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Games: Godot Engine, Defold, and Many Titles

By Roy Schestowitz Created 12/02/2021 - 10:31pm Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 12th of February 2021 10:31:26 PM Filed under Gaming [1]

Godot Engine - Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 2 [2]

Godot 3.2.4 is shaping up nicely, and a number of issues have been fixed since the first Release Candidate two weeks ago. So it's now time for a RC 2 to give it another round of testing before the stable release!

And rejoice macOS users, this release is the first to have the Godot editor binary signed and notarized. Thanks to Prehensile Tales for signing it on behalf of the Godot contributors. (Note: Only the "standard" build is signed for now.)

Godot GDScript REPL [3]

When experimenting with Godot and its GDScript language, I realized that I missed a good old REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) to familiarize myself with the language and API.

Defold planning improvements through 2021 [4]

Defold, a free game engine with the code available under a reasonable open license has released a roadmap for 2021 and it's sounding pretty good.

While not actually open source, the licensing terms are still quite friendly and still far better than some other much more closed licensing like with , Unreal and Game Maker but not as open as something like Godot. Defold is progressing on though and their roadmap for 2021 mentions their plan to continue to improve their Linux support. Cozy management game about dying 'Spiritfarer' is getting a bunch of free updates | GamingOnLinux [5]

Thunder Lotus appear to have done well with Spiritfarer, their unique management game with a rather cozy atmosphere and a theme based around looking after the dead.

For those who haven't played it yet: you build a boat to explore the world, then befriend and care for spirits before finally releasing them into the afterlife. During the game you build, farm, mine, fish, talk to lots of different people and travel across the seas and eventually say goodbye to spirits you've looked after. In a press release they noted that three separate updates are coming that will "notably expand upon the game?s main story, as well as adding additional characters, locations, and quality of life improvements" and all will be free.

Legend of Keepers sees a final update before it leaves Early Access | GamingOnLinux[6]

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Master from developer Goblinz Studio is closing in on the final release, with a fresh big update out now for this mix of dungeon management and turn-based battles.

It actually reminds me a little of the card game BossMonster (which is great by the way). With you in charge of the dungeon and tasked with protecting it from pesky heroes trying to get all your treasure. You need to setup room after room of traps and in Legend of Keepers you're also dealing with your own creatures that you place in defence. Hits the mark quite well and is quite unique.

Strange shape-shifting puzzler Altered releases on March 12 | GamingOnLinux[7]

Altered from developer Glitchheart is an upcoming meditative puzzle game mixing hard puzzles and a soothing atmosphere, as you move and morph yourself around small areas to complete each puzzle.

Featuring over 80 puzzles the twist here is that you go through multiple characters / objects to control, each with a unique power of altering their form. The developer says by "understanding their powers, you will gain new intuition for solving interesting puzzles".

Valheim managed to sell over 1 million copies in the first week [8]

We did reach out to the developer to see how the Linux sales went so far but no reply yet. They're only a small team and due to the popularity, they've probably got thousands of emails waiting so it's not really surprising. A lot of it was developed on Linux too, so that's awesome. X4: Cradle of Humanity and the big 4.0 update launching March 16 [9]

Ready to explore a bigger universe? The upcoming X4: Cradle of Humanity expansion along with the big free 4.0 update for all players is now confirmed to launch on March 16.

Taking the X series from Egosoft back to Earth, it will significantly increase the size of the game's universe giving you new sectors to explore along with two Terran factions to X4: Foundations, along with their economy, ships, weapons and stations.

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Links: [1] http://www.tuxmachines.org/taxonomy/term/69 [2] https://godotengine.org/article/release-candidate-godot-3-2-4-rc-2 [3] https://blog.beuc.net/posts/Godot_GDScript_REPL/ [4] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/defold-game-engine-planning-linux-improvements-through-2021 [5] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/cozy-management-game-about-dying-spiritfarer-is-getting-a-bunch-of- free-updates [6] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/legend-of-keepers-sees-a-final-update-before-it-leaves-early-access [7] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/strange-shape-shifting-puzzler-altered-releases-on-march-12 [8] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/valheim-managed-to-sell-over-1-million-copies-in-the-first-week [9] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/x4-cradle-of-humanity-and-the-big-40-update-launching-march-16