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Latest Comments by GustyGhost
About Linux games being delayed: A chat with several game developers and porters
21 Apr 2017 at 12:40 am UTC

A general attitude here seems that it's harder to port games which are older. But the good news is that older games tend to be easier to package in a wrapper or emulator!

Open source RTS 0 A.D. to get a 'Capture The Relic' gamemode and more in the next Alpha
18 Apr 2017 at 12:46 am UTC

0AD: FOSS Empire Earth that only goes up to the bronze age. .. give or take a few epochs.

The next big update for Minecraft is in development and will feature Parrots
12 Apr 2017 at 1:19 pm UTC Likes: 3

Sad to say that I no longer want to invest time into Minecraft simply because it is now at risk of spontaneously ending support for Linux. I don't think it is a matter of if, but a matter of when. Minetest is my go-to these days.

ARK: Survival Evolved has a major update with a needed UI refresh
1 Apr 2017 at 1:18 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: GuestI play on linux and stream it to twitch and yes whilst I agree with the cave glitches, I have never experienced a glitch with the red woods and the rain glitches is minimal.

Yes the game on linux is buggy, but its still a great game the UI has made things easier to get around. As well as a new way of taming the Equus.
ARK is the kind of game where losing visibility for even a few seconds could mean death. When an issue, however rare, has such terrible impact on gameplay I consider it to be game breaking. I love ARK but as a Linux user will not be playing it until the Vulkan fix is rolled out.

Total War: WARHAMMER II announced and it sounds like it may see Linux support
1 Apr 2017 at 1:15 pm UTC Likes: 1

Hopefully they will do cross-platform multiplayer this time around.

Ballistic Overkill is one Unity title that may see an update with Vulkan
1 Apr 2017 at 1:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

No seriously, what's up with this week and Vulkan announcements? I didn't expect the industry to move so quickly on it.

Unity 5.6 is now available with full Vulkan support
1 Apr 2017 at 1:50 am UTC

The last week of March, henceforth, shall always be known as the week of Vulkan.

The open source itch client is a little smarter on Linux now
29 Mar 2017 at 1:52 am UTC

Quoting: GuestWhat distro is planning on actually switching to Wayland in their upcoming distro release? AFAIK it always gets delayed and backed out of.
Fedora already uses it I believe.

To no surprise the Cossacks 3 Linux version has been delayed once again
29 Mar 2017 at 12:45 am UTC Likes: 1

They should stop going by calendar dates and instead switch to measure of distance between continents.