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Dwarf Fortress releases December 6 on Steam and itch.io, Native Linux support later
2 Nov 2022 at 7:40 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: whizse
Quoting: slaapliedjeBy the way, everything should be written in NCurses, graphics are way overrated.
I'm not so sure, I tried video in the terminal but it's not just the same:
You should use libcaca, cacafire is as realist as a real fire.

Dwarf Fortress releases December 6 on Steam and itch.io, Native Linux support later
1 Nov 2022 at 6:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

Wait, what ? Wasn't this a NCurses game on everyone's distro repos ? How can it be not available on Linux ?

Steam continues growing hitting over 30 million online
24 Oct 2022 at 4:48 pm UTC

Heads will roll thar I discover at Steam Next Fest, Mount ans Blade 2, Saint Row 3 ans Subnautica bellow zero

Linux user share on Steam continues the slow climb, SteamOS rises
2 Sep 2022 at 7:53 am UTC Likes: 6

Steam Deck raw numbers has doubled during the last month, very impressive

Total War: WARHAMMER III 2.0 out with Immortal Empires, Linux update 'as soon as possible'
24 Aug 2022 at 7:02 am UTC

Feral port was very good so I would wait for them to port the update. It is not as if I did not have others games in my steam library for the wait....

No more DLC for Oxygen Not Included, devs decide to do free updates instead
5 Aug 2022 at 9:04 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: MayeulC
Quoting: denyasis
Quoting: RFSharpeYou have to respect a development team that bases their design/marketing decisions on logic instead of profit.
Someone should email this to Paradox!!
I quite like the paradox approach, though I haven't played their games much. If I had, I'd know what DLCs I'd be interested in. They also frequently release huge free updates.

Curiously, I never got much into Klei's games, though I love the art style. Don't starve was maybe a bit too punishing to my taste.
Paradox problem is that with N DLC they need to maintain 2 to the power of N games for every combinaison of DLC possible.
For example Europe Universalis 4 as 14 DLC changing the gameplay that makes around 16 000 different gameplay combinations.

That could not work and that deosn't work. They try to go to subscription based DLC so there would be only the base game and the full DLC games and to makes the DLC independent with each other by making change only to a limited geographical area.

Linux user share on Steam continues rising — highest for years again
3 Aug 2022 at 9:47 am UTC

Quoting: amataiI am wondering which part of the increase is due to the steam deck. That require a bit of algebra but that would be interesting.
Ok, with some assumption and quick mental math steamdeck is responsible than a bit less of 10% of the increase of Linux share. As the proportion of steam deck is mostly stable inside Linux it participate to the grow according to its ratio.
Good news is that Linux is still over 1% and growing if you count steam deck separately even if Steam Deck outgrow Linux desktop growth.

Linux user share on Steam continues rising — highest for years again
3 Aug 2022 at 7:03 am UTC

I am wondering which part of the increase is due to the steam deck. That require a bit of algebra but that would be interesting.

Bomber Crew is free for keeps on Steam until June 2nd
26 May 2022 at 12:05 pm UTC Likes: 2

I wouldn't dare play it. Very uncomfortable by gamification of war crime.