Duskers, the scary command line game, is getting a sequel

(elbowgreasegames.substack.com)

90 points | by spacemarine1 5 hours ago

9 comments

  • michalpleban 3 hours ago
    I am obviously missing something here, but how is it "command line"?
    • pferde 3 hours ago
      Because while exploring derelic ships (the major part of the game), you control your drones remotely, via commands that you type into the console.
    • cmiles74 3 hours ago
      Does not at all appear to be a game you run in the console. The first video on the Steam page does include a lot of stylized Hacknet-ish looking text.

      https://store.steampowered.com/app/254320/Duskers/

    • oh_my_goodness 46 minutes ago
      There are graphics, it's real-time, but you type commands to control the drones.
  • wafflemaker 4 hours ago
    What caused the end of the world then?

    I guess I might try again with the game, but asking here I could get moderate spoilers without a complete spoiler.

  • oidar 4 hours ago
    Damn windows only - not on mac. I really loved the first one. Hope they port it to mac eventually.
  • lantry 4 hours ago
    Duskers is a very cool game. It's very difficult and stressful, so it's easy to bounce off of; but the concept and execution are top notch.
  • yoyohello13 3 hours ago
    Wow! I would not have expected to hear about this game again. The first game was a lot of fun, definitely room to flesh out the game play loop but had great ideas.
  • crtasm 5 hours ago
    Actual title: Misfits Attic Announces Duskers 2.0 Funded By Stray Signal
  • psawaya 3 hours ago
    Very excited for this one!
  • azhenley 4 hours ago
    "command line"
    • none_to_remain 14 minutes ago
      There's a terminal window in the game which you use to control your robots

      I even found some shell constructs to work beyond what the game documented/ explained to me

    • raffael_de 3 hours ago
      a cli game that only runs on windows ... very funny
      • tibbon 3 hours ago
        I just installed Steam on Ubuntu yesterday, and I'm impressed at the progress so far. A HUGE number of titles run flawlessly.
        • freehorse 1 hour ago
          Author's latest title has enormous memory leaks in linux through proton (and in macos through crossover) [0]. I hope the author puts effort in non-windows platforms for this one during development, because the first duskers was indeed a great game.

          [0] https://steamcommunity.com/app/1883920/discussions/0/6897422...

          • simoncion 9 minutes ago
            > Author's latest title has enormous memory leaks in linux through proton...

            If this is something the dev can reasonably fix by changing their game, then it'd be good for them to do so. Looking at the discussion in the thread, it looks like the dev is actively working to fix this for everyone, and not just the subset of folks that he fixed it for.

            However, if this doesn't happen on Windows, I'd argue that it's a bug that needs to be reported against and fixed in Wine/Proton/Crossover.