Strong resemblance to Gunpoint [External Link] at first glance, but this is obviously not a blatant clone.

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Bought it and played a bit.

First impressions: Just as fun and wacky as the first one, with some additional polish.

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Quoting: iiari

Quoting: Guestso i fully switched from xfce to gnome 40.

So, I guess for some DE's like XFCE, Budgie, and Cinnamon that the advent of a mature Wayland is going to be a really existential moment when they decide to become "legacy" DE's, pack it in, or invest the time, energy, and effort that KDE and Gnome have in working with Wayland.

The thing is, they won't have to invest as much time and effort as KDE and Gnome. They're much smaller projects than the big two, and they can make use of the code and documentation produced by those who went before. That's the beauty of Open Source.

For what it's worth, Xfce has a Wayland roadmap and it's being worked on. But slowly, as they always do due to very limited manpower. I don't imagine they'll reach that milestone any time soon.

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Quoting: Arehandoro

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: ArehandoroWhen it comes to drinking and socializing, chatting hours with friends and family over small drinks and food, I must say we Spaniards do it pretty well. One of the very few things we might actually excel at xD

Come to think of it, I rather like Spanish bars too. My Spanish isn't up to snuff, but you're OK as long as you can point at things and say "tinto de verano" and "jamon". :grin:

Hahaha that's so true! :D

"Una cerveza, por favor" is the only phrase I ever learned in Spanish, and I've been there on holiday twice. :whistle:

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The game oozes style and I think I'd enjoy everything but the arcadey rhythm battling bits. As those seem to be the focus, I guess it's a reluctant pass for me.

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I've only played through the first bit while I helped the developer smooth out a few minor launch issues, but as a fan of beer, adventure games and dry humour I'm happy with what I saw so far.

The basic mechanics are familiar to anyone who's played early LucasArts adventures, and while juggling a bunch of verbs pretty much forces a slower pace of play than modern point-and-clickers tend to do, I for one don't really mind. I did mention to Arik that a default action on right click à la Monkey Island would eliminate tons of clicks on the "Look at" verb.

The inebriation gimmick adds a nice twist, leading to all kinds of interactions the protagonist would simply feel too awkward to initiate sober. You know, scary things like talking to strangers or handling icky things found in unsanitary places.

TL;DR: Fun game, go play.

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Quoting: PangaeaLooks like a really solid program, and I'm glad there is native Linux support (now) :)

I'm pretty sure it has supported Linux natively for years. The new thing is Wayland support.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Guest

Quoting: redneckdrowWhich ports don't have DRM on windows?

Based on their list of ports from Wikipedia:

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
• Life Is Strange + Before the Storm
• Mad Max
• Saints Row 2
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• XCOM 2 + War of the Chosen

Can't speak for the others, but at release Deus Ex: Mankind Divided had Denuvo. It most definitely had DRM on Windows.

Mad Max had Denuvo at launch as well. DRM-free release came later.

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Quoting: Grazen

Quoting: Purple Library GuyHuh. Well, I guess if the allegation is true, that Valve's secret contracts involve making developers not sell their games cheaper anywhere else as a condition of being able to sell on Steam, that's kind of anti-competitive in that it stops other stores from trying to gain market share by underselling Steam. And if you foreclose on the whole concept of competition on price, that's likely to be bad for consumers.

Given the high hurdles in US antitrust law, even if the allegation is true that might well not be enough for Valve to actually lose the lawsuit, as noted by EagleDelta etc. But it's still a practice I'd find somewhat annoying--sure, you can understand why they'd want to do it, but then it's easy to understand why any company would do any anti-competitive practice . . . no company wants to be successfully competed against.

Of course if it ain't true then the filers are just assholes. And whether it's true or not, the filers could have questionable motivations and backing.

Anti-competitive means there needs to be harm to consumers (that's a brief legal description) not to competitors.

Quoting: Merriam-WebsterAnti-competitive: 'tending to reduce or discourage competition'
Anti-consumer: 'not favorable to consumers : improperly favoring the interests of businesses over the interests of consumers'

I think he used the term correctly, and you might be mixing up the two terms.

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Can't say no to another good looking adventure game, especially when it's free.

Quoting: whizseI guess it's a common bug with Visionaire Studio?

Yep. It's a known engine bug. Liam wrote about it in his Mutropolis article.

Here's the relevant bit:

Quoting: Liam DaweFor the Linux version, for now you're going to need to play it in windowed mode due to a fullscreen bug with the Visionaire Studio game engine. However, a fix for that should be coming within the next week or so. Alternatively it may work okay in Proton if no fullscreen bugs you enough.

The "next week" came and went, but apparently a fix is still being worked on.

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