SteamLUG Cast

Cheese, DerRidda and Nemoder chat about the Steam Exploration Sale, the Jolla Tablet, Thimbleweed Park, adult games on Steam and more! Introduction 00:00:17 Cheeseness (@VailiantCheese) introduces himself 00:00:19 Nemoder 00:00:20 and DerRidda (@DerRidda) Our Gaming 00:00:34 Nemoder has been playing Factorio, GoIO, Crypt of Necrodancer, Powerpuff Girls and rymdkapsel 00:01:33 DerRidda has been playing Doom 3 BFG via [https://github.com/RobertBeckebans/RBDOOM-3-BFG] and CS:GO 00:03:07 Cheeseness has been playing Prince Of Persia 1, Sanctum 2, Crypt of the NecroDancer and GOI Online SteamLUG Community Stuff 00:04:19 Past Events 00:04:20 Sanctum 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/124174663437119227] 00:04:31 Worms Reloaded [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/124174663434648019] 00:04:39 (Post-Cast) Double Action: Boogaloo [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/124174663434645900] 00:05:36 Hoard [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/124174663433900398]

We get together for a brief conversation about the last fortnight’s releases, try to guess what Aspyr is up to and … get out before our tea is cold. Introduction 00:00:11 @johndrinkwater introduces 00:00:18 @DerRidda 00:00:21 Nemoder Our Gaming 00:00:51 DerRidda has been playing some CS:GO and Dead Island 00:01:03 Nemoder with Crusader Kings 2, Civilization 5, Guns of Icarus: Online, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, and finally Spacebase DF-9 00:01:32 John got through CS:GO, Neverending Nightmares, Gunpoint, and plenty of Dead Island SteamLUG Community Stuff 00:02:16 Past events: Project Zomboid [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/124173382130781733] Nekro [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/124173382130659089] Interstellar Marines [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/124172749617005786] Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/124172749616485522] 00:04:09 Upcoming Events Killing Floor [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/s

Cheese and DerRidda have brought community member and Lead Linux Maintainer/Developer of the Unity engine on the show. Introduction 00:00:12 @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:17 @DerRidda 00:00:20 Levi Bard (Tak to the community) Our Gaming 00:00:35 DerRidda has been playing Strife (S2 Games), Among the Sleep, Antichamber, Hexcells & Hexcells Plus, Shadowrun: Dragonfall (Director's Cut), Wasteland 2 00:03:00 Cheese played Another World, Spacebase DF-9, Boson X, Space Run, Hack 'n' Slash, Thinking with Time Machine, Mark of the Ninja, Stranded 00:04:33 Levi played Gang Beasts, Knight Squad, Assault Android Cactus and Broforce Chat with special guest Levi Bard of Unity Technologies 00:08:13 Levi's history with Unity [http://unity3d.com/] 00:08:51 What are you working on that you can share with the community? 00:09:26 What kind of response did you get to the call for gamepad configurations? [https://plus.google.com/104339689434081533648/posts/d3oBCgkthDT] Unity 5 will support SDL2 style gamepad profile

We’re happy to chat with level designer and renown Portal mapper Mevious as we discuss his history, Portal Pro, Rexaura, the SteamLUG Portal 2 Mapping Challenge and more! Introduction 00:00:16 Cheeseness @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:18 Nemoder 00:00:21 Cockfight @Buckwangs 00:00:24 and special guest Mevious @PortalMevious Our Gaming 00:00:34 Nemoder has been playing Portal 2, Transportation Tycoon 00:01:01 Cockfight puzzled through Hexcells Infinite, Left 4 Dead 2 and Portal 2 00:01:30 Cheeseness enjoyed Portal 2 and Crypt of the NecroDancer 00:02:02 Mevious spent Five Nights At Freddy's Portal 2 Mapping Challenge & Mevious Interview 00:02:44 Turn out: 7 single player maps and 7 coop maps [http://steamcommunity.com//sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=301747993] 00:03:02 Nemoder's favorites were Leo's map (SP) and Corben's map 00:03:22 Cockfight liked Corben's map 00:03:51 Mevious thought Brain Melter stood out 00:04:32 Thoughts on difficulty and/or quality 00:05:58 Limitations of Portal 2's in-game ed

