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Latest Comments by lvlark
Halloween Game Sales, Where To Go For Some Deals
31 Oct 2015 at 8:47 pm UTC

Bought Victor Vran and the Witcher 2 on Steam. With Mesa 11.1 and Linux kernel 4.3 they perform quite well on my Radeon HD 7850, so I can steer clear from Catalyst for a while :). I'd advise anyone with an AMD card to try Mesa 11.1 with the 4.3 kernel.

*edit: unless you have an R9 285, because that one appears to be quite wonky with it..

Albion Online MMORPG Closed Beta Date Announced
29 Oct 2015 at 10:44 pm UTC Likes: 1

I don't know if this camera view works for me, over-the-shoulder and controllable camera helps with immersion, I think.
Quoting: KimyrielleIt seems to be heavy on non-consensual open world PvP (which is a huuuuge dealbreaker for me)
I'm also concerned about this. If they bring decent PvE content (preferably instanced) I will probably give it a go. Player-built cities could be nice, if we could make a corner of the world be GOL-town (but then maybe come up with a better name) that'd be awesome!

Win A Copy Of Alien: Isolation, GOL Teams Up With Feral Interactive Once Again
28 Oct 2015 at 10:54 am UTC Likes: 1

I suppose I'm gonna let this one pass - my radeon HD 7850 should be a bit more powerful than the 560 Ti you tested it with, but it's an AMD card. I think people with better gear will be happier with this anyway.

But awesome though! Now if only Feral could go back in time a bit and port Dirt 3 and DE: Human Revolution, cos they've been sitting in my library for a while, and I've stopped using wine.. Or Tomb Raider, then I could show them my love (in the form of money :huh: )

The Long Dark Survival Game Launches An Experimental Branch For Linux
27 Oct 2015 at 9:09 am UTC Likes: 2

(based on reviews/video)
No zombies - check
High immersion - check
Upcoming story mode - check
Early Access - che... wait, that's not a reason to buy.. yet..
Wishlisted though.

GOL Game Jam Has Entered Rating Phase
27 Oct 2015 at 8:57 am UTC

Quoting: HadBabitsFor those interested in Unity and more narrative based games, I definitely recommend checking out Fungus [External Link]
Will do. Thanks for the tip.

I did originally think a rewrite of an existing game was against the rules, as I had intended to enter (which was unrealistic in the end) with a Unity version of Stratego until I read rule #5.

I hope to get my ratings (along with the occasional feedback) in tomorrow, and an entry in the next Jam.

Chaos Reborn Fantasy Strategy Game Fully Released For Linux
27 Oct 2015 at 8:45 am UTC

As an avid Battle for Wesnoth-player, this title did have me intrigued. The hit-or-miss aspect sounds like a dealbreaker to me though. In Wesnoth (try it! Everybody!), it's about right to me: annoying sometimes, but mostly it's there to add depth to the game.
I'm also not very keen on multiplayer, which, it appears, makes this game even less appealing to me.

Which is too bad, because I like the art, and I like this:
Quoting: mcphailGameplay is rapid (most 2 player games last 5--10 minutes) but deep and satisfying.

GOL Game Jam Is Now Live, Development Can Begin!
23 Oct 2015 at 6:33 pm UTC

Haha, I've never tried the Import button, just went straight to the Open Store button.
Can't really help you much with recommendations, as I've only done the first tutorial on their website. But I do get the feeling that one covers quite a broad set of topics, and they mention further tutorials about certain aspects in the video's (I assume, but didn't check, that there's links to them below), so you can decide which to watch.

One more thing I can say is that, before you try the Tank Tutorial, the asset package requires editor version 5.2, while the Linux version isn't there yet. May be worth checking before you do any other tutorials.

There's A Possibility Of Just Cause 3 Coming To SteamOS/Linux
23 Oct 2015 at 3:53 pm UTC

a huge arsenal of weapons
This is usually not my thing. The game looks good though.

Square Enix doesn't have a lot of Linux support, they appear to have something to do with Wakfu, but are not listed on the Steam store page. I think Avalanche Studios has no Linux supported games yet. So I'm not getting my hopes up.

GOL Game Jam Is Now Live, Development Can Begin!
23 Oct 2015 at 9:59 am UTC

Strange - I don't need to login upon opening the store, because I've already logged in when opening the editor. Although the link provided in the webstore isn't recognised by Firefox or Chrome (they can't find the right protocol).
Am trying out their own Terrain assets package right now, it seems to work for me.

GOL Game Jam Is Now Live, Development Can Begin!
22 Oct 2015 at 9:42 pm UTC

I promised myself to take this opportunity to get familiar with the Unity Editor, and I did today. I - almost - completed the 'Roll a ball' tutorial and I must say, I quite like the editor so far. Although the Linux version does have some issues (yet?). I wish I had done this/these tutorials sooner so I could use my time this week to participate. Don't really have ideas for what little I can do with it now.