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I'm developing a tycoon game on Linux (and for Linux!), and we just put out the Release Date trailer! The game will be published by MicroProse, the publisher behind classics like Rollercoaster Tycoon!

In this game you bring the Freedom of Car Dependency by turning cities into giant parking lots and convincing people to pay you for it.

And no, it's not written in Assembly, it's written in C++, haha.

If you're interested, you can wishlist the game on Steam, and play on October 9th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/Car_Park_Capital/

u/hilkojj — 1 day ago
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What are the biggest deficiencies of using Linux for gaming in 2026?

I am so sick of Windows. I finally want to switch, and I know how good Linux has become for gaming, especially with Projects like Vine and Proton. What I am interested in now is what important games/programs will definitely not work on Linux?

Also which Distros would you guys recommend?

Any tipps appreciated.

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u/Louisthemagic — 1 day ago
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roblox has created a new security check using play intergity

So for the longest time now you would just use Sober and it was very perfect. It was just the ChromeOS version of Roblox being run in a container so the performance loss was like less than 2%. But yesterday they added Play Integrity. Obviously, Linux will never pass this. But it was only some games that would get mass botted, so games like MM2 and other mass botted games, old Android phones, and Linux can no longer ever play. Most likely impossible but roblox may make a linux verison.

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u/Acceptable-Two-4068 — 1 day ago
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Modded Cyberpunk 2077 - uhm...

i dont even know how to explain this, but you can see by yourself. Is not my gpu, only happens on Cyberpunk. ill post the mods im using on the comments

My pc :

RX 7600(stock settings)

Xeon E5 2670v3

28GB ram

NVME SSD

Arch Linux, using latest mesa(not git)

u/Ok-Olive466 — 1 day ago
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I built a wayland native crosshair overlay with a GUI

Hi!

So, it's been a couple of weeks now from when I tried to find a good crosshair overlay for wayland and just couldn't, so I built this!

It uses a real, click-through, layer-shell surface made with wlr-layer-shell, so it should work on any compositor that supports that. It supports three built in crosshair types, as well as custom images, and easy to share config files.

AUR: yay -S crosshair-overlay or paru -S crosshair-overlay
Github: https://github.com/m39d/crosshair-overlay

I also think it's fair to mention that I'm not a great programmer myself, and while I tried putting in a ton of work to make it good, I did use AI to write the vast majority of the codebase. It's all been tested as thoroughly as I could, but just wanted to be upfront about that.

Also, I think it's important to say that this is just an overlay window, it doesn't touch game memory or input. I've used it myself in The Finals and Overwatch without issues, but even though I have never experienced any problems, anti-cheat behavior is not something I can promise on. Most competitive games explicitly allow for external crosshairs in their policies, but use your own judgment before running it.

This is my first project, and I would love some feedback and to see if anyone other than me would appreciate this.
Anyways, thx and hope you guys enjoy it!

u/m39d — 1 day ago
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g7ctl Updated - Big Update for the Linux G7 Pro app

2 Weeks ago I posted here about developing a config app for the Gamesir G7 Pro and its variants. Today I am happy to report we have released version 0.2.0 with everything from Nexus exposed in our library set and UI

All features now implemented:

Stick config with custom curves
Motion config tests working on KDE for mouse and stick emulation
Battery level reporting
Read/Write access via wired and wireless dongle
Triggers config with custom curves
Dock config options
Vibration tab will all controls exposed
Complete button binds config with shift support
Full import/export support for saving configs
Full support for onboard profiles
Polling rate

Some per tab edge case features still undergoing testing but this update puts the app at about a 98% analog with Nexus on Windows all from the comfort of your Linux install.

I've had a couple suggestions that I should expand support to other Gamesir controls and the simple answer is Id love to!... But I only have a Gamesir G7 Pro to test on. However currently, the protocol should be able to support any controller in the Nexus family. That is: if you use Nexus to configure your controller under Windows then support is technically already here. Right now the app/libs hardware detection is only filtering for the G7 Pro but with a little community help we could "more than likely" extend support to the rest of the controllers in the family which gamesir lists as the following controllers:

G7 Pro, G7 SE, G7 Pro Zenless Zone Zero Edition , G7 Pro Dragon's Dogma 2 Edition , G7 Pro WUCHANG Edition , T7 Pro Floral , T7 Pro Sugar Whirl , Tarantula Pro for XBOX, T7 , Kaleid , Kaleid Flux.

