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Metro Exodus arrives for Linux on April 14
25 Mar 2021 at 12:36 pm UTC Likes: 10

I didn't expect that to ever happen. While I didn't yet play any of them, I'm gonna buy it.

Beyond a Steel Sky releases on DRM-free store GOG with a Linux build up now
25 Mar 2021 at 11:17 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: beko
Quoting: EikeI thoroughly enjoyed it although I never played the first one. I guess it's even better when meeting some people again after a quarter of a century... :)
tbf I wouldn't remember. I mean I did play it and I enjoyed it but that's all I can say today.
It would be similar for me. It's been a long time. But I think it would still be great to revisit the world.

Beyond a Steel Sky releases on DRM-free store GOG with a Linux build up now
25 Mar 2021 at 10:31 am UTC

I thoroughly enjoyed it although I never played the first one. I guess it's even better when meeting some people again after a quarter of a century... :)

To celebrate one year, Half-Life: Alyx is the cheapest it's ever been
24 Mar 2021 at 6:27 pm UTC

Quoting: slaapliedje
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: BeamboomIt's also worth noting that VR games - for whatever reason - seem to work particularly well on Proton. There's not many (Windows) VR games at all I've not gotten to work straight out of the box.
Interesting observation. Wonder if it's by chance or something systematic. I guess the company's start applications don't play a big role in VR. And maybe something about the 3D they're forced to do right for VR?
I would guess some of this is because it has to use Vulkan on Linux, and it seems to work better than OpenGL in general, and converting from DirectX in particular.
One of us is missunderstood something. Beamboom was talking about Windows/Proton...?

To celebrate one year, Half-Life: Alyx is the cheapest it's ever been
24 Mar 2021 at 12:23 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: BeamboomIt's also worth noting that VR games - for whatever reason - seem to work particularly well on Proton. There's not many (Windows) VR games at all I've not gotten to work straight out of the box.
Interesting observation. Wonder if it's by chance or something systematic. I guess the company's start applications don't play a big role in VR. And maybe something about the 3D they're forced to do right for VR?

To celebrate one year, Half-Life: Alyx is the cheapest it's ever been
24 Mar 2021 at 8:14 am UTC

I wonder if making Alyx cheaper is making any sense though. :-D Is there a single player that bought a VR set for many hundreds of bucks but didn't want to buy the game that's supposed to be the best for VR?!?

Beyond a Steel Sky gets a first major patch, some big Linux improvements
19 Mar 2021 at 5:15 pm UTC

Quoting: ShmerlOh, no Linux version on GOG though :(
Oh! Sorry, didn't have a look! :-(

Beyond a Steel Sky gets a first major patch, some big Linux improvements
19 Mar 2021 at 2:52 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: ShmerlAny news on GOG release, and how can I contact the authors about it?
*edit* Sorry, Windows only at the moment.

Now on GOG, too:
https://www.gog.com/game/beyond_a_steel_sky [External Link]

FMV adventure Dark Nights with Poe and Munro gets a Linux Beta
19 Mar 2021 at 8:55 am UTC

Quoting: robvvI've got to the final episode and have been going through some of the alternative choices I could have made in previous episodes. It's great fun!
As PublicNuisance wasn't sure: Is it possible to disable the "timed" aspect of choices?

Check out the demo for the upcoming point & click adventure Lucy Dreaming
17 Mar 2021 at 7:12 pm UTC

Quoting: whizseBesides the fullscreen fix I had to set a resolution manually in config.ini:

FULLSCREEN = no
RESOLUTION = 1920x1080
I got an empty config.ini and similar problems (on KDE).
The ini file is to be found here: ~/.local/share/Tall\ Story\ Games/Lucy\ Dreaming\ Demo\ V1.1/config.ini