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Latest Comments by thykr
As Puppygames reflect on the release of Basingstoke, they say it financially ruined them
4 Mar 2020 at 4:58 pm UTC Likes: 2

As usual, the good guys have it rough, the bad guys have it easy. Fuck this world.

The Linux GOTY Award 2019 is now over - here's the winners
9 Feb 2020 at 4:34 am UTC

FOSS game engine reimplementation: you really should have picked OpenRCT2 (RollerCoaster Tycoon) https://openrct2.org/ [External Link] and CorsixTH (Theme Hospital) https://github.com/corsixth/corsixth [External Link]

The Eternal Castle: Remastered is now available on Linux
4 Oct 2019 at 2:37 am UTC Likes: 3

The OST is available here: https://kiiro.bandcamp.com/ [External Link]

:D

The Group Stage for Dota 2's The International 2019 starts, as the prize pool continues breaking records
16 Aug 2019 at 12:48 am UTC Likes: 3

> only 25%, Valve taking the rest

Sure, but they also have to fund all the technical and logistical aspect of the tournament, the video production, the servers, the staff, etc.

It's probably a LOT of money.

A three-way look at Rocket League on Linux, with D9VK versus Linux Native
3 Aug 2019 at 12:08 pm UTC

Aren't we missing some "features" with d9vk though, since it's DirectX9 and not DirectX 10, 11, 12?

Could it be that it's faster because of those missing "features"?

The dev of "Marble It Up!" had intriguing words to say about the native vs Steam Play argument for a Linux version
31 May 2019 at 1:57 am UTC Likes: 2

I think Kompressor (the Marble it Up! dev in the steam forum) gave a decent and honest comment. They certainly sound like they know what they're talking about. I wouldn't dismiss their comment. :)

Open source Theme Hospital game engine 'CorsixTH' has a new Release Candidate out
15 May 2019 at 1:20 am UTC

I love this project! Thanks for covering the news!

CS:GO Danger Zone gains new deployment perks in the latest update, damn it's fun
9 May 2019 at 1:53 am UTC Likes: 1

This game is absolutely brilliant, and the new duo mode is really excellent. Sometimes I was playing alone though, not sure what's up about that (perhaps it's chosen randomly).

Himno, a free relaxing platformer with no enemies, no death and no real goal is now on Linux
8 May 2019 at 2:34 am UTC

I'm waiting for Himno 2! Apparently, he already has a working prototype and he is looking for feedback too:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/931690/announcements/detail/1642035487163579395 [External Link]