I do wish they'd better integrate the VAT into pricing. It's a bit off-putting to see the VAT pop up separately.

Otherwise, I love Itch. It's a bit more chaotic feeling compared to Steam, but they have a great interface, clean, easy to use client and some Devs even offer a Steam key with an Itch purchase, so you get the best of both stores (of course, not always).

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Quoting: lucifertdarkI'm glad my less than helpful remarks on the other entry about this game hasn't put them off, I'll actively try to think more before I type anything.

Pfff, this is the internet! When has anyone actively thought before typing!! :D

Seriously, great to see some introspection at work. I think it makes a huge difference when you realise that on this site, there's a decent chance the developer might just stop by and say hello. Venting frustration by shouting into the void is one thing, but one-to-one dialogue with the people making the games you care about is so much more rewarding, and often (hopefully) makes you reconsider the words and tone you use.

(disclaimer - not a clue as to what posts you were talking about! just making general observations)

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This looks excellent and ticks the "local co-op" box. Hopefully they release a four-pack bundle when it goes live on Steam. I've wishlisted it for now.

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Quoting: PinballWizardIs there a way to get it through steam?

Not right now, but if you buy it on Itch, you can play it now and you'll be given a code for its eventual release on Steam.

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Bought this a few weeks back on Itch. Great game, but could use a bit more content. The version I played had three characters playable and was waiting on the Witch and the Robot. Recommended!

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For as long as this happens, we will never have truly accurate figures of Linux sales. The hype, interest, reviews and news come along, we can't play, and then months later a release comes along with no announcement whatsoever and we have to rely on an article here, or an eagle-eyed Redditor to share the news.

It's pretty disheartening. And it cuts both ways - if they announce Linux support late enough, I'm much, MUCH more like to just stick it on a wishlist for a future sale than I am to pay full price. There are no winners from these delays, sadly.

But all that said, I agree with g000h. We're a niche platform, and I get it. Of course, in this case... they announced, more than once, that we'd be a same day release, so... meh. Fingers crossed it's day and not weeks. Or months.

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Quoting: GuestHadn't really looked into this before, but is it similar-ish to Grimrock? I will investigate more after work of course, but gamepad support sounds like I'll want to give this a go.

Yep, very similar to Grimrock, but more steampunk than fantasy. Great atmosphere in this and reasonably challenging puzzles, but which don't frustrate... much. There was one level that kept generating a flying enemy until I figured out the block to move to prevent it from harassing me!

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Quoting: albertodvFor Ubuntu:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:o01eg/freeorion
sudo apt-get update

It includes debug symbols as well and supports x86_64, x86 and aarch64.

from o01leg [External Link]

It works in my Ubuntu 18.04 with my intel hd 3000.

I was about to say: "Ah, well, if they can't/won't package it officially for Linux, I've no interest in trying it". Now I have no excuse, goddamit! :)

Who o01eg is, he has my bitter respect!

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I've spent many, many hours playing the board game with two friends - but one friend is 45 miles away and the other is about 10 miles away. Getting the three of us together is challenging and we're lucky if we get three or four sessions a year! This year, to date, none at all... :(

It's kind of a shame that this digital version doesn't look it's going to support any kind of multiplayer. That would have been, literally, a dream come true. Still, it's a great game and I'll still be delighted to play it single player.

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Quoting: GuestIf GNU/Linux desktop becomes more widespread, then it would be very, very bad if Steam holds dominance on gaming for the same reasons - and actually worse, because a core concept of GNU/Linux is to be open.

But, while Valve can play a part, I always point out that Valve never did so much alone, but are standing on the backs of giants: wine, AMD (opening up drivers, donating Mantle to Khronos, and more), radv, Intel (their drivers always were open), nvidia (drivers and long time OpenGL support), Unity3D (engine support before Steam was even thought to be on GNU/Linux), and of course TTimo and iD Software. And more.

And yes, Valve has been heavily involved in Vulkan from the start, and has contributions to Mesa, X, and porting their own games across. Valve definitely help improve - but the foundations were already laid out.

On that subject though, Valve are nowhere as bad as, say, Apple. At least Valve do give back to projects that they use to promote their services. Apple infuriate me by leveraging well established open source technologies without ever contributing back. There are exceptions, of course. But few and far between. When you're the most profitable, multi-billion (trillion?) dollar company in the world, it's pretty despicable to not only not acknowledge the basis of your success, but to continue to leach from it without any kind of reciprocation. Apple won't get a penny from me, but I continue to support Valve's efforts and that won't change unless they undergo a massive (negative) shift in attitude.

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