While currently not of much use, this does seem like something that could break the close-source GPU driver dilemma Linux has on many systems: If the GPU vendor releases a minimal Vulkan API, a bit like a firmware and the rest runs on an open Mesa stack.

Of course a fully open driver stack would be preferable, but it is not only Nvidia that isn't willing to go down that path.

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While out of stock right now, the PineBookPro is such a laptop with a reasonably fast SoC. It comes with Manjaro Linux pre-installed.

Skype actually works fine in the browser these days.

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I think OpenVR (aka SteamVR) is separate of Valve's OpenXR efforts. Basically think of it as a way for developers from other platforms (Occulus, which also seems to support OpenXR) to more easily port their games over to Steam. So Monado isn't really competition in that sense but rather one more reason for developers to use OpenXR instead of the Occulus SDK.

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Thanks for all the effort.

In the long run please consider running a federated Lemmy instance ( https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy [External Link] ) instead of your regular forum :)

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"Build your own refugee camp and bring it to prosperity"

:dizzy: Hmm I am intrigued and horrified at the idea of turning that into a game the same time...

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Uh, that seems reasonably similar to Tetris Attack, which is one of my favorite puzzlers ever. Thanks for sharing!

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Works nicely on the Pinebook Pro compiled from source via the AUR package on Manjaro.

I recommend setting the render resolution in the .ini to 800x600 instead of scaling it up from 640x480 as the default. If you set everything to 1920x1080 it becomes too small though.

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For anyone wondering, with monodevelop 7.8.4 it is possible to get the source to work.

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Another one of those titles on Steam that even though are right up my ally never even registered. Well I guess open-sourcing your game is a good way to do PR as well :)

Edit: Too bad the developer seems to treat this as a code-dump and even disabled issue tracking. I mean still great that he did release it, but no help in getting it compiled or an easy central location to merge back in improvements kind of sucks.

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Also OpenGL support is or at least used to be hilariously bad on the Intel GPU drivers provided with Windows (no idea how it is these days, haven't touched Windows for OpenGL gaming in quite some time). Linux users are really "missing out" on that, since we got great OpenGL and even Vulkan support on Intel for quite a while now.

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