Steam

For late #IndieThursday tip of week 36/2023 we picked

#Magicube by Nebu Soku

Get this cheap but really difficult puzzle game on @steam
https://isthereanydeal.com/game/magicube/info/
#IndieDevs #gamedev #indiegame

(sorry if it's the wrong place for this kind of discussion)

Yesterday The Riftbreaker raised its price 50% for base game and 65% for dlcs. I know Steam said all devs to adjust prices(in January), but this feel more of trend where once a game gets popular the price skyrocket.

As someone who waits a game go 75% or a stable 50% discount before buying it, if i didnt buy it by then sure i ain't buying that now unless there is a massive discount (not even gonna talk about games that raise price to fake a bigger discount).

I dont want to sound cheap; I grew up with no condition to buy games and spent a lot of my internet in torrents in my youth, now i gladly pay for games but once a game raise its price i unwishlist it.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/1837/INSIDE__LIMBO/

🎮 Inside, 90% OFF 🎮

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark platformer combining intense action with puzzles.

Grab this deal from @steam :
https://store.steampowered.com/app/304430/INSIDE/

🚿 PowerWash Simulator, 20% OFF 🚿

This game hasn't seen a big sale yet, but it is currently discounted at Humble.
If you're craving a zen-like experience to satisfy your cleaning OCD, get this one @steam

🔗https://www.humblebundle.com/store/powerwash-simulator

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4218699

Are you using Steam Link?

🚀 No Man's Sky, 50% OFF 🚀

Meet a secret society of robotic aliens in update 4.4, ECHOES!

Cheapest deal can be obtained from @steam :
🔗https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/

For late #IndieThursday tip of week 34/2023 we picked

#KillTheCrows by 5minlab

Get it now on @steam
https://isthereanydeal.com/game/killcrows/info/
#IndieDevs #gamedev #indiegame

ready your wallets

🔞 Scarlet Maiden, 15% OFF 🔞

Feast your eyes on this amusing metroidvania of the NSFW variety. Scarlet Maiden is still in early access, but already has overwhelmingly positive reviews.

It's currently discounted on @steam : 🔗https://store.steampowered.com/app/1968840/Scarlet_Maiden/

🎮 Persona 5 Strikers, 74% OFF 🎮

Join the Phantom Thieves and strike back against the corruption overtaking cities across Japan. A summer vacation with close friends takes a sudden turn as a distorted reality emerges.

Cheapest keys are on 2Game @steam :
🔗https://2game.com/persona-5-strikers?ref=isthereanydeal&utm_source=Tapfiliate&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=isthereanydeal

Took a while but I finally got it

As many of us have, our Steam libraries have grown so much over the years that we have a huge backlog of games to play. It is hard to keep track of which game liked/disliked.

I see options like hide this game or putting games into collections, I'm interested in how do you keep track of the good and bad games? Games you would like to eventually come back to?

Now playing: HoloCure - Save the Fans! A new freebie on @steam , thematically based on the vtubers of Hololive. Gameplay is similar to Vampire Survivors. It's a really fun iteration of the formula. Try it out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420510/HoloCure__Save_the_Fans/

#Gaming meets #PoliticalEducation: explore #ParticipatoryEconomics in #DissentOnMars, soon available on @steam

Craft societies, design economies, and experience the power of democratic planning. Dive into this unique simulation game by Michael Hicks and discover new ways to shape economies. Challenge norms, experiment with systems, and engage in captivating gameplay that sparks understanding.

Watch a trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3epmyY9Ik_U

Read about it:

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dissent-on-mars-gaming-and-a-participatory-economy/

Title.

Since some time now the Steam Flatpak cannot start up and I have no idea why this happens.

Web research leads to basically nothing that is related to what I experience so I assume it has something to do with my system. Other Flatpaks start up normally and I can use them.

