That's why I removed the game from my Steam account 2 years ago, the dev never cared about the first version or making it work on Linux until their sequel.

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Support the petition against patenting game mechanics.
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Support the petition against patenting game mechanics.
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Quoting: Woodlandor

Quoting: ToddLI'm always tempted to try out these Preview/Beta builds but too afraid that'll make changes on my Steam Deck that might cause more problems. Now, if I had a spare Steam Deck, I would go for it but don't have the funds for another one right now.

I’m always running Preview, but I live dangerously 😎

Like my grandfather always used to tell me, "Little man, if you ain't doing nothing with your life then put it on the line for you're passion".

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I exclusively play Elden Ring on my Steam Deck, then reserve my PC solely for first-person shooter games.

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Quoting: CatKillerI'm looking forward to this when it's no longer in Early Access. Hopefully they'll sort out the text before release so it can get that green tick, since the Deck is where I'll play it.

Me 2

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The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is a little better than the Apple M2 Pro 12 Cores.

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1. I'm here to explain why they're scrapping the Linux and macOS ports. It all comes down to the GameMaker engine. There are some controller bugs that prevent certain controls from being mapped properly, and unfortunately, this issue has never been resolved. Releasing the game with a Linux port could potentially lead to controller problems. That's why titles like Pizza Tower and Katana Zero don't have a Linux port. The game itself runs on the GameMaker engine. I've talked to several developers who use this engine, and they all agree that the only version without these issues is the older one, which is quite limited and not ideal for advanced gaming unless you're working on 2D flash games.

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Quoting: Mountain ManI can remember the early days when there was only a handful of native Linux games in Steam. How far we've come.

The only thing that bothers me is that Linux gaming is essentially synonymous with Steam. I was really hoping that other developers would be inspired by Valve to support Linux directly, but it has been left to Valve to do all the heavy lifting, and as much as I appreciate what they have done for Linux gaming, it makes me nervous having all the eggs in one basket, as the saying goes.

That's the reason why we need to promote the Steam deck to regular gamers or PC users. By doing so, we can boost our market share and attract more developers to create programs for Linux.

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Quoting: Pengling

What have you been playing recently that you think is worth mentioning?

A handful of classics via RetroDECK [External Link], for my next grab-bag for the "Emulation Recommendations!" thread. Most notably, the always-catchy Bust-A-Groove [External Link] (PSX), the criminally-unknown Chippoke Ralph no Daibouken: The Adventure of Little Ralph [External Link] (PSX), and the alien-rescuing Cosmic Ark [External Link] (Atari 2600).

I've also been playing Saturn Bomberman [External Link] (Saturn, obviously :tongue:) and Super Bomberman R 2 [External Link] (Proton), and have been continuing to enjoy Stumble Guys [External Link] (Proton), which I play a little bit of every day. Can't wait to see what next month's crossover event will be! :grin:

Do you have any issues with the Steam Deck Verified rating on something?

I've only encountered wonky ratings a few times. Most memorably;

• Hotshot Racing [External Link] was (and still is) marked as Unsupported but works completely perfectly out-of-the-box.


• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart [External Link] is Verified and immediately gave me all manner of game-breaking issues, ranging from showing question-marks instead of any kind of controller-glyphs, to random crashing, to the game handing over control before the intro had fully finished which caused the level to only partially load its geometry and not load its collision data at all which left Ratchet falling for eternity. It took way too much tweaking of settings to get it running acceptably and stably, and I cannot understand how it was given a Verified rating.

The latter left me finding Super Bomberman R 2's Playable rating to be a little bit galling, since it's perfect out-of-the-box in spite of the default resolution being 1920x1080 and the game not having Steam Deck controller-glyphs. :tongue:

Hotshot Racing is probably the worst game to get.

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