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Stardock CEO asking to see interest in Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Linux with Vulkan
By neowiz73, 27 May 2017 at 8:01 pm UTC
I've been hoping to see this one get a port since they were using vulkan instead of dx12. will be an instant buy once we get a beta build.
Stardock CEO asking to see interest in Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Linux with Vulkan
By catskinsox, 27 May 2017 at 7:59 pm UTC Likes: 1
Signed. I'm not sure if this is my type of game or not, but it would still be nice for it to come to Linux.
Stardock CEO asking to see interest in Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Linux with Vulkan
By coolbober, 27 May 2017 at 7:57 pm UTC
Thanks for this info! Signed.
Stardock CEO asking to see interest in Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Linux with Vulkan
By fabry92, 27 May 2017 at 7:45 pm UTC Likes: 1
we need this game on linux!
Stardock CEO asking to see interest in Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Linux with Vulkan
By MaCroX95, 27 May 2017 at 7:39 pm UTC Likes: 2
I would love to see this game on Linux and furthermore I really hope that Vulkan version will outperform DX12 on both Windows and Linux :) This would be great showcase of the superiority of Vulkan not only in openness but also in cross-platform performance :D
Stardock CEO asking to see interest in Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Linux with Vulkan
By Kohrias, 27 May 2017 at 7:37 pm UTC
Signed.
Wine 2.9 released with support for Direct3D tessellation shaders
By mrdeathjr, 27 May 2017 at 7:35 pm UTC Likes: 2
In this wine version various titles still needed csmt entry registry active case vanquish or bayonetta, duke nuke forever, im alive and others (in good news correct some graphics bugs and give performance case im alive and maybe others)

View video on youtube.com

View video on youtube.com

However some problems related mouse behaviour stay present and save issue too

Another strange case is the suffering, this game fix graphics using same fix used in indiana jones emperors tomb: change MaxShaderModelVS to 0 value

View video on youtube.com

^_^
BlindQuest, an interactive audio novel, is looking for votes for Steam Greenlight
By Areso, 27 May 2017 at 3:33 pm UTC
Quoting: lucifertdarkI listen to a lot of audio books so I'm intrigued enough to buy it if it ever gets released.
There are a chance, that Steam Greenlight will be shut down before my game gets enough voices.
In this case I will publish my game somewhere else (I have a developer account in Microsoft App Store, humble bundle), but any other platform means almost zero sales.
Wine 2.9 released with support for Direct3D tessellation shaders
By sr_ls_boy, 27 May 2017 at 1:12 pm UTC
Wine2.9-staging has not been released yet. Try again on Tuesday.
Looks like Micro Machines World Series from Codemasters is heading to Linux
By UltraViolet, 27 May 2017 at 1:07 pm UTC
I could never get on with the Micro Machines POV I much prefer a more 'classic' POV of titles like Mantis Burn Racing or Table Top Racing
Salt and Sanctury, an in-depth review
By Eike, 27 May 2017 at 12:20 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: Mrokii
Quoting: EikeNow, this is too special for a recommendation,

Heh, well my third try would then be this: Platforming is fine, as long as it doesn't end in bullet hell and unfair bosses.

Ah, no, I meant the game I mentioned is too special, not your description! :)

Quoting: MrokiiThe games I remember having enjoyed very much (independent of category): the Penumbra-series

Amnesia, SOMA?

Quoting: MrokiiHalf Life 1

Bioshock Infinite?

Quoting: Mrokiitext- and "click & point"-adventures like the Lucasfilm-series and others.

Day of the Tentacle, Harvey's new Eyes, Thimbleweed Park, Deponia series, Book of Unwritten Tales 1 & 2, Broken Sword 5, Gemini Rue, Journey Down, Blackwell series, Shivah?

Quoting: MrokiiLimbo

Swapper, Closure?

Quoting: MrokiiMetro: Last Light

Tomb Raider?

Quoting: MrokiiPortal 1 +2

Portal Stories: Mel (the hard mode is very hard - and thus very satisfying when solved), Antichamber, Talos Principle?

Quoting: MrokiiShovel Knight

Maze of Galious (MSX)? :)

Quoting: MrokiiTrine 1+2

Rochard?
Salt and Sanctury, an in-depth review
By Mrokii, 27 May 2017 at 12:03 pm UTC
Quoting: EikeNow, this is too special for a recommendation,

Heh, well my third try would then be this: Platforming is fine, as long as it doesn't end in bullet hell and unfair bosses.

The games I remember having enjoyed very much (independent of category): Aquaria, Candle, Oddworld: New'n'Tasty, Psychonauts, the Penumbra-series, Half Life 1, text- and "click & point"-adventures like the Lucasfilm-series and others.

The games I seemingly played for quite a few hours on Steam (not only platforming): Alwa's Awakening, Axiom Verge, Bastion, Costume Quest, Grimind, Life Of Pixel, Limbo, Metro: Last Light, Portal 1 +2, Rogue Legacy, Shovel Knight, Spider: Rite Of The Shrouded Moon, Steamworld Dig, Super Win The Game, Trine 1+2.

