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Vouivre is an interesting FPS where you explore a short dungeon and discover an ancient civilization possessed by aliens. Very similar to headcrabs, the alien will attach its-self to the hosts head and control them. Explore hallways of temple-like dungeon and find that you are not alone. After brutally slaying a host with your knife you realize it won't be enough to survive. Find a weapon and stay alive!


Vouivre ran well in ProtonGE with PlayOnLinux. I was able to play through the short demo without any crashes or graphical artifacts. This demo is very polished and professional. Voice acting is top notch as well as visuals. Animation and sound effects are engaging and professionally done. Too bad this was a student project as it would make an amazing full game!

https://teamvouivre.itch.io/vouivre

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
ProtonGE 5.9
DXVK 1.7

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Remember the old Chex Quest game in 1996 by Digital Café as a Chex cereal promotion? I don't, but I remember reading about it. This was an attempt to create a non-violent first person shooter for kids age 6-9 where you can shoot slimy aliens who are trying to take your Chex cereal away.



Team Chex Quest HD have re-created the original game in a modern game engine and its totally free!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/804270/Chex_Quest_HD/

Slay green slime aliens with your special laser weapons and even a spoon. Find the keys and navigate your way through the levels leaving no alien traces behind. There are secret areas, interactive elements and of course a non violent arsenal of cereal weapons.

Proton handled Chex Quest just fine in Steam. I was able to download, launch and play several levels without any bugs or artifacts.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
Proton 5.0-9

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Terraria (GOG) has been a family favorite for a few years now. The four of us will play co-op via LAN for hours each week and eventually get tired of it... then a few months later we'll create a new world and start playing a few hours a week again.


This game is never ending. You can explore, build, craft and fight all kinds of creatures forever. There are costumes, special events, bosses and all kinds of biomes. There is never a dull moment as long as you enjoy digging. You will spend hundreds of hours digging for ores and crafting them into bars to build your weapons, tools, armor and much more.

Terraria has re-invented the platform game with its huge sandbox worlds and non-linear exploration. Go anywhere you want, avoid traps and hordes... store all of your loot and go looking for more. What else could you want?

Quests?
Yes, Terraria has that too...

Tower Defense?
Yes, Terraria has that too...

Trading?
Yes...

Every Assassin's Creed game I've played has run in Linux with the help of Wine and DXVK. I've always used PlayOnLinux and installed a legacy version of Uplay because of Windows XP compatibility. You can find those step-by-step guides here on GamersOnLinux. There are a LOT of steps and sometimes Uplay will run and other times you have to start over. Once you get the game downloaded you run Uplay offline otherwise a simple update will break it.



Not Any More!!!

Steam and Proton handle downloading Assassin's Creed Origins and running Uplay without issue. Somehow its painlessly compatible with Proton and I was able to run the game first try! That is impressive after all the previous steps I used to run one game.

Thank you Steam!


Assassin's Creed Origin runs great in Mint with my GeForce GTX 1060 and Proton. Frame rates are smooth and traversing around the cities is stunning! I have only taken time to explore...

Borderlands 3 initially released only on the Epic Store. Later it was released on Steam and of course we wanted to see if Proton could handle it. We prefer a native port like all the other Borderlands, but until then lets play in Proton?



My daughter and I have played through all of the Borderlands games in co-op modes over LAN. They all ran almost flawlessly. In Borderlands 3 they have introduced the ShiFT account which still includes LAN play and online as always. We were not able to play over LAN so I had to purchase two copies of the game. We were able to play in Proton 5 and the game ran decent after the initial stutter of loading shader cache.

As we played there was one serious problem... a video is supposed to play during an early quest with Lilith. The video on the TV never plays and the quest is stuck. After reading several post with Windows and Linux gamers having the same problem, turns out Borderlands is using Media Foundation...

