Games: Door Kickers 2, SteamVR Controller, and More
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Boiling Steam ☛ Door Kickers 2 Review
Some sequels feel very unlikely. Take Door Kickers, it’s been out for like what, 15 years… and I seriously did not expect it would ever get a follow-up. But here it is, and we now have Door Kickers 2. Apparently it was in Early Access for a while - and for some reason I completely missed it. Now it’s finally out as a 1.0 version. The first game was a top-down 2D tactical game where you used a SWAT team to intervene in specific scenarios (killing entrenched terrorists, rescuing hostages, etc.) in relatively small environments. You had a very rich gameplay: it’s semi real-time. You plan your actions in advance while game is paused, and then you can unpause the game to see what happens in real-time. Anytime, you can pause the game again to change or plan for the next actions for each of the squad members, encouraging you to think in sequence or in parallel depending on the demands of the current situation. It was not just about kicking doors and firing - you could use things like smoke grenades, flashbangs and actual grenades. You sometimes had sniper support to clear enemies from far away, too. It started easy but became fairly difficult as you progressed to new maps. The whole recipe is back in this sequel - and this time the whole thing is in 3D, which makes the presentation a little nicer, without changing any of the fundamentals. What I mentioned above is still there in the sequel, with yet more options and a campaign beyond the introductory maps.
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Hackaday ☛ SteamVR Controller Controlling Addressable LEDs
[Chris] had an idea. When playing VR games like BeatSaber, he realized that spectators without headsets weren’t very included in the action. He wanted to create some environmental lighting that would make everyone feel more a part of the action. He’s taken the first steps towards that goal, interfacing SteamVR controllers with addressable LEDs.
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HowTo Geek ☛ Which Linux Terminal Game Should I Play?
The Linux terminal is capable of not just productivity and computer management, but also fun. I know there are games out there that you can play inside the Linux terminal, but which ones do you recommend?