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Valve keeping up with the trend of "worst kept secrets". You need an invite to join the alpha but since everyone who owns it can refer their friends, it spread very quickly.

I've been playing it the past few days and it's honestly very fun. Still a bit rough around the edges (especially in terms of balance) since it's in early access, but it has serious potential to be dota 2 levels of popular.

For the unaware, Deadlock is a 3rd person shooter MOBA. It feels like a mix of Dota and Overwatch/Team Fortress. Nobody is allowed to share footage or screenshots, but obviously with so many playing there's a ton of leaks out there.

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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] Dequei@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Heyyyy buddyyys!

[–] simple@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

I love your personality and think we could be great friends, too.

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As you got invited by OP would you mind sharing your invites too? Asking for ~~a friend~~ me.

[–] padge@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

I can invite too if people need it, shoot me a DM

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Somebody needs to tell the games team that they make their own operating system. This is Windows-only. WTF.

[–] Virkkunen@fedia.io 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Runs perfectly fine on Linux though, with DX11 or Vulkan. On Windows, Vulkan has some performance issues that make it quite unenjoyable, but in Linux for me it plays a lot better with Vulkan than Windows DX11.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Runs perfectly fine on Linux though

The quality of Proton is not the point, the point is that they're not dogfooding their own platform. They'll likely follow the same course as CS2: Lengthy prerelease test exclusively on Windows, then a few days before actual release someone will port the game to Linux/SteamOS and release day is the first day of the Linux port's alpha test.

How can anybody at Valve expect game publishers to take Steam Deck and SteamOS seriously if the developer of the actual platform is not dogfooding it with their own games?

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (5 children)

They are beta testing, remove the OS issue and they van focus on games issues

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[–] Virkkunen@fedia.io 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I get what you mean, but with Linux gaming I think it's great enough that it runs with Proton and no one is blocking it. I also believe they'll port it to native Linux after the alpha stage is done, but remember that the game is in a closed alpha state, so at no point this should be taken as "Valve not dogfooding their platform". All we can do right now is wait and see.

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[–] ngwoo@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Valve is probably perfectly happy with just making sure proton compatibility is good. They don't expect developers to change their whole workflow to cater to the Deck, that's why they've done so much work with proton.

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[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I expected this from the start once proton was introduced, just not from Valve themselves... Welp. It's now inevitable.

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[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I'm with you in principle, but I think it's unlikely that Valve are building the game themselves, given that they haven't done much of that in ages.

It's reasonable to think their first priorities were finding a development studio [Edit: or even in-house developers] capable producing a good game, and helping them to do so. If the developers are most familiar with Windows tools and APIs, then the path to a successful game would be letting them use those, at least to begin with.

Let's just hope that they're being guided along to way toward design decisions that make a native port relatively easy if the game turns out to be good.

Edit:

The project is reportedly led by "IceFrog", which looked like a studio name when I first read it, but it's apparently a person. So maybe this is in-house development after all. Great! It would be nice to see Valve making significant games again.

Nevertheless, gathering a team with the talent and vision to make a good game is harder than finding people who can learn a certain API or platform, so if they have the former, it would make sense to let them target the platform they already know and get the game out the door. Doing it in-house just makes it even easier for Valve's linux folks to guide them in design choices that would simplify multiplatform support later. (Cross-platform development isn't all that hard if you plan for it from the start instead of painting yourself into a corner.) If the game is well received, it would then make sense to invest more time into training the devs on linux and doing a linux-native port.

Or to put it another way: Yes, Valve has an OS that keeps them independent from Windows, but that's just one tool in their kit. Proton is another tool. That gives Valve flexibility in how they bring a game to market, and how they prioritize/schedule various phases of the project. This still-unannounced game might be Windows-only for now, but I would not assume that will be forever.

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[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

It's almost as if they are a for-profit company that doesn't want to waste development time on an OS that have significantly fewer players to sell to and will choose to optimize for Linux as an afterthought.

I use Arch, btw and play only on Linux, so I'm not being biased, just speaking truths.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but Valve, who is making this game, made SteamOS and the Steam Deck in house. It's their own product. It would be a monumentally stupid move to release a first party game that doesn't run on their own first party hardware.

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[–] Virkkunen@fedia.io 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say that's the case because it's Valve, and they work on a very unique way. Besides, the work they did with Proton, SteamOS and Steam Deck shows that at no point they believe developing for Linux is waste of efforts or an afterthought. They go out of the usual way to make things better for Linux. I fully expect them to port Deadlock to Linux once it hits beta or release.

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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

It’s almost as if they are a for-profit company that doesn’t want to waste development time on an OS that have significantly fewer players to sell to and will choose to optimize for Linux as an afterthought.

Yeah, why would Nintendo develop for Switch or Sony for PlayStation when it's clearly a waste of development time and and money and Windows is clearly the superior development target?

I’m not being biased, just speaking truths.

No, you speak nothing of truth regarding game development has a platform holder.

[–] Thunderphenol@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s really not? You can play it perfectly fine on linux. Performs great for me with 0 issues so far.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

It’s really not?

The quality of Proton is not the point, the point is that they’re not dogfooding their own platform.

You guys making the same comments over and over again. I can literally paste previous replies because nobody of you cares to actually read.

[–] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Hello internet friends!

[–] brian@programming.dev 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

friends for over 30 days apparently for everyone here asking for invites

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For the unaware, Deadlock is a 3rd person shooter MOBA. It feels like a mix of Dota and Overwatch/Team Fortress

So like SMITE?

[–] simple@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Not really, SMITE is a moba that happens to be 3rd person, Deadlock actually plays like a 3rd person shooter that needs proper aiming and headshots and a much faster pace.

[–] aramus@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Somebody wants to invite me? I can play with you during EU evenings, if you want.

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Anyone interested in an invite?

  • Yes, I'll remove you after the invite.
  • No, we can't play together.
  • Yes, drop your profile here/dm

If you don't get the mail, this is probably due to playtest schedule, they may give you access when the playtest is open, after that you can always play vs bots

playtest schedule

Or https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4511003785958903445/

Edit: What have I done? :O so many users want to try it

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 0 points 5 months ago

Added. When invited please let me know if you can see it

You should get a mail from steam

Hello , You have been invited to join the Steam Playtest for Deadlock!

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4511003785958903445/

[–] JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

crossing my fingers and toes that you are still bravely marching through the comments

https://steamcommunity.com/id/jimbodhimbo

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Added. When invited please let me know if you can see it

You should get a mail from steam

Hello , You have been invited to join the Steam Playtest for Deadlock!

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4511003785958903445/

[–] JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I fear I may have taken too long to accept your friend request. If that is the case, my apologies for taking up your time.

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 0 points 4 months ago

No worries?

[–] shadowbroker@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Added. When invited please let me know if you can see it

You should get a mail from steam

Hello , You have been invited to join the Steam Playtest for Deadlock!

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4511003785958903445/

[–] shadowbroker@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, it didn't work...

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's weird, everyone got it.. I think since a fee replied back

I can add you and try

[–] nothinglikemark@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 0 points 5 months ago

You rejected me, I go to sleep then

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Honestly? I just shut down my pc but oy for now if you accept quick

Added. When invited please let me know if you can see it

You should get a mail from steam

Hello , You have been invited to join the Steam Playtest for Deadlock!

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4511003785958903445/

[–] anus@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

Would love a DM with an invite! 🙂

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