I'd love to play this - but unfortunately the always online restriction and the need for an EOS account make this a hard pass for me. :sad:

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The Steam page hints at always online DRM... :sad:
Bummer, I was looking forward to play this.

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That Indy game better be more like Fate of Atlantis and less like Crystal Skull or Destiny crap, Mircosoft!

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SFML is an alternative to SDL that can be used with a lot of languages: https://www.sfml-dev.org/ [External Link]

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Hmmm... interesting. I never finished Dark Forces II back when it came out, maybe I should give it another go.

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Aw man – there goes my free time!
I think I still have the original CD somewhere...

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Quoting: Pengling[...] (Though, really, shouldn't it be intercapped as "SeGa", since it's a contraction? :tongue:)

Well, yeah... but since SEGA looks a lot less shitty than SeGa, I'd always go with that just from a design point of view. If you make your own font for your logo, you better make sure it looks nice. :grin:

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Quoting: benstor214Are they doing it to stand out of lists?

Yep, that's why exactly companies do this with both game titles and company-names. As an example, I learned about this back when Sega Corporation started doing it (you'll often see journalists today writing it as "SEGA", not as "Sega"), which stood out because the original Sega Enterprises Ltd. did not do so.

For SEGA it's at least somewhat justifyable as that is an abbreviation for "Service Games". Also their logo has always been written in capitals.

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Quoting: win8linuxIt ensures that the background source file remains accessible for a long time and by coincidence, also filters out any AI-generated submissions. I say coincidence since this requirement has existed for a very long time with open art contributions, well before so-called AI-generated or rather ML-backed image generation entered widespread knowledge.

Oh, I get that the source files should be provided. I am for that for the very reasons you mentioned.

But that wasn't the point I was trying to make.
The rules state that the source files have to be in a non-proprietary format – and that is simply impossible for many software packages one might choose. For example if you were to create your art in Maya, your source files won't be in a non-proprietary format. Same if you choose... say... DPaint on the Amiga for some stylistic reasons. According to the rules you are now excluded from entering.

I think it shouldn't matter what you create your art with.

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If asked, you should be able to provide the source files used to create the wallpaper in a non-proprietary format, like an Inkscape-compatible SVG, .blend, .kra, .xcf, etc.

That is a weird requirement. It massively limits the range of tools usable for creation.

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