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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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[–] 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I really hope this doesn't mean thst instead of one server browser for a wide variety of game modes all using the same common 3D models and textures, it'll be a diaspora of unmaintained free games on Steam.

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    • [–] 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    s&box is not a Garry's Mod sequel, it's a Roblox wannabe full of FOMO paid cosmetics and that runs like shit.

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

    Shit, really? I hadn't kept up with the news on it. That majorly sucks.

    I guess it makes some sense. A lot of other games and "creation systems" have come out since and somewhat ate garrysmod's lunch in terms of "digital sandbox with a shit ton of included resources that you can build other games in". Plus, game engines themselves have become a lot more accessible to new developers than they once were.

    Like, what was competing with Garry's Mod when it was bigger? Flash? BYOND? Second Life?

    Beyond game creation, it did a lot of stuff that no tools existed for just well enough that no one was pushing for dedicated alternatives. Machinima, 3D posing, that sort of thing. But when dedicated tools became more available and easily accessible, it lost that draw too.

    The glacially slow development sure as hell didn't help things either. I have no idea why they didn't more widely release the in-progress builds so the damn thing didn't get completely forgotten.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I love GMod. It will always have a spot on my hard drive.

    But I agree. It takes them at least three months after the fact to release a monthly "patch" that I'm not sure actually does anything.

    It could just be me and the insane amount of addons I've downloaded from the workshop, but it's also really unstable. Like it takes me at least 5-10 minutes to go from launching the game to actually loading into a map; and once I'm there, I need to be careful with whatever I'm doing because even the slightest stutter will crash the game completely.

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

    oh yay looking forward to having steam flooded by absolute crap

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    • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    That's certainly an interesting experiment.

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Glad valve lets facepunch do even more child exploitation on their platform, I wonder how the bootlickers feel

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    [–] 32 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 8 points 7 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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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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    • [–] 18 points 7 months ago

    Bolster up bae, a new generational trauma just been announced

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    [–] 15 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe Half Life 3 can be made this way.

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    [–] 14 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Daffy Finn Sim my summer cottage

    What are these words

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  • [–] 7 points 7 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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    • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Does it support Linux?

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    • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    skippity shit hole

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