Quoting: Lightkey

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: Lightkey

Quoting: EikeHm? I own several native Linux games from Thunderful Publishing... (but no Lego game seen yet)

I only used the search on GOG.com and it didn't catch Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit because it was co-published by Headup and the SteamWorld games are self-published by developer Image and Form for some reason.

Yeah, that looks strange. SteamWorld Dig (recommendation, especially the second one!) is listed in the publisher's list [External Link], but on the game pages there's "Image & Form Games" noted as publisher. Whatever...

This might be a clue as to why, the game website gives a 404 and the homepage redirects to Thunderful, who mention on the SteamWorld games pages as developer "Image & Form (now Thunderful Games)", so they bought them out.

Ah! Looks like a merger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_%26_Form [External Link]

So, yes, they had a Linux history already.
But for sure it's nice to see a Lego game natively on Linux!

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Quoting: Lightkey

Quoting: EikeHm? I own several native Linux games from Thunderful Publishing... (but no Lego game seen yet)

I only used the search on GOG.com and it didn't catch Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit because it was co-published by Headup and the SteamWorld games are self-published by developer Image and Form for some reason.

Yeah, that looks strange. SteamWorld Dig (recommendation, especially the second one!) is listed in the publisher's list [External Link], but on the game pages there's "Image & Form Games" noted as publisher. Whatever...

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: Purple Library GuyI too have been getting the feeling that, rather to my surprise, and despite some high profile counterexamples, I'm seeing a bit more native Linux releases than before the Deck.

I spent a bit of time on SteamDB checking the numbers.

Thanks for bringing numbers!

My little grain of salt: Sometimes, old games are ported to Linux (like Wadjet Eye's). So even with a constant rate of porting, I'd expect the numbers for years longer ago to be a bit (but not hugely) higher.

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Quoting: LightkeyAh, Bridge Constructor (also released for Linux) developer from Germany, no surprises there. What's surprising is that LEGO/Thunderful Publishing went along with it, as it's their first Linux title. I wonder if ClockStone even mentioned it to them..

They are actually from Austria. Since they are from my hometown I am picky about that...

Isn't that the same?!? ;)

To say something more constructive: Happy cake day!

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Quoting: elmapulwell i guess that goes to those naysayers who thought native support were more important than marketshare...
proton made it sustainable to grow the marketshare , and the marketshare made it commercialy viable to offer native support again.
it has been a long time since we heard an big brand natively supporting linux and i think we will start to see it again.

Really? You're seeing an increase of native Linux games? I don't, and I sure am looking. This is just one lucky case of a development team having their Linux build and test under control and not having given up yet (unlike others).

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Quoting: LightkeyAh, Bridge Constructor (also released for Linux) developer from Germany, no surprises there. What's surprising is that LEGO/Thunderful Publishing went along with it, as it's their first Linux title. I wonder if ClockStone even mentioned it to them..

Hm? I own several native Linux games from Thunderful Publishing... (but no Lego game seen yet)

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I'll get it the day the native version is official. Thanks, Not-Too-Grumpy-Gamer! :heart:

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When I want to login at another PC, the Steam App...
* signals a message (good)
* opens on some advertising opening screen (WTF, we wanted to login, remember?!?)
* when I switch to alerts, there's nothing about a login (ok, you don't remember)
* when I switch to guard, I get a camera pic (hey, I just wanted to acknowledge and not scan anything!)
* ... and after two seconds, it finally asks me if I want to login.

And don't get me started about the forum threads, the second thing I used to use the app for.

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Quoting: mr-victoryThe problem with Steam Deck boot video is that it plays after boot is completed ie. you can "patch out" the boot loader and your boot time will decrease. Otherwise, PS1 intro is 20 secs but no one cares about that because it plays during boot.
Also Deck probably has long boot time because boot includes starting Steam which takes quite a bit.

Is this a thing? How much shorter the boot time would be?

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Would I need to opt out of beta now to not get future beta stuff?

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