We have a terse update on the last fortnight’s Linux gaming news, we hear from our outside correspondent Corben covering Gamescom, and welcome some new voices to the cast, enjoy! Introduction 00:00:11 @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:20 @DerRidda 00:00:21 bean (@beansmyname) 00:00:24 @Corben78 Our Gaming 00:00:50 Bean has been playing Black Ice, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, TF2, Sanctum 2, Droid Assault and Ultratron. 00:01:36 DerRidda has been in Dota 2, Among the Sleep, Leadwerks. 00:02:06 Corben had a small amount of time to play Race the Sun, and The Witcher 2. 00:03:45 Cheese hasn’t had much time either, but has been in Guns of Icarus: Online, Sanctum 2, and finally Fistful of Frags. SteamLUG Community Stuff 00:04:04 Past events: Trine 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/154565071659014138] Team Fortress 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/154565071659015517] Portal 2 Mapping challenge [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/154565071659016829] Fistful of Frags [h

We are joined by game developer/designer and Linux user JP LeBreton of Double Fine to chat about the status of gaming on Linux and the various projects he has worked on (including The Cave and Spacebase DF-9). We then go on to discuss the new Steam client, the appearance of the Source 2 engine, and tons of new games. Introduction 00:00:16 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:17 Nemoder [http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nemoder] 00:00:20 Mim @MimLofBees 00:00:23 JP LeBreton @vectorpoem Our Gaming 00:00:47 Mim has been playing Don't Starve, The Cave, and Alien Swarm Mim would like to highlight that she's been playing The Cave since release 00:01:28 Nemoder has been playing Spacebase DF-9, PULSAR: Lost Colony, Guns of Icarus Online 00:02:05 JP has been playing Lovely Planet, Doom, Spacebase DF-9 00:02:56 Cheese has been playing Orbital Gear, Alien Swarm, The Maker's Eden, Guns of Icarus Online, The Fall, Don't Starve, Mark of the Ninja, Crypt of the NecroDancer, and an unannounced title. Chat With Special G

Production manager Edwin Smith from Feral Interactive, a well‐known Mac porting house, joins the SteamLUG Cast to converse about their first Linux port XCOM. We then move onto the topics of the last fortnight. Introduction 00:00:14 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces himself and… 00:00:19 DerRidda @DerRidda 00:00:21 johndrinkwater @johndrinkwater 00:00:25 and special guest Edwin Smith @feralgames 00:00:31 Is everyone busy? 00:00:35 Let’s hope so! Our Gaming 00:00:51 John has been playing Dota 2, Skulls of the Shogun, XCOM, LYNE and Things™ 00:01:16 DerRidda has been playing Dota 2, NEO Scavenger, Half‐Life: Blue Shift 00:01:53 Cheese has been playing Guns of Icarus Online, Crypt of the NecroDancer, TF2, Civ V, Hand of Fate, XCOM. Testing The Fall, The Maker’s Eden, The Journey Down Chapter 2 and an unannounced title 00:02:31 Edwin was not too busy to play XCOM, Football Manager, in development titles like Shogun 2, Half‐Life, LEGO games 00:03:29 Aren’t LEGO games lovely? Interview with Edwin 00:05:02 Who

We have four hosts to take you through the previous fortnight’s Linux Gaming News, and we discuss our kickstarter funded projects and expectations. Enjoy! Introduction 00:00:11 @johndrinkwater introduces… 00:00:17 @ValiantCheese 00:00:20 @swordfischer and 00:00:22 @DerRidda Our Gaming 00:00:59 John has been playing more LYNE, watching DOTA’s TI4, Pivvot, and Three Dead Zed 00:02:02 DerRidda played (and watched) DOTA, Broken Sword 2, and Pulsar 00:04:46 Swordfischer played Block Storm, Fractal 00:06:20 Cheese played Left 4 Dead 2, Guns of Icarus: Online, Hand of Fate, X‐Com, Planetary Annihilation, Starbound and testing BANG BANG BANG! SteamLUG Community Stuff 00:07:58 Past Events: Starbound [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262444873166560778] Planetary Annihilation [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262444873166561904] XCOM: Enemy Unknown [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262447672748968788] Deathmatch Classic [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlu

