Hi r/Games! My name is Brennan and I am making an indie combat racing game, Star Racer! I posted about Star Racer a few months ago, and have some exciting updates! The Kickstarter was successful, and we have a new demo for Steam Next Fest! Here are some quick links:
Trailer/Gameplay Footage
Steam Page (Steam Next Fest Demo)
Early Access Release Date: March 8, 2024
Target Platform: PC
Since the Kickstarter was successful, we are increasing the character/vehicle roster to 20 playable vehicles! We are also having Grant Kirkhope write even more music! As a reminder, here is some high level info about the game:
#Previous Posts
If you’re interested in lists that cover indie local multiplayer games as well, check out my profile.
#Introduction
We’re all familiar with the Shovel Knight’s, A Hat in Time’s, and Celeste’s of the world. These are some of the indie platform games that hit the big time. Of course, for every one of these games, there’s 100 other indie games that have been glossed over, relegated to a spot in a digital store few people will ever find themselves in. I wanted to bring attention to some of these lesser-known indie games once again, this time focusing on platform games.
#Details About the List
There have been at least 2-3 platform games in all the previous lists from this series because I play a lot of platformers – the fourth list was also specifically themed around platformers. With this list in particular, I wanted to choose more obscure games …
Confirmed with multiple users experiencing the same thing, it’s not narrowed down yet so unclear if it affects all users. For sure on KB5034467, unknown if it started in the update just prior.
Essentially the issue is that formerly you had toggles how the Xbox guide behaves. By default it would launch the Controller Game Bar, but could be switched off to not do that. Big picture, however, can only be launched via controller from the Guide Button, so it was required to toggle off the Controller Game Bar launch functionality of the Guide button (and you could set it a hot key).
Issue at hand is that now the guide button both focuses Steam/launches Big Picture if you’re already Steam and also launches the Controller Game Bar simultaneously.
Why this is an issue is because the Guide Button also has chorded functionalities you can program in Steam by pressing it and another key. It allows for some basic mouse functionality, can change volume, play/pause music, basically do …
Probably Red Dead Redemption 2, SOMA a very close second place and God of War third place. Sometimes I replay them but it never feels like it did the first time.
I usually go for a cooler version of myself. Occasionally in an mmorpg I might make some unhinged characters with all the sliders maxed out or something.