Quoting: PhlebiacHopefully these devs (and others) make an effort towards native Linux versions as part of their switch to Godot.

AFAIK it's much easier to make a linux version of a game with Godot than with Unity3D.

At the very least there will be less linux-specific bugs in the native linux versions of games that opt for it. Unity was notoriously terrible in this regard and while the situation improved over the years it never got solved entirely.

IIRC Godot made also made it pretty easy to pack up android versions of games for testing and final deployment (I read an article once a couple years ago about how it works and why it was unusually easy), so mobile game devs might enjoy jumping ship more than they expected.

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It's likely Godot will absorb a huge chunk of the devs fleeing Unity3D, but I'm confident at least some devs in niches better covered by other engines and tools will find their way to those other tools now or later.

Remaking a game is a huge task. I expect most serious devs will spend some time making their due diligence to ensure the new branch they jump to isn't as frail as the one they are jumping out off.

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Our engineers will also contribute to the development of the engine, as we pursue our next and future projects in Godot.

This is how key FOSS projects pick up speed, catch up with paid alternatives that have been well established market leaders and sometimes end up surpassing them.

Many thanks to Unity3D leadership for the huge help pitching Godot for everyone.

A shame it had to happen in such a painful way for so many game devs...

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any word from them now that Unity is imploding?

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Ethan seemingly did everything right in his carrier, and I reslly mean *everything*

He made ports, tools to make ports easier, crossplatform libs that are drop-in replacements for windows-exclusive libs (with extra benefits), a whole tour-de-force of crossplatform development and publishing best practices, an awesome business model and now an even more awesome business model that works in the long run even in a saturated market, even while competing with proton on linux, and even for devs that don't have or don't wan't to spend a lot of cash on supporting other platforms...

...at scale, for dozens of games

The FNA about page is pure poetry:
https://fna-xna.github.io/ [External Link]

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the software stack for calls is being sorted out mainly by Purism and Pine64

they don't offer x86 devices but it'sat least it will be easy to port over, recompile, whatnot

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you could try to disable Steam's and use an alternative OSK like CoreKeyboard or Onboard

this has the extra benefit of offering Ctrl, Alt and FN-1/12 keys depending on the OSK app you install, something many folks complain is sorely missing in Steam's

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for folks missing the screenshot notifications: check if they're on or off in steam settings

maybe Valve just changed the default state to be less intrusive by default but you still have the option to (re)enable them

iirc there is a setting just for this that exists since forever, that was on by default

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Quoting: MayeulCOh, and is there any way to fix unreadable text in multiple games? Some of the text in Dyson sphere program (most text, including the main menu) or Halo MCC (just the in-game score and a few other) is affected. The text looks like it was upscaled from a very low resolution (like 4x4).

if you're on desktop linux there is a chance this is happening due to lacking the exact fonts required by those games

in that case you can install ttf-mscorefonts-installer (do it via the terminal so you can accept the EULA)
https://itsfoss.com/install-microsoft-fonts-ubuntu/ [External Link]

this might also apply to the steam deck, but then the exact install instructions will be a bit different

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I still feel the ui is not ready yet when compared to ipad or samsung oneui

Keep in mind that on one side, the UI might not be so well adapted to touchscreens, but on the other hand you'll get by far the closest thing to actual convergence there is out there!

By actual convergence I mean you get a small formfactor app on your device screen but if you plug it to a big monitor screen and drag the app to the monitor, it instantly changes into its full-sized desktop layout without loosing what it's doing.

That and a truckload of productivity-oriented features of a full desktop OS that one would only dream of in Android and iOS

Purism's Librem 5 demonstration videos are pretty nice to get a sense of what makes linux awesome and uniquely interesting in a mobile device:
https://puri.sm/posts/true-convergence-is-here-pureos-10-is-released-for-all-librem-products/ [External Link]
https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/ [External Link]

You mentioned Maui and Gnome but there is also KDE for mobile... while not perfect, it is the oldest convergence effort and while it moved slower than Gnome it is also reasonably far along that it can be used

Not to mention Ubuntu Touch, PostmarketOS and other mobile-centric linux OSs

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