Anyhow, I guess I'll find some other things over time.
Salt and Sanctury, an in-depth review
By Eike, 27 May 2017 at 11:04 am UTC
Quoting: MrokiiSorry, I should have been a bit more specific, I guess. I am rather into (platforming) games that have a lot of exploration possibilities (like in Hollow Knight), but not quite as tough bosses (also, like in Hollow Knight). Basically, metroidvania-like games that don't require expert-skills when it comes to boss-fights.

Now, this is too special for a recommendation, but one of the very few games from my youth that in my humble opinion stood the test of time is this one on MSX:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maze_of_Galious
Platforming, lots of exploration and mysteries, made by the wizards of Konami. Can't say too much about the bosses though. It even featured some "saving" ability by getting a code at some place that you could enter to return at that state. Nowadays, you could always save using an emulator's capabilities.
Blasphemous is a promising looking dark and brutal non-linear platformer
By razing32, 27 May 2017 at 10:41 am UTC
Quoting: Luke_Nukem
Quoting: razing32What hardware do you have under the hood ?
I'm guessing these are not the original boards but emulators , right ?

Given that CRT are hard to come by these days, and are a pain in the arse most times needing work etc, I've switched to running older harder with Nvidia 8600GT cards or higher - these can deal with MAME shaders with ease. And quite frankly, a 21" 4:3 ratio LCD plus shaders to mimic a CRT looks damn fine! And in the smaller red cab, a 19" LCD in either vertical of horizontal looks great.

I do have a ton of original hardware that I've started selling to the hardcore guys, stuff like Mortal Kombat 1-3, many Capcom CPS2 games etc.

And yes, I use Linux on them :D A custom Arch install to be specific, pared right down to bare minimum, boots directly to X with AttractMode frontend loading - this and an iPac controller board and you're set. Dunno why the fuck you would bother with that shitty (and fucking slow) Hyperspin FE, or Windows, or any of those ultra-super-crap xxx-in-1 boards.

(I'm probably a bit elitist when it comes to arcade cabs. I despise those ones that are built to have every single controller under the sun on a giant idiotic surfboard hanging off the front)

Wow , you seem really passionate about this stuff.
Didn;t know there was such a big community for arcades but then again I never was into arcade games as my parents were not too keen on me wasting money there when i had a computer and games at home.

Also they were very short lived in my country. I was born shortly before Communism collapsed so arcades only had a few years before PCs showed up and internet cafes were a thing.

Curios how you built that arch to accommodate the purpose. You'll have to forgive me but outside of MAME and the NES/SNES/PS1 most popular emulators I am rather clueless. I did not own a console growing up and as mentioned earlier I did not frequent arcades.

Also , per your icon you are on Open Suse. Curios why you chose Suse when you seem to have plenty of experience on Arch.
Salt and Sanctury, an in-depth review
By Mrokii, 27 May 2017 at 10:25 am UTC
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: MrokiiI'm into more casual (not necessarily easy or short) games, basically where exploration and finding secrets is the main aspect. I realise that this may not be the right place, but if anybody has suggestions I'd love to hear them.

Your description is rather broad.
Looked through the games I played and came up with...
FEZ

Sorry, I should have been a bit more specific, I guess. I am rather into (platforming) games that have a lot of exploration possibilities (like in Hollow Knight), but not quite as tough bosses (also, like in Hollow Knight). Basically, metroidvania-like games that don't require expert-skills when it comes to boss-fights. And thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to check if FEZ isn't already in my library. :)
Just recently I bought "Poncho" which has an interesting game-mechanic.
BlindQuest, an interactive audio novel, is looking for votes for Steam Greenlight
By lucifertdark, 27 May 2017 at 9:52 am UTC
I listen to a lot of audio books so I'm intrigued enough to buy it if it ever gets released.
Wine 2.9 released with support for Direct3D tessellation shaders
By TheRiddick, 27 May 2017 at 9:33 am UTC
Do you need wine-2.9 or wine-2.8-staging for witcher3? I can not find wine2.9-staging.
Salt and Sanctury, an in-depth review
By Eike, 27 May 2017 at 9:23 am UTC
Quoting: MrokiiI'm into more casual (not necessarily easy or short) games, basically where exploration and finding secrets is the main aspect. I realise that this may not be the right place, but if anybody has suggestions I'd love to hear them.

Your description is rather broad.
Looked through the games I played and came up with...
FEZ
Salt and Sanctury, an in-depth review
By Mrokii, 27 May 2017 at 8:51 am UTC
I had another look at the videos on Steam and am still not thrilled with S&S. The impression is that its enemies are hard to make out from the background and that it relies too heavily on fighting and not much else. If that's the case, it's not my cup of tea. Or is this impression completely wrong?

