Statick

Mini PC/PC with a script to run gamescope -fe -- steam on boot is as close as you’ll get atm. That will run Steam in fullscreen embedded mode.

I have a PC all set up for it but there is a bug with 10xx series NVIDIA cards that causes the screen to go black when the cursor is hidden. Very upsetting. Need to throw an AMD card in there.

Mindustry

An open-source factorio like game. You can play it on PC or your phone, and it has a self hostable server that is relatively easy to setup.

Edit: I’m really glad to see this game is pretty well known!

Thank you for the invite and holy crap. That game is so much fun. Derailed all my plans for the night.

Would love an invite if you don’t mind!

Would love an invite if someone has one to send.

I have an AMS and love it but I wish it handled color changing like the Mosaic Palette, which melts together filament instead of cutting and purging.

Oh, I use both, I was just poking fun. That being said, I unfortunately I don’t feel comfortable trying to get my parents on Linux… or even friends.

Most people just want things to work and won’t do any sort of troubleshooting themselves. “It just works” is worth the intrusiveness that comes with Windows.

And Linux fanboys will get up on their high horses while googling how to fix their driver issues.

The uniformed virtue signaling is strong with this one…

All of the “butchering” is optional. Believe me, the game makes it much easier to set up a berry patch that auto-feeds everything in your base, rather than manually butchering everything.

And… Normal Pokemon is enslaving as well. You’re literally catching them and forcing them to fight each other to the brink of death. Just to recycle the rhetoric of the crazies 20-25 years ago. It’s akin to dog fighting. You’re also a child in Pokemon…

Come on, at least try to make a good argument.

FWIW, I tried to like Craftopia and it didn’t click, but I’m really enjoying Palworld. If you enjoy Pokemon you should be able to get your money’s worth.

Man, I love Valve.

FWIW Jerboa looks the same as what Sync shows

I’m not disagreeing but it says people who already own it will be able to keep playing it.

I think the answer here is much simpler than that.

It’s warmer early Nov than it is in Dec so putting them up is more enjoyable.

And taking it down later is just pure laziness.

I use the Jerboa app on my phone which doesn’t seem to have this implemented yet.

Commenting to save for later, thanks!

100% this. AC PvP would be awful for a new player using the limited early game parts/weapons. Think MMO level 50 vs level 5.

Yes an argument can be made to still allow it so people can fight their friends early… but a lot of people would just go straight into it and just be turned off to it altogether.

This is such a great idea. I will definitely be doing this next year!