Support us on Patreon
PayPalLatest Comments by CatKiller
Robot Gentleman dev of 60 Seconds! blasts Unity, switches to Godot and increases funding
21 Sep 2023 at 6:44 am UTC Likes: 2
21 Sep 2023 at 6:44 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: Pyreticthe developers themselves are saying that the traffic has been far bigger than ever.Yeah, sorry, I have to keep looking up the documentation.
Robot Gentleman dev of 60 Seconds! blasts Unity, switches to Godot and increases funding
20 Sep 2023 at 7:29 pm UTC Likes: 9
"Thus, there's an optimum distance from one's neighbors (the most similar competing projects). Too close and one's product will be a ``me, too!'' of limited value, a poor gift (one would be better off contributing to an existing project). Too far away, and nobody will be able to use, understand, or perceive the relevance of one's effort (again, a poor gift). This creates a pattern of homesteading in the noosphere that rather resembles that of settlers spreading into a physical frontier - not random, but like a diffusion-limited fractal. Projects tend to get started to fill functional gaps near the frontier (see [NO] for further discussion of the lure of novelty).
"Some very successful projects become `category killers'; nobody wants to homestead anywhere near them because competing against the established base for the attention of hackers would be too hard. People who might otherwise found their own distinct efforts end up, instead, adding extensions for these big, successful projects. The classic `category killer' example is GNU Emacs; its variants fill the ecological niche for a fully-programmable editor so completely that no competitor has gotten much beyond the one-man project stage since the early 1980s. Instead, people write Emacs modes."
— Eric S. Raymond [External Link], 1999.
Edit: I forgot to say why I was citing that essay; additional funding for Godot will shuffle the prominence of different projects, but they'll still exist to fill whichever ecological niches remain.
20 Sep 2023 at 7:29 pm UTC Likes: 9
Quoting: Purple Library GuyI'm actually starting to feel sorry for some other open source projects that don't have as much name recognition and momentum as Godot. Everyone's reacting by supporting Godot (and in Terraria's case, FNA, which is cool) but Liam had an article listing quite a few other alternatives, some of which are both open source and seem pretty neat, and I hope some of those get a bit of love too."The reputation-game analysis has some more implications that may not be immediately obvious. Many of these derive from the fact that one gains more prestige from founding a successful project than from cooperating in an existing one. One also gains more from projects that are strikingly innovative, as opposed to being `me, too' incremental improvements on software that already exists. On the other hand, software that nobody but the author understands or has a need for is a non-starter in the reputation game, and it's often easier to attract good notice by contributing to an existing project than it is to get people to notice a new one. Finally, it's much harder to compete with an already successful project than it is to fill an empty niche.
"Thus, there's an optimum distance from one's neighbors (the most similar competing projects). Too close and one's product will be a ``me, too!'' of limited value, a poor gift (one would be better off contributing to an existing project). Too far away, and nobody will be able to use, understand, or perceive the relevance of one's effort (again, a poor gift). This creates a pattern of homesteading in the noosphere that rather resembles that of settlers spreading into a physical frontier - not random, but like a diffusion-limited fractal. Projects tend to get started to fill functional gaps near the frontier (see [NO] for further discussion of the lure of novelty).
"Some very successful projects become `category killers'; nobody wants to homestead anywhere near them because competing against the established base for the attention of hackers would be too hard. People who might otherwise found their own distinct efforts end up, instead, adding extensions for these big, successful projects. The classic `category killer' example is GNU Emacs; its variants fill the ecological niche for a fully-programmable editor so completely that no competitor has gotten much beyond the one-man project stage since the early 1980s. Instead, people write Emacs modes."
— Eric S. Raymond [External Link], 1999.
Edit: I forgot to say why I was citing that essay; additional funding for Godot will shuffle the prominence of different projects, but they'll still exist to fill whichever ecological niches remain.
Unity apologises for the new runtime fee, say they will make changes
19 Sep 2023 at 9:24 pm UTC Likes: 5
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/godot-engine-has-a-new-funding-platform-and-theyre-calling-for-help/
19 Sep 2023 at 9:24 pm UTC Likes: 5
Quoting: scaineHuh, so I didn't realise that they'd started their own funding platform, which explains why the patreon contributions are in decline. They're still making $10K/month on Patreon too, but it's on the way down, definitely. I was contributing there and must have missed their announcement that they were setting up on their own. Link is here if you're interested: https://fund.godotengine.org [External Link].There's this site where I find out about this stuff 😉
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/godot-engine-has-a-new-funding-platform-and-theyre-calling-for-help/
Unity Considers Tentative Changes To Controversial Policies
18 Sep 2023 at 8:41 pm UTC Likes: 8
From the linked article:
18 Sep 2023 at 8:41 pm UTC Likes: 8
Death threats were sent in which forced an office closure.It's worth being aware that they decided to close their offices after a Unity employee in a different state posted on social media, rather than because of any external game dev ire.