Cheese, John and DerRidda discuss the last fortnight’s gaming news and releases. Apologies for DerRidda’s audio quality, where I could I cleaned it up, otherwise there are a few moments of static over his talking -- John. Introduction 00:00:09 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:19 @johndrinkwater 00:00:22 @DerRidda Our Gaming 00:01:45 John has been playing LYNE and Circuits. 00:02:26 DerRidda has been playing DOTA2, XCOM, Antichamber. 00:02:43 Cheeseness has been testing The Fall, playing XCOM, Battle Block Theatre, Civ V, TF2, GoI:O. SteamLUG Community Stuff 00:03:17 Past events: Guns of Icarus: Online [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262444873166555033] Awesomenauts [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262444873166556184] Battle Block Theatre [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262444873166557458] 00:06:26 Upcoming events: Starbound [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262444873166560778] Planetary Annihilation [http://steamcommunity.c

John, DerRidda, Nemoder and Cheese are joined again by John Warner from Over The Moon games to chat about The Fall's launch, Greenlight, demo and commentaries. We then go on to discuss Steam VR mode, GOG Galaxy, The Witcher, SteamBoy, Civilization V and Civilization: Beyond Earth. Holy poop! Introduction 00:00:07 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces... 00:00:19 DerRidda @DerRidda 00:00:21 johndrinkwater @johndrinkwater 00:00:24 Nemoder [http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nemoder] 00:00:27 Special guest John Warner @OverTheMoonGms, who previously joined us for s01e10 00:00:50 9 months is how long it takes to hatch a game... and babies Our Gaming 00:01:18 DerRidda has been playing The Fall, Civilization V and Shadowrun: Dragonfall! 00:02:09 johndrainkwater has been playing Civilization V and No More Room In Hell! 00:02:30 Cheese has been testing VVVVVV, Overgrowth, Snapshot, Sanctum 2, Hand of Fate and Crypt of the NecroDancer as well as playing Guns of Icarus Online, Spelunky, The Fall, The Plan, Kentucky Route Zer

John and DerRidda discuss the last fortnights gaming news and releases, and when depression sets in, they pulled through it by discussing the latest Greenlight approvals… it’s going to be one of those casts, enjoy! Introduction 00:00:14 johndrinkwater @johndrinkwater introduces… 00:00:17 DerRidda @DerRidda 00:00:24 Cheese (@ValiantCheese) has slept in :< Our Gaming 00:00:33 DerRidda played Witcher 2, Breach & Clear, Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall. 00:01:38 John QAed Skulls of the Shogun (for the past few months), Symphony, some unmentionable titles and the odd PS3 game. SteamLUG Community Stuff 00:03:21 Gear Up [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1281581999424398221] 00:03:41 Fistful of Frags [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1281581999424397313] 00:04:13 TF2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1281581999424396750] Left 4 Dead 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1281581999424395946] 00:04:19 Event suggestions welcome via: #SteamLUG IRC

Game developer and Linux porter Leszek Godlewski of Nordic Games joins us to chat about porting Painkiller Hell & Damnation and Deadfall Adventures, working with Unreal Engine 3, and what the future may hold. Afterward, Cheese, DerRidda and Nemoder go on to discuss recent SteamLUG community happenings, new game releases and more! Introduction 00:00:09 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:21 DerRidda @DerRidda 00:00:24 Nemoder [http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nemoder] 00:00:25 Special guest Leszek Godlewski @TheIneQuation Our Gaming 00:00:40 DerRidda has been playing Dota 2, Hammerwatch, Nekro and Broken Sword 00:01:25 Nemoder has been playing Nuclear Dawn, Frozen Synapse and Factorio 00:01:37 Leszek has been playing Battlefield 4 (plus the game he has been working on) 00:02:06 Cheese has been playing Guns of Icarus Online, Battleblock Theater, Spelunky and Kentucky Route Zero Act III 00:02:23 Kentucky Route Zero runs well on Linux, but has had Unity freezing issues for some players [http://steamcommun

