⨯ Every article tag can be clicked to get a list of all articles in that category. Every article tag also has an RSS feed! You can customize an RSS feed too!

Latest Comments

Valve Looking For A SteamOS Engineer
By MayeulC, 23 July 2014 at 1:01 pm UTC
I'm feeling too young, for once. I would love to work on this, and think I have the required skills, but I'm not even done with my studies yet :(
Anyway, an open letter to whoever will accept this job : make an awesome integration with XBMC, please.
Warhammer Eternal Crusade MMO Will Gain A Linux Version
By MayeulC, 23 July 2014 at 12:34 pm UTC
QuoteBoth ranged and melee weapons have equal emphasis — as in the iconic battles of Warhammer 40,000. Combat begins at a distance with guns and heavy vehicle-mounted weaponry before progressing to bloody blade-on-blade action with brutal executions.

You wrote this two times :)

It seems promising, and I would really enjoy a good Warhammer MMO. That said, good MMOs are hard to produce.
I too like the single purchase system. The last MMO I played that had this system was Global Agenda, but it went free to play (I won't mention TF2 here ;)).
I may be dreaming, but I would love to see the other Warhammer titles ported, like the original Dawn of War strategy games (Dark Crusade, etc...), as well as Warhammer : Spacemarine, and the Dawn of War II games. But that would be a lot of work, and I would understand the use of a wrapper for the original games.
Sandbox Game Maker Coming Soon To Steam
By vulture, 23 July 2014 at 11:54 am UTC
Quoting: wolfyrionseems a very descent engine...

I am thinking to start exploring game engines on my vacation and to try to make at least a very tiny game.
what game engine would you recommend for amateurs to make a descent looking game in Linux ?

Unity?
Leadwerks?

anything else that doesn't require much of coding...??

you can't get better answer than this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iWe9UuVqqY

not one line of code. you'll just need to wait a bit more for native editor.
OlliOlli Brings Skatboarding And Arcade Fun Together On Linux
By Sslaxx, 23 July 2014 at 11:39 am UTC
£6.99 on the Humble store for the next six days, as opposed to the current price on Steam of £8.99.
Star Ruler 2 4X-RTS Released On Steam For Linux
By Belarrius, 23 July 2014 at 10:52 am UTC
This game is very good! :D
Sandbox Game Maker Coming Soon To Steam
By Belarrius, 23 July 2014 at 10:51 am UTC
Cube2 is very POWERFULL :D I love Sauerbraten :)
Sandbox Game Maker Coming Soon To Steam
By wolfyrion, 23 July 2014 at 10:47 am UTC
seems a very descent engine...

I am thinking to start exploring game engines on my vacation and to try to make at least a very tiny game.
what game engine would you recommend for amateurs to make a descent looking game in Linux ?

Unity?
Leadwerks?

anything else that doesn't require much of coding...??
Terraria Moves Even Closer To A Linux Release
By wolfyrion, 23 July 2014 at 10:39 am UTC
Cool very nice news... :D

Hopefully they will make a discounted price to celebrate the release for linux as it was on summer sales.... 90% I think...

Meh didnt bought it at that time... because *cough* someone said not to buy anything if it was not officially released for Linux....
Terraria Moves Even Closer To A Linux Release
By jdub, 23 July 2014 at 10:02 am UTC
Lol he sure appears enthusiastic about it
Valve Looking For A SteamOS Engineer
By Liam Dawe, 23 July 2014 at 9:57 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: ImantsI am little conserned that they alredy do not have someone like that

Employers looking for new staff doesn't mean they don't have them already, but it tells us that they need more.
Valve Looking For A SteamOS Engineer
By Imants, 23 July 2014 at 9:56 am UTC
I am little conserned that they alredy do not have someone like that
Halfway Turn Based Strategy Released For Linux, It's Good
By Plintslîcho, 23 July 2014 at 6:13 am UTC Likes: 1
The game is simply beautiful! Fantastic graphics (I love the art style), very nice soundtrack and the gameplay is easy to handle but hard to master. Right from the intro Halfway has a great atmosphere. I haven’t played much yet – so far I only have a team of three characters – but what I’ve seen has already convinced me: Halfway is worth any single cent. In fact, I think at roughly nine Euro the game is a steal. I’m really enjoying it.

