The concept Kinda reminds me of SimEarth, well maybe a variation on..

Be interesting to play.

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Quoting: JarmerDoes this compare at all with Naev? I've been wanting to try something like these, but not sure which one is a good starting point.

Naev was based more on Battle for Orion / Battle for Orion 2. Endless Sky is based on the Escape Velocity series. Think Elite in 2D with some scripted stories / missions.

Escape Velocity used to be a very modable game on the Mac. Not sure how modable Endless Sky is planning to be.

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Does this make Civilization one of the longest running games franchise?

Elite predated Civilization by a few years, but Elite Dangerous bears little resemblance to the original Elite, whereas Civilization is technically the same game.

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If developers no longer have to target Linux native on the Steam store, then do they put the effort in for Linux Native just on GOG?

Just thinking. If they were targeting both platforms, it would have been far easier in the past if they already had Linux Native on Steam or GOG. Not saying developers are being too slack here, just that GOG cannot get all the blame if this is the case.

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Yeah, nothing from EA goes to Verified without a written guarantee from EA that they will not be updating their launcher without testing on the SteamDeck.

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So the entire Pixel Jam catalogue is on sale currently on Steam, so hopefully this is more then an attention grabbing stunt.

Still, I might support his decision by buying their entire catalogue. :smile:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/1028/The_Pixeljam_Collection/ [External Link]

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Stadia died because no one expected Google to stay loyal to another project, or the customer base that supported it. So not enough customer base.

Hate to say it, but google have a track record here. So they kinda brought it on themselves.

How long did Stadia last, two years? Better then some google projects then.

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Just out of interest, has FreeCiv been updated in the last 10 years.. the last 20 years?

Is FreeCiv seen as complete?
Just thought there were a few rough edges last time I played it.

Not that I don’t appreciate the work on FreeCol. :)

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Quoting: NanobangIt broke my heart when word came down that there would be no new Steam Controllers, and since then, gaming sessions feel a little ... bittersweet, like getting coffee with a dying friend. But news that there's talk of a Steam Controller 2? That's like getting news that there's a chance I'll get a new, better friend---maybe even before my dying friend ... dies?

Yeah, that sounds wrong. So, Steam Controller v 2.0? Awesome! Replacing dying friends? Not so awesome.

So a new controller will mean that I can say that the Steam controller is awesome and not get the response, “Then why has it been discontinued?”

Much in the same way that they would say it was a failure, so they are not going to try it for themselves. Can’t wait to see what they do for Steam Controller 2.

My childhood gaming experiences were spent with a Commodore 64 joystick in my hand, and the closest I come to that in modern pc gaming was using the Steam Controller.

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“Improved support for third-party PS3/PS4/PS5 controllers”

Hoping this means better support for my Astro C40. Generally it works well in Steam on Linux, but do get some inconsistencies.
If Steam allowed me to lock this into Playstation mode rather then switching to treating it like an XBox controller it would be great.

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