Well, is out now. They still planning (as of Aug 10 2018) for the Linux version:

Mac and Linux is still coming.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/112359230/we-happy-few-welcome-to-wellington-wells-you-saucy/posts/2259878 [External Link]

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Quoting: 14I might try it. I mean, it's free, right?

I am not sure how I feel about the graphics. It looks like retro pixel graphics with a higher pixel count than most "pixel" games these days. I guess I'll see once it's on my screen in motion.

Not a fan myself of pixel graphics, but this game is looking really good.

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: Leopard

Quoting: pbI'm still waiting to be able to play RotTR on SteamOS non-beta. Maybe in 3.0...

Why?

You can play with that update?

Drivers are very up-to-date , kernel is also ok. Even LLVM is in a good shape.

I'm on stable, last time I tried the game said my gfx was not supported. I think stable steamos still doesn't ship vulkan for nvidia.

SteamOS ships Vulkan Nvidia drivers since a long time, since the Vulkan was launched if I'm not mistaken.
Is rather a bug or the game needs newer Nvidia drivers.
Check in Desktop mode if you have the necessary Vulkan drivers to be sure (they should be already installed by default though).
Are any other games using Vulkan working?

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Hm, I like the beaten look of the cars, definitely a change from the usual fancy cars we usually see,
But the rest of the game looks kinda empty, unfinished. No idea what engine it uses, but it has that very old "Unity" look, with plain textures and minimal environment details.
(yes, I'm aware how good Unity can look in good developers hands)

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Bought it few days ago.
I highly recommend to install the color mod from the Workshop, or just give it a try. IMO it looks much better than the default BW-ish theme.

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Quoting: g000hWell, I've been playing Rust, prior to the recent Support controversy. And playing more Rust, after reading most of the GOL comments about the controversy.

Feel like sharing some of my game events...

I'm a solo player, playing it from a survivalist view-point. During play, anything could happen, you could turn around a corner and come face to face with a bear, a player with much better weapons than you, you could open 100 crates and not get an item you desperately need. Or you could open one crate and get just what you needed. As a solo-ist, the game is extra hard if you run into other players, particularly a group of co-op players who can potentially all gang up on you.

My previous Rust game, I'd got to the point where I'd placed two hidden bases at different points on the play map. I'd stocked up each base, so in the scenario that one would be attacked I'd still have a decent set of equipment in the other base. An event happened which bothered me: I'd entered the Oxum Gas Station, gone around looting it, and then climbed down the ladder into the little cave section. I spotted a player in the cave, and a crate with a stone in it. The other guy was wearing basic clothes and no weapon, and didn't attack me or behave hostile to me. I was kitted up. So, I left them in peace down in the cave. A bit later I was stood at the recycler, recycling all the items to get useful components. I was alert, but not being really careful about my characters well-being. BAMM! Shotgun to the back of my head. Dead on the floor. Who did it? The weakling from down in the cave, had snuck up and taken his chances. Mean-spirited opportunist. From that point in the game onwards, I have been even more careful in my play, checking the area before using recyclers. Taking cover and being weaponised while recycling (or other activity where you are not fully focussed on what is around you). Haven't been caught out again. And I didn't lose much anyway, seeing as I am regularly unloading back at base.

Then, in the last 5 hours of play. Oh, what a shame - There has been a partial server wipe. My character wakes up where my base had been located. Same map, both bases gone, still got my blueprints, and my character has no equipment whatsoever. This is a pretty bad situation. I couldn't even chop trees for wood, to build tools. So, off I go scavenging. One of the very first things I find is a metal pickaxe in a roadside crate. Oh, how good is my fortune today! Anyway, things continue to go reasonably well. I'm looting, I'm recycling, I'm getting decent equipment. Built my first reasonable base in 2 hours of play (Stone walls, metal doors, code locks.) Then, in my next gaming session, I found a great place to hide a second base, and I've gone through missions of moving items from base to base, building the new base, and getting myself into a decent standing (i.e. Sufficient food, supplies, weapons, and so on).

I like the survivalist nature of the game, trying to hide bases so that they won't become targets. Trying to build bases efficiently and to maximise their defence against attackers. Scavenging while avoiding being attacked. Trying to be ready for any eventuality and the unexpected interactions of other human players (and AI-controlled enemies too).

I've got plenty more to play if Rust does stop working on Linux, but I'm happy to keep going with it, if it does stay active.

But I take it you don't play on the GOL server? Don't remember seeing you there recently...

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Ahem...Rust.
And likely I'll start playing The Station.

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Quoting: mylka

Quoting: dubigrasu

Quoting: mylka

Quoting: ShmerlI don't use SteamOS, but Linux gaming could benefit from Valve renewing their marketing push for publishers. They were more active in the time of Steam Machines, but it looks like their marketing efforts cooled down. That had somewhat damaging effect.

does anyone use steamos?

I do.

isnt it just debian wie steam in BIG PICTURE mod?

Almost, but (apart from some other differences) they use a dedicated session running (steamcompmgr) a custom compositing and window manager tailored specially for gaming and usage on TV.
Old link, but gets into some details: https://lwn.net/Articles/611969/ [External Link]

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Quoting: Phlebiac

Quoting: Whitewolfe80valve seem to of backed off the linux investment laying off their man linux developer and coder early last year and not replacing him still concerns me.

To whom do you refer? Pretty sure plagman is still there?

Pierre-Loup is still there yes, but jvert is gonne.
It looks like he was the one that ported Steam to Linux and did the bulk of the work on SteamOS.

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Quoting: mylka

Quoting: ShmerlI don't use SteamOS, but Linux gaming could benefit from Valve renewing their marketing push for publishers. They were more active in the time of Steam Machines, but it looks like their marketing efforts cooled down. That had somewhat damaging effect.

does anyone use steamos?

I do.

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