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Alen Ladavac, co-founder of Croteam has left to join the Google Stadia team, plus other Stadia news
7 Oct 2019 at 2:12 pm UTC Likes: 2

Update: We've also opened a new dedicated forum for all game streaming topics including Stadia, Steam Remote Play and anything else.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has a big update available with major Linux issues (updated)
7 Oct 2019 at 11:57 am UTC Likes: 1

As noted in the article, it's terrible in Steam Play when previously the actual Linux version with NVIDIA was great.

I doubt they would drop Linux support, given it did previously work so nicely. They just need to sort out Coherent to work properly and they're good to go.

A guide to Steam Play Proton, Valve's tech for playing Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck
6 Oct 2019 at 4:04 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: AussieEevee
Quoting: scaineGreat guide though. Thanks for this - the gifs tell the story better than words ever can. It's nice to have a guide on a Linux technology that doesn't need you to open a bash shell!
I have honestly never understood why the bash shell is such a huge problem for people. I mean, a lot of stuff is easier, faster and more precise to do via a shell command than in the GUI. Especially when people have different desktop environments.

For example, installing programs. I only use synaptic when I don't actually know the package name... or I want to install a large list of programs.

sudo apt-get install firefox

is much faster and easier than going through the GUI. (Using Firefox as an example)

That said, I think that articles and posts that give people commands to run could do a better job of explaining those commands.
Well, everyone works differently. Some people are heavily visual learners, command line tutorials do not help them in any way.

It's also the perceived difficulty. A quick few buttons to press, compared with typing out or copy/pasting commands (which if done incorrectly, can at times break an entire install) is going to be much more inviting to Windows dual booters and converts.

There's many guides out there for the command line for people to go and find if they want them, I aim to make things simpler for the average and below average users.

Keep an eye on 'Veloren', an open source multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust
4 Oct 2019 at 8:37 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ChronariusPretty playable? Have we played the same game? IMHO it's a nice tech demo, but far from playable. Anyhow looking forward to that it becomes even more playable :D

BTW: I like the Glider! Looks better and control is also better then in Cube World.
Playable meaning it can be played, without major bugs preventing it. Enjoyable is another matter ;) it obviously has a long way to go.

HopFrog is removing Linux support from Forager and MacOS is not coming now either (updated)
4 Oct 2019 at 6:30 pm UTC Likes: 4

The developer is now replying on Steam, giving more info on what will happen. Sounds like they will not remove the Linux build, with updates still happening but Linux support tickets will see no support going forward. They've also removed Linux mentions from Steam.

It's been added to our wiki list of games that removed Linux.

Article updated.

Keep an eye on 'Veloren', an open source multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust
4 Oct 2019 at 4:59 pm UTC

Quoting: SpirimintAwesome i just thought today. I would like to play Cube World. Even i think the Level System is brilliant :)

But now i will try Veloren first :)

Edit: Hm ok i downloaded the nightly Version. But how i start this game? Double Klick on veloren-voxygen won't work.
Try it in terminal, worked for me.

In the multiplayer action game Foreskin Fury you get to hop around as a big wobbly penis
4 Oct 2019 at 3:36 pm UTC Likes: 15

Quoting: marcelomendesGOL server, when?
Depends how... Hard it is.

Second Earth, the currently free base building strategy game from Free Lives had a huge upgrade
4 Oct 2019 at 2:45 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: TheSHEEEPStarship Troopers is satire?!
I know right, I thought it was a documentary :P

A new teaser is up for the FPS 'TO4: Tactical Operations' with testing opening up soon
4 Oct 2019 at 2:06 pm UTC

I guess I slightly misread you there then.

I've yet to properly dive into TO but I unless you've played a good deal of both, I don't think you can really say if they're really the same or not. I mean, it's not even properly released yet.