Steam Next Fest demands game demos for NeXT systems!

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Looks great! We seem to have entered a golden era of retro adventure games.

I'm however having the same problem with this game as with Lucy Dreaming, launching the game results in two black flashing windows. Workaround, create or edit config.ini with:

FULLSCREEN = no
RESOLUTION = 1920x1080

I guess it's a common bug with Visionaire Studio?

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Quoting: slaapliedjeYeah, I've never seen them have DRM.

That's great!

I do wish they would start selling individual titles rather than just bundles though. We really need more DRM free bookstores...

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Quoting: PublicNuisanceUnless the issues with the demo have been fixed (they haven't been fixed yet in the demo) then the only Linux gamers who will be enjoying this game will be those using closed source Nvidia drivers or possibly closed source AMD drivers (haven't tested those myself). Those with Mesa or Nouveau drivers will not be able to play it due to a glitch in Unity that hasn't been fixed for years.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1296980/discussions/0/2252307485538393113/ [External Link]

-force-vulkan as a workaround.

Second workaround is to override the OpenGL version. Presumably this disables the problematic feature:
MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=3.2

Running the game with a debug context results in this warning (Not present in the 3.2 context):
Mesa: User error: GL_INVALID_VALUE in glUniform1i(invalid sampler/tex unit index for uniform 256)

I'm guessing it's a Unity bug, but will retry with Mesa 21 and file a bug just to be sure.

Problem is still there with 21. I filed a bug with Mesa:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/4498 [External Link]

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Nooo! Absolutely shocking!
...
(Actually, I have no idea what a Discord is.)

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Quoting: slaapliedjeAnd I generally buy the ebook ones (I have so many ebooks now that I'll never read...)

The ebooks are all DRM-free?

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Nice! The new demo finally got an intro sequence!

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The demo was a lot of fun! I'm not sure if it was the british accent or the bedroom setting, but it did put me in mind of Simon the Sorcerer.

The Linux port is, as noted, broken OOTB. I get two black flashing windows, a cursor that goes haywire and following that a gnome-shell crash...

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

FULLSCREEN = no
RESOLUTION = 1920x1080

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I would love to see Liam review one of these - *hint, hint FunKey guys*!

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Quoting: GuestYou really need to get a crt :(

...and as a grand finale to the article series, blow it up using an erroneous xvidtune modeline. Always end with a bang!

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