IKAI is a first person horror game in ancient Japan. Play as a priestess and explore a creepy haunted Japanese building looking for a way out. Solve puzzles and don't awaken the evil lurking in the walls.
The visuals and environment are beautifully made in Unreal Engine. The lighting and creepy ambient sounds will force you tread lightly through every room. Inspect objects up close and watch your back.

https://endflame.itch.io/ikai-demo

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.59
PlayOnLinux 4.3.4
ProtonGE 5.8 64-bit
DXVK 1.7 64-bit

A Story About My Uncle is not a read-along adventure... or a children's book...
This is an epic first person physics adventure where your grappling hook and jump tricks allow you to traverse amazing terrain. Jump super high with your suit and grapple floating islands, rocks and structures. Fling yourself around cliffs and waterfalls above bottomless worlds. Meet alien creatures who inhibit these mysterious floating lands and use energy crystals fly themselves across the landscape. All in the name of finding uncle Fred.


A Story About My Uncle ran great in Steam with my GeForce GTX 1060. I never had any performance issues and the graphics settings were cranked to high. This Linux port made with UDK (Unreal Development Kit) in 2012 by a group of students at Södertörn University.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100

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If you haven't played System Shock 1 or 2, these are a must play FPS horror/action/stealth/hack/adventure game!
The original System Shock was made 1994 and was one of the most interactive sci-fi games made at the time. This is no run-n-gun arcade game! You can loot just about any container, solve puzzles, fight robots and zombified crew. The original game had clunky controls which made it very hard to play, but today it can play on just about any computer made.

There is an enhanced edition available on GOG which supports higher resolution and better controls
http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/system-shock-enhanced-edition-guide.2412/

But Nightdive Studios is doing a complete remake of the original game with the Unreal Engine
https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/
https://www.gog.com/game/system_shock_demo

Sadly Steam and GOG only offer the Windows version of the Demo
But there is a Linux demo out there somewhere... I...

I thought this was newsworthy, and a bit scary. I found out about it just today, although the news is a few months old.

At a time when we have seen other founders (of multiple Free and Open Source related initiatives) pushed out of the organizations they founded (such as with Richard Stallman being compelled to resign from the Free Software Foundation, or the attempts to remove Linus Torvalds from the Linux Kernel – both of which happened within the last year) it seems worth taking a deeper look at what, specifically, is happening with the Open Source Initiative.

Click to expand...

https://lunduke.com/posts/2020-03-9-b/

Adam Lost Memories is a psychological horror game that follows the surreal imagination of the developers traumatic childhood experience. Adam's true fears are shame, terror and humiliation! The only thing he had was a book...

Explore Adams imagination in this very detailed system of rooms, caves and sci-fi environments. Solve puzzles and avoid the creatures in the shadows. Every dark room has meaning and every object is interactive... but how do you get out? Is something following you?

https://adam-lost-memories.itch.io/game

This prologue is just a 1hr demo of Adam Lost Memories. Developed in Unreal Engine you can purchase the full game and play through the entire story. The full game was not tested. The prologue ran fairly well in PlayOnLinux with ProtonGE and DXVK. There were a few areas where the framerate dropped, but it was infrequent.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
PlayOnLinux 4.3.4
ProtonGE 5.9 64-bit
DXVK 1.7 64-bit...

Over the years I have taken a bunch of screenshot for guides, games and wallpapers.
Here are a few that are my favorite for my wallpapers in Mint.
Can you guess which games they are?

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Manual Samuel is a clever comedy 2D puzzle/action game where you are forced to control every single one of Samuel's extremities:

• Eyes
• Breathing
• Hands
• Feet
• Balance

This is no easy task because you have to do multiple things at once using multiple keys. Its hilarious watching him fall over or throw hot coffee in his own face. Each scene is a new challenge to make Samuel do normal every day things manually.


Proton in Steam runs the game almost perfectly. The only problem I had was fullscreen. The game thinks its in fullscreen, but the top of the window is visible and the Linux panel is still visible. So I minimized the panel and just left it like in the video.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
Proton 5.0-9

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Before Sleep is a creepy nightmare runner where a freaky creature is chasing you in a dream maze. As you find notes which tell you what you need to escape, the creature speeds up. It can follow you anywhere you go... hurry and get the items before it catches you.


