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Clever and quirky musical platformer 'Songs for a Hero - A Lenda do Herói' gets an English version
5 May 2020 at 5:15 pm UTC Likes: 1

Very funny. I don't know if the english-singer's voice might start to get to me, though.

I looked up the original version - the voices seem much more relaxed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX9rSCRiVbc [External Link]

Challenging platformer WarriOrb where you're a weaponized talking ball is out now
1 May 2020 at 5:41 pm UTC

Nice. I enjoyed the demo. Good mix of challenge.

(No clicky link to the Steam page this time?)

FNA 20.05 (XNA4 reimplementation) is out with a brand new 3D graphics library 'FNA3D'
1 May 2020 at 5:25 pm UTC Likes: 11

Ethan Lee is a hero.

For a while I was trying to buy every game he ported, but I couldn't keep up!

His work behind the scenes is also amazing.

Steam has multiple big sales going with the Golden Week Sale, Tower Defense Tag and tinyBuild
1 May 2020 at 7:35 am UTC

Hmm. They have Okami on sale, and protonDB gives it platinum. Very tempting.

I played it twice on the PS2 and then again on the PS3. Yes, I do think it is worth paying for 3 times...

Area 86 is a challenging and amusing physics-based escape room puzzler out now
25 Apr 2020 at 4:10 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: fleskSo, all in all, I think it has the potential to be a very interesting game, but it's possibly a bit short on content right now, and it could benefit from being a bit more streamlined.
Thanks, flesk. I always appreciate your opinions and reviews!

Distro News - Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa', Ubuntu MATE and other flavours released
23 Apr 2020 at 11:59 pm UTC

Quoting: The_AquabatI've been using Kubuntu flavour since the beta was released, not a single bug. Such a quality release, impressive!! good job canonical and team!
I used to use Kubuntu but defected to Neon LTS a number of years ago. I have been pretty happy with its recent stability. The only thing I miss is 32 bit Wine, but Proton covers most of that use.

I do have some business software that would be really nice to run in Wine, but the Neon dependency chain is just different enough that it is a fool's errand trying to get it to work. I keep thinking that Wine would be a perfect use for snap, but I only find "supporting" wine snaps for other programs that are already pre-packaged. No good for me.

With a demon trapped in a weird tiny body, the 2.5D platformer 'WarriOrb' is out on April 28
23 Apr 2020 at 7:15 am UTC

I played the demo and it is quite fun. Some challenging platforming and I like the level design. It has a lot of promise.

Not Yet is a multinational indie studio
While linguistically correct, I think the term "multinational" is mostly used in English for companies that are a little bigger :-)

It is cool seeing games coming out of Hungary!

There's now over 6,000 Linux games on Steam plus thousands more playable with Steam Play Proton
23 Apr 2020 at 6:25 am UTC Likes: 3

Nice summary, Liam.

I am still amazed at the success of Linux gaming, considering our relatively small market share. I do hope that Valve (and everyone else) continues with the great support.

I still prefer native games, but have been astounded at the progress of Proton.

The 'GameMode' performance tool from Feral Interactive makes it into Ubuntu 20.04
21 Apr 2020 at 6:19 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: TehFreek
Quoting: no_information_hereI am curious, as someone who has never used the daemon: Does anyone here use this much? Are there any non-Feral games you have found that benefit significantly from GameMode?
At the very least it disables the screensaver for games only being played with a controller (since they usually aren't considered "user input devices" by the display).
Hmm. I almost exclusively play with the steam controller and have only ever had proton games start the screensaver. That seems to have been fixed for a while, though. Is the screensaver still a problem for many people?

The 'GameMode' performance tool from Feral Interactive makes it into Ubuntu 20.04
19 Apr 2020 at 4:30 pm UTC Likes: 5

Interesting. Nice to see Feral's work get pulled into the official OS.

I am curious, as someone who has never used the daemon: Does anyone here use this much? Are there any non-Feral games you have found that benefit significantly from GameMode?