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Latest Comments by hardpenguin
Valve put out another Steam Beta Client with minor Steam Play changes
19 Jan 2019 at 1:29 pm UTC Likes: 3

Added the ability to force Steam Play compatibility tools for non-Steam game shortcuts
Ok, now this is a killer feature for me. I have numerous Lutris or PlayOnLinux shortcuts for non-Steam Wine games that I run from Steam interface.

ECON - Elemental Connection, a pretty sweet puzzle game about making a mosaic
16 Jan 2019 at 1:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

A perfect game to be played with a friend online on a chill day while talking on Discord :)

ET: Legacy, the open source continuation of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory has a new release out
15 Jan 2019 at 11:58 am UTC

Good stuff, even better with the total conversion mod True Combat: Elite which was a first FPS I was really into. Sadly, the playerbase of the mod is not active these days.


The fun and challenging action-RPG 'Mana Spark' can now be found on GOG
12 Jan 2019 at 1:06 pm UTC

Also on itch.io [External Link] however it's just a Steam key sold by a third-party publisher.

Recent Steam Play updates have enabled the free to play Battle Royale 'Darwin Project' to work on Linux
23 Dec 2018 at 4:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

Regular reminder that you can play another battle royale title, Rules of Survival on Linux thanks to Wine and Lutris:

https://lutris.net/games/rules-of-survival/ [External Link]

You will also need the Android or iOS version of the game to log in (as the Google login does not work), otherwise it's 100% playable.


Kingdom Rush Origins has a free expansion out and the Linux version is now on GOG
21 Dec 2018 at 4:13 pm UTC

Kingdom Rush series is absolutely excellent, high quality stuff and it comes from someone who was always highly sceptical of the tower defense genre.

Please buy Ironhide games because I need them to stay in business and release more Linux games :P

Fates of Ort, a retro inspired fantasy RPG will be supporting Linux at release
21 Dec 2018 at 1:13 pm UTC

Here are some other games using Defold:

https://itch.io/games/platform-linux/tag-defold [External Link]
https://itch.io/games/tag-defold [External Link]
https://www.defold.com/community/games/ [External Link]

My favorite so far is Look, Your Loot! on Android:
https://www.defold.com/community/projects/71565/ [External Link]

Endciv, a city-builder taking place after many disasters now has a Linux build
18 Dec 2018 at 2:14 pm UTC

This is my kind of content, now that they are committed to Linux I am gonna observe the development closer :)

Verdant Skies, a casual 'life simulation game' has added Linux support
17 Dec 2018 at 2:39 pm UTC Likes: 1

Also on itch.io [External Link] (although the Linux version is yet to arrive there).

I dig the artstyle, I want it :D