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Epicinium, a turn-based strategy game where nature is a finite resource is now on Kickstarter
7 Nov 2018 at 6:34 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: pageroundI wonder if kickstarter prevents them from offering pre-sales on itch or steam during their fund raising period.
I don't know if Kickstarter rules prevent it (I doubt it), but it's against their interests to have alternative funding options during the campaign, as they won't get any Kickstarter funding if they don't reach their goal.

However, "Slacker Backer" options aren't unusual after a campaign ends - I think DoubleFine Adventure started that...

The Steam for Linux limited beta was six years ago tomorrow, where's the cake?
6 Nov 2018 at 5:16 am UTC

Quoting: ScooptaI mean...that's a lot of games for anyone to own.
My Steam client says 1307 "STEAMOS + LINUX" - comes from scooping up lots of bundles, LOL! Like others have mentioned, I also have been a lot more selective lately.

The Steam for Linux limited beta was six years ago tomorrow, where's the cake?
5 Nov 2018 at 7:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ScooptaUhhhhh Liam...do you actually own 1.4K games??
Is that really so unusual, given the site he runs here? :huh:

Humble has a new RPG Maker bundle up, with some nice Linux stuff included
26 Oct 2018 at 11:04 pm UTC

Quoting: oldrocker99Maybe it's me, but the HB page shows which systems the games run on. I don't think I've seen it before.
It's you. :) They have always listed the platforms.

Off Grid gives you data as your weapon in this stealth hacking game, now crowdfunding with Linux support
10 Oct 2018 at 5:11 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdaweHad the usual issue of gnome shell thinking it was unresponsive
Tried this?
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1236/noannoyance/ [External Link]

Valve have pushed out a new Steam Play beta with DXVK 0.80 and more
29 Sep 2018 at 7:59 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: GuestThe biggest problem I think will be compatibility, sure they might introduce updates but those could essentially break things for some games... I want the games that already work with proton to CONTINUE to work.
If I understand correctly, the intention is to allow several stable versions of Proton to be used, where a game can be "pinned" to a known working version by default, while allowing the user to override it and run with the latest. So far they have just kept updating the 3.7 version (plus a newer beta), but eventually there should be 3.7, 3.xx, 3.yy, 4.zz, etc.

Valve have pushed out a new Steam Play beta with DXVK 0.80 and more
29 Sep 2018 at 7:55 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: sarmad
Quoting: legluondunetLook here for Steamplay compatibility:
https://spcr.netlify.com/ [External Link]
Wow, nice. It's a bummer that Valve isn't providing the filtering itself. I mean, they already have the white listing feature, so why don't thy give an option to filter search result by whitelisting status?
They seemed to indicate things will be more visible as Steam Play matures; it's still considered a beta feature. Meanwhile, there's a nice GreaseMonkey script that shows the compatibility status on the Steam page using the mentioned website's data:
https://openuserjs.org/scripts/DanMan/Steam_Play_Community_Rating_Notice [External Link]

There are also a couple Firefox addons that do something similar:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/spcr-for-steam/ [External Link]
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/proton-city/ [External Link]

Linux hardware vendor System76 has begun teasing their new 'open-source computer'
28 Sep 2018 at 5:51 am UTC

Quoting: slaapliedjeTheir chipsets are still crap. Everytime I use an AMD system, it has random issues.
Ironically, Nvidia made pretty good chipsets for AMD CPUs (nForce). But then AMD bought ATI...

Feral Interactive are teasing something for Linux next week
28 Sep 2018 at 5:38 am UTC

Quoting: wintermuteThey've bought Tell Tale Games :P
It would be great if they put out native versions of their catalog, although they do tend to run well in Wine. But they already supported MacOS well, didn't they? I was disappointed that their dabbling in Linux testing didn't result in releases.

Mark of the Ninja Remastered from Klei Entertainment due out on October 9th
26 Sep 2018 at 6:29 am UTC

Quoting: Segata SanshiroIt already seems to be in my library since I own the game and DLC.
Me too, nice!

I just noticed that Microsoft was the publisher on the original; I guess Klei got full rights to it.