Games: Sidescrolling, China, Landnama, and Abandoning Windows

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 14, 2023

• Update On the Sidescrolling Flight Simulator

  A few weeks ago I reached a point on the sidescrolling flight simulator where I can now realistically call it “a game”, even if it’s not as polished as I would have liked it to be. For more information as well as a link to play it, go to https://xkqr.org/flightle

• The latest Steam Survey had a huge surge of Simplified Chinese

  After waiting a while to see if Valve issued any corrections, it seems that the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2023 is staying as it is, with a huge surge of Simplified Chinese. The last time we saw such a thing, it was an error in the Steam Survey, as it was over-counting cyber cafe customers. This time, maybe not then.

• Landnama gives a non-violent exploration city-builder roguelike

  Blending features from city builders and dungeon crawling roguelikes, Landnama sounds pretty unusual, especially with the non-violent theme too.

• Steam, Proton, ArmA 3 works superbly

  I am aiming at weaning myself off Windows by 2025. This is when Windows 10 goes EOL, and I'm not in the mood to use Windows 11, fight ads, use an online account, or any of that nonsense. So Linux is vital for this future plan, but more importantly, I need to be able to play all of my sweet games there! Among the more critical titles is ArmA 3, so as soon as I had my new Slimbook Titan laptop configured, I set about testing.

• Grounded from Obsidian adds Steam Deck support in v1.2.0

  The survival game Grounded from Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios is gearing up to launch version 1.2.0 that's now available to test. With it comes Steam Deck support.

• Microsoft experiments with a handheld Windows 11 mode for Steam Deck

  Update 13/04/23, 17:11 UTC: the developer involved is playing it down noting it didn't go anywhere and it's not a recent thing...

• GE-Proton 7-55 released with an essential fix for Easy Anti-Cheat issues

  GE-Proton version 7-55 was released a few days ago, and it's an essential update for those of you preferring it to the official Valve Proton on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

• LIVE A LIVE from Square Enix is Steam Deck Verified ahead of release

  LIVE A LIVE originally released in the 90s for the Super Famicom, and now it's being revived with the same style as OCTOPATH TRAVELER and it's already Steam Deck Verified.