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Sanctum 2 FPS/Tower Defence Hybrid Now Has An Open Beta On Steam
12 Apr 2014 at 7:16 am UTC
12 Apr 2014 at 7:16 am UTC
A tip for downloading the beta: switch to the beta before downloading anything. I downloaded 700mb of non-beta, got a missing executable, and had to download 1,2gb again.
Natural Selection 2's Direct3D HLSL to OpenGL GLSL Parser Open Sourced
28 Mar 2014 at 5:21 pm UTC
28 Mar 2014 at 5:21 pm UTC
Unity has a similar, open-source compiler (derived from mesa): https://github.com/aras-p/hlsl2glslfork [External Link] . Unreal uses the same codebase, but they aren't publishing their proprietary branch at all.
Here's a good overview of cross-API shaders: http://aras-p.info/blog/2014/03/28/cross-platform-shaders-in-2014/ [External Link]
Here's a good overview of cross-API shaders: http://aras-p.info/blog/2014/03/28/cross-platform-shaders-in-2014/ [External Link]
See Valve's Vogl OpenGL Debugger In Action
24 Mar 2014 at 11:26 am UTC
24 Mar 2014 at 11:26 am UTC
You all have seen Valve's excellent OpenGL presentation at steam dev days, right?
The VoGL segment starts here [External Link].
The VoGL segment starts here [External Link].
Octopus City Blues Game-Like Adventure Game Available For Pre-Order
21 Mar 2014 at 11:00 pm UTC
21 Mar 2014 at 11:00 pm UTC
I've also been burned by game-like things with weak gameplay.
Pro tip for those in no hurry: use the positive/negative review filters on the steam store page. If there isn't anything negative it's probably too early. Read a bit of both until you know which way you lean. Try to buy good games less often rather than meh sales you may not care to finish.
Pro tip for those in no hurry: use the positive/negative review filters on the steam store page. If there isn't anything negative it's probably too early. Read a bit of both until you know which way you lean. Try to buy good games less often rather than meh sales you may not care to finish.
Stranded, A Sci-Fi Point & Click Adventure Now Out For Linux, It's Odd
20 Mar 2014 at 12:25 am UTC
20 Mar 2014 at 12:25 am UTC
So Ren'Py can be extended to do point and click, that's new.
I've only played Katawa Shoujo [External Link]. Maybe the first chapter of Analogue [External Link] too, enough to know that wasn't going to be a very cheerful story.
I've only played Katawa Shoujo [External Link]. Maybe the first chapter of Analogue [External Link] too, enough to know that wasn't going to be a very cheerful story.
Epic Games & Mozilla Give Sneak Peak At Unreal Engine 4 In The Browser
18 Mar 2014 at 11:02 pm UTC
18 Mar 2014 at 11:02 pm UTC
If UE4 relies on shared memory parallelism that part will be very hard to port, maybe with a compiler hacker reimplementing memory barriers as IPC between webworkers.
The Last Tinker: City Of Colors, Adventure Game Arriving On Linux This Summer
13 Mar 2014 at 4:51 am UTC
13 Mar 2014 at 4:51 am UTC
Yess, platforming.
Handling looks a lot like Psychonauts: rails, automatically grabbing bars, a stomp-punch.
Handling looks a lot like Psychonauts: rails, automatically grabbing bars, a stomp-punch.
CRYENGINE from Crytek Announces Official Linux Support Ahead Of GDC
11 Mar 2014 at 8:20 pm UTC
11 Mar 2014 at 8:20 pm UTC
Plus, hands-on demos! That's a vote of confidence for their Linux performance.
Defense Grid 2 is happening and coming to Linux!
9 Mar 2014 at 3:35 am UTC
9 Mar 2014 at 3:35 am UTC
This Defense Grid post-mortem [External Link] (via Kickstarter updates [External Link]) gives some really good reasons to target Linux: their first release got screwed by Microsoft (on delays and price points), they managed to release to Steam instead, and worked on Valve's CS:GO later on.
Fight The Dragon Hack & Slash RPG Hitting Linux This Month
7 Mar 2014 at 10:25 pm UTC
7 Mar 2014 at 10:25 pm UTC
Looks lovely, and I like their priorities: short coop sessions (though I hope solo will be good as well) and a really usable level builder.