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sirdorius

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  • W4 Games raises $15M to drive video game development inflection with Godot Engine

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  • That is not really something that can be done on Godot's part. The best bet right now is to support open platforms like the Steam Deck over walled gardens like Nintendo Switch and show that there is consumer interest.

  • Trump says he'll be a dictator only 'on day one' if elected

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  • He was actually referring to a Venus day

  • Trump says he'll be a dictator only 'on day one' if elected

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  • In an unrelated note, Trump embraces Amazon's "It's always day 1 culture"

  • Trump says he'll be a dictator only 'on day one' if elected

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  • W4 Games raises $15M to drive video game development inflection with Godot Engine

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  • This is exactly how Blender operates. A company that raises capital and provides back to the open source version, in addition to the community contributors. If they will enshittify the OSS version because of this, like Redis has been doing, remains to be seen

  • W4 Games raises $15M to drive video game development inflection with Godot Engine

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  • Judging by the description here it will probably be paid towards W4 Games https://w4games.com/products/

    But it should be one click to export after that, rather than hiring them to do the port for you

  • W4 Games raises $15M to drive video game development inflection with Godot Engine

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  • YouTuber Trevor Jacob jailed after crashing plane for views

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  • Exactly, there is a huge amount of quality content on Youtube. No need to demonize everyone because of shit like this. I honestly never even see ridiculous recommendations like these, so it really depends on what you watch and how you curate your feed.

  • Epic explains why it hasn't sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft over 30% fee

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  • Epic explains why it hasn't sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft over 30% fee

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  • How do you compare it with other platforms if it's exclusive to EGS? For timed exclusives, it would mean the price would have to go UP on EGS when the Steam version launches, which seems like pretty dumb marketing honestly.

    I know I'm playing devil's advocate defending Epic and publishers, but I don't see how defending rent extracting monopolies is any better.

  • Epic explains why it hasn't sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft over 30% fee

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  • The price is the same because of a Most Favored Nations clause in Steam's ToS. Publishers have to sell it at the same or higher price on other platforms to keep their product on Steam, which is the lion's share of the market. This is part of the accusation in the lawsuit: https://programming.dev/comment/5159579

    Now you could argue that even if it were removed, publishers would still sell at the same price and keep the extra profit, but that's just hypothetical at this point.

  • From r/ecology: (game) Terra Nil | Available now on PC & Netflix

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  • I love the theme for it, but was expecting an actual city builder, as advertised in the description. Instead, it's a pretty boring puzzle game with pretty graphics, very unrelated to something like Cities Skylines. I am hoping something like this with more in depth management comes up in the future.

    I do like 'cozy' building games like Townscaper and Dorfromantik but they aren't advertised as city builders, and the puzzle elements in Dorfromantik don't get in the way of building pretty stuff as much as in Terra Nil.

  • Activision wants to recommend games to you based on the livestreams you watch

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  • "Wow, personalized ads? That's brilliant! Let's patent it" said an Activision exec who had been in cryogenic sleep since 1995

  • First look at the new Tribes game from Prophecy Games

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  • Yeah, I'm going to reserve my excitement for when I see gameplay footage or actually play it. Quake Champions looked really good in the beginning and then it ran like an internal pre-alpha. Tribes Ascend had so many OP hitscan weapons on release you thought you were playing Call of Duty. Waning general interest in "boomer shooters" and disastrous releases make these games more nostalgic memories than interesting future games in my mind.

  • Court rules Gabe Newell must appear in person to testify in Steam anti-trust lawsuit

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  • Thanks. So TLDR:

    1. PMFN (Platform Most-Favored-Nations clause): Valve forces publishers to price games on other platforms at the same price or higher than Steam. This is an anticompetitive monopoly because publishers can't sell the game at lower prices on platforms with a lower cut than 30%, which would improve competitiveness. Very valid point
    2. Keys that publishers can sell on other storefronts are limited. This point is moot. The fact that Steam allows you to activate a product that was purchased elsewhere and then use their infrastructure to download the game is way more than they have to do. They can completely make the rules here as this is basically a free service that you get from Valve.
    3. Some murky points about Valve policing review bombing that isn't explained properly.

  • Court rules Gabe Newell must appear in person to testify in Steam anti-trust lawsuit

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  • I'm also curious what the allegations are. The only ones I ever heard were from Epic, which was basically making a big fuss to promote their own competitive platform (which was so shit it didn't gain any traction apart from the free games).

    I've tried all the online stores ever since the cloudification (remember Impulse?) but none have ever been able to compete with Steam in terms of features and value to the customer. Steam didn't get to the top by being anti competitive, it got there by being competitive and offering a better product to all stakeholders, not just to shareholders.

    And as you mentioned, there is plenty of competition for Steam. Don't like the monoply? Get it on GOG or Itch instead.

  • GitHub - arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games: A curated list of engineering-related video games rated Very Positive or higher on Steam

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  • Pros: Easier to learn (belt mechanics are a bit clearer). Belts have a Z axis which allows for even more spaghetti! Progression feels faster since you already start out with builder drones. Graphics are absolutely amazing. Multiple planets are pretty cool.

    Cons: there are no trains. Logistics stations kinda ruin the late game since it makes factory planning much easier

  • Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI

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  • I wouldn't be surprised if the board is just doing what ChatGPT tells them to.

  • Software Engineer vs Software Developer

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  • “Engineer” means you’re supposed to be licensed and you have a responsibility for the public good above your responsibility to your employer.

    Good point. We definitely don't, and it's what's causing huge amounts of trouble in the world, rather than using software for the greater good.

    But engineer sounds better by some definitions, and it strokes the ego of employees, so companies like to use it to give more prestige to the role.