I was able to play Before Sleep without any problems in PlayOnLinux with ProtonGE and DXVK. It ran great, probably because the whole maze is made up of square rooms. So easy to model and render real-time on my GeForce GTX 1060.

https://gannydespy.itch.io/before-sleep

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
PlayOnLinux 4.3.4
DXVK 1.7 64-bit

Beyond The Thaw is a short demo of a first person winter survival. You wake up from a plane crash in a forest during a harsh winter. Packs of wolves are on the move and you need to stay warm.

https://dazvolt.itch.io/beyondthethaw

This game is beautiful! Amazing visuals and stunning snowy blizzard-like environment. You really feel like you are controller the character and stuck in this hopeless forest.

Beyond The Thaw is developed in Unreal Engine 4 and ran really well using ProtonGE and DXVK. I was able to extract the game and run it in PlayOnLinux without any issues. It is fairly short and you aren't given a lot of direction on what to do. So plan to retry several times.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForece GTX 160
Nvidia 440.59
ProtonGE-5.9 64-bit
DXVK 1.7

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Sons Of Tyr is a multi-player RPG in a Viking world. Create your character and follow the tutorial to equip you with necessary beginner weapons and armor. Then explore your Viking island hub where you can upgrade NCP areas to purchase new weapons, armor and gear.


Then head out on a boat, kill bandits and loot nearby islands. There are animals and even giants roaming around the islands.

https://synergy-studios.itch.io/sons-of-tyr

The current version is free on itch.io and ran well in Wine. I did experience a problem playing multi-player on a LAN. When I hosted the game and we traveled to an island my character would reset and loose all inventory items. Otherwise, playing single-player was a lot of fun.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.59
Wine 5.0 64-bit
DXVK: 1.7

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https://joeydrewstudios.com/batim

Bendy And The Ink Machine base on a cartoon made back in the 30's where you (an animator) re-visits the old studio and find that something has gone terribly wrong. Expect jump scares, spooky cartoon-esque environments, survival elements and puzzles. This first person horror adventure doesn't disappoint. It may be short, but currently on sale during the Steam summer sale.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/622650/Bendy_and_the_Ink_Machine/

The best part? Its a native Linux game available on Steam.

You can also download the demo in itch.io as well
https://joeydrewstudios.itch.io/batim-demo

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Timeout is a brilliant point-n-click 2D 3D action adventure mystery. Everyone live by time. If your time runs out, you die. So of course the world has commercialized buying & selling time to stay alive. Investigate a case where fake time is killing people because they are deceived into purchasing a clever deal on time.


Timeout demo ran perfectly in Linux. I was able to play and control my character without any graphical issues or performance issues on my GeForce GTX 1060.

https://christopherlee.itch.io/timeout

A Forbidden Place demo is a creepy lowpoly pixel horror/puzzle mystery. Read the mysterious notes about the library and enter the surreal realms of the Librarian.

https://banzaibonsai.itch.io/a-place-forbidden

This demo is fairly long for an introduction to the game and setting. I never had any issues with ProtonGE in PlayOnLinux and was able to play through the entire demo.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
Geforce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.59
PlayOnLinux 4.3.4
ProtonGE 5.9

I picked up ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition during a Humble Bundle sale. After checking https://www.protondb.com/ first of course. It runs GREAT in Proton!
I was using Proton 5.0-8 but I'm sure it runs fine in Proton 5.0-9 as well. Cutscenes, gameplay, performance, load/save all worked as expected. Definitely worth the sale!

150 years after a global war, a survival ship crashes in America. Play as Monkey (the beefy strong tempered tough guy) who is forced to escort Trip (the young beautiful woman) through city rubble, puzzles and mechanical enemies. Work together and traverse your way across dangerous terrain using parkour, weapons and Trips special abilities.


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Not sure if this was inevitable or just Apple making changes as always?

Apple is now developing their own ARM processors and may go away with Intel x86 processors by 2021
https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/23/21232441/apple-arm-mac-2020-5nm-processor-12-cores

This is bad news for Intel, but might be good news for Linux!

• Windows XP end of life brought users to Linux
• Windows 7 end of life brought user to Linux

The majority of gamers on Mac are playing games that only run on x86 processors. Thousands of games on Steam will not run on ARM processors. On top of that, OSX Catalina has already removed support for 32-bit applications. Gamers are going to be forced to Windows or Linux. Not to mention businesses who use x86 Mac applications.

I have even noticed a growth in Mac questions on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/wine_gaming/