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No Man's Sky Sentinel Update gets 'specially optimised' for Steam Deck
19 Feb 2022 at 5:02 pm UTC

Quoting: undeadbydawnSuccess!
Turned Steam Overlay on and everything worked instantly.
I'm somewhat curious as to why I've never seen this mentioned anywhere else, ever
Probably because... why would anyone turn the steam overlay off, unless its known to cause problems (about 2 games in my 1000+ library)?

Minecraft gets a Deep Dark biome and Warden mob in new 1.19 Snapshot
18 Feb 2022 at 4:00 pm UTC Likes: 5

I've had my money's worth with this game over the years and don't play any more, but I was still disappointed to hear that I have to "migrate" my account to be a Microsoft Live account in order to login and play.

No Man's Sky Sentinel Update gets 'specially optimised' for Steam Deck
16 Feb 2022 at 5:15 pm UTC Likes: 9

Quoting: CatKiller
On their special update page, the title for the Steam Deck section is "Native Steam Deck Support", although it's not clear what kind of "Native" they actually mean - as right now there's still only the Windows build on Steam.
I expect that we'll get this kind of muddled language from developers for a while, where they're contemplating the Deck as a console and not thinking about Linux at all. Hopefully it'll get cleared up in time with more experience, more direct testing, and more marketshare for Linux as a gaming platform.
In the end, "Available on PC" will be infuriatingly true.

Space station management in IXION sure looks shiny in the first gameplay trailer
15 Feb 2022 at 8:21 pm UTC Likes: 3

Not normally my kind of game, but that trailer promised a hell of an atmosphere! Wishlisting for now, definitely.

Epic Games CEO says a clear No to Fortnite on Steam Deck
8 Feb 2022 at 9:52 am UTC Likes: 10

Quoting: tpauhow about tuning the match making system in a way that rapidly pita people with a normal skill against each other?
Good people are challenged and cheaters remain mostly amongst each other.
That would be lovely, but you'd have to detect a cheater first. Otherwise they'd just look like high-skill players.

Just political manoeuvring from Sweeney. All he cares about is money and in this case hurting Valve's steamdeck helps his money machine. He strikes me as a man who doesn't understand the Linux model and has no interest in learning, hence the FUD about kernels. No surprise, since again, there's not much money in Linux (at least yet), and that's where his focus is, money. He doesn't even care about cheaters per se - all he cares is that there are few enough of them that the millions of daily Fortnite players don't care enough to stop playing, and therefore stop buying their Fortnite bling.

All he cares about is money.

New Unity developer needed for Inscryption, work may include a Linux port
7 Feb 2022 at 9:08 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: scaine
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Quoting: scaineI played the Steam demo and it's excellent. Reviewers do give it a hard time for its second act, but apparently it recovers well in act three.

I'd have bought it already if it was native, but it's one of those games that gets a pass from me exactly because it's not. It's a Unity game and his previous two titles were both available for Linux (Pony Island and The Hex)... indeed many of his Itch.io projects even support Linux too, so I was gutted when this didn't.

If there's a Linux port in my future, it's getting bought immediately.
Uhhh . . . according to a bit of thread involving Liam a few days ago, aren't you, like, not allowed to say that?
That doesn't sound good... but I actually don't know what you're referring to!?
This
Wow, talk about bad timing, eh!! I don't think I'm particularly zealous in the native vs proton argument, however, but mentioning that I'd wait for this game to go native, in this article, straight after that argument, is indeed really crass! I do buy a LOT of proton games, but these tend to be both AAA and stupidly discounted.

In my defence, I only mention it here because the article is literally about the potential for a Linux port.
Well, to be honest I was indulging some mild sarcasm just now. My opinion about all that is, well, in my post at the end of the thread. I don't actually think there's anything wrong with what you said.
No, and I suppose in occasional, isolated cases, it's not really a huge problem. But it is still a problem, because when you're trying to build a community of positive, like-minded enthusiasts, it detracts from that message, what this site is all about - excitement for gaming on Linux.

So, the negativity and constant haranguing on the subject (or nearly any subject) is a problem. A lot of it comes down to tone as well. There's a big difference between the occasional "I'd love if this got a native release" and a constant barrage of "no tux, no bux".

New Unity developer needed for Inscryption, work may include a Linux port
6 Feb 2022 at 5:54 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: scaine
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: scaineI played the Steam demo and it's excellent. Reviewers do give it a hard time for its second act, but apparently it recovers well in act three.

I'd have bought it already if it was native, but it's one of those games that gets a pass from me exactly because it's not. It's a Unity game and his previous two titles were both available for Linux (Pony Island and The Hex)... indeed many of his Itch.io projects even support Linux too, so I was gutted when this didn't.

If there's a Linux port in my future, it's getting bought immediately.
Uhhh . . . according to a bit of thread involving Liam a few days ago, aren't you, like, not allowed to say that?
That doesn't sound good... but I actually don't know what you're referring to!?
This
Wow, talk about bad timing, eh!! I don't think I'm particularly zealous in the native vs proton argument, however, but mentioning that I'd wait for this game to go native, in this article, straight after that argument, is indeed really crass! I do buy a LOT of proton games, but these tend to be both AAA and stupidly discounted.

In my defence, I only mention it here because the article is literally about the potential for a Linux port.

New Unity developer needed for Inscryption, work may include a Linux port
5 Feb 2022 at 11:23 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: scaineI played the Steam demo and it's excellent. Reviewers do give it a hard time for its second act, but apparently it recovers well in act three.

I'd have bought it already if it was native, but it's one of those games that gets a pass from me exactly because it's not. It's a Unity game and his previous two titles were both available for Linux (Pony Island and The Hex)... indeed many of his Itch.io projects even support Linux too, so I was gutted when this didn't.

If there's a Linux port in my future, it's getting bought immediately.
Uhhh . . . according to a bit of thread involving Liam a few days ago, aren't you, like, not allowed to say that?
That doesn't sound good... but I actually don't know what you're referring to!?

New Unity developer needed for Inscryption, work may include a Linux port
4 Feb 2022 at 3:24 pm UTC Likes: 1

I played the Steam demo and it's excellent. Reviewers do give it a hard time for its second act, but apparently it recovers well in act three.

I'd have bought it already if it was native, but it's one of those games that gets a pass from me exactly because it's not. It's a Unity game and his previous two titles were both available for Linux (Pony Island and The Hex)... indeed many of his Itch.io projects even support Linux too, so I was gutted when this didn't.

If there's a Linux port in my future, it's getting bought immediately.

Selaco will let you turn a vacuum cleaner into a deadly killing machine
1 Feb 2022 at 3:50 pm UTC Likes: 3

WANT. I love games that offer this kind of flexibility, even though I'm unlikely to, you know, actually not just run and gun my way through every level. Selaco looks incredible.