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After seeing its announcement a few days ago I didn't think much of it, but after looking into it a bit this looks awesome !

• Blog Post
• Github

Box3D was released a few days ago by legendary developer Erin Catto accompanied by a blog post, this is the person behind the popular Box2D engine.

In the blog post he explains that his work stems from his collaboration with Dirk Gregorius, "Principal Software Engineer II and Physics Architect" at Valve, the person behind Half-Life: Alyx's physics engine "Rubikon", which Box3D is based off.

Facepunch has also revealed that they have been using Box3D for about a year now as well in s&box. Showcasing a cool demo

An interesting quote from the blog post:

On the Valve side, Rubikon continues to evolve and Dirk has developed optimizations (similar to those in Box3D) in a new engine called Ragnarok. Look for that in future Valve games.

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Did he just reveal Valve's next physics engine ?
+HL3 confirmed

• cool showcase 1
• showcase 2
• showcase 3 in gmod (already??)

Just in time for them to take physical discs away! Edit: This is only in EU! For now.

Can't use the word "buy" if you can't actually buy the thing.

Crosspost

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/44743363

Looking to play some games with a friend who has a really trash laptop. Browser games seem like the only way of doing that. If any of you all have suggestions let me know. Could be any genre (except maybe puzzle games?), as long as it is multiplayer in some way. I think they like cute games but it doesn't actually matter. ideally doesnt require making an account to play (but if it is good enough I might). If you have any ideas, post it in the comments.

クロスポスト: https://sh.itjust.works/post/61983016

A semi-satirical video where Warren Spector (director of Deus Ex) shares info on some games released by Origin Systems, and also other up and coming ones.

Snide remarks towards EA: 00:37 & 03:32

"So I was trying to write reviews of a bunch of hit indie games I played recently. Then I got overwhelmed by the pointlessness of video game reviews these days and had to take a long nap.

And, I mean, pro reviews are pointless, right? If a game has a big enough budget or following and isn’t actively on fire, it gets a 9. If it is a competently made but low-budget indie, like mine, it gets a 7. If you read the actual review (nobody does), it’s a collection of facts about the game you could easily get from watching the trailer. Throw in a couple of comments from the reviewer about whether they like this genre or not, mix in 3 or 4 ham-handed political comments, and you got a review! Hit send!"

"The European Commission said on Tuesday it cannot require video games to remain playable ​after they are withdrawn from sale, but ‌will work with industry and consumer groups on a voluntary code of conduct for managing games' "end of life"."

cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/euro/p/1768831/stop-killing-games-fails-to-secure-eu-law-despite-1-3m-signatures

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

June edition is live and my religion prompts me to download as many demos as my ssd can welcome and play them throughout the week. I usually hover around a good hundred, and that's still a very small percentage of all demos available. I like to sort and evaluate them on a piece of paper (pic below from february).

Anyway here are some takeaways so far (still downloading):

• this edition, I'm noticing builds that are heavier than they should (based on what the game looks like), some indie games are approaching 2Gb of download, when I was used to the 500Mb - 1Gb range
• as always the most wishlisted demos aren't the best, upcoming AA games are all looks no essence for up to 30Gb, I usually play them first to get rid of them and make space for more interesting indie games
• Jusant and Cairn had their impact on the industry, there's a bunch of climbing games (mixed with the Only Up / Getting Over It formula) trying to ride the trend
• Noticing a lot of JRPGs inspired games as well, can't correlate with the success of Expedition 33 but my guess is that there's a big audience for those
• You still have a ton of survival crafting / chill farming games, but less than previous editions (I think it was October 2025 that was riddled with those)
• I'll edit this post with more insights as I go through the demos

In this spoiler, the full list of demos I downloaded so far (will update throughout the week), I usually download the ones I already wishlisted (~15 to 20), then go through the trending ones (~10), and finally just doomscroll looking at interesting stuff: