Games: Steam Deck 2, GodotCon 24, and 'Monarchy' Review on GNU/Linux and Steam Dec
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Boiling Steam ☛ Steam Deck 2: A Future Headache for Compatibility?
When the Steam Deck launched in 2022, it presented an intriguing challenge for game developers due to its unique hardware configuration, such as a small screen with limited resolution (compared to what PC games expect on desktop). Many games required tweaks or fixes to run smoothly on the device, and adjustments to elements like text size and UI elements.
The Steam Deck 2 is probably going to be in a similar form factor as the current Steam Deck - I don’t see Valve going the Lenovo Legion Go way with a much more massive device. But it will certainly feature a more powerful APU with a higher power consumption profile, which is going to require improved thermal design as well as a slightly larger battery.
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Godot Engine ☛ GodotCon 24: Berlin Edition
Our biggest conference yet!
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Boiling Steam ☛ Monarchy: Review on GNU/Linux and Steam Deck
Monarchy is a 2D side-scrolling strategy game, reminiscent of old school browser games from Kongregate, Newgrounds and many others. Developed and published by Brain Seal Ltd, it works well on GNU/Linux with the help of Proton. When I started my first match, it brought me back to my childhood playing browser games. Thanks to their cute cartoon style art, side-scrolling movements and minimalist design. The mechanics of the game is very similar to the pixel art Kingdom by Noio, that you can play for free right now on Steam or the original from 2013 on their website if you have flash player enabled You will build a base, hire help, protect your castle from nightly invasions and expand. Until you are strong enough to defeat whatever is the challenge of that scenario, like clearing a bandit camp or storming a castle, usually on one of the extremities of the map. The map is long and comes with other buildings you can interact with: caves to explore, bandits hideouts to clear, mines, a windmill and a big tree that provides a special resource. You move around mounted on a horse that gets tired easily, followed by a single archer until very late in the game, when you unlock the constructions to build an army and that can take a couple of hours.
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Godot Engine 4.4 dev 4 released with interactive in-game editing
An exciting new feature for game developers has begun to land in the free and open source Godot Engine, with the start of interactive in-game editing.