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Elias Farhan ☛ Soup Raiders Goes Native: Porting the demo from Unity | Elias Farhan
A port is not simply “the same game in another engine” or “just an emulator”. It is a long series of decisions about what to do with the original content (art, code and audio) to create a new version with its own set of constraints. In this blog post, I will look at three different approaches to porting, then show what I exported from my old Unity demo and how. The next blog post will cover how I imported those assets into my own game engine.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton 11.0-2 is out with lots of gaming fixes for Linux / SteamOS, Steam Deck, Steam Machine | GamingOnLinux
Valve just rolled out the red carpet for the latest mainline stable update to their compatibility layer with Proton 11.0-2 now available. It's a rather long list of fixes for running Windows games on Linux / SteamOS, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ HOPE 01 brings spooky single-player pixel-art extraction gameplay on September 15 | GamingOnLinux
HOPE 01 is a recent discovering that instantly jumped right into my wishlist for the interesting blending of genres with the horror-survival extraction theme. It has Native Linux support and a demo is available to try out right now which has a positive rating from players on Steam.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Gunstoppable is vibrant, fast and full of explosive wall-running action | GamingOnLinux
Gunstoppable is blazing fast momentum-fueled roguelite shooter, one that fans of fast-paced action will no doubt absolutely love. Disclosure: a key was provided to GamingOnLinux.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ The Light Brigade: Definitive Edition and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes add Steam Frame support | GamingOnLinux
More and more games have been adding dedicated Steam Frame support, with the Great on Frame page now listing 86 games ready for Valve's new VR kit.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Voxel game creation platform Luanti (formerly Minetest) gets basic gamepad support, security fixes | GamingOnLinux
Luanti (formerly Minetest) is a popular free and open source voxel game creation platform, with the latest release 5.17.0 out now and it's an important one.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ First-person gothic adventure 'Night Cart: The Immortal Plague' is a must for your wishlist | GamingOnLinux
Drive a horse-drawn cart through plague-ridden Transylvania in the first-person gothic adventure Night Cart: The Immortal Plague that sounds rather interesting. Indie developers just keep on making unique looking games, and the atmosphere here looks great.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Forsworn looks great for fans of repeatable tactical RPGs - arriving September 10 | GamingOnLinux
Built around party-building, tough tactical battles, and run-based progression - Forsworn is definitely one you need to keep an eye on. Resummon Studios recently revealed a September 10th release date with Linux support.