Quoting: finaldestI make a proposal for Valve to have a "Desktop" verified tag next to "Steam Deck" verified. This would then allow devs and publishers to officially support a game via Proton on Desktop PC's the same as they do for the steam deck.

I know that in most circumstances the games just run but I want "Official" Support. I don't like the idea of having to rely on Proton to play my games as there are no guarantees the game will run in future and a lot of publishers don't care either.

I can almost guarantee that it wouldn't be used. It's the same responsibility as putting out a Linux build and I just don't see publishers biting.

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Didn't try a lot, but nothing that I didn't know was coming stood out for me. One unfortunate find was that Escape Simulator VR is XR based and won't work.

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Played through Black Mesa about two years ago. Yes, the Linux build for those that are convinced that it doesn't work. It's not super stable. Some crashes related to the physics system while jumping into the portal to Xen that apparently happens on Windows as well.

As for the game itself, I'm mixed on it as well. Some of the changes are good, but others not so much. I'm especially mixed about Xen. It looks amazing and it's nice that it made more of an effort than the original did. However, it is tedious and making an enemy invulnerable based on where it is is just not a half-life way of doing things. The game would have been better if the whole chase stuff wasn't there and if the rest of Xen was a bit shorter.

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Quoting: BoldosHmmm... Factorio meets Starcraft? :tongue:

So Mindustry?

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Quoting: LoudTechieThere's no modern form of DRM of which if you can duplicate it you can't break it and thus if you make your duplication open source you've aided and abetted anyone who breaks the DRM with all that knowledge you've made available.

Not really true. The epic launcher DRM is such that games that use it won't launch if you don't start it from the epic launcher. But Legendary managed to replicate its functionality perfectly fine. And presumably without breaking the DRM since Epic is apparently aware of these projects and doesn't seem to object.

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Vertigo games can be pretty fun, but they're generally not a stranger to a good amount of jank. So let's see. And, since they're a Unity developer, that it won't get caught in the XR problems that plague a few other games.

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Quoting: wvstolzingI'm putting up a local mirror for this *right now* --- hopefully it will be done cloning before Nintendo sends in a cease & desist.

They have no right to. I guess that might not really make a difference. But this project has been there for five years, so this update is not doing anything new.

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I don't really see a lot of the Hollow Knight specific art style in this game. This looks more like a traditional cartoony style. And while some of the mechanics look similar to Hollow Knight, the gameplay as a whole looks quite different. I mean, ladders? :) Crownsworn definitely looks closer.

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Quoting: JarmerWow .... it may have finally happened. I may have finally found a factory sim type game that I actually enjoy!!! Whoa. This genre always seemed like something that I would love, but almost every game I try in it always falls into two categories for me: too casual / simple, or the opposite: too complex / insane with the mechanics. I just spent some time in the demo for this game and wow, loving it!!! I love how there are no resources / time, no enemies attacking, no residents dying, etc etc. Just freeform building and optimizing. I love it!

In that case, I recommend the first one. It's only a few bucks right now and it'll have you covered until this one releases.

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Looks like something I would enjoy. But since time is limited, this game can take some time to mature before I'll have a look.

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