Quoting: DrMcCoy

Quoting: DesumWhich reminds me, what's the status of Xoreos?

Still chugging along, still slow, still in need of more contributors. :P

Yeah, the last news item is a bit ago now. We've been planning a new release, but I've been kinda waiting on someone who started on doing a release video (the preview I've seen looked really nice), but they've been busy with real life.

In either case, anybody reading who'd like to contribute, please contact me :)

Quoting: slaapliedjeJust checked their site, I knew they were covering NWN1, maybe NWN2, but I'd never heard of Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, and wasn't aware they were going as far as Dragon Age games.

Yeah. NWN, NWN2, KotOR, KotOR2, The Witcher, Jade Empire, and the first two Dragon Age games use the same engine base (with lots of stuff added between the games, of course). Sonic Chronicles is a bit...special, since it's half BioWare stuff, half Nintendo stuff. :)

I got the data for most of those games archived for when Xoreos is a little further along. Good luck.

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Which reminds me, what's the status of Xoreos?

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Never going to support this crap. It's the ultimate DRM and walled garden rolled into one. What's the point of gaming on Linux when you don't even have the game running on somebody else's computer anyway?

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Redream was open and then went closed source. I'd really rather not encourage any potential trend with closed source emulators, so I'll stick to Raicast/Flycast.

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So is Flycast outpacing Raicast? We don't want proprietary emulators becoming a thing again btw, so I hope either outpaces Redream.

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Worth mentioning Endless Sky and it's twin Naev are both free on Steam these days.

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Uh-huh. If people are just getting into inde game development, they're MUCH better off going with something like Godot than tinyBuild in any case.

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I've been hearing conflicting information about Mint's plans regarding LMDE. Anyone know if they intend to continue giving it releases (perhaps with renewed interest from Canonical's recent blunder)?

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Quoting: iiari

Quoting: DesumThat's a bit of a nightmare scenario. Tell me, how are we supposed to get assets for OpenMW from Morrowind basically being remote controlled by you on someone else's computer? You can't. I shudder to think how many games are going to be lost if the public ever does hop on the steaming bandwagon. You are giving away ALL of the leverage you have as a consumer. Not to mention the fact that whether or not you consider games "art" or not, they ARE cultural artifacts that NEED to be preserved. And we can't trust these companies to do that.

The gaming archival issue is absolutely one that needs to get tackled, and your points about asset access and ownership have been widely discussed and acknowledged as well. But, as I addressed in my post, I think there are going to be parallel gaming communities for a long time, decades at least. Just as we now have real books and e-books, and we still have DVDs and Netflix, and you can still buy CDs/records and Spotify, gaming will go the same way. I mean, people are still making new Amiga games! While I still think casual gamers (not necessarily the people on this site) will be mostly cloud gaming in 10 years, a hardcore niche will absolutely still exist in parallel, it might just not be the biggest gaming demographic. Or some people will have their streaming account and their hardcore machine both.

My hope is during those decades of parallelism the issues you discuss will be worked out. In theory, cloud gaming could be a huge advance for modding if desired, as everyone having the exact same mod assets on their individual computers will no longer be necessary. Something like the Steam Workshop would be even easier.

Don't call it "the cloud". It's somebody else's computers. And game streaming (GaaS) will be the death of modding. For one thing, you will NEVER be able to upload mods to a service like Bethesda's workshop that violates anyone's trademark and/or copyrights, nor are they likely to allow more risque mods. The modding community is what it is because of the relative freedom that was afforded to it. That freedom is being taken away so Bethesda can monetize the modding community. I have nothing against modders making money, but a walled garden for mods isn't the answer.

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Quoting: iiari

Quoting: MohandevirStill, I think that there is going to be an offering for those that prefer gaming on a local machine for a couple of console generations.

Oh, absolutely. DVD's didn't overtake VHS overnight, and Netflix/Amazon/HBO streaming didn't overtake DVD's overnight. Many people out there still listen to their records and CD's and watch their DVD's. We'll have our standard way for playing games for a long time still, decades likely, and they'll be niche hardcore gaming that we'll want on our metal. But I think 10 years out the majority of casual gaming will be cloud/streaming... And it'll be on Linux.

That's a bit of a nightmare scenario. Tell me, how are we supposed to get assets for OpenMW from Morrowind basically being remote controlled by you on someone else's computer? You can't. I shudder to think how many games are going to be lost if the public ever does hop on the steaming bandwagon. You are giving away ALL of the leverage you have as a consumer. Not to mention the fact that whether or not you consider games "art" or not, they ARE cultural artifacts that NEED to be preserved. And we can't trust these companies to do that.

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