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Cradle, A Fantastic Looking 3D Adventure Game Shows Linux Progress
25 Jul 2015 at 12:08 am UTC
25 Jul 2015 at 12:08 am UTC
It was launched today. The system requirements look surprising low.
First-Person Exploration Puzzler 'The Magic Circle' Released For Linux, Has Demo
18 Jul 2015 at 3:16 pm UTC
18 Jul 2015 at 3:16 pm UTC
I am trying the demo, looks good. But the default gamepad mapping is strange to me. Anybody think the same? And the view is rotating more faster to the left, like the axis is not reaching the full course.
The State Of Unity On Linux
12 Jul 2015 at 9:01 pm UTC Likes: 1
12 Jul 2015 at 9:01 pm UTC Likes: 1
As a gaming platform, Windows have its annoyances. The updates are painfully slow, and can interrupt you in the middle of a game. The USB accessories (mouse, keyboard, joypad) take a long time to install if you change the port. And the startup (at the point you can open a program, like Windows Explorer or Firefox) with a good anti-virus software take more than one minute if you don't use a SSD. It is even worse if you tune Steam to autostart.
Linux is so much better in these regards, but it will not be enough if people using modest hardware find out that the games they play in Windows are unplayable in Linux with the same hardware.
Linux is so much better in these regards, but it will not be enough if people using modest hardware find out that the games they play in Windows are unplayable in Linux with the same hardware.
The State Of Unity On Linux
12 Jul 2015 at 6:01 pm UTC
12 Jul 2015 at 6:01 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestAndroid Assault Cactus is indeed awesome and once they finally release controller support for Linux it will be a great "console" experience as welThe controller support is working. I just played it with the Xbox 360 controller. The Unity 5 upgrade got some controllers not working but you can play it with a joypad right now.
Coffin Dodgers Racer Released Out Of Early Access, My Initial Thoughts On It
12 Jul 2015 at 5:23 pm UTC
12 Jul 2015 at 5:23 pm UTC
I bought it and here are my thoughts:
- The controller work if you use a XB360 controller. In the Unity article i already said something about the problematic backend responsible for input. My A4Tech mouse get recognized as a joypad (/dev/input/js0) in the position 1. This is a problem as this game don't allow you to change player 1 and 2 controllers.
- The game looks incomplete to me. You can't drift, and you can't defend yourself against enemy's missiles. That's standard features in big kart games, like Mario or Sonic titles. Also, the characters don't appear to have any different characteristics between them apart from looks. Where is the faster ones, the heavies, etc?
I think this maybe is the first game in Steam that I will ask for a refund.
- The controller work if you use a XB360 controller. In the Unity article i already said something about the problematic backend responsible for input. My A4Tech mouse get recognized as a joypad (/dev/input/js0) in the position 1. This is a problem as this game don't allow you to change player 1 and 2 controllers.
- The game looks incomplete to me. You can't drift, and you can't defend yourself against enemy's missiles. That's standard features in big kart games, like Mario or Sonic titles. Also, the characters don't appear to have any different characteristics between them apart from looks. Where is the faster ones, the heavies, etc?
I think this maybe is the first game in Steam that I will ask for a refund.
The State Of Unity On Linux
12 Jul 2015 at 2:19 pm UTC Likes: 1
12 Jul 2015 at 2:19 pm UTC Likes: 1
I think the performance depends too much in the developer fine tuning the game in Linux. For example, Android Assault Cactus (the standard in how a Early Access should be in Steam) is a Unity game and the performance is very good.
But another big problem in Unity is the control backend, witch is very bad and relies too much in the developer doing hacks to get things done. AAC for example, got issues with controls when they upgraded to Unity 5 some time ago. To me, a good engine should handle the very basic thing as controls in a way that the developers shouldn't have to worry about it.
But another big problem in Unity is the control backend, witch is very bad and relies too much in the developer doing hacks to get things done. AAC for example, got issues with controls when they upgraded to Unity 5 some time ago. To me, a good engine should handle the very basic thing as controls in a way that the developers shouldn't have to worry about it.
Alien: Isolation Looks Like It's Coming To Linux, Oh God, Don't Make Me Play It
9 Jul 2015 at 4:50 pm UTC
9 Jul 2015 at 4:50 pm UTC
I got it for free when I bought my R9 290. If this turn out to be a good port, I will buy the season pass to support the people porting it.
SMACH Zero, A SteamOS Handheld Official Specifications Revealed
28 Jun 2015 at 1:19 pm UTC Likes: 1
28 Jun 2015 at 1:19 pm UTC Likes: 1
I don't have faith in it. As someone who already plays in a low powered device, I can say for sure that even for indie games it is too low powered, even if it was using Windows with the Catalyst driver in DirectX games.
For indie games like Geometry Wars and Outland, my notebook is already struggling to maintain 60fps in low settings at 720p. Only really simple games like Bleed can be played at 60fps all the time.
For for more sophisticated games like L4D2 or Borderlands, forget it.
If their explicit intent is to use it as a device for streaming from a real game computer, it will work. But the battery still will be a concern, since even cheap tablets with ARM CPUs can't pass a few hours without recharge.
For indie games like Geometry Wars and Outland, my notebook is already struggling to maintain 60fps in low settings at 720p. Only really simple games like Bleed can be played at 60fps all the time.
For for more sophisticated games like L4D2 or Borderlands, forget it.
If their explicit intent is to use it as a device for streaming from a real game computer, it will work. But the battery still will be a concern, since even cheap tablets with ARM CPUs can't pass a few hours without recharge.
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved On Linux, Here’s What I Think
26 Jun 2015 at 2:10 pm UTC
26 Jun 2015 at 2:10 pm UTC
I'm playing it at 1080p (in low quality) in a weak 17W A4 trinity APU in a notebook, so if anyone have a notebook with a i3 or i5, they should play it well too.
But it not working with mine xb1 joypad, only with the 360 joypad. Anyone has it working with a different controller?
But it not working with mine xb1 joypad, only with the 360 joypad. Anyone has it working with a different controller?
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved Content Update Now On Linux
16 Jun 2015 at 12:48 am UTC
16 Jun 2015 at 12:48 am UTC
Now finally I can play at 1080p. Worlds of difference.
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