If an indie studio can produce this, why not create a AA CRPG? Do you really need the third A?

And it isn’t like you’ll be punished evolutionarily if you ultra kill.

An android app store is going to cost more than $0 to make.

For a company like Valve, they are going to need greater adoption than what F-Droid has to be viable.

And I didn’t say that a successful app store was impossible, just improbable enough that it doesn’t justify investing in Android and that previous failures show how hard this is. Valve is still a for profit company and will make decisions to make money.

F-Droid’s market share is a rounding error compared to Google’s. Just because another app store exists doesn’t mean there is significant competition between app stores.

I hope they keep it up.

I also hope the Manhattan wide parking permit gets issued, so it keeps upper Manhattan from becoming a parking lot.

Valve didn’t expand Steam into Linux to gain market share in a new market, Valve did it because it is a hedge in case Windows becomes toxic to Steam. There is now a fallback position if Steam is locked out of Windows, and I expect Valve to continue to build in this position.

As for Android, there isn’t a successful second app store that isn’t tied to hardware; even Amazon quit Android. I don’t think Valve sees Android expansion as commercialy viable.

I found Brotato to be fun.

If you like 80’s action movies, there is Broforce.

Duck Game is good as a platform shooter.

Love in a Dangerous Space Time is a great co-op game that is actually cooperative.

Linux keeps getting more development because it is the cheapest way to develop a platform. It is the reason why almost all servers are Linux and it was used as the basis for Android.

That said, Steam is a wildly profitable company that is self aware enough to not kill its golden goose.

Magical acrobatics.

Spells that use deception to get enemies to disengage in combat.

Protection against area of effect attacks.

I would put it like this.

People on Lemmy would rather be right than affect change which would be in line with their beliefs.

Yeah, I wouldn’t consider this a sign of recession. Instead, it is the confluence of various structural changes in the industry.

1. Because the industry was forced to work in a distributed manner, it has removed the location premium in a lot of salaries. Companies are firing high cost of living areas and hiring in lower cost of living areas.

2. Outside of cost of living, total supply for developers has increased significantly.

3. The return on investment for software development has either dropped or are starting to be included in more decisions. This is leading to development budgets getting slashed.

The incentive for consumer Linux is controlling the app store.

Google leverages its control of the app store to make money on Android. Valve has invested in Linux in order to have an alternate OS in case Windows becomes hostile.

It would be to be per year to match Denmark’s contribution and I don’t believe anyone would trust to pay his debts.

Well, if you don’t need programmers to work in place place at the corporate headquarters, you can hire them anywhere.

That’s what’s been a major problem for California HSR.

Also, apparently some people can’t consciously control the focus distance of their eyes.

It’s a sailboat!

And it was a Republican idea to let Americans buy from Canada.

Yep. It is fine to call out the four Democrats and get them primaried. It isn’t fine to say all Democrats are bad because four Democrats out of the 200+ caucus voted for this.