Picked it up

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I gave it a try, and the game did certainly come across as a game-jam prodigy. I didn't "get" the play aspect of the title. Is the core mechanic to just choose a set of cards and then let the game auto-battle, because there didn't seem to be any meaningful choice after choosing the cards?

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Quoting: denyasisInteresting article!
I really don't like subscriptions, I think they are silly.... But I don't think it's fair to claim that's an "evil" that belongs just to Microsoft when that's literally the business model for almost every Linux OS company (support subscriptions).

There is a difference between making available permanent licences and then taking them away later - Microsoft, Adobe, etc. - Rather than offering a subscription deal from the start (i.e. You know what you're getting into.) It is manipulatory and predatory behaviour designed to extract money from customers' wallets because the customer is already locked in to that ecosystem.

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Microsoft do "evil" in other ways now:

- Pushing unwanted adverts into customers' faces.
- Collecting as much data as they can on their customers, i.e. a massive invasion of privacy.
- Taking away control from end-users, by making it more difficult to run Windows the way end-users would like.
- Pushing customers towards subscription software agreements, rather than permanent licences.
- Making EULAs that are detrimental to customers' rights.
- Buying up multiple games companies to take away platform choice (eventually).

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Tried out and enjoying Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - It's very similar to a Vampire Survivors style game, but you're in an isometrically-oriented cave-system that you need to mine out. Mined resources contribute towards your weapon and equipment upgrades.

I also played a bit of Sentry - and I'm liking that too - Combination of FPS and Tower Defence. Set aboard a space-ship and preventing a horde of aliens from reaching vulnerable areas of the ship.

Looking forward to (eventually) trying out Enshrouded and IDUN. They also look cool.

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I'm on the verge of buying Atomicrops which is on 80% discount at the moment. Just watched a Wanderbots video of gameplay, and as quite a fan of Nuclear Throne and the various Vampire Survivors clones, I think it'd be up my alley.

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Currently 33% off for the Steam Key on Humble Store, or even bigger discount if you have a Humble Choice subscription. I decided to pick it up myself.

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Thanks Ian Murdock (RIP) and the Debian developer community. Debian is my preferred distro too, and I've been using it for a long time (more than 2 decades). Reminds me I should probably make a donation to show my appreciation.

Just today (without knowing about the 30 year's anniversary) I upgraded virtually all my home systems, including two dist-upgrades from Debian 11 (bullseye) to Debian 12 (bookworm).

Four Raspberry Pi, three Laptops, two small form factor PCs, two desktop PCs, and 1 mobile phone running Droidian (basically Debian on mobile).

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All the more reason to use an email alias or aliasing service such as anonaddy. Companies wanting to grab your real email so they can spam you junk repeatedly into the future (not to mention collecting and then sharing out your details with their partners).

Data is the new oil.

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Quoting: foobrewWith the latest update to A21, the game is pretty much unplayable for me now. I have a GeForce RTX 2070 Super running on Xubuntu 22.04 with most game settings at medium or low and I'm lucky to get 40FPS standing still. Average is probably around 20FPS. -force-vulcan doesn't seem to make a difference either.

It's a bummer since I have about 800 hrs accumulated over the last 4-5 major updates. This is the first one that's been a show stopper for me.

Strange that you're getting those results. Your PC isn't too different to mine, and I'm getting over 100 fps. (I just ran the game, checked that the resolution was set to 2560x1440, checked that most of the graphics options were set to "High", pressed the F8 key to enable the game's FPS counter and inspected the results. My average was 140 fps.)

Mine is this: Ryzen 5-5500 with 32GB RAM, Nvidia GTX1080ti graphics.

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