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Slay the Spire fuses together a roguelike with a card game, it's rather fun
18 January 2018 at 7:18 pm UTC
18 January 2018 at 7:18 pm UTC
So Hand of Fate with turn-by-turn deckbuilder combat instead of 3D action scenes? I'm game. Does it have any kind of story and goal to it or is it just strings of random encounters until you die or complete an arbitrary number of encounters?
OVIVO is a platformer with some rather unusual mechanics, it's also now on Linux
18 January 2018 at 3:06 pm UTC
18 January 2018 at 3:06 pm UTC
That's cool. I saw a Flash game a few months back that used the same mechanic but was pretty bare-bones. This feels like I'm watching one of the more intricate Line Rider levels with all the artwork and the flowing movement.
The Linux version of Yooka-Laylee on Steam was removed, requiring you to use a beta
16 January 2018 at 2:35 pm UTC Likes: 4
16 January 2018 at 2:35 pm UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: Holycoitushttps://steamcommunity.com/app/360830/discussions/0/133260909495467131/JonTron wasn't an employee nor a candidate, though. They offered him to make an unpaid contribution to the game, he did, and they chose not to use it.
Keep in mind that Playtonic is the kind of company that only employs people who agree with them politically. There's a strong correlation with only looking at a small portion of a candidate pool due to political bias and not finding good employees.
Voting is now open for our Linux GOTY Awards
12 January 2018 at 3:43 pm UTC Likes: 2
12 January 2018 at 3:43 pm UTC Likes: 2
I guess I'll abstain from voting since I've only played maybe 2 games that came out in 2017...
Valve hands out VAC bans for having 'catbot' in your Linux username (updated: they're not)
1 January 2018 at 3:47 pm UTC Likes: 1
1 January 2018 at 3:47 pm UTC Likes: 1
I have no idea what VAC or catbot means.
Steam now has a form of platform-specific wishlisting, to help developers see demand
7 December 2017 at 3:42 am UTC
7 December 2017 at 3:42 am UTC
Exciting news at face value, but they do need to give it more thought. Hopefully they'll look at the feedback and come up with something that makes more sense for all use cases.
Although I could imagine that they don't care to count people who already own the games from other platforms, since those won't need to repurchase the game and won't help make ports profitable.
Although I could imagine that they don't care to count people who already own the games from other platforms, since those won't need to repurchase the game and won't help make ports profitable.
Incredible looking story-based action platformer 'Iconoclasts' to release next year, for Linux too
6 December 2017 at 4:51 pm UTC Likes: 1
6 December 2017 at 4:51 pm UTC Likes: 1
Looks very similar to Owlboy visually, so that got my attention. I don't play a lot of platformers, but that one was great, so I'll keep an eye open.
Here's another way to look at the Linux market share on Steam
3 December 2017 at 6:52 am UTC Likes: 1
I think the contrast between English-only and All but Chinese speaks volumes in that regard, compared to the very slight difference between All languages and All but Chinese. It means that adoption in China is slightly less than the world average, while adoption in English-speaking countries is twice as high as that same average. Considering Linux originated in the West and is primarily developed in English, that comes as little surprise. And it means that Steam growing in any regions where English isn't the main language will lead to lower Linux market shares (barring any other countries where Linux is comparatively strong, if there are any).
I just don't see anyone investing money into growing Linux use in the Asian market anytime soon, so any progress we make there would have to be organic. There needs to be enough devs and translators to fully support a locale for potential users in that region to have a chance to bite and stay hooked. Usable Linux software shrinks significantly if you take English out of the equation (as well as community support), and for a vast number of people, that's a deal breaker.
3 December 2017 at 6:52 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: sarmadThat's still not good, considering that China is the future biggest market. This chart means Linux is completely ignoring the Chinese market.That seems like an odd way to look at it (unless you mean that more game devs that port to Linux should also localize to Chinese). There's virtually no one that would profit from championing Linux adoption in the Chinese market (or any other market) from a commercial standpoint, unless you're a company that lives exclusively off of Linux--and how would a single company make Linux popular in the mainstream? The whole ecosystem is community-driven, so it's not so much a matter of targeting or ignoring markets, but of volunteers in those regions hearing about Linux, becoming passionate about it, contributing to it and spreading the word/software.
I think the contrast between English-only and All but Chinese speaks volumes in that regard, compared to the very slight difference between All languages and All but Chinese. It means that adoption in China is slightly less than the world average, while adoption in English-speaking countries is twice as high as that same average. Considering Linux originated in the West and is primarily developed in English, that comes as little surprise. And it means that Steam growing in any regions where English isn't the main language will lead to lower Linux market shares (barring any other countries where Linux is comparatively strong, if there are any).
I just don't see anyone investing money into growing Linux use in the Asian market anytime soon, so any progress we make there would have to be organic. There needs to be enough devs and translators to fully support a locale for potential users in that region to have a chance to bite and stay hooked. Usable Linux software shrinks significantly if you take English out of the equation (as well as community support), and for a vast number of people, that's a deal breaker.
Linux market share on Steam drops again as Steam continues to grow
3 December 2017 at 6:17 am UTC Likes: 2
3 December 2017 at 6:17 am UTC Likes: 2
To be quite honest, I don't see the point of rehashing this article every month just to reiterate that the numbers don't mean jack and that the Chinese are taking over Steam. Might as well not talk about the surveys at all if they're meaningless and we're meant to disregard them.
Just my opinion, no offense.
Just my opinion, no offense.
Trüberbrook, a beautiful adventure game with Linux support, is on Kickstarter
14 November 2017 at 5:23 pm UTC Likes: 1
14 November 2017 at 5:23 pm UTC Likes: 1
Now this looks different. Really liking the set design and the resulting camera work. Bookmarking the KS for now, might throw a few bucks their way but it's more expensive than I usually pay for video games and I already have a backlog, so we'll see if they need extra encouragement.
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