TeaHandsFeb 15

After my big Linux switch a few weeks back I've mostly spent the time figuring out a new workflow for actual work (and also playing lots of FreeCell).

But now it's time to get all the gamedev stuff up and running, so I thought joining a jam would be a good way to do that.

Anyone else working on the #GodotWildJam this month? So far I have...um...this.

#GameDev #GameJam #GWJ #GodotEngine

Show threadGordon SpeirsFeb 15
@teahands How did the Linux switch go? I’m on the verge of doing the same. Any tips?
Show threadTeaHandsFeb 15

@gspeirs For general day-to-day stuff and the sorts of games I play it was pretty seamless. It's definitely worth playing around on a VM until you find a distro you like best out of the box, makes it a lot easier (you can also use distrosea.com to get a rough idea but it's very laggy).

The main issue for me is video editing, couldn't find a decent replacement workflow for that so I'm stuck dual booting Windows for now.

I'll report back on the gamedev bit!

Show threadGordon SpeirsFeb 16

@teahands Thanks :) The reason I want a Linux machine is mostly so I can access stuff on Steam that doesn’t have a Mac version (I use a Mac for work and that’s working great for me so no reason to change.)

I was planning on getting a Steam Machine but with them being delayed and likely more expensive than I’d hoped, I’m now thinking about just building my own.

Show threadTeaHandsFeb 16
@davetansley you have a dedicated gaming box, right? Seems to work pretty well from what I've seen? You can advise @gspeirs better than me
Show threadGordon SpeirsFeb 16
@teahands @davetansley Teach me your secrets
Show threadDave

@gspeirs @teahands Well, I have a little mini-PC that sits under the TV and runs "Bazzite", which is a gaming specific distro that looks and feels pretty much identical to SteamOS. It runs everything I throw at it, but would likely have issues if you're into online multiplayer (anti-cheat issues).

Bazzite will run on most machines, but you'll generally have a better time if you have AMD graphics hardware than NVidia, though it's improving.

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Show threadDaveFeb 16

@gspeirs @teahands But if you're not interested in the TV interface of Bazzite/SteamOS, any distro can run Steam and Proton.

If you're interested in bleeding edge stuff and the most frames possible, you might want to go for a more up-to-date distro like Fedora. Some distros lag behind the latest kernel stuff (Ubuntu, Mint). But you potentially sacrifice stability for frames.

I run Fedora KDE on my other machines, and they run games fine as well.

Show threadGordon SpeirsFeb 16
@davetansley @teahands I mostly play games on PS5 but I want a smallish box to keep by the TV where I can play indie stuff on Steam that I can’t get elsewhere (Mewgenics most recently). Doesn’t need to be particularly powerful - small and quiet are much more important. I’d already been eyeing Bazzite so I’ll follow up on that. Ta for the advice :)