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3D puzzle game "Flux Caves" fully released, now has Linux support again
11 Jul 2019 at 9:37 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: tuubiWell, here's a thumbs up from someone who paid for it (before the steam release). :wink:

There doesn't seem to be a story as such like in some of the more famous first person puzzlers we know and love, but the puzzles are fun and the game looks great for a one man project. Definitely worth your time, especially if you're a fan of the genre.
That sounds fine. I was happy with Infinifactory, which isn't famous for its story either. ;-) Thanks!

Key reseller G2A is back in the spotlight again, as a petition is up to ask them to stop selling indie games
10 Jul 2019 at 1:06 pm UTC

Quoting: razing32So what makes more sense ? Sell 90$ game to a few who will buy it or sell 60-40$ game to many more people ?
I cannot really tell what a game should cost, I never saw the numbers of a game producer (and couldn't evaluate them anyway). I got the feeling of a middle ground breaking away (or beeing bought away), something between indie and AAA, but I'm not sure about that either. What I see (in the Steam forums mainly) is people complaining about the price of 20$ indie games threatening to just download them, which I find quite ugly.

Physics-based building game "Besiege" just had a pretty big update, new levels and plenty of bug fixes
10 Jul 2019 at 12:39 pm UTC

Quoting: MichaelDNFinally an update it has been almost a year with no word. I usually don't buy Early Access games but besiege was so fun that I was fine paying full price for the first early release, i'm 100+ hours in already.

I just wish Early Access meant the developers are releasing the game in a year or two not FIVE years and counting..
I bought it IIRC for less than 10 bucks and played it for >10 hours. I'm happy with that. I'd not buy early access if I'm not (probably) happy with what I get at the time of buying...

3D puzzle game "Flux Caves" fully released, now has Linux support again
10 Jul 2019 at 10:35 am UTC Likes: 1

Sounds good, and 24 of 24 reviews positive (well, quite some copies for free :) ).

Wishlisted!

Time-looping adventure game "Elsinore" is releasing soon with Linux support
10 Jul 2019 at 10:06 am UTC Likes: 2

That sounds most interesting! If it gets positive reviews, I'm sure I'll get it.

Debian 10 "Buster" has finally been released
10 Jul 2019 at 6:46 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: cprnIs there a way to painlessly restart Gnome on Wayland now? The 'r' command didn't work on Wayland few months back.
A new installation defaults to Wayland for GNOME. Don't know about upgrades.

BTW... With every new release of Debian, I wonder how much I'm missing by upgrading instead of reinstalling. Any ideas?

Physics-based building game "Besiege" just had a pretty big update, new levels and plenty of bug fixes
10 Jul 2019 at 6:42 am UTC

Quoting: Purple Library GuySomehow I was expecting something different from the title. Makes me think . . . In all the masses of "Tower Defence
After the success (I hope so?) of a realistic RPG, you really should try this...

SteamVR has another beta up, with plenty of Linux fixes and other improvements
9 Jul 2019 at 11:37 am UTC

Quoting: Vash63I'm really glad to see such a large amount of fixes in a single release, but I still can't really recommend people buy VR if they don't want to use it in Windows. Here's a list I made a week or so ago of ongoing issues I've had for years with the Vive and now persisting with the Index:
Thanks for pointing out!
I wouldn't want more computer stuff to fight with.

Debian 10 "Buster" has finally been released
8 Jul 2019 at 3:10 pm UTC

Quoting: Geppeto35I tried some stuffs with usb key. Didn't know that non-free installer exists! :D
Debian took quite some effort to remove non-free stuff from their "main" distribution (and AFAIR also from the kernel - didn't find sources?). As they know that many people do need non-free drivers, it's in the "non-free" section. And as some drivers are needed for installation, there are "non-free" install mediums as well.

Key reseller G2A is back in the spotlight again, as a petition is up to ask them to stop selling indie games
8 Jul 2019 at 2:55 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: GuestThe video game market is broken as shit. You have publishers gouging money from gamers everywhere you turn, so people turn to other sources in order to buy games for less. Its been happening for decades. Remember when copied games were sold in the market for a fraction of the retail price?
(Not talking lootboxes and nonsense into account here..)
In my humble opionion, most games are way too cheap.
In the 90ies, a game usually costed 100 german marks.
With inflation, this translated to 83 euros / 93 dollars.
Back then a game was made by, dunno, a handful or two of people?
Nowadays, even productions by hundreds of people cannot ask for 90 dollars.
And productions by a handful of people are often condemned if they take more than 20 dollars...