I hate to be "that guy", but I'm not creating a github account just to sponsor Ethan. As much as I'm not a fan of Patreon, the fact that they're not owned by Microsoft is a huge plus for me. I'm sponsoring GOL, Icculus and Godot on Patreon, along with a couple of smaller indie devs, so it's a real shame I can't sponsor Ethan too, considering the huge impact he's had on my gaming (I owe him for Salt & Sanctuary, in particular!)

He did have a Patreon [External Link], a while back. I can't find evidence of it now, but I think he removed it during the 2017 Patreon controversy, where Patreon tried to move service fees to patrons, causing them to remove millions of $1 pledges. Not sure.

Nice that github is absorbing all the payment fees, I suppose, but it's still MS-owned, so not something I want to support. And at the end of the day, an extra 14% or so of zero is still zero. I'd love to show some support though, so it's a shame.

The whole thing brings to mind EGS vs Steam. Sure, EGS will take less of a cut, so it feels like a win, but contributors are already comfortable on Steam and even putting aside comfort/laziness, there's still the moral aspect of "do I want to have anything to do with EGS and their anti-consumer bullshit".

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Oof. Just looked at Attact Mode's page - it seems to be pretty focused on Windows. Another one of those projects that provides every executable under the sun for Windows, but expects Linux peeps to do the compile. Naw.

So, it's either Pegaus (via Flatpak since the deb segfaults for me), Ludo (which is a straight, unpackaged, but pre-compiled download) or just bite the bullet and learn me some Retroarch (which is the daddy - PPA, pre-compiled, source, flatpak, you name it, everything except snap from the looks of it).

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Quoting: GuestNice graphics, terrible ost imho.

I love chiptune, but there's something especially grating about this off-key attempt. Sounds like decent sound design too, but that tune... oof. Straight to mute.

Love the look of this though, I'll likely be picking it up when it's baked and ready.

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I reckon I'll give this a go, but given that a few commenters don't like how complex the underlying mappings are, I suppose there's also Nostlan and Pegasus. Probably Pegasus though, since it looks like your only option for Nostlan on Linux is to build from source (but of course, they provide a Windows exe...)

Pegasus does look very nice. The DEB version just segfaults for me on Mint, but the flathub version worked. I'll give it a shot on the Pi which arrived yesterday, see if I can configure everything on it first.

Edit - Hmmm, in fact, I think I'll start with Attract-Mode, since this will be largely Mame-only, this is exactly what I'm looking for. Fingers crossed.

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The timing of this is incredible. After my garage flooded a few weeks ago, I finally ordered a skip last week and cleared it out. I now have enough space in there to worry about my ancient MAME cabinet - it survived the flood, but I haven't spent any time on it for the past 15 years when the old CRT finally gave up the ghost. So on Saturday I ordered a new 19" 4:3 monitor on Ebuyer at the weekend, and a new Pi 4b to hook it all up and get it going again.

The parts are due to arrive today... and then you posted this article. Spooky.

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It's weird. I couldn't get into the Bomber Crew "atmosphere" - most world war games leave me cold. But space ships? Sign me up!

Same thing happened with Company of Heroes. Couldn't get into it. But Dawn of War 2? Basically CoH with space marines. Boom! Played the hell out of it.

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This looks absolutely insane! Completely over the top, but still with some nice "hidden" mechanics, like shooting the stair-release mechanism for an instant multi-kill. Love it!

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I don't mind jamming weapons in game, provided it's driven by a story mechanic. I'm not a fan of breaking weapons entirely though. I hated Dying Light early game for all the broken, but decent weapons you end up throwing on the ground while you hunt for a broken pipe instead. Getting the bow was a godsend.

So story-driven, yes. Randomly breaking to make the game harder, no.

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Well, just reporting in to say how absolutely incredible this game is. The gameplay is excellent, but you "dip into" each session, rarely lasting more than 20 minutes or so per play. In between plays, not only is there a deep progression of character unlocks, skills and upgrades, but also a wonderful, often heart-wrenching, story about the game's protagonists, the family Bergson. The narrator is particularly excellent, and much of the story is revealed through unlocks during your playthrough, invoking instant in-game cut-scenes, later expanded upon when you return to the house.

It's superb. It's... top ten material, honestly. I'm blown away.

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This has been on my wishlist for months. No more - just bought it. I'll give it a shot tonight.

Edit: Well, it's excellent. There's a beautifully presented story here, superb graphics and fluid, satisfying gameplay all tied into a progression tree throughout what looks like about 6 characters. The (excellent) narrator is seamless throughout gameplay too in a very Bastion-like way. The occasional interlude/scene-setter pops up in very Transistor-like way too. So Dead Mage is taking some great inspiration from Supergiant here.

Brilliant stuff. Very happy this has happened!

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