Quoting: MayeulCInteresting, I hadn't heard about those, but they seem quite nice. Do you have to make your guests download a whole app to play, or do you just point them to an URL? (does it work without internet as well?)

They just have to go to jackbox.tv and put in their nickname and the room code.

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Quoting: kudlatyI'm on the fence about buying this. How US-centric are the questions?

It varies greatly from game to game. Some games aren't based around trivia and are fine. But there are also games that have very US centric questions.

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Hmmmmm, sort of like A Sound of Thunder - The Game.

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Quoting: liamdaweRead the info again, they key point about it was "other operating systems". That doesn't sound like simply making OpenGL go to Metal.

If you'd take it literally, yes. But since this is all unofficial, I choose to read that with a certain flexibility and take the "simplest" option for now. However, I am always ready to be surprised.

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Quoting: EhvisIt's a start. And Valve has always supported Mac, so it makes sense for them to try and fix an upcoming problem for a lot of games in their store. If it is this, then they're probably looking at including something for OpenGL -> Metal, which should be a lot easier than to try and support Windows on Mac/Linux. As you have found out yourself, things are a lot more erratic in that department and it would currently be a support nightmare.

But who knows. They may have much bigger plans indeed.

Think about what you're saying though. If they are going that route, they can't just hook up a tool to convert OpenGL to Metal, it would still need something like Wine to handle literally everything else the game would be doing ;)

Why? Only OpenGL will be deprecated. The rest of the MacOS API will remain in tact. It would be just like dropping DXVK into Windows to make games run over Vulkan while the rest remains native.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: liamdawehttps://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1029627718344888321?s=19

Looks like it's for Mac, according to the SteamDB guy it was from an OSX binary.

Makes sense if they are preparing for the deprecation of OpenGL.

Think about it though, if they're going to have some kind of compat layer support...why be Mac only :)

It's a start. And Valve has always supported Mac, so it makes sense for them to try and fix an upcoming problem for a lot of games in their store. If it is this, then they're probably looking at including something for OpenGL -> Metal, which should be a lot easier than to try and support Windows on Mac/Linux. As you have found out yourself, things are a lot more erratic in that department and it would currently be a support nightmare.

But who knows. They may have much bigger plans indeed.

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Quoting: liamdawehttps://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1029627718344888321?s=19

Looks like it's for Mac, according to the SteamDB guy it was from an OSX binary.

Makes sense if they are preparing for the deprecation of OpenGL.

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The art style is really nice. Will have to see about the gameplay though.

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I shouldn't get this. I don't have enough time. I want this. I'm getting this! :D

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Looks pretty good! Not quite the fancy graphics of Star Citizen, but this one might actually release. :D I'll keep my eye out for a Linux build.

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