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Port Valley, a "not so classic" point & click adventure now has a Linux demo
31 Mar 2019 at 6:20 pm UTC

Quoting: EikeWill do.
I did now, and hey, that's one good game with a long (> 1h) demo.
Give it a try!
Be prepared though for a fourth wall shattered to pieces. :D

Tropico 6 releases today with Linux support from Limbic Entertainment and Kalypso Media
29 Mar 2019 at 6:56 pm UTC

Quoting: kuhpunktWeird that they still went with OpenGL and not Vulkan.
You're usually using what you know well.
Of course, from time to time you need to learn something new, but OpenGL should work well enough for such a game. (Should...)

CodeWeavers on how Proton (Steam Play) helped improve Wine 4.2
29 Mar 2019 at 6:47 pm UTC

Quoting: RadiarionPs, can someone develop an easy way to install nvidia drivers that doesn't require a phd?
In Debian, I do it with "apt-get install nvidia-driver".

Looks like Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 may be coming to Linux
28 Mar 2019 at 9:55 am UTC

Wow!
I didn't even knew they are makig a second one, and the first was one of the very few games my wife liked.

You can now filter out specific article tags from the GamingOnLinux homepage
28 Mar 2019 at 8:07 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Alm888Yeah, sure. :| Those games are "DRM-free" (not really, Steam client is mandatory, no matter what)…
... for downloading. Then you can delete it.

Quoting: Alm888until one day suddenly they are not [External Link].
Which cannot happen after deleting the Steam client. Or copying the game data away. It's yours to copy around and do whatever you want with it.

You can now filter out specific article tags from the GamingOnLinux homepage
27 Mar 2019 at 2:20 pm UTC

Quoting: Alm888This is great, in theory, at least. No "Proton" tag though.
I wondered the same and found it in said article triggering a discussion: Steam Play.

I (still) wonder why the Steam Play tag on the title page is display on goldenish backgroud instead of blue like all others though...?

You can now filter out specific article tags from the GamingOnLinux homepage
27 Mar 2019 at 7:56 am UTC

Very nice one, thanks!

Does it have to do with, erm... very recent discussion? If so, you're a quick developer!

In the puzzle game Flux Caves you will be pushing around blocks to play with large marbles
27 Mar 2019 at 6:24 am UTC

Quoting: 14Are you used to seeing a final price before you put stuff in your cart? In the U.S., tax gets added to Steam purchases during checkout. Actually, sales tax gets added to a lot of online retailers now. It became law in my State not that long ago if I remember correctly.
At least in Germany, it's law that consumers have to be shown full price including VAT from the beginning (online as offline). (And that online retailers have to pay them, too, which seems obvious to me). The tax part of the price is shown explicitly in the end on Steam.

Port Valley, a "not so classic" point & click adventure now has a Linux demo
25 Mar 2019 at 2:59 pm UTC Likes: 2

Hi.

You may have suspected something by reading the title, but, surprise… [the competent DEMO] is now available for Linux players!

* Okay, so why didn’t it happen earlier?

Because of the way I handle some key resources and features of the game (including videos and translations), a Linux port always resulted in a sad broken mess of unexpected bugs, compatibility issues and tears.

All those issues required to be identified and fixed one by one, so, with the demo out, I finally had the time (and patience) to make it work. Or at least that's what I think.
That's a competent way of sorting it all out!

PS - Please let me know if it explodes.
Will do.