QuoteOne thing that does bug me also bugs me in a lot of other games like Halfway. Your soldiers have terrible aim! I've repeatedly been two squares away from an enemy with ~70% accuracy and missed, and this happens a lot. Trained soldiers my arse!

True. That’s a gripe I have with many turn based games. Halfway just isn’t any different in that respect- unfortunately.

Quoting: nullzero
QuoteWhat I do love though is that it's much more forgiving than games like XCOM, as your soldiers don't die
...

don't die? So what happens then, do they fall unconscious and are just out of that particular battle?

Correct, they fall unconscious and are out for the rest of the battle. After the battle, they also have only limited HPs, which makes any following encounter considerably tougher. If the whole team is taken out (which can happen easily) the player has to restart the mission again.

I think the developers choose this way because Halfway is pretty much a story driven game and the characters are an essential part of it.
Sokobond, A Puzzle Game Involving Science Released On Steam For Linux
By xuwang, 23 July 2014 at 3:25 am UTC
I think it's always useful to note whenever a game uses Air. Has anyone had success/problems with this game?
OlliOlli Brings Skatboarding And Arcade Fun Together On Linux
By ElectricPrism, 22 July 2014 at 11:00 pm UTC
WTF? lol.
OlliOlli Brings Skatboarding And Arcade Fun Together On Linux
By Orkultus, 22 July 2014 at 10:45 pm UTC Likes: 1
I have this on PS Vita, and its alot of fun.
Halfway Turn Based Strategy Released For Linux, It's Good
By nullzero, 22 July 2014 at 7:56 pm UTC
QuoteWhat I do love though is that it's much more forgiving than games like XCOM, as your soldiers don't die

...

don't die? So what happens then, do they fall unconscious and are just out of that particular battle?
Clockwork Empires From Gaslamp Games Should Be On Linux In August
By Rutine, 22 July 2014 at 7:35 pm UTC
Quoting: HamishLinux was a target platform from the word go though - it might be pushing the line a tad far if we start demanding same day release for Linux even for the likes of "Earliest Access".

Then I probably misread or don't remember well, I thought they had no plans for Linux, and the game seemed pretty interesting to me, that's why I was disappointed.
Clockwork Empires From Gaslamp Games Should Be On Linux In August
By Hamish, 22 July 2014 at 1:25 pm UTC
Quoting: RutineThat's good news, I was interested by this game but disappointed to see there was no Linux support when I heard of it. Really good news ! :)

Linux was a target platform from the word go though - it might be pushing the line a tad far if we start demanding same day release for Linux even for the likes of "Earliest Access".
Where Kerbals Fear To Tread, Kerbal Space Program 0.24 Out Now
By Rutine, 22 July 2014 at 12:43 pm UTC
Well, I don't know whne my last Kerbal mission was, but it must have been long ago, there seem to have been lots and lots of changes, that's great !

Quoting: oldrocker99It's a wonderful thing for me that I have so many games for Linux today that I have this problem! Back when I started using Linux in '08 there was one commercial game:Neverwinter Nights. Then the Humble Bundles started, and things began to look up. Now, with Steam, there's a surfeit of riches!

Almost the same for me, I did not even knew Neverwinters Nights was on Linux, so no commercial games for me at the beginning. Then, World of Goo came in one of the Humble Bundles, and Majesty HD in the Ubuntu Store, and... so many more now !
Star Ruler 2 4X-RTS Released On Steam For Linux
By MayeulC, 22 July 2014 at 12:42 pm UTC
The first one was a really good game, I especially loved how the propulsion mode was fully newtonian, and how you were not forced to stay on the ecliptic plane (IIRC). It was a hard game to master, though, with so many things to keep an eye on, and an not-so-good looking UI. But it was definitely a good game. I hope they will solve the bits which were annoying, while keeping microgestion systems like ship design, planets infrastructures, etc...
One thing that annoyed me was this microgestion thing, too : you can't really avoid it. It's fun, but sometimes, you would want to do something else, and you are forced back to it.
I think they should make more things optional, while letting the user dive deeper into customization if he wants to.
They should aim for somewhere in-between Sins Of A Solar Empire and Star Ruler 1, (maybe they could allow optional customization to go beyond SR1 in terms of customization, like, let's say, control the buildings placement on the planet, while keeping this as an optional feature).