Again support for these controller should technically be possible although the app is currently only filtering for the G7 Pro family. If you have one of the controllers listed above and would like to help... please reach out! With some basic info about your controller we may could get other controllers working in the next couple versions.

Please checkout the project at Github for full details: Here

u/questionablesyntax — 1 day ago
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R6 Extraction functions, but can't be played

Hello. I have been on Linux Mint for about 7 or 8 months now and been rather enjoying bar some strangeness, but I've generally found a methodology around it.

This time, I'm struggling.

I've spent the majority of 2 days trying to get it working to a rather strange avail.

It's current status is I've found 5 or 6 means of getting the game to start, but as soon as it is required to visually render anything, the game hard crashes immediately, with no error, no log that I've found and no explainable reason for it.

I know that it's when it renders anything because the game can sit fully functionally whilst minimized for up to 10 minutes, but will close immediately as soon as it is no longer minimised.

I will do my best to help anyone to help me and anyone else who might be suffering something similar, and will be including my specs in my first comment. If there is any other information you might request, I will be happy to supply it.

Thank you in advance

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u/AnomalousHendo — 1 day ago
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PSA: do not update ubuntu 24.04 LTS to recent version if you have RX 6000 series AMD GPU (and posibly some other)

There is a bug in one of recent patches (firmware update from 2.26 to 2.29) that will make your display corrupted on some AMD GPUs. If you are affected, this comment helped me to figure out the problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1vmycs0/comment/p3djhxt/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/dydzio — 2 days ago
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New trailer for Arkansas 2125

Hey everyone, I'm back with a new trailer for my post-apocalyptic game. I spent two hours making it, so please rate it.

u/No_Piano_1857 — 2 days ago
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what things do you think will come to linux once it reaches popular end user use on desktop and laptops?

by that i mean its equal to macos usage or even higher.

also what things do you think linux will change in itself if it becomes popular ?(on laptops and desktops. no "its number 1 on servers" i know)

this question is mainely about gaming. but also about general pc use,as no os can grow large without being good enough for everything.

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u/Green_Ad5186 — 2 days ago
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Gaming mouse for Linux?

Is there a peripherals brand with drivers for Linux? My mouse is bugging recently so I am looking for a new one. I don’t need many special buttons, just highest precision would be nice.

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u/CDXX_BlazeIt — 3 days ago
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[HackMatrix] saved locations for hotkeys and using the cursor at an angle (volume up)

With the Wayland port for HackMatrix, I am now able to use the cursor on applications at an angle. Hotkeys are now saved based on locations.

HackMatrix is closed source now btw.

If you want to support the project you can get it at https://collinalexbell.itch.io/hackmatrix

u/collinalexbell — 2 days ago
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How Linux Makes Satisfactory Playable with Alt Keyboard Layouts

I use Canary Keyboard layout, which can often lead to remapping every game I play as switching to qwerty makes typing impossible.

Anyway, once remapped, most games are fine with this nerdy-ass setup. But Satisfactory has hardcoded the ammunition wheel to the letter R, which happens to be my walk backwards key -the 'S' of my WASD position. Unplayable in Windows, though you can make some workaround solution with Autohotkey that brings it to just a slight annoyance.

Running with proton-cachyOS (Or ProtonGE) and `PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1` Eliminates this issue. The game reads the scancodes and sees them as Qwerty for mapping purposes, but suddenly you can walk backwards without the ammo wheel popping up, and without interfering with ingame text entry.

I found this interesting because it's one of the first cases I've seen of Linux "fixing" a game that is broken on Windows. Obviously the game itself has a nasty bug that affects the 12 of us that left qwerty behind, but if you're on Colemak-DH or something, consider installing Linux to solve this bug.

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u/Granpire — 2 days ago
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Is it just me or do older Games simply run better on Linux then modern windows?

Title already says it pretty much. Ive had a few games already like Prototype 1 or Deus Ex Invisible Wall where ive seen or heard that its a nightmare to get it to run on modern windows without proper patches meanwhile on Linux it runs seemingly with no or minor issues

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u/GamingEnding — 3 days ago