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Latest Comments by Phlebiac
Valheim should now start faster and perform better when CPU bound with a fresh upgrade
5 Mar 2025 at 7:32 am UTC

after release
Technically, this is still before release (early access).

Godot Engine 4.4 is out now with Jolt Physics, Ubershaders, Interactive in-game editing
5 Mar 2025 at 7:23 am UTC

all of the negativity surrounding Godot.
Negativity from who/where?

Evolution sim Thrive adds radioactive chunks, environmental tolerances and thermosynthesis
26 Feb 2025 at 4:55 am UTC

How fun is it?
That's what I wonder every time I see it. It looks like it could be quite educational, but maybe not terribly fun.

Tomb Raider II open source re-implementation adds Linux support
15 Feb 2025 at 11:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

Looks like Luxtorpeda currently only supports OpenLara for TR1, and OpenTomb for TR2-5:
https://luxtorpeda-dev.github.io/packages [External Link]

d10sfan is usually all over these things, so maybe he ran into some issue with TR1X?

Fedora threatened with legal action from OBS Studio due to their Flatpak packaging
15 Feb 2025 at 9:38 pm UTC

I've personally not had any use for Flatpak thus far, but I get the potential appeal. However, if everything that is in the Fedora Flatpak repo is also available as an RPM, it seems much easier to just go that route...

The Campsite is a short and sweet modern point-and-click adventure worth your time
11 Feb 2025 at 6:07 am UTC Likes: 1

It seems odd to me, all these free games I see on Steam that say they are excluded from Steam's Family Sharing service. Is that forced on for free games, or is there some other reason for that oddity?

Beholder: Conductor is Papers, Please meets the Golden Idol series
6 Feb 2025 at 6:25 am UTC

now this third game has you work as a train conductor
Going by the reviews, it seems rather forgettable, but there's already been a third game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1570070/Beholder_3/ [External Link]

Seems the game quality dropped at the same time as Linux support.

Atari announced Breakout Beyond, a fresh spin on the classic from the devs of BIT.TRIP
5 Feb 2025 at 8:01 am UTC Likes: 2

Stumbled over this open source mash-up on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145020/Break_Arcade_Games_Out/ [External Link]

Plus there is LBreakout (also open source, check out his other games too):
https://lgames.sourceforge.io/LBreakoutHD/ [External Link]