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The sequel to Garry's Mod releases this month, and Valve will let you publish your creations as standalone Steam games, like dafty Finn sim My Summer Cottage (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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The sequel to legendary game creation sandbox Garry's Mod launches in April, and Facepunch have struck a deal with Valve to let you publish creations on Steam.

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[–] 35 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

I can't wait.
Finally a good alternative to Roblox.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Honestly, I have no fucking clue what Roblox even looks like. I have been hearing about it for years but not a single forum post or article has ever had a screenshot.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    It sucks tbh.
    I remember:
    Moderation problems(even the CEO of roblox started being accused of being a pedophile because he wouldn't fix the problem, and allowing one of the weird people to a event and i think the event is cancelled,and even displaying the weird people on a game and later removing them), 90% of the games being copies of existing ones (most of the 10% is original but basic concept),axing core features of roblox(replacing faces and forcing realistic characters),being accused of child labour(for being a "childrens website" and them taking 30%),accused of hiring third world people for their Moderation,Forced AI(LLM),axing Linux to implement a anticheat(should be a red-flag tbh), Corporate greed?(removing lifetime builders club),etc.
    Thanks for coming to my Ted talk

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    • [–] 19 points 6 months ago

    Bolster up bae, a new generational trauma just been announced

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    [–] 15 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Daffy Finn Sim my summer cottage

    What are these words

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Good question, I looked it up:

    dafty Finn sim My Summer Cottage

    dafty is a slang term used in the UK, particularly in Scotland and Northern England, to describe a person who acts silly or foolish.

    The rest is because the premise is based on an earlier simulator game (by a different developer afaik) My Summer Car, which also takes place in Finland (though that is the 1990s)

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    • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe Half Life 3 can be made this way.

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    • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Does it support Linux?

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Seems like it, interestingly they also open sourced it

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    It runs does not mean it supports it. So we need to see how this turns out in the future. The compatibility could break with future requirements and changes. I'm just worried because Garry is not a very Linux friendly.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (5 children)

    @thingsiplay @Midnitte
    Facepunch cant even decide if it's going to be fully supported on linux. I got several conflicting answers.

    The community and staff are an unmoderated toxic pile of **** anyway. I think it's going to flop for that reason alone.

    Very disappointing.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

    Disappointing to read that. But I think its a little bit too early to make a definitive mind yet. At least this is Open Source, so people want to make it work on Linux. Sadly even without Linux support I do not think it would flop (I know you wish to lol). It would be sad if Garry's Mod does not work on Steam Machine.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    @thingsiplay I don't want #sbox to fail, I've been looking forward to it and #Source2 for a very long time.

    ...But not at the larger cost of spawning an unmoderated platform where hate and abuse can fester.

    #garrynewman seems to be of the mind that he can do no wrong, when in fact he is taking the company in a new direction. With that comes new responsibility which he and his staff refuse to manage or plan for, despite many users giving the same feedback: "We need moderation"

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    I don't think sbox should fail if it does not support Linux. But if it ends up locking games and the developers behind Windows, then I don't want it to become popular.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (1 child)

    @thingsiplay At the moment you are forced to run the game through proton/wine on Linux.

    I was told by a staff (rudely) the tools would be forever windows only.
    (but again got conflicting answers)

    I was not able to set up a cohesive dev environment with the tools under proton/wine.

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    • [–] 0 points 6 months ago

    skippity shit hole

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