Quoting: GuestI don't use discord, but first impressions:
* Resolution option might be nice. But it's only a demo.
* Block artifacts all over the screen, all the time. Distracting, makes it unplayable.
* zip files annoy me, especially when they unzip into the current directory. Meaning /tmp/ now has the game files directly in there, and I have to go cleaning them up. This is from itch.io. Maybe a small gripe, but it's something that annoys me no end.

Potential is there though.

Hey Mirv!

Regarding the block artifact - if it's damage related you can lower it in the options. Could be the dust from the sun rays, if so, adding an option to disable it for the next demo update and full release! Resolution options also coming. For now, you can pass arguments to the binary file via -screen-width and -screen-height :)

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Thanks for the article Liam! This port is gonna be interesting, because if it pans out decent enough, I can leverage it and get in touch with more Developers about bringing their games to Linux.

Glad you enjoy playing it :D

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Quoting: MacabreHeartDirect selling worked for very few games which is why we have the distrubution platforms we have. It may or may not be a good thing that its turned out that way but its the fact that people dont like having extra launchers and stores for things and they only put up with a few because they have to. Uplay is reviled still, Origin only not so because you cant buy ea games anywhere else. GOG looks like a cool store from a consumer point of view but lacks the big titles and are apparently not so great to devs behind the scenes. Epics new store is deficient in a lot of ways but represents a possible better inlet for devs than steam. Itch is fantastic if you keep in mind that 80% of the games are made with very low budgets and thus adjust your expectation accordingly. So i feel that this isnt a good move

Economically it really won't be a good move for me yet however I'm not doing too bad on the financial part (ESH performed really well and my contracting work pays more than enough). I just want to focus more on making my games rather than trying to please Steam's algorithm or having to spend too much money on marketing and driving traffic. The whole point is to grow slow and not depend on my games performing well. I could do the same on Steam and Itch however in the long run, by doing it on my own store front, I can actually grow my own stuff and not be dependent on someone else's platform.

Ogh and keep 98% of the revenue, learn more things about marketing and be directly in contact with my customers and fan base.

Thanks for the shout out Liam!

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Quoting: DolusDoesn't this qualify for the 'open source' tag? Also, fullscreen seems broken in 17.10.

It should, but I'm pretty sure Liam didn't add it cause I didn't get around to updating the source on github :(!
Regarding fullscreen, It's all my bad there. My implementation of it is so awful that it behaves differently across the same distributions depending on how many monitors you have. One of these days I'll re-write the HOST in SDL to get rid of all the problems.

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Quoting: qptain Nemo

Quoting: ZapaHi,

Thanks for covering the game. Glad you liked it! The game comes with the source code when bought on Steam/Itch but I forgot to update on github. The source has been uploaded there as well.

Thank you,
Zapa

The trailer shows the Linux logo before the Windows one. Was that intentional?

Yeah! It's my main platform for both development and gaming! And it always bothered me that people show Windows first so why not do the reverse myself :D

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Hi,

Thanks for covering the game. Glad you liked it! The game comes with the source code when bought on Steam/Itch but I forgot to update on github. The source has been uploaded there as well.

Thank you,
Zapa

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I’m especially fond of the second goal, where the opposing team tried to save it, but ended up just helping me score even more

I'll get you next time!

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And that's only on my main account! Got a couple hundred more hours on my work account!


Edit: What I meant is: if it releases for Linux, ogh boy I can only think of the all-nighters at home!

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Ogh man I need this game in my life! Thank you sir Samsai! It's what I wanted to do with KSP but it always ended up lagging!

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"Did you buy a Steam Machine?"

^ Um.... Aghmmm! The Brix Pro is technically a steam machine. By that account I kinda, sorta, have bought it and installed SteamOS on it, does that count? if so, add one Yes to that question and substract the No!

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