I wouldn't mind something like the Ace Attorney series, but the rhythm game parts in this one might just spoil the fun for me.

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Quoting: smantz0rZpeople pester devs for Linux ports all the time, but then that doesn't translate into sales when the Linux version releases.

Does that mean our purchases aren't worth it to you unless they happen right after the Linux release? I mean, I was happy when I learned that ZED was coming to Linux, and it does look great, but so do most of the other ~140 games on my wishlist. Yours is in the top ten though, and I will definitely buy it at some point in the not-too-distant future. Although I have to admit it dropped down a couple of places when I learned about the lack of focus on puzzles, as elaborate puzzles are what I think of when I hear someone mention Myst or Myst-likes.

If you meant that Linux gamers are less likely to buy something they say they will, or more likely to "pester" devs than Windows or Mac gamers, I doubt you can actually back that up with anything solid.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyOne implication of this is particularly happy for me: Presumably, Mint will piggyback on this so there may be newer drivers on Mint too.

Mint, just like many other derivatives, make use of the Ubuntu core repositories directly and add their own on top, so I'd assume these drivers will be available.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyOh, except I just got a new computer and decided to go AMD, and my laptop has Intel. So, I guess it doesn't actually matter to me at all. But in general, not just Ubuntu but also Ubuntu derivatives may well be improved by this, so that's a Good Thing.

For your new AMD gaming box I'd suggest using the Padoka Stable PPA [External Link] for reasonably recent GPU drivers.

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Quoting: NanobangOooooo! I haven't played anything like this since 1983, when [Crush! Crumble! Chomp!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush,_Crumble_and_Chomp [External Link]!) came out for my C-64!

Raaaaaarrrrrr!!

I was reminded of a different C-64 game, namely The Movie Monster Game [External Link]. :)

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Quoting: ArdjeNice, then I might need an upgrade of my NVidia hardware too on my laptop. Oh wait...
But are they seriously going to support 3 or 4 revisions of NVidia drivers on LTS? (Mostly depends on which generation NVidia decided to stop supporting your hardware).
Or is this only for the latest generation?

I don't see how this would change anything. New major Nvidia driver versions do not replace older ones in the repositories, as they're released as new packages instead of new versions of old packages. At least everything upwards of the GeForce 8 series from 2006 have officially supported drivers available in 18.04. Older than that, you might be better off relying on Mesa, unless you want to be stuck with older kernels etc.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEP

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPUbuntu GPU drivers are usually VERY outdated, though, I'm not sure if that will resolve this issue.

Isn't that what this news is all about?

Yes.

Don't listen to him. He's lying!

I don't really see it from the article text, to be honest. "Up-to-date" by Canonical standards can really mean quite a range of time ;) Currently, in the "usual" PPA, 4.18.XX is the up-to-date one...

You must be looking at the wrong PPA then. This [External Link] should be the right one, and 430.26 is available for all LTS releases since 14.04. Probably not the latest one, but recent enough.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPUbuntu GPU drivers are usually VERY outdated, though, I'm not sure if that will resolve this issue.

Isn't that what this news is all about?

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

Well, 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.

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Quoting: fubenalvoVulcan API how common for the Linux Gamers?

Vulkan works fine for us, and we've got some very high-profile games making use of the API, like Dirt 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Talos Principle, Hitman etc. It does require a GPU made in the last few years though. Not that your game would run with anything older anyway.

Quoting: fubenalvoThe problem is, there are gamers, who could play it before with worse graphics, but normal framerate when it was OpenGL based.
Now, with the Vulcan API they got all visuals, but the framerate much-much worse for them.

Your game is definitely smoother with -force-glcore42 than -force-vulkan. I guess that's due to Unity's less-than-perfect Vulkan backend, at least in whatever version of Unity your game happens to run on. Whatever you decide, I'm just happy if you get the Linux version of Flux Caves back up on steam.

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