Hey folks!
Richard from phosfiend systems here (you may have read about my small contribution to Given Time here).
I'm going to interrupt Craig's regularly scheduled dissertations on all things JETT to bring you a good bit of Steam Deck news ahead of the launch on January 31st.
When we put out the demo some intrepid scouts among you attempted to fire up JETT: The Far Shore on your Steam Decks. We heard your concerns about rough performance and we secured a Deck so that we could dig in and figure out what's up.
Patrick of Pinescented has been hard at work on getting JETT: The Far Shore + Given Time running nicely on the deck and progress is going well! A weird GPU bottleneck was the main culprit and there are still a few screws left to tighten but huge strides are being made.
I've played it, and not only does it now run really well, but the Deck is a super chill platform to experience the game on.
The open-ended nature of the Given Time expansion is especially suited to the intimacy of the Steam Deck and we look forward to folks exploring the world in this way!
As an added bonus, the performance optimizations Patrick has been employing for the Deck should also have a positive effect on how the game runs on all PCs. In my experience so far, these optimizations smooth out a few subconscious hiccups and have the game feeling silky; yielding absolutely divine carves across the terrain of the far shore.
Thanks to everyone for the interest and feedback, we couldn't have made this progress without you.
I should note: we have yet to complete the Deck Verification, and there may be a few final touches to be done on this update before it's fully ready for release, we're looking forward to sharing it with you.
More news on this to come, but... get psyched!
Cheers,
-Richard
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