the art direction... even the things that look bad look good! (i mean, they help sell the uncanny feeling, i saw some bad backgrounds in the past due to the games being made by amateours or lack of tech, but this emulated the asthetic and im pretty sure it was on purpose)
there are also many different art styles, and looks like they know how to tell an scary story by the trailer

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Quoting: JarmerOMG I love this so much because it will destroy discord. YESSSSSS I ragehate discord so much so anything that takes measures to destroy it is the best thing ever.

Heh, while I don't hate Discord with the same fervor as you, I am certainly not a fan. Perhaps this'll end up encouraging more people to start adopting open platforms for online discussion, over corporate-controlled walled gardens! Though through the cynical eye of historical observation, I think it's more likely that the majority will just grumble about it and acquiesce anyway. Alas!

if we can make the best platform for once instead of demanding people to use an inferior product...

im not saying that open source is aways worse, but we tend to enter the party when its already in the middle or over, we need to find an way to fund cool projects and make then more competitive with closed solutions before its too late for then to compete...

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we can count html/web browsers as linux as well ;) ( i mean we can play those games)

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[quote]For too long, the Linux gaming ecosystem has been fragmented. Individual distributions have spent countless hours duplicating efforts on kernel patches, input tooling, and essential packages.

no shit sherlock

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shady as usual, gpd...

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i love this game, i just dont like some... creative decisions made on the trailer, like the boring menu before the game, hopefully it boot you into the regular menu...
and the arrange of the game music with real/realistic instruments.

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Quoting: Doktor-MandrakeIt's amazing how fast these guys are getting these recomps out

What I particularly like is how they let the user upscale but then downsample back to native res. Far better then just bumping up the internal res!

it goes a lot quicker when you got the instruction set decoded and some open source tools that help reverse enginering stuff =p, but still it must be a lot of work

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Quoting: scaineThis kind of innovation is what got me into Linux in a big way in the late-2000's. I'd been pottering about with it since 2005, but when Compiz landed properly - maybe around 2007/2008, with Beryl and Emerald themes, suddenly Linux was just... cool! Wobbly windows, spinning cubes, fires consuming windows, genie effects when minimising. It was awesome.

I'm convinced that Compiz was why Microsoft launched that abomination, Vista, with it's exceedingly Emerald-like "glass theme" and a very familiar looking alt-tab animation!

Anyway, this project gives me the vibe. Obviously, it'll be less impactful, needing a VR headset to work, but it's still just incredibly sci-fi. I love it.

(p.s. I still use wobbly windows today, although the fire effect has been replaced by the "old tv turning off" effect, and I don't need a cube anymore, cos 4K screen mean I only need two surfaces. but it's still cool!)

compiz was the thing that made me feel in love with linux too despite the fact i dont use it anymore.

as for the emerald-like glass theme, well, they had an small advantage, changing the color with an HSL slider was prety easier not to mention the glass was a bit more conmvincing because it defracted light instead of picking what was imediatly behind it.

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instead of learn with the mistakes they gonna double down on it

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Compiz was one of the things that made me love linux, now with VR and AR, we finally can make this concept useful instead of just an cool gimick!

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