If developers read this - please release the game on GOG too. With good sales numbers it should be possible.

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It's a pity itch.io release was canned.

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Looks pretty old school hardcore and it has a GOG release!

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Yeah, I was going to ask the same thing. Is it coming out on GOG too?

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Quoting: ShinyaOsenHavent heard of these places before and didnt know tidal sold music every time i went or was sent to their site i only ever saw their streaming service.

Yeah, on Tidal it's a bit obscure, but you can actually buy DRM-free FLAC there.

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Quoting: elmapulvalve did an talk about this topic, you should take a look at it.

Well, I will when they'll develop a server side AI like I described above. Until then, I have no interest in client side rootkits whatsoever. I don't buy the argument that it's the right way to address this problem.

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Quoting: elmapulby perfect i mean "good enough", hackers will always find an way to break the anti cheat protection, its runing on your machine after all so you are in control.

I meant good enough to make the game enjoyable. If someone "breaks" it in a way that doesn't ruin the game, why should anyone care? AI on the server side can be gradually improved to catch robotic or unnatural behavior of cheaters. That's more than enough for it. But AI needs investment and a lot of work to get right. Making a rootkit on the client side is an easier no brainer and unscrupulous companies obviously choose that. I don't see any excuse for that besides basic greed.

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Quoting: Zlopezat least there are legal options for games, not like for movies or music

I always forget how hard it can be to get DRM free music im so used to buying from bandcamp and japan and my dad buys classical music. Japan still has a CD market and have multiple DRM free digital stores some times you do need to vpn to be able to buy the music. Movie on the other had ya good luck trying to get a DRM free version in good quality legaly since Bluray's DRM hasnt been fully cracked like DVD.

I thought DRM-free music situation isn't bad. There are a number of good stores where you can get even DRM-free FLAC:

* https://bandcamp.com [External Link]
* https://us.7digital.com [External Link]
* https://uk.7digital.com [External Link]
* https://www.junodownload.com [External Link]
* https://store.tidal.com [External Link]
* https://www.prestomusic.com [External Link]
* https://www.prostudiomasters.com [External Link]
* https://www.hdtracks.com [External Link]
* https://www.jamendo.com [External Link]

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyBefore Valve got involved, the number of such games, or even the somewhat-smaller-but-not-tiny-indie which are still fairly plentiful right now, on Linux was zero, zilch, nada, fuggedaboutit.

Just to give credit where it's due, before Valve got involved, Humble Bundle managed to push for a number of interesting DRM-free Linux releases, and I think it got a good impact on boosting the interest in Linux gaming in general before heavyweights got involved.

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Quoting: elmapulthere is no perfect solution for anti cheat.

That's why you don't need a perfect one. You need one that's good enough. And it should never be a privacy and security horror rootkit running on the client side.

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