Hello dear Linux users!

I'm sharing here the game I'm currently working on. Console War Giant is a turn-based management game that puts you in charge of a young company producing video game consoles! The year is 1980, and the gaming industry is still in its infancy. A place under the sun is yours to claim!

Design your own consoles, secure your hardware supply, build your game catalog, and target your markets wisely. But beware! Your competitors won’t go down without a fight!

In this game you will:

• Design your own consoles and controllers using a dedicated 3D interface. Then, choose their technical specifications according to your goals.
• Build your console’s game catalog based on the markets you want to target. Support development studios in porting their games. And if you secure some exclusives, even better!
• Secure your essential hardware supplies through a competitive auction system. Get the best deals possible!
• Add features and services such as streaming platforms, virtual stores, or DVD players. Select the ones that best match customer expectations at the time.
• Produce and sell accessories and merchandise to maximize your profits!
• Negotiate the best deals with console retailers to expand your market presence.
• Join the console war! Your rivals will take aggressive actions against you. But you’ll have opportunities to strike back. Your ultimate goal: to take them over!
• Launch marketing campaigns at the right moment. Whether to boost immediate sales or to get long term effects.
• Experience key events in gaming history and their consequences, from the 1983 video game crash to the Covid-19 pandemic and much more.
• Research new technologies to stay ahead of the competition.
• Satisfy your board of directors, who will regularly assign you new objectives to achieve.

The Steam page is here : https://store.steampowered.com/app/4116640

The game will be ported on Linux and optimized for Steam Deck! And when the time will come I will need some playtesters if you are interested :)

Don't hesitate to wishlist and give your feedbacks and suggestions :)

Like if win game has patch that enhances graph.

I know this is probably a very common question from people switching to Linux. But I've been thinking about switching to Linux ever since Microsoft announced the date they would stop supporting Windows 10, and now that that date has pasted, I'll be switching soon. My only drawback atm is figuring out a way to play Fortnite without needing to dual boot, 95% of the games I play are compatible with Linux, and if needed, I'll suck it up and setup dual booting. But before I do that, is there any easier way to do this?

Mesa version 2.6-1 that was published 29th of October is causing some newer UE5 games to completely reset an AMD GPU/crash it and force close the game instance alongside the freeze and reset.

If you're going through this problem please downgrade to 2.5-2.

i have ryzen 5 5600g 8gb 3200hz ram msi b450 mb i have c-state and xmp disabled cachy os (arch linux based) when i try to run cs 2 it show error on the screen do note that cs 2 run with proton just fine and half life 2 run with linux native just fine

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3440070/Dinoblade/

Hello new Linux user here ( just installed yesterday),

I tried running some games today and quickly noticed that a lot of them won't start up. In particular every game that pre-caches Vulkan Shaders has this problem. I personally tried Ball X Pit, Deadly Days: Roadtrip, 9 Kings and Hell Clock. While other games like Crab Champions and Brotato worked fine.

So my hypothesis is that something is wrong with the shaders.

I googled already that it could be a problem with NTFS drives, but I installed my games on my external SSD which I checked in the terminal via sudo blkid /dev/sdX or in my case sde1. It's data type was exfat.

Both games that work or don't are on the same SSD.

Here my vulkanifo output: https://pastebin.com/UvvdGJmd

I tried to get a log for games with the PROTON_LOG=1 %command% launch option in steam, but I guess i did something wrong cause I can't find it.

Here is a log from starting steam in terminal: https://pastebin.com/zguXb9KY

If I forgot something I am genuinely sorry I am new to this.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Just dipping my toes in to Linux gaming and was very surprised that a fair few games feel a hell of a lot smoother on Linux, CachyOS in this instance, Than on Windows 11.

My Windows OS is pretty well optimized and tweaked but CachyOS leaves it in the dust in some titles when it comes to smoothness.

I'd like to understand though, Why is this, Is it more efficient use of hardware, Generally less processes running, Smaller memory footprint of the OS, Kernel optimizations etc... ?

Any input is appreciated.

Hi all,

I'm just building my new little linux gaming box, I've only really used linux for work (I'd consider myself a power-user and live in the terminal, so happy to take any suggestions that involve tinkering!) and have had a steamdeck for around a year.

I like how the steamdeck in desktop mode can be controlled entirely with the controller + trigger a keyboard with a combo of buttons etc.

Is there a neat way to setup something similar on baseline Ubuntu 25. This PC will be plugged into my TV and mostly be used for Steam.

My key questions are:

1. Can I control with a bluetooth controller + can I wake + put to sleep with a controller
2. Is there any nice controller setups for interfacing with the Gnome desktop?
3. Does anyone use a linux box as a media player, I have a Roku and mostly use Plex, but would be cool if I could have a nice interface (this isn't essential, but curious if anyone knows of stuff for this).
4. What's the best emulation frontend to use ~ I like emulation station but have heard it force removed the ~forbidden console~ and I would like to play my own backups with minimal fuss (note, Im not asking anything regarding setting up emulators, just would like to know the front ends that have a wide range of support in terms of their compatible emulators).
5. I'm guessing I should use similar tools such as the proton/wine bottles for installing things like battle net? Would be curious if there's better solutions. I spent ages setting up my Skyrim mods on steamdeck, but would be keen to know if there's a more streamlined approach I should be using.

Thank you for any and all input

I am in need of some help.

I want to switch to linux but I don't know which distro would be good for gaming. I mostly use my PC for gaming and windows 11 is utter horse shit and windows 10 (the last good windows) is no longer supported. I HATE windows 11 with a burning passion and would like some pointer to a Linux distro that would be easy to transition to from windows

I don't know if it's needed but my specs are as followed

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6G GHz

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 580 8 GB VRAM

RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2400 MT/s

MOTHER BOARD: Asus prime A520M-K

I want to use an android emulator to play roblox with exploits.

I want an emulator that can run roblox good

I'm having trouble with the SteamVR dashboard, specifically the desktop interface and virtual keyboard. They're slow, laggy, and sometimes don't work at all.

The PCVR in general is a bit low-res for my taste, but I think that's just an ALVR settings issue on my part.

I think this might be an ALVR problem, but I don't know enough to know for sure.

When I'm in a game it's basically fine, but trying to interface with the desktop is barely usable. It's a shame there isn't a "restart steamVR" button in the SteamVR interface.

Ideally I'd be able to use this computer through the headset exclusively, no need for a physical monitor or peripherals. If anyone knows how to make that happen, in all ears.

I've made it over 40 hours into Control in Windows on GOG. I've since migrated to Linux and am currently running CachyOS. I haven't played Control in years but I never finished it and would hate to have to start over whenever I get around to finishing it.

I tried installing Control in Heroic in the hopes that it would simply have my GOG cloud saves there, since I'm pretty sure Heroic Games Launcher supports GOG cloud saves, however it only gives me the option to start a new game.

I booted into Windows and used GOG Galaxy's built in feature to download my cloud saves for the game and ended up with a !Downloads folder, which I have copied into the corresponding folder in Control's wine prefix for Heroic Launcher, but it still only gives me the option to start a new game.

Does anyone know how to accomplish what I'm trying to do here? Is it even possible?