I must admit, I didn't know they were about to make a sequel, but I am very pleased by this. And, due to overheating problems (which should be solved soon), I couldn't gather any information about this sequel. So, please disregard any comment I may have made that are not relevant.
One last thing : I hope they will open translation to the community. IIRC, French translations were awful in SR1 (maybe there were no translations at all, I can't recall)
Clockwork Empires From Gaslamp Games Should Be On Linux In August
By Rutine, 22 July 2014 at 12:39 pm UTC
That's good news, I was interested by this game but disappointed to see there was no Linux support when I heard of it. Really good news ! :)
Shovel Knight Looks Set To Be On Linux Soon
By HadBabits, 22 July 2014 at 1:02 am UTC
Ugh, I want to play so bad, I hope it comes out soon D:
Clockwork Empires From Gaslamp Games Should Be On Linux In August
By intok, 21 July 2014 at 11:33 pm UTC
Quoting: Bumadar
QuoteThey have actually had Ryan "Icculus" Gordon working with them on the game too, so it should hopefully be quite a decent game.
not sure how one leads to the others, I assume you mean decent port ? but then so was DoD (no idea of he helped on that) so all should be fine.

Dredmor is a great game, so It's likely that their 2nd game will also be good.
Clockwork Empires From Gaslamp Games Should Be On Linux In August
By drmoth, 21 July 2014 at 5:41 pm UTC
This really does look excellent, I hope they deliver as it also looks pretty ambitious. Cannibalism and Cthulhu....I'm sold!
GOL Cast: Hacking Looters to Pieces in Mount & Blade: Warband
By STiAT, 21 July 2014 at 5:02 pm UTC
If you're playing as Women char .. that game gets a lot harder to master.
SteamOS Update 123 Pushed To Alchemist Beta
By Shmerl, 21 July 2014 at 4:37 pm UTC
Quoting: n30p1r4t3
Quoting: ShmerlWhat is SteamOS compositor? Does it use Wayland in any way?
It's based on xcompmgr, but has (as of a while ago) 4200 lines of additional patches.

I'm not sure, no do I think that it works with wayland [yet].

So it is using X.org. At least it's good they aren't trying to reinvent the wheel and make their own display server (like Ubuntu does). Hopefully they'll turn it into Wayland compositor when the drivers will make it possible.
SteamOS Update 123 Pushed To Alchemist Beta
By n30p1r4t3, 21 July 2014 at 4:30 pm UTC
Quoting: ShmerlWhat is SteamOS compositor? Does it use Wayland in any way?

It's based on xcompmgr, but has (as of a while ago) 4200 lines of additional patches.

I'm not sure, no do I think that it works with wayland [yet].
Where Kerbals Fear To Tread, Kerbal Space Program 0.24 Out Now
By neffo, 21 July 2014 at 1:32 pm UTC
Maybe it'd be easy enough to mod it so that parts dropped with chutes opened are considered to rescued?

I've already got debris from staging all over the launch area for some reason though (it's neither rescued or removed).
Mother 4 An RPG & Fan-made Sequel To Mother/Earthbound Coming To Linux
By Vissy, 21 July 2014 at 1:07 pm UTC Likes: 1
Wow...


That is awesome. I am very excited for this. Earthbound was a fantastic campy RPG.
Mother 4 An RPG & Fan-made Sequel To Mother/Earthbound Coming To Linux
By NothingMuchHereToSay, 21 July 2014 at 12:59 pm UTC
Awesome and the best part is that it's its own standalone game, no emulators needed either!

You forgot to add the source btw: http://www.mother4game.com/faq/
★ Support Us
Popular this week
Search or view by category
Contact
Latest Comments
Latest Forum Posts
Misc