Quoting: ShabbyXLike, other than for Steam (and maybe a few downloaded software off the net), you (normal users, not devs) don't really have _executables_ lying around in your $HOME. Before, we were protected from viruses mostly through the mere fact that we don't log in as root (unlike windows), and our executables are only root-writable.

I don't understand how that helps. If you as an attacker are able to write on the disk, you only need user privileges to write an executable anywhere under $HOME, mark it as executable and run it. You can even add it to a user-specific startup-script to execute it after each reboot. Is there anything I am missing?

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I wish to win a copy of this game because the concept of a moving city on the back of a giant intrigues me, it looks pretty, and has a native Linux build.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyHow can turn-based combat reward quick decision-making? Is it not the nature of turn-based that you have time for your decisions?

The steam page says: "Turn-based Combat that allows for quick action or strategic planning"
And the trailer's descriptions starts with: "A turn-based RPG that is action-oriented but rewards a thoughtful approach."

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If it's a typo, it's also in the original release notes.

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While I haven't been really playing anything in the past months, I check out the bundles most of the time anyway. What annoys me is that Humble recently, I think, moved the platform icons so you have to click on each title to see if it supports Linux. Makes it more likely for me to skip even checking the bundles out.

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Not for me, I'm more looking for something in the range < 150 W. Well, I don't have mich time to play anyway, and when I do, I prefer 2D for some reason, so don't mind me.

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I feel like Godot's development has really taken off and I'm excited to see where it all leads up to. I've made some small 2D games for jams, so I probably will not see many benefits for my own game development - but anyways I can't wait to see how other people put all the new features to use.

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I've used the Unity editor some years ago when I finally wanted to get into game development properly. Installation was a bit of a hassle on my Arch machine since building the AUR package took so much /tmp space I had to reconfigure the tools to use another path for temporary files. Also the installation took forever, as did upgrading to newer releases.

As a programmer I didn't get comfortable with the approach Unity is offering for development as it is (or was at the time, don't know how much did change) built around assets. I didn't mind coding in C# (which I do to get paid), but Mono Develop and Unity didn't go well together in my case. Lot's of crashes (of Mono Develop), and once I updated Mono Develop independently there was some error whenever I launched it from Unity.

All in all I didn't get into it process wise and technically. Lucky for me I did discover Godot some time after and was delighted over the very-easy-to-get-into-when-you-have-a-programming-background approach, no more prefabs, hierarchical scenes, excellent Linux support, small memory footprint and an accessible yet powerful built-in scripting language. I definitely didn't look back for a second.

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Only one word: yesyesyesyesyes! :woot:

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Quoting: geoffroypirI am going for short and modular development cycles

That sounds like a smart choice to me. It should help with completing and polishing a feature before tending to the next. So I'm all in for you proving my concerns wrong. :smile:

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