Games: Democracy 4, Unrailed!, Steam, and More
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Speeding up my game from 59fps to 228 fps.
I recently saw a comment online that the ‘polls’ screen in Democracy 4 was horribly slow for a particular player. This worried me, because I pride myself in writing fast code, and optimizing to a low min spec. The last thing I want to hear is that my game seems to be performing badly for someone. I thus went to work on improving it. This involved about 15 mins looking at the code, about an hour musing, while trying to sleep, and about 20 mins coding the next day, plus an hour or more of testing, and profiling. Here is what I did, and how I did it.
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The frantic Unrailed! gets a big free underwater update
Trains underwater? It's happening. The frantic and hilarious Unrailed! just got a big free content upgrade.
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Proton Experimental fixes up Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, BloodRayne, Prototype
Valve have put out a fresh update for Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Linux Desktop, bringing more compatibility for Windows games. Here's all the latest and how to switch to it.
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Steam Deck OS 3.4.6 out now with DOOM Eternal Ray Tracing
Valve has now promoted the recent Steam Deck OS Preview to Stable, giving all Steam Deck owners an updated graphics driver that brings Ray Tracing for DOOM Eternal.
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Sci-fi submarine sim Barotrauma floats out of Early Access
Barotrauma, a game that's about exploring the ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa, where many horrors wait below the surface of the water. A game that can go from gentle hums to chaos at any moment, it certainly something if you manage to gather a few people together. It does also have a single-player mode too.
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Lancer Tactics announced adapting the tabletop roleplaying game
Love your mechs? Lancer Tactics was announced recently, as a video game adaption of the popular crowdfunded tabletop roleplaying game.
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Marble It Up! gets Native Linux support in Beta
Up for a challenge? Marble-rolling platformer Marble It Up! just recently gained Native Linux support in a Beta.