We’re joined by Josh Klint from Leadwerks to chat about his porting experience, all the challenges he had overcomed thus far, where his project will be heading in the future and the response he got from the Linux community. Then, Cheese, DerRidda and Nemoder will chat about some past events, Humble Bundles, Greenlight titles, interesting crowdfunding projects and more! Please note that during the recording of this episode, we experienced server difficulties. Apologies to those who tuned in live and for any remaining audio issues that we were unable to resolve during editing. Introduction 00:00:09 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:16 DerRidda @DerRidda 00:00:18 Nemoder [http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nemoder] 00:00:20 Josh Klint @JoshKlint 00:00:26 Our Mumble server misbehaved during the recording, apologies in advance for all of the issues you may encounter during the listening of this cast 00:00:35 Sadly John @johndrinkwater couldn’t join us today (he passes on his apologies) Our Gaming 00:00:46 DerR

We sheepishly cover the latest news and events in Linux gaming as two hosts are feeling under the weather, and the third comes in late. So we added a fourth! Why not have a listen? Caution: this cast does contain one swear out of frustration at 23:13. While we try to keep things clean and edited so we can be listened to when and wherever, removing it would have left the conversation rather damp. Introduction 00:00:10 @johndrinkwater introduces 00:00:18 @DerRidda and 00:00:21 Nemoder 00:00:24 @ValiantCheese has slept in :> Our Gaming 00:00:36 Nemoder played Guns of Icarus: Online, Bridge Constructor, Journey of a Roach, and non‐Steam: A Tale in the Desert, Factorio 00:00:52 DerRidda played Dota 2, FTL, System Shock 2, Broken Sword 1, and finally Diaspora: Shattered Armistice That Diaspora patch [http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=175.0] 00:02:48 John played Bridge Constructor, Sanctum 2 (Beta), attended Starbound, Oil Rush & Duke Nukem events, and got his platinum in inFAMOUS SteamLUG

We, er, are still flabber‐ghasted at the Facebook Oculus acquisition but we barrel on through the show without it derailing us too much, we dip into our thoughts on Open Source bundles and projects, and cover the latest Steam gaming news, why not have a listen? Introduction 00:00:08 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:20 John @johndrinkwater 00:00:23 DerRidda @DerRidda Our Gaming 00:00:55 Cheese played Octodad, Bridge Constructor, Spacebase DF9, Spelunky, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Solar Flux, Serious Sam 3 (event), Stealth Bastard Deluxe, FTL: Faster Than Light, Monaco and Portal 2. 00:01:44 John watched Free To Play (again) and DOTA 2 TI2 replays, poked Eclipse, played System Shock 2, and tested some Humble QA stuff. 00:02:55 DerRidda played Monaco, FTL: Faster Than Light Advanced Edition, System Shock 2. SteamLUG Community Stuff 00:05:19 Previous fortnight’s events: TF2, Killing Floor, HOARD, Serious Sam 3 co‐op. 00:07:01 Upcoming Events: TF2 (post-cast) [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#e

Cheese, John and DerRidda get together to talk about the most exciting news coming from GDC 2014, Unreal Engine 4 coming to Linux, what they’ve been playing lately, past events, greenlit titles, crowdfunding campaigns and more! Introduction 00:00:08 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:21 John @johndrinkwater 00:00:24 DerRidda @DerRidda 00:00:55 Bad Golf: Community Edition [http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/13136/P0/] [https://github.com/Double-Fine-Game-Club/bad-golf-community-edition] Our Gaming 00:01:47 Cheese has been playing Flashback, Hand of Fate, The Fall, Spelunky, FTL, Portal 2, Forced and Broken Age 00:03:18 John has been playing The Plan, Type:Rider (Gutenberg [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg] Garamont [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Garamont]), Cargo Commander and FORCED 00:04:23 DerRidda has been playing Dota 2, Portal 2 (12 Angry Tests [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68540935]) and Thief Gold SteamLUG Community Stuff 00:06:55 Past

