For those using custom boot videos, note near the end of the update that the directory for putting them in has changed. (The beta update patch notes actually say "Sorry for changing this". :happy:)

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: PhiladelphusThe Eternal Cylinder [External Link]

That looks weird and interesting. Might have to get it.

It came out on the Epic store last year and I watched a playthrough then, so that's an option if you want to know a bit more about it before deciding.

Quoting: SalvatosThe demo of Potionomics was disappointingly short. It doesn’t show you much more than you would see in a 2- or 3-minute gameplay preview video.

It definitely felt short, though Steam says I spent 33 minutes playing it. That said, it did a good job of introducing the main mechanics and some of the characters and left me wanting more (which I guess is better than outstaying its welcome). I found the card-based haggling mechanic interesting, especially after getting into Slay the Spire a few months ago. Though I hope they get the optimization down a little better, while the animation is great and the artwork is nice it doesn't feel like it should need the frequent 3–4 second load screens it has between areas, and it seemed to hitch a bit early on, presumably while compiling shaders.

Quoting: Valck

Quoting: PhiladelphusServants that look like fusions of man and machine that you'd find in Bosch. It's really something.

I take it you're not talking about Bosch the appliance maker ;)
Nice, will at least have to have a look.

For a second there I was really worried I'd misspelled Hieronymus Bosch [External Link]'s name from memory. :smile: But yeah, some of the cylinder's servants would be right at home in the "Hell" panel of Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights (direct link not working, but you can see on his Wikipedia page linked above).

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Ooo, Potionomics [External Link]* and The Eternal Cylinder [External Link]** both have demos out before they release in the next few months! Looks like I know what I'm doing with my evenings this week!

* A shop-running sim where you make and sell potions, but the selling is done using an interesting card-based bartering system.

* A…an…uh, you kind of have to see this one for yourself, but you get to play as adorable little creatures called Trebhums which can mutate based on what they eat to get different powers. Oh, and they're outrunning an infinite cylinder squashing their world flat, with Servants that look like fusions of man and machine that you'd find in Bosch. It's really something.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeNot that I've been playing any of these games on the Deck lately. Just wanted to shout out how awesome the Deck is. Some old systems, like the PSP, didn't have all that many buttons on it. So as I'm playing Untold Legends, I got frustrated enough that to block you have to hold down the right bumper and press circle... so I took the Input and made L4 press both buttons for me. It's brilliant! I did something similar with Dark Alliance, making the weapon and spell changing buttons be assigned to the four underneath so I wouldn't have to take my thumb off of the stick to switch those.

I haven't had much use for the back buttons yet due to the games I play on the Deck not really needing them (I even disabled them for Slay the Spire because I kept accidentally hitting the "end my turn" button prematurely), but I recently tried Plague Inc. and the back buttons are used very well in the default configuration. Hopefully as I get more used to the controls in general (this is the first non-keyboard-and-mouse controller I've actually owned) I'll be able to put them to use in more games. :smile:

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Philadelphusit would probably sound cacophonic. :grin:

As I recall, he played a lyre, not a trombone. :grin:

Wait, you're telling me trombones aren't just modern lyres?!? :shock:

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But how will I know when it's a new year without Steam to tell me‽ :tongue:

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Quoting: dosThe change you're supposed to apply actually makes the file a bit smaller (you edit `0` to `1` and `300px` to `100%` twice), so the point of that truncate command is to make the file larger again to match the original size.

That explains it, thanks muchly!

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You're telling me you don't want a four-part trombone ensemble playing along to the same song, perhaps with different parts? That sounds amazing! :woot:

Well, OK, with people's general skill level it would probably sound cacophonic. :grin: But I bet with the right people it'd be a rip-roaring raucous good time!

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I had to go and watch Liam's video again, I got that much enjoyment from it. Does anyone know if they happen to have plans for support for custom songs or multiplayer? 'cause that might be an insta-buy for me.

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Pretty cool idea. Do you need the CSS line with flex-grow if you render the video natively at 1280×800?

Also, clearly it works so I must be missing something, but how does truncating the CSS file after you've added something to it not cause something important to be truncated from the end? :huh:

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