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Latest Comments by Shmerl
Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements, a new magical point and click adventure is out
1 Feb 2019 at 12:15 am UTC

Software renderer doesn't help with the mouse, and it also makes it impossible to Alt+Tab out of the game.

Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements, a new magical point and click adventure is out
1 Feb 2019 at 12:10 am UTC

Oh, it started, it just takes almost 30 seconds of black screen first... The mouse lag is there.

Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements, a new magical point and click adventure is out
1 Feb 2019 at 12:03 am UTC

Hm, this doesn't look very promising. I see this in the log:

Shutting down Allegro due to signal #2

Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements, a new magical point and click adventure is out
31 Jan 2019 at 11:50 pm UTC

I just tried to start the game (GOG version) and it simply produces black screen and nothing else.

Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements, a new magical point and click adventure is out
31 Jan 2019 at 11:15 pm UTC

Looks like some stuff wasn't upstreamed plus some suggest it's not even possible to fix properly without switching to SDL.

Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements, a new magical point and click adventure is out
31 Jan 2019 at 8:48 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Purple Library GuyWhat's i3?
Probably https://i3wm.org [External Link]

Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements, a new magical point and click adventure is out
31 Jan 2019 at 2:59 pm UTC

Honestly, it's 2019 and I really don't understand how this is still an issue for some games.
Next problem: serious and unplayable mouse-lag.
That's due to the fact that AGS still hasn't switched to SDL and is using Allegro windowing toolkit, which is just bad. They seriously need to use something better.

Vigil: The Longest Night, a 2D action platformer that looks seriously good will support Linux
31 Jan 2019 at 12:09 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: nitroflowI find it bit visually too busy for my taste, although it looks much more toned down in the trailer compared to early days.
Also, Maldita Castilla [External Link] (very old school).

Vigil: The Longest Night, a 2D action platformer that looks seriously good will support Linux
31 Jan 2019 at 12:00 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: nitroflowOh, and there's also this https://youtu.be/pyskUorhheg [External Link]
If you like such kind of games, there is also Slain [External Link].