John is joined by DerRidda and Nemoder to chat about recent SteamLUG events, Leadwerks, NVIDIA’s Gameworks, Greenlight titles, Humble Bundles and more! Introduction 00:00:09 John @johndrinkwater introduces 00:00:18 DerRidda @DerRidda 00:00:20 Nemoder [http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nemoder] Our Gaming 00:00:32 DerRidda has been playing more Dota 2, “Papers, Please” and Rising Storm/Red Orchestra 2 under Windows 00:01:07 Nemoder has been playing Guns of Icarus Online, Heroes of Newerth 00:01:16 John has been playing Rogue Legacy, ETS2, DeadFall Adventures (free weekend), NMRIH and Portal 2 SteamLUG Community Stuff 00:05:39 Upcoming events: FORCED after cast [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1279325135413794019] Friday 14 08:00pm DOTA 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1279325135413960512] Saturday 15 08:00pm Natural Selection 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1279325135414022610] Friday 21 09:30pm (after cast) Team Fortress 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/g

Howard Tsao and Matthew Hartman of Muse Games are here to chat about Guns of Icarus Online and the challenges they came across in the process of deploying it to Linux. Afterwards, Cheese, Sword and John discuss the most recent SteamLUG events, Steam for Linux¿s 1st Anniversary, Greenlight titles, Bad Golf CE and more! Introduction 00:00:14 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:15 Sword @swordfischer 00:00:17 John @johndrinkwater 00:00:22 Matthew Hartman @Keyvias Public relations specialist of Muse Games 00:00:25 Howard Tsao @howardctsao CEO of Muse Games Chat w/ Howard Tsao and Matthew Hartman of Muse Games, Guns of Icarus: Online 00:00:30 What is Muse Games? [http://musegames.com/] 00:03:46 Evolution of Unity over time (usability, robustness, platform compatibility) 00:05:49 Experience with deploying Unity games on other platforms 00:07:00 Exporting Linux builds in Unity 00:08:43 Unity Issue Tracker [http://issuetracker.unity3d.com/] 00:09:45 Crowdfunding experiences 00:11:09 Guns of Icarus Online (352

Swordfischer, John and DerRidda get together once again to talk about what they’ve been playing, discuss some Valve news, interesting crowdfunding campaigns, Greenlit titles and more! Thanks to the wonderful http://steamcommunity.com/id/robertoszek for editing the casts so far this season. Introduction 00:00:10 John @johndrinkwater introduces 00:00:16 DerRidda @DerRidda 00:00:19 Sword @swordfischer Our Linux Gaming 00:00:34 Sword has been playing Rogue Legacy, Savant - Ascend, RUST, Gravity Badgers 00:03:57 DerRidda has been playing Dota 2, NEO Scavenger, Starbound and a bit of Cities In Motion 2 00:07:43 John has been playing lots of Minecraft, Serena, TF2, ETS2, FORCED, Worms: Reloaded SteamLUG Community Stuff 00:09:04 Past events: Painkiller: H&D [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1371642583203035621] Worms: Reloaded [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1281574564868181773] TF2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1281574564868184437] 00:10:19 Upcoming e

We’re joined by Oliver Franzke of Double Fine to chat about Broken Age, adventure games, open development and supporting Linux. Afterward, Cheese, sword and DerRidda ramble on about Ye Olde SteamOSe, Steam Dev Days, In-home Streaming, Humble Bundles, game releases, VR and more! Introduction 00:00:10 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces 00:00:17 DerRidda @DerRidda 00:00:20 Sword @swordfischer 00:00:24 Oliver Franzke @p1xelcoder Chat w/ Special Guest Oliver Franzke of Double Fine, Broken Age’s Lead Programmer 00:00:49 Broken Age, Act 1 will be publicly released on Steam on Tuesday the 28th of January [http://store.steampowered.com/app/232790/] 00:01:15 Oliver’s development history Stacking [http://www.stackingvideogame.com/] Technical Engineer on Once Upon A Monster [http://www.onceuponamonstergame.com/] Lead Graphics Programmer on The Cave [http://thecavegame.com/] Autonomous [http://www.autonomousgame.com/] Lead Programmer on Broken Age [http://brokenagegame.com/] 00:02:03 Secret of Monkey Island: Special Ed