When resetting everything related to the Steam Flatpak and reinstalling it from Flathub it loads and installs the Flatpak and then installs all necessary stuff

[various update-related stuff]
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 32-bit libcurl.so.4
setup.sh[4598]: Found newer runtime version for 32-bit libSDL2-2.0.so.0. Host: 0.2400.0 Runtime: 0.2600.5
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 32-bit libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
setup.sh[4598]: Found newer runtime version for 32-bit libvulkan.so.1. Host: 1.3.224 Runtime: 1.3.239
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 32-bit libdbusmenu-glib.so.4
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 32-bit libcurl-gnutls.so.4
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 32-bit libdbusmenu-gtk.so.4
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 64-bit libcurl.so.4
setup.sh[4598]: Found newer runtime version for 64-bit libSDL2-2.0.so.0. Host: 0.2400.0 Runtime: 0.2600.5
setup.sh[4598]: Found newer runtime version for 64-bit libvulkan.so.1. Host: 1.3.224 Runtime: 1.3.239
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 64-bit libcurl-gnutls.so.4
steam.sh[2]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied

So everything looks good up to this point. The small Steam update windows poppend up several times indicating the running installation/update. The output then continues:

[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Startup - updater built Jul 28 2023 18:44:09
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/dirk/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-no-cef-sandbox'
08/17 22:47:50 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1690583737)/tid(5467)
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/dirk/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] 1. https://cdn.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Verifying installation...
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Verification complete
XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf0d328f0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf0d311c0
GetWin32Stats: display was not open yet, good
GetWin32Stats: display was not open yet, good

(The last line gets printed twice, yes.)

The first startup process then hangs there for a few seconds and continues with this.

steamwebhelper.sh[5473]: Running under Flatpak, disabling sandbox
steamwebhelper.sh[5473]: CEF sandbox already disabled
CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 0 milliseconds to initialize
src/steamUI/steamuisharedjscontroller.cpp (540) : Failed creating offscreen shared JS context
src/steamUI/steamuisharedjscontroller.cpp (540) : Fatal assert; application exiting
08/17 22:48:39 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1690583737)/tid(5467)
assert_20230817224839_27.dmp[5771]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20230817224839_27.dmp
dirk ~ $ 

After the command prompt is shown agein, this gets printed:

assert_20230817224839_27.dmp[5771]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20230817224839_27.dmp[5771]: response: CrashID=bp-f62fb7e8-d024-452e-a937-9c6672230817
assert_20230817224839_27.dmp[5771]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20230817224839_27.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-f62fb7e8-d024-452e-a937-9c6672230817''

At the given location there is no dump file.

Do you guys have any Idea why this happens and how I can fix it?

Involved software:

$ flatpak --version
Flatpak 1.15.4

$ flatpak remotes
Name    Optionen
flathub system

$ flatpak info com.valvesoftware.Steam | grep Version | awk '{print $2}'
1.0.0.78

$ uname -rms
Linux 6.4.10-arch1-1 x86_64

$ openbox --version | head -n1
Openbox 3.6.1

$ pacman -Qi xorg-server | grep Version | awk '{print $3}'
21.1.8-2

Task management non-existent @steam

Almost 20 years ago, I've got a steam account already. Somehow, I've lost the account-name, but I still see it in the friend list of my brother.

I'm quite certain to still know the password, but I cannot remember the account-name. Any way of recovering it?

Touhou 19 is out on @steam !

Let's show ZUN our support for releasing his games on Steam and Comiket at the same time.

For years it really did seem impossible to get the series released in the west. We had to wait for a guy to go to the con and upload it, which would then get shared on DoujinStyle and the like. Nowadays Steam releases of Touhou games are more common and it's great to see.

🔗https://store.steampowered.com/app/2400340/Touhou_Juuouen__Unfinished_Dream_of_All_Living_Ghost/

A long time ago there was a mistake in a Steam Client update that produced an interesting result, ALL products on the account, including hidden products such as demos, became visible on the games library.

I'm looking for a way to get that back.

🪦 Graveyard Keeper, 80% OFF 🪦

Build and manage a graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Graveyard Keeper is an amusing medieval cemetery sim.

Great deal from @steam :
🔗https://isthereanydeal.com/game/graveyardkeeper/info/

🥙 Amigo: Kebab Simulator, 21% OFF 🥙

Every now and then, a new silly sim game comes out. This time it's Amigo: Kebab Simulator. Go run a cursed kebab business on @steam :

🔗https://isthereanydeal.com/game/amigokebabsimulator/info/