as if that was not bad enough:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/9/22827037/google-android-games-windows-pc-google-play-games [External Link]

now, i know that steam games and android games arent the same, android has tons of casual games filled with lootboxes and micro transactions, while steam have the more traditional "games for gamers" type of games.

the issue is, we need linux to appeal to both publics, people who only play traditional games and people who play both types of games in order to reach an mainstream audience that we need to finally break the chicken and egg cycle problem.

steam deck seemed to be the thing that may change everything, but now we have better android emulators on windows than on linux, microsoft is making windows run android games and even google is trying to do the same.
sigh.
google should be spending money on chromeOS or stadia instead ihmo, but no, looks like they're giving up competing in that market and doing decisions that will backfire against the linux ecosystem again.

personaly i dont care about android games, i just hope that this wont affect the deck popularity enough to break the current trend of more and more things starting to work on linux (natively or via proton) and reverse it.

i mean, imagine if we start to have killer productivity apps like office, photoshop and maya, but apps that were born on mobile coming to windows, linux would suffer again, it already happened, sure it wont happen for things like image editors, but we already have new markets like youtube, substance paint etc.

and what is even worse, i foresee we will have hybrid apps using libraries exclusives to windows and android at the same program.

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another fix for a bug we didnt knew existed but was a huge deal...

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Quoting: slapin

Quoting: BielFPsIs O3DE very different from the current Lumberyard used on New World?

O3DE lacks many lumberyard/cryengine features and has new renderer which completely breaks compatibility, most of changes are I guess due to wish to cut as much cryengine tails as possible, so lots of stuff is missing and has no actual replacements. If you're not ready to dive into C++ code and not ready for some surprises, I can't recomment O3DE or Godot to use for any serious development. For small range projects both are OK now (O3DE has very high hardware requirements though in comparison to Godot 3.x).

the sonic colors remaster was made on a fork of godot, acording to a godot developeer it probably was heavly customized since godot 3.x is not capable of making games like this.

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Quoting: crseNice to see an alternative to Unreal and Unity. I've seen a lot of developer in my country simply cannot afford those two software, while other alternatives are not powerful enough to support their vision.

they are both free unles you make an certain ammount of money, so i dont get the "cant afford" part

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speaking of arm, cloud gaming can help the transition to arm, as its irrelevant what the computer is running...

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omg i didnt read before it was an ARM device õ.O
i cant wait for the ARM future, but i'm still skeptical, especially when it comes to legacy and emulators.

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even if it was just sending an e-mail, the fact that those companies even bothered to send it is an HUGE deal, it shows that deck may indeed make a difference

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Quoting: gradyvuckovicThat feeling when the software you use is getting better at it's job faster than you are at yours.. Oi...
Seriously though, just look at that features showrool? Damn that was slick, it feels like something from a big corp for a very expensive product. The level of polish the Blender Foundation put into everything these days, their devs, designers, writers, etc, is just outstanding.

A true showcase for not only how good open source software can be but also how to successful manage every part of it.

Someone get that nail an xray, because Liam just smacked it pretty hard on the head.

Blender 3.1 is planned to have quite a lot of excellent new features as well. And work has begun on a major rewrite for Eevee, that should add an impressive new feature set and great performance optimisations. For 2D, 3D, Real time and Offline rendering, Blender is going to be on top of the whole industry by the end of this year. Simply unstoppable.

Blender is OP!

calm down, for real time it still has a long way to go, for example, there is no game engine backend for it (upbge and armory forks dont have an good workflow)
and unreal tech is impressive too, game engines are starting to enter other industries like movies, architecture, illustration, engineering, and commercial advertising, while blender quited the gaming niche completely.

it will be a though competition, unreal lack modeling tools (actually it lack a lot of things) while blender dont have killer features like nanite and lumen or any realtime scripting / game related feature.

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: tuubiDon't worry, it'll inevitably go out of fashion. Then it'll be "retro" before you know it.

I've already got my eye on a nice little house in Flatland!

flat is justice!

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this ad looks a bit too corporated if you ask me...
i dont know if that is a good thing or bad thing.

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