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Latest Comments by Shmerl
Some early thoughts and exploration in The Longing, a game that takes 400 days to finish
21 Feb 2020 at 6:48 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: MaathOr you could just change your system clock.

But this is a great idea for a video game.
Apparently, it has a requirement for Internet connection, which I suspect means it queries ntp servers (in the best case).

Steam Play Proton is correctly tracking Linux sales, a statement from Valve
21 Feb 2020 at 5:19 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Artur_WroblewskiAt the moment only the open source GOG client is available.
https://github.com/sharkwouter/minigalaxy [External Link]

I wonder how many people use it at all?
What is the number of active installations.
I'm not talking about the client at all. I'm talking about their current support for Linux releases.

And if you want an open client, I recommend lgogdownloader: https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader [External Link]

Point and click your way through the cyberpunk adventure 'VirtuaVerse' this May
20 Feb 2020 at 1:37 am UTC Likes: 1

Cyberpunk adventure game? I'm in, if it comes out in DRM-free stores!

Steam Play Proton is correctly tracking Linux sales, a statement from Valve
20 Feb 2020 at 1:26 am UTC Likes: 5

Liam: That's indeed very good communication from them. Impressive! May be you can try contacting GOG too, to find out, why lately their Linux support is plagued with so many problems? But they might not want to answer something like "we cut support to below bare minimum".

Enjoy this peaceful 4 hour long trailer for THE LONGING, a game that takes 400 days to beat
19 Feb 2020 at 10:01 pm UTC

See also: http://www.399d-23h-59m-59s.com/press/press.html [External Link]

There is also the question of requiring Internet connection to play it (may be to check real time value?). If it at least works with regular ntp - it's fine. But if it relies on some specific server - it's a problem potentially.

Enjoy this peaceful 4 hour long trailer for THE LONGING, a game that takes 400 days to beat
19 Feb 2020 at 9:45 pm UTC

Quoting: razing32Scared to ask if that GIF is on loop or if it's just tens of hours long.
They should have stitched it a bit better, to make looping more smooth :) And from the description, looks like you'll actually need to walk for a long time in the darkness, to reach some hard to find places in the cave:

Ignore the king's commands and advance to the outer regions [of] the cave. It will be a long and dangerous journey into darkness...

Metro Exodus is now live on Steam and Deep Silver say it's coming to Linux
17 Feb 2020 at 4:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

That took them a while, but good to see more games coming out DRM-free.

I'm not really familiar with recent Bethesda games. Are they using Vulkan?