I'm into more casual (not necessarily easy or short) games, basically where exploration and finding secrets is the main aspect. I realise that this may not be the right place, but if anybody has suggestions I'd love to hear them.
Total War: Shogun 2 & Fall of the Samurai released for Linux, port review and thoughts
By Jewgeni Filippowitsch Iwanowski, 27 May 2017 at 8:33 am UTC
I got it running on Fedora 25 with Mesa 17.0.5. It definitely runs smoother than the Windows version with Gallium Nine. Great job, Feral!
Wine 2.9 released with support for Direct3D tessellation shaders
By mike44, 27 May 2017 at 8:05 am UTC
Anyone managed to run FSW (Flight Sim World)? That's DX11 but I get a crash with wine staging on Ubuntu.
Planet Nomads officially lands into Early Access
By Smellymangames, 27 May 2017 at 7:13 am UTC
It struggles with my 770. I need to play with settings more or it is just early access woes or it is too beefy me.

Too much stuttering and freezes. Has potential if things get ironed out.
Blasphemous is a promising looking dark and brutal non-linear platformer
By Luke_Nukem, 27 May 2017 at 6:30 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: razing32What hardware do you have under the hood ?
I'm guessing these are not the original boards but emulators , right ?

Given that CRT are hard to come by these days, and are a pain in the arse most times needing work etc, I've switched to running older harder with Nvidia 8600GT cards or higher - these can deal with MAME shaders with ease. And quite frankly, a 21" 4:3 ratio LCD plus shaders to mimic a CRT looks damn fine! And in the smaller red cab, a 19" LCD in either vertical of horizontal looks great.

I do have a ton of original hardware that I've started selling to the hardcore guys, stuff like Mortal Kombat 1-3, many Capcom CPS2 games etc.

And yes, I use Linux on them :D A custom Arch install to be specific, pared right down to bare minimum, boots directly to X with AttractMode frontend loading - this and an iPac controller board and you're set. Dunno why the fuck you would bother with that shitty (and fucking slow) Hyperspin FE, or Windows, or any of those ultra-super-crap xxx-in-1 boards.

(I'm probably a bit elitist when it comes to arcade cabs. I despise those ones that are built to have every single controller under the sun on a giant idiotic surfboard hanging off the front)
Planet Nomads officially lands into Early Access
By Seegras, 27 May 2017 at 6:14 am UTC
It does run fine on my i7 with a GTX 960.
Bounty Train, a game about the Wild West and trains, is set to come to Linux
By razing32, 27 May 2017 at 5:47 am UTC Likes: 1
Agree it looks like FTL:Train
If it has the same permadeath mechanics as FTL won't be as addicting for me :)

My only gripe is them saying we get to explore cities.
Haven't seen much of that in the trailer , unless that station is the whole "city"
Blasphemous is a promising looking dark and brutal non-linear platformer
By razing32, 27 May 2017 at 5:38 am UTC
Quoting: Luke_Nukem
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: Luke_NukemGod damn! (pun intended)

Okay, I'm backing this, hell yes! This is the sort of game I'm tempted to build another arcade cab for.

You have an arcade cab ??

I build them :)
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wow , that's impressive.

What hardware do you have under the hood ?
I'm guessing these are not the original boards but emulators , right ?
A Story About My Uncle officially released for Linux
By Comandante Ñoñardo, 27 May 2017 at 5:32 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: PublicNuisanceI already beat it on Windows and own it on Steam but if they bring the Linux version to GOG I'd be happy to buy a Linux copy there. Would want to have a DRM free copy anyway.

The Linux version of A Story About my Uncle included in the Humble Indie Bundle 18 is DRMFREE.. Well.. All Linux games in that bundle are DRMFREE and I just purchase it for that reason.
Faeria is another Unity game that is partially broken on Linux due to an engine update, here's a quick fix
By JudasIscariot, 27 May 2017 at 5:04 am UTC
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: istispThat bug is not new, but it usually hits games in windowed mode. A lot of Unity games crash my Cinnamon desktop when I try to drag the window around. I guess it only hits rescalable windows though. Games that are affected include Kerbal Space Program, Infinifactory and SlimeRancher.
That's an entirely different issue by the sounds of it. This is something new with Unity 5.6 and full-screen games.

I've been hit by the full screen bug way before Unity 5.6. I recall I had this issue with Bionic Dues a year or so ago where the game would crash when I attempted to run it it in full screen mode but would work fine in windowed mode.
Wine 2.9 released with support for Direct3D tessellation shaders
By Joeyboots80, 27 May 2017 at 4:20 am UTC Likes: 1
Wine is making great progress. ^_^ Maybe this time next year we will be playing games like TW3 flawlessly on decent hardware.
Linux gamers on Arch may want to hold off on updating due to openssl breaking some games (updated)
By TheRiddick, 27 May 2017 at 3:45 am UTC
The problem came back for my opensuse machine. No idea why. sucks.
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