Links 3/4/2014: Games
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2014-04-03 15:33:00 UTC
- Modified: 2014-04-03 15:33:00 UTC
GOG (Formerly Good Old Games) have become extremely popular amongst gamers for a number of reasons: Lack of DRM, good selection and a variety of both new indie titles and, as the name suggests, “good old games”, classic titles like System Shock and Baldur’s Gate, many from the golden era of PC gaming.
Voglperf is a quick Valve tool for benchmarking Linux OpenGL games that comes down to just spewing frame information (FPS, frame time and min/max values) every second. That data can then be plotted, etc. Voglperf doesn't integrate any test automation but just dumps the frame data for whatever OpenGL game/application is loaded by it. Voglperf is supported on SteamOS and works with Steam on Linux.
Valve recently put up their patched branch of the Mesa on github for anyone to study and modify. The company used it for SteamOS. With this move Valve has once again showed that they not only support Linux programming practices, but also embrace the Linux culture practices.
At its core, the game is about designing airships and fighting with them. Ships are put together out of modules, and the layout of modules matters a great deal: everything on board is done by individual airsailors who need to run around, ferrying coal, ammunition, water and repair tools - and sometimes their fallen comrades.
Leadwerks was kickstarted back in July of last year, so it's good to see it so soon. It promises to be an easy-to-use game development system.
The developers of Star Conflict, a massively multiplayer space simulation game developed by Star Gem Inc. and published by Gaijin Entertainment, have confirmed that a Linux version is in the works.
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