From the linked article:
On September 14, 2023, at approximately 0930am, San Francisco Police Officers assigned to Central Station responded to the unit block of 3rd Street regarding a threats incident.
When officers arrived on scene, they met with a reporting party who informed them that an employee made a threat towards his employer using social media. The reporting party also said that the employee works at an out of state location for the company, but that they had been unable to reach the outside jurisdiction to make a report.
The reporting party was advised to contact the jurisdiction in which the incident occurred, and officers took a courtesy report.
Unity apologises for the new runtime fee, say they will make changes
18 Sep 2023 at 8:32 pm UTC Likes: 3
People that aren't at or near the top that are employed by a corporation have no special powers in that regard.
18 Sep 2023 at 8:32 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: LoftyIs it that once you join a corporation you become a gas lighting narcissist or do you only get employed if you are a gas lighting narcissist.The people at the top have been to gas lighting narcissism school. Some - like former EA CEO now Unity CEO John Riccitiello - have spent additional years honing their craft subsequently.
People that aren't at or near the top that are employed by a corporation have no special powers in that regard.
Unity apologises for the new runtime fee, say they will make changes
18 Sep 2023 at 11:59 am UTC Likes: 21
18 Sep 2023 at 11:59 am UTC Likes: 21
Quoting: MayeulCI also hope that the studios that complained start donating to Godot, at least a token amount.
Here's some alternatives to the Unity game engine
15 Sep 2023 at 1:31 pm UTC Likes: 2
15 Sep 2023 at 1:31 pm UTC Likes: 2
There's a list of alternatives here [External Link], many of which have been mentioned in this article or the comments.
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered heads to Steam from Aspyr
15 Sep 2023 at 3:17 am UTC Likes: 5
15 Sep 2023 at 3:17 am UTC Likes: 5
Quoting: whizseShooting digital people, no problemo. Shooting digital animals, big problemo! :tongue:That's why, for a dozen games, Greenpeace were trying to stop her shenanigans. But she slayed them, too. She's a monster.
Linux continues rising above 3% desktop user share on Statcounter
6 Sep 2023 at 5:38 pm UTC Likes: 10
-- Gabe Newell, 2012
6 Sep 2023 at 5:38 pm UTC Likes: 10
Quoting: Purple Library GuyJolly good!"The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don’t realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior."
I do wonder if the gaming side has fed into this--if people aren't finding themselves more able to switch because the answer to "But can I play my games?" is now basically "Yes."
In my case that's actually one of the primary reasons I started following GoL--I concluded that the gaming side was a really key strategic issue for desktop growth more generally.
-- Gabe Newell, 2012
Steam will soon show better controller support details like for PlayStation controllers
6 Sep 2023 at 4:22 pm UTC Likes: 3
6 Sep 2023 at 4:22 pm UTC Likes: 3
What's your preferred gaming input? Do you stick with a mouse? Use a controller? Let us know in the comments.Different games benefit from different input methods. There's no way I'm playing a platformer or a driving game with a mouse. Even something otherwise desktop-friendly like a third-person game is hampered by the lack of analogue movement controls. So I'll use KB/M, controller, steering wheel, whatever's most appropriate for a given game. HOTAS if I were more into flying games.
- CachyOS founder explains why they didn't join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC)
- GPD release their own statement on the confusion with Bazzite Linux support [updated]
- Stop Destroying Videogames initiative to get a public hearing organised by the European Parliament
- GDC 2026 report: 36% of devs use GenAI; 28% target Steam Deck and 8% target Linux
- GOG are giving away Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy to celebrate their Preservation Program
- > See more over 30 days here
How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
How to install Hollow Knight: Silksong mods on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck- I need help making SWTOR work on Linux without the default Steam …
- WheatMcGrass - Browsers
- Jarmer - New Desktop Screenshot Thread
- Hamish - Is it possible to have 2 Steam instances (different accounts) at …
- whizse - Will you buy the new Steam Machine?
- DoctorJunglist - See more posts
Source: i.ibb.co
View cookie preferences.
Accept & Show Accept All & Don't show this again Direct Link