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Latest Comments by psymin
Mindustry, one of the best open source games around has a huge upgrade in testing
17 Sep 2020 at 2:12 pm UTC

This game is great. Even has a co-op campaign. FOSS, Win/Lin/Mac/Android.

Sometimes it reminds me a bit of Herzog Zwei.

You can now use the Discord Overlay on Linux thanks to a new community project
4 May 2020 at 5:12 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: CJORIs displayed above the game? Or is only for OBS?
Quoting: githubA QT/X11 (much to my distress) browser window to overlay Discord activity over the screen.
Quoting: githubOn first launch a setup-window will appear. First choose either 'OBS' or 'XSplit'. There is no functional difference.
Sounds like it isn't only for OBS. I hope it isn't just for streaming. Sounds like it might be functional for more than streaming.

Edit: Yep, it works without needing OBS running and it is above all the other content on my display.

You can now use the Discord Overlay on Linux thanks to a new community project
4 May 2020 at 2:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

I wonder if this project could help bring mumble-overlay to linux in a game-agnostic manner.

Valve detail more changes planned for Artifact 2.0
16 Apr 2020 at 5:46 pm UTC

Quoting: TheSHEEEPI think you are throwing CCGs and TCGs together here.
CCG = Collectible Card Game, TCG = Trading ...
Every TCG might be a CCG, but not the other way around. There is no "need" for a CCG to have trading.
The majority of digital CCGs have no element of trading.
That's what I get for listening to wikipedia ;) /s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collectible_card_game [External Link]

You are right though, the other major online CCGs don't have trading.

I also don't play them either :)

Valve detail more changes planned for Artifact 2.0
14 Apr 2020 at 2:23 pm UTC

I agree with the above posters.

I'd like it to be F2P and there should be a mobile app (not that I'd use the mobile app). The Underlords app is quite functional, but also not quite "right" (text is way too small).

Artifact is a great game. Monetization killed it.

For CCGs a great bit of the fun is *trading* the collected cards.

That wasn't an element of the last one. I sure hope it is an element of this one.

If cards are only available as drops I think it will suffer from (or maybe benefit from) a gameplay issue that MMOs have IMO. More hours of play means you'll have an advantage, regardless of how good you are. New players would have to grind in order to play the real game with their friends.

Dota 2 and Dota Underlords don't have any of this grind. They are F2P. They are quite fun. Everyone comes to each new game with an even playing field. Drops are only cosmetic and don't impact gameplay.

A CCG does have to deviate from that model in some ways though I guess.

Edit: I'd love to see a "Duos" mode like in Underlords. It would be like Pinochle!

Isleward - a free and open source cross-platform roguelike MMO
28 Jan 2020 at 3:19 pm UTC Likes: 1

FOSS, cross-platform, roguelike, MMO?!

That sounds amazing. At first glance it looks amazing!

Setting up your own server is trivial and it can play in a browser.

Wild Woods, a free couch co-op action game about defending a moving wagon
22 Jan 2020 at 3:20 pm UTC Likes: 1

The screenshots look great!
I'll check this out :)

Police Stories gives you more chances to practice your tactics with custom missions
3 Jan 2020 at 10:40 pm UTC

I just picked this one up during the sale.

It looks like it could be quite a good game!