The phrase "game inspired menu system" got me thinking about how advanced games can be in some areas, and how non-gaming software could perhaps stand to learn a thing or two from them. Like, usability is a very important consideration for a game; if it's hard enough to use, people won't play it, because they're playing it to have fun, not because an employer is forcing them to (well, people will probably just mod it to be easier if the gameplay is fun enough otherwise, but you get the idea). Think of a game you like with a really fluid interface, and imagine if the software you use for work or productivity were that easy to use. (This is not to say all productivity software is bad, it's just a hypothetical what-if. :happy: )

Quoting: minidouNow it just needs to be rewritten in rust.

Behold, ytop [External Link]. :smile: (Not actually related as far as I know, just a similar system-resource terminal display program.)

I was actually showing off ytop (and a bunch of other useful utilities written in Rust [External Link] ) to some of my PhD student colleagues in the natural sciences this week, and one of them suggested that the best use for this kind of utility is to have it running on your screen in the background when a journalist is interviewing you for a science story so the general public knows you're doing work. :grin:

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[C]learly your designers didn't do a very good job at securing your workspace.

The perils of future closed-source code. :whistle:

[L]ike a robotic screen that's just as self-aware as all other robots but it only has a mouth. So it can't actually see, feel or hear.

So, I Have A Mouth And I Must Scream?

Thanks for the review, it sounds like a pretty fun and clever game. :smile:

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Quoting: AnzaFor directly downloading from store, you have to allow Proton to be used for non whitelisted games. Under Steam settings, select Steam Play from the side panel. From there check the "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" and then restart Steam.

:shock: Oh my word this is a game-changer (heh, literally)! I never knew you could do that. Thanks! :grin: Time to give the demo a spin.

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Quoting: rkfgThe demo works flawlessly on Proton, just click and play really.

Honest question, how do you get the demo to download? :huh: I click the Download Demo button and just get an error saying "An error occurred while updating Superliminal Demo (invalid platform)." I've never been able to figure out how to get Steam to let me download a non-Linux demo…

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However, the ship has been torn to pieces

It looks fine to me in those images! :wink: But seriously, this looks cool. I'm curious to see how it'll go. I tend to play Dwarf Fortress and RimWorld more for the building aspects and being able to construct megaprojects (which DF handles a lot better than RW), so hopefully it'll be able to cater to that style of gameplay.

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Wish the demo up on Steam wasn't just for Windows. :sad: And that Valve would get around to letting you download Windows demos and running them on Proton! :angry:

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That looks pretty interesting, I'll add it to the wishlist!

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Wow, in 6 months? Pretty impressive-looking for that time frame.

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Hmm, there are XCOM (2?), Portal 2, and Defense Grid (2?) board games, aren't there?

On the topic of board games, I actually just picked up Wingspan when it released last week, which is an excellent digital version of a board game which I got to play exactly once in the last physical get-together with friends I had in March. It's an "engine building" game about birds, and the Steam version comes with both some lovely music and actual bird calls for each bird! :woot:

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Quoting: damarrinGreat writeup, Phil, thanks for taking the time to do this. Observing trends is always very interesting and GOL's stats are a splendid tool.

Cheers! I actually surprised myself with how long it came out. Guess it was a slow lockdown day here in Melbourne. :happy:

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