Quoting: CatKillerassigning blame: it's not anybody's fault, it's an incident

Where I'm from, we'd use the term "accident" for that. That implies it wasn't someone's fault.

That said, both terms allow one to assign blame. If you do assign blame, Accident implies it wasn't intentional. "I didn't mean to, it was an accident!" An Incident can be an accident, but it can also be an intentional act. "He caused an incident at work and got suspended!"

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Quoting: einherjar

Any support for Linux outside of it running on the deck is incidental, it isn't supported officially.

Wow, that is a negative statement! He does not even consider it "nice to have" or "it is nice for the Linux community if it works" - no it is an incident if it works?
I mean, that is like:"shit, it works for the Linux people!"

Or is this my misunderstanding because of my non native speaker skills?

What he's saying is: "We do not intend for it to work on Linux and if it does it's a coincidence"
Or to put another way " We will not do anything to make it work on Linux and if it does, it's a coincidence"

Further, it infers no garuntee that Linux won't be broken by updates.

While the words aren't generally considered kind. It is very honest and direct. Is likely the same thoughts of most devs on Steam. I mean how many new big name releases coming out for Steam Deck have been announced with native support?

If SD is going to be a success, it's mainly because proton will be a success, I think. I'm not convinced that will turn into more native releases or better hardware support.

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Quoting: grigiHaving the base OS update like firmware really makes sense for this, but since it's a "PC" they would need to allow user apps to update separately. Possibly have those bundle as appimages or flatpacks or something?

Or allow global packages to install into /usr/local or /opt only? (as the base OS would be a read-only FS if it's image driven)

The underlying FS, BTRFS, allows for subvolumes and snapshots. I could see it downloading the subvolume whole and switching to it on reboot.

Or it could just download a huge zip file with an update script to run the package manager and use the file as the repo, lol. No need to invent the wheel.

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Probably get to 1.0 before them, lol

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First thought... Where did the character hide that scythe in the opening animation?!?!

I wonder if they hired the same artist(s) from the Hollow Knight devs?

Either way it looks cool, just gonna be hard not to compare it directly to hollow knight, which is a tough act to follow

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleWhen you get Steam Partnered (as I am) you have to agree to a contract, but on the partner web site there are pages with some guidelines.

Thank you for the clarification. If assume it's all under NDA, including the guidelines, hence why neither party in the suit is actually posting the verbage or any communications. Probably be filed under seal to the court, right?

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Quoting: slaapliedjeGURPS being d6 based makes it cleaner, I think.

It's all good. I think my writing was not great, sorry about that.

I too, enjoy D6 based rules. My group did ok with a slightly home ruled Traveller, and I'm thinking of trying them on D6 Space or mini6. They are definitely more into the narrative part of the game rather than simulation aspects, which is ok. I just know I'm prolly not going to get them interested in a book full of charts, lol.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeQuoting: denyasis
I think it's a little too crunchy for my people. The balked at 4e...

Although, I'm a sucker for a good source book, especially sci Fi. Not a lot of good ones out there... I have to check it out
I will never understand how people think GURPS is too crunchy

I'm sorry, I'm confused. Isn't Starfinder based off Pathfinder like D20 based? I'm not familiar with Gurps, but I thought it was D6, right?

What I was trying to say is that, at least for my friends, Starfinder might be a little to number/mechanic heavy. They did 4e to start, but the math was a turn off for them.

Quoting: nullzeroNow that you mention 4e I got curious. What do you think of 13th Age? I had the idea it is some kind of D&D 4.5 and it is also in humble bundle.

My understanding is that it's a little less fantastical, right? I've heard good things about it. I looked at it years ago, but my group was more into Lasers and Feelings or Kids with Bikes than anything like a D20 system. So I didn't look into it much, since I'd have no one to play with, lol.

I will say, for sci-fi, I know my group won't like the system, but the world building is so good, I do have a bunch of Eclipse Phase source books. It's a great dystopic take on transhumanism. It even had a Fate conversion, which in my mind, makes it a better Mindjammer.

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I think it's a little too crunchy for my people. The balked at 4e...

Although, I'm a sucker for a good source book, especially sci Fi. Not a lot of good ones out there... I have to check it out

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Agreed!

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