As for why I chose to make Quadrilateral Cowboy, a lot of games have hacking minigames where you match colors together or whatever. But I’ve always wanted to just type commands into a terminal. That’s a very risky and niche design choice, so it’s understandable why people don’t do that. But I figured that I can do what I want, so I might as well give it a shot.I can’t wait to punch deck.
Second reason is that I felt like there hasn’t really been a game that really, really deep dives into pure cyberpunk. I mean, you have Deus Ex with really strong cyberpunk themes and tones, but I wanted to make a game based completely on cyberpunk [activities].
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
See you soon Cyber-Cowboy…
Anodyne
Anodyne, a retro-themed top-down adventure game which received praise from various quarters, including the IGF, has been released:
Anodyne is an adventure game that focuses on immersing the player through a combination of 16-bit era visual and audio aesthetics, Zelda-esque action/adventure gameplay mechanics, and exploration of the human Young’s dream world, which contains urban, natural, and abstract themed areas.
You can also vote for the game’s inclusion on Steam at Greenlight.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods
Paradox Interactive has announced another expansion for Crusader Kings II:
NEW YORK — February 4, 2013 — Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and a proponent of all religions, and Paradox Development Studio, today announced a new expansion to the world of Crusader Kings II, the critically acclaimed RPG strategy title. The forthcoming expansion, titled Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods, will add a number of widely requested features to the game, including the ability to play as a Pagan or Zoroastrian ruler, expanding empires through war, pillaging, and ruthless brutality. Players will also be able to begin their in-game reign as far back as the year 867 AD, making The Old Gods officially the Paradox title that spans the longest period in history.The base game and its current expansions/DLC are available for Linux on Steam.
Morning Miscellany
- Vendetta Online has launched a campaign Greenlight to bring the game to Steam; head over to give your support if you want the space combat MMO to be able to integrate the community and achievement features from the platform.
- TTimo has posted his thoughts on his last years at id Software, Linux support, and Wine over at Reddit.
- I really need to play Crusader Kings 2.
- Heroes of Newerth has hit version 3.0!
Parsix GNU/Linux 4.0r2
Alan Baghumian has announced the availability of an updated build of Parsix GNU/Linux 4.0, a desktop distribution and live DVD based on Debian's "testing" branch: "To celebrate our 8th anniversary, we decided to release an updated version of Parsix GNU/Linux 4.0 code name 'Gloria'. This version ships with a brand-new kernel based on Linux 3.2.37 and merges Debian testing updates as of January 30, 2013. Parsix 'Gloria' is the project's first release with the GNOME 3 series and it ships with LibreOffice productivity suit by default. Gloria has a brand-new software package manager. Highlights: GNOME 3.4.2, X.Org 7.7, GRUB 2, GNU Iceweasel 18.0.1, GParted 0.12.1, Empathy 3.4.2.3, LibreOffice 3.5.4, VirtualBox 4.1.18. The live DVD has been compressed using Squashfs and xz." Read the rest of the release notes where you can find more information and upgrade instructions. Download the live DVD image from SourceForge: parsix_4.0r2-amd64.iso (1,033MB, MD5).
Monday, February 4, 2013
Install/Upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.7.6 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint
Linux Kernel 3.7.6 is the sixth maintenance release of the kernel 3.7 series that brings more improvements and various bug fixes. The installation of this kernel is very easy, you may download the appropriate deb packages from here and install them with Ubuntu Software Center. Or simply follow the instructions below which will help you install this new kernel with a few terminal commands.
Here are some of the fixes for Kernel 3.7.6 taken from the changelog:
- drm/i915: fix FORCEWAKE posting reads
- ALSA: hda - Fix non-snoop page handling
- ALSA: hda - fix inverted internal mic on Acer AOA150/ZG5
- ALSA: hda - Add a fixup for Packard-Bell desktop with ALC880
- ALSA: usb-audio: fix invalid length check for RME and other UAC 2 devices
- ath9k_hw: fix chain swap setting when setting rx chainmask to 5
- DM-RAID: Fix RAID10's check for sufficient redundancy
- xfs: fix periodic log flushing
- iwlegacy: fix IBSS cleanup
- xfs: fix _xfs_buf_find oops on blocks beyond the filesystem end
- x86, efi: Fix 32-bit EFI handover protocol entry point
- x86, efi: Fix display detection in EFI boot stub
- smp: Fix SMP function call empty cpu mask race
- NFSv4: Fix NFSv4 trunking discovery
- NFSv4: Fix NFSv4 reference counting for trunked sessions
- NFS: Fix error reporting in nfs_xdev_mount
- Bluetooth: Fix incorrect strncpy() in hidp_setup_hid()
- kvm: Fix irqfd resampler list walk
- drm/radeon: fix cursor corruption on DCE6 and newer
- drm/radeon: fix a rare case of double kfree
- drm/radeon: fix error path in kpage allocation
Linux Kernel 3.7.6 Installation
To install Linux Kernel 3.7.6 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint (12.10/12.04 and Linux Mint 14/13 or older), open the terminal and issue these commands at your own risk:
cd /tmp
wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/upubuntu.com/kernel-3.7.6 -O kernel-3.7.6
chmod +x kernel-3.7.6
sudo sh kernel-3.7.6
sudo reboot
Nvidia Troubleshooting
For unexpected problems with the Nvidia driver, you may fix your system using the following instructions:
- Press CTRL+ALT+F2 and enter these commands:
cd /usr/src/linux-headers-3.7.6-030706/arch/x86/include
sudo cp -v generated/asm/unistd* ./asm
sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-current
Kernel Removal
sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.7.6*
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