Quoting: BlackBloodRumIn any case, it would need to be clarified as it may artificially make it appear that either you have more Linux users on steam than in actuality or that some distros are losing ground, when in fact they're just not being counted because the user has two distros being used on steam and only one of those is counted.

It's a hardware survey, not a user survey. It's no more artificial than someone with a Windows desktop and a Steam Deck having both machines counted, or a desktop and a laptop.

The hardware survey lets developers compare the requirements of their game to the amount of hardware being used that meets those requirements. Developers making sure that their game works on Linux would be making sure their game works on both of your machines.

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Quoting: dziadulewiczso Feral is doing these endless Warhammer games only now :huh: there used to be much more appealing stuff like Mad max, Tomb Raiders and what have you.

If you've made a Windows-only game that you're vaguely interested in having the ability to run on Linux, but not enough to be bothered to do it yourself, why pay Feral to do it when Valve will do it for you for free? Feral are just finishing up existing contracts.

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Quoting: CAVRThat's interesting... I see all these big corporations apparently supporting the O3D Engine, but most projects that I see being developed using a FOSS game engine are actually using Godot.

This engine has only been available for a year. It used to be Lumberyard, which was a modified CryEngine.

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metaverse

Ugh.

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Quoting: levellordIs it suitable for kids? I am sure my 9 year old will ask for it the moment she learn about it. Thanks!

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/07/game-review-stray-redefines-the-adventure-genre-with-a-cats-eye-view/ [External Link]

I want to be clear: If you are sensitive about violence against domesticated cats, failing a challenge in Stray may be difficult for you. These moments can include small, otherworldly creatures crowding over your cat's lifeless body as the camera hovers over until you press a button to try again from a checkpoint. There is no gore, and there is no disturbing animation of something that resembles an attack. But while I found the presentation of these challenging moments tasteful, Stray's protagonist is so carefully rendered that I could see cat lovers being very bothered. As such, BlueTwelve should probably include an "immediate cut to black" option in its menus.

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Quoting: TermyThe other interesting question when deciding if it's acceptable to deviate from "no tux, no bucks": Is it Deck Verified due to support by the Dev or is it just testing by Valve?

Deck Verified is just Valve's testing to see if it works or not. If a developer hasn't come out and said that they're pre-emptively testing in Proton then they aren't, and they could break it at any time; it continuing to work is only due to the work by Valve & the Wine devs.

The more Tux, more bucks approach I take is that if a developer has said that they're testing their Windows-only game themselves in Proton then I'll get it when it's 50% off, but if it just accidentally works in Proton then I'll get it when it's 90% off. For Deck Verified games I'm willing to split the difference at 75% off because they've got some incentive to keep it working so that they don't lose that green checkmark in Steam.

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Quoting: GuestIt's currently sitting at 1850 verified and 2093 playable, for a total of 3943 games according to Valve's official numbers.

Where are you seeing "over 4000"?

Steam only lists games that are currently available to buy. SteamDB (and the verification process) shows games that are on Steam even if you can no longer buy them.

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Quoting: GroganI'd put money on the next version of DirectX not being easy to translate into our APIs, too.

That can't really happen. Mantle is the paradigm now, with Vulkan, DX12, and Metal all being based on it. We're really good at translating DX12 to Vulkan. Or they could look backwards, and have something that's like the earlier versions of DirectX. We're really good at translating earlier versions of DirectX to Vulkan. If they tried to use something so completely different to either that it would be a headache then developers aren't going to switch to it either: they'll just use Vulkan instead... and we'd probably get really good at translating whatever it was to Vulkan, anyway.

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Quoting: TermyA shame they didn't call that service provider out so other devs can stay clear of such a company...

According to SteamDB [External Link], that would be Microsoft [External Link].

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Quoting: wit_as_a_riddleI go as far to think Valve may offer manufacturers a percentage of their cut on game sales in order to enable them to sell their equipment at a lower price, effectively subsidizing it and making it more enticing to consumers than other's equipment that ships without SteamOS. It would be a clever way to keep growing the linux market share and their own market share.

I don't think that's at all likely. They might bung a lump sum at a device that seems particularly interesting, though, if it's running Linux. Valve did help out Oculus in the early days.

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