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Latest Comments by hardpenguin
Jonathan Blow states he is open to a Linux port of The Witness with Vulkan, but never with OpenGL
26 Jan 2017 at 11:20 pm UTC Likes: 2

Not sure why he cares so much because surely it won't be him doing the port (Knockout Games was hired to port The Witness to Xbox One).

Of course I realise that offering technical and monetary support for the potential Linux port for years to come might be somewhat problematic.

I respect Jonathan Blow and his work a lot so obviously if one day he will decide to release his latest game to Linux, I will be glad to buy it!

Imperium Galactica II: Alliances released for Linux & SteamOS, seems native too
19 Jan 2017 at 11:01 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdawelibGLEW.so.1.13
Installed by default on Ubuntu 16.04, Mr Antergos Man :P

Site update: Content bookmarking system now live
19 Jan 2017 at 10:54 pm UTC

Although I use external system for bookmarks, I think this is a dope feature!

Exploring a floating island in 'Pocket Kingdom', a very well done throwback to Amiga games
17 Jan 2017 at 8:12 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: liamdaweGOL follower hardpenguin
That's me! Omg, I'm famous! :D

I'm glad you liked it, Liam. I also think the game is seriously underrated and I enjoyed it from the beginning to end :)

Intel Haswell now supports OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa-git on Linux
17 Jan 2017 at 9:30 am UTC

Quoting: Purple Library GuyDota2?! I have a laptop with Intel graphics and I play games on it fine . . . specifically, turn-based games, where frame rate doesn't matter a whole ton. But high end real-time games, particularly ones pitting you against other people and their machines, seem to be exactly the most masochistic choice for Intel gaming.
Or was that a joke that just swished over my head?
Quoting: CreakDota 2 is completely playable at 30 fps (unless you're a 4K+ MMR player). You'll have to improve a lot of your errors before the FPS becomes a problem for you.

That being said, I'm surprised to hear that Intel GPUs can achieve 30 fps on Dota... The last Intel benchmark from Phoronix wasn't very good.
Well, according to my research once I lower the details, getting stable fluent FPS should not be a problem :)

Intel Haswell now supports OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa-git on Linux
16 Jan 2017 at 9:40 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: liamdaweIntel HD/Iris graphics aren't exactly the best for gaming, but it's good to know that people stuck with the integrated graphics at least get the chance to try more out.
This man would disagree: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQkd05iAYed2-LOmhjzDG6g [External Link]

And don't say that! I am going to buy a laptop with Intel graphics and play a lot of DOTA2 on it!

Looks like FPS game 'Squad' might be coming to Linux soon
16 Jan 2017 at 12:40 pm UTC

As an Insurgency veteran I'd REALLY like to play it. For now I've heard there is a non-portable middleware standing in a way, so I don't think it's coming "soon". Still, I'm glad they are thinking about Linux version seriously :)

Rise to Ruins (previously Retro-Pixel Castles) has a major content update now out
16 Jan 2017 at 12:39 pm UTC Likes: 1

I think this is going to be the next game I'm going to play :)

Building Mesa from source, a guide
13 Jan 2017 at 2:43 pm UTC

This is amazing! Great job!