Games: GE-Proton 7-27, Bottles, DOOM, and More

posted by Tux Machines on Jul 29, 2022

• GE-Proton 7-27 has the Halo Infinite campaign and videos working on Steam Deck & Linux

  Recently I showed off Halo Infinite running quite nicely online on the Steam Deck and now GE-Proton 7-27 that just went up makes the process even smoother and the campaign and videos now work too. This is another great step forwards.

• Wine manager app Bottles makes rolling back configs real easy

  Bottles is the free and open source app that allows you to easily manage Wine, the Windows compatibility layer on Steam Deck and Linux. Another new version is live, with a whole new versioning system to help you roll back changes.

• Starship Troopers: Terran Command. Finally a Great Video Game After the Movie! - Boiling Steam

  Starship Troopers is back! While I’m probably more of a fan of Robocop when it comes from the same director, Paul Verhoeven, I have to admit that Starship Troopers was brilliantly made back when it was released. Fighting aliens on other planets is one thing (Avatar anyone?), but when the enemy is a truly insect-like alien, things get scary really fast as swarms of them attack your human forts and dismember everyone in sight. In a sense, this is the ultimate merciless enemy: insects have no remorse, no feelings, and no individuality. Starship Troopers demonstrates that humans would fare very poorly against such adversaries even with superior firepower and technology.

• GMTK Game Jam 2022: Dice Out

  Using a game engine helps a lot. It solves a lot of problems that you don’t want to deal with in 48 hours or, probably, never.

  I chose Godot and liked it a lot: Python-like language seems like a better fit for casual scripting than C#, and apparently it has much better HTML export than Unity.

• Voodoo Detective is a Monkey Island inspired point-and-click adventure

  One we apparently missed that arrived with Native Linux support back in May, Voodoo Detective is a Monkey Island inspired point-and-click adventure from Short Sleeve Studio. It has a Very Positive user rating on Steam, so seems like it's worth a highlight if you're after something new.

• Detective adventure Lord Winklebottom Investigates is out now

  Cave Monsters has released their detective adventure game Lord Winklebottom Investigates with Native Linux support. Inspired by Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes, you will find a classic British murder mystery set in the 1920s. Setting itself apart, it features a quirky animal cast with the protagonist being a giraffe detective.

• Proton Experimental brings support for Unravel Two, fixes up Civilization IV

  Valve has released the latest update to Proton Experimental, the special version of Proton you can use that has the latest updates bringing more game compatibility to Linux and Steam Deck.

• You can now play DOOM as the Cat from Stray

  Yes this is a real thing, DOOM modders will quite literally do anything and I'm here loving it. You can now play DOOM as the cat from Stray.

• Just King blends Vampire Survivors action with Slay the Spire progression

  Just King is going to be my next game to be fixated on. It's ridiculously cheap and offers up gameplay where you keep wanting to come back for more. Note: personal purchase.

• itch.io has another Creator Day live with 100% going to developers

  The game store itch.io is running another Creator Day, this is where they don't take any cut from developers. Developers will then get all of the proceeds from each sale (minus any required fees and taxes).

• OUTRIDERS officially gets a Playable Steam Deck rating

  Looking for your next RPG-shooter hybrid with online co-op? OUTRIDERS from People Can Fly recently released the WORLDSLAYER expansion and it's now actually Playable on the Steam Deck (and Linux desktop too). Previously it had problems with Easy Anti-Cheat but that is no longer an issue.