps disorder.
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DryPapHmrBro a day ago
@Kimyrielle: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Last edited by DryPapHmrBro on 20 Aug 2025 at 5:40 pm UTC
Last edited by DryPapHmrBro on 20 Aug 2025 at 5:40 pm UTC
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tfk 24 hours ago
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, what is that for a thing?
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KROM 23 hours ago
@tfk that's from the Mary Poppins movie. Classic
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hazukashiidesu 17 hours ago
Was just thinking about this game a earlier this week / checking out some of the dev logs to see how things were going, just about perfect timing for a new trailer lol.
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Chrisznix 9 hours ago
German is my native language, but i really often don´t get along with it too well. The only part i liked about it is that you could slap literally all of the necessary words together, like in that title here. :)
But other things i really hate about it, like the way we count. 53 in german is "three-and-fifty". It must be a horrible language to learn for migrants.
But other things i really hate about it, like the way we count. 53 in german is "three-and-fifty". It must be a horrible language to learn for migrants.
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Eike 9 hours ago
But other things i really hate about it, like the way we count. 53 in german is "three-and-fifty". It must be a horrible language to learn for migrants.
It's also terrible for my native German kids...
But...
Ever learned French? :D
Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
(Four-twenty-ten-nine),
because
4 * 20 + 10 + 9 = 99
Last edited by Eike on 21 Aug 2025 at 8:41 am UTC
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Corben 8 hours ago
Ah, that's nothing...
Read this!
Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
(cattle marking and beef labeling supervision duties delegation law)
Also looking forward to this game... ONL had been pretty underwhelming, except maybe "Cronos: The New Dawn" it seemed to me just more and more of the same, so many sequels...
Read this!
Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
(cattle marking and beef labeling supervision duties delegation law)
Also looking forward to this game... ONL had been pretty underwhelming, except maybe "Cronos: The New Dawn" it seemed to me just more and more of the same, so many sequels...
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walther von stolzing 4 hours ago
While the sheer length of the words looks scary at first, it quickly becomes apparent that they're concatenations of nouns, or compounds of nouns + adjectives -- so it's all relatively easy to parse if you're at all familiar with the smaller words in that long train.
Agglutinative languages, on the other hand, present word-length horrors of a different kind altogether; some examples from my native Turkish:
- ayrı (separate)
- ayrıntı (detail)
- ayrıntılandırmak (to go into more detail)
- ayrıntılandırabilmek (to be able to go into more detail)
- ayrıntılandırılabilirlik (the capacity to get treated in more detail)
- ayrıntılandıramayacaklarmış ('They say that they will not be able to go into more detail.')
- ayrıntılandıramayacağımızdan emin misin? ('Are you sure we won't be able to go into more detail?')
- ayrıştırabilecekmişçesine (as if able to separate [for a concrete object] / make the distinction [for concepts])
I'm vaguely aware that Hungarian and Finnish also have these lengthy blocks that function like whole sentences.
'O Linux CDlerini masraf edilmemişçesine bedava dağıtabileceklerinden şüpheliyim.'
'I doubt that they'll be able to distribute those Linux CDs gratis, as if no costs have been incurred'
Last edited by walther von stolzing on 21 Aug 2025 at 2:38 pm UTC
Agglutinative languages, on the other hand, present word-length horrors of a different kind altogether; some examples from my native Turkish:
- ayrı (separate)
- ayrıntı (detail)
- ayrıntılandırmak (to go into more detail)
- ayrıntılandırabilmek (to be able to go into more detail)
- ayrıntılandırılabilirlik (the capacity to get treated in more detail)
- ayrıntılandıramayacaklarmış ('They say that they will not be able to go into more detail.')
- ayrıntılandıramayacağımızdan emin misin? ('Are you sure we won't be able to go into more detail?')
- ayrıştırabilecekmişçesine (as if able to separate [for a concrete object] / make the distinction [for concepts])
I'm vaguely aware that Hungarian and Finnish also have these lengthy blocks that function like whole sentences.
'O Linux CDlerini masraf edilmemişçesine bedava dağıtabileceklerinden şüpheliyim.'
'I doubt that they'll be able to distribute those Linux CDs gratis, as if no costs have been incurred'
Last edited by walther von stolzing on 21 Aug 2025 at 2:38 pm UTC
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tuubi 2 hours ago
@walther von stolzing
I'm vaguely aware that Hungarian and Finnish also have these lengthy blocks that function like whole sentences.Well, kind of. A word like "lisääntymiskyvyttömyyksineensäkään" ("even with their inability to reproduce") is valid Finnish, but not exactly the sort of phrasing you'd be likely to see or hear in the wild.
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