DerRidda, Mohero, and Cheese talk about new software releases and announcements in Linux gaming.

Introduction

  • 00:00:15 @ValiantCheese introduces
  • 00:00:17 @Jasey_Wasey
  • 00:00:19 @DerRidda

Our Gaming

  • 00:00:35 @DerRidda has been playing Saints Row 2 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/9480] and Saints Row: The Third [http://store.steampowered.com/app/55230]
  • 00:00:48 @Jasey_Wasey has been playing Windward [http://www.tasharen.com/presskit/sheet.php?p=windward] and War Thunder [https://warthunder.com]
  • 00:01:09 @ValiantCheese has been playing Left 4 Dead 2 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/550], Windward [http://www.tasharen.com/presskit/sheet.php?p=windward], and Guns of Icarus Online [https://gunsoficarus.com]
  • Assault Android Cactus [http://www.assaultandroidcactus.com], Crypt of the NecroDancer [http://necrodancer.com], and Hand of Fate [http://defiantdev.com/hof1.html] on the side, along with games from LowRezJam [https://itch.io/jam/lowrezjam2016]

SteamLUG Community Stuff

  • 00:01:40 Past Events
  • King Arthur's Gold [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802911398]
  • War Thunder [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802911560]
  • Fistful of Frags [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802916839]
  • XCOM 2 [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802917037]
  • 00:03:01 Upcoming Events
  • Left 4 Dead 2 [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802921355]
  • Frozen Cortex [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802921529]
  • 00:03:14 @Jasey_Wasey is now hosting official Windward servers [https://steamlug.org/servers]
  • His game servers are hosted in Docker containers [https://hub.docker.com/u/gameservers], contributions are welcome [https://github.com/GameServers]
  • 00:04:27 A Docker container for RTMP streaming [https://hub.docker.com/r/jasonrivers/nginx-rtmp] has also been made by @Jasey_Wasey
  • Can be used to stream gameplay with OBS to multiple streaming services simultaneously
  • 00:05:19 VR on Linux website [http://vronlinux.com] has been launched by norbert
  • 00:09:19 Nemoder and @ValiantCheese created Hidden Star [https://cheeseness.itch.io/hidden-star], a space exploration game for LowRezJam [https://itch.io/jam/lowrezjam2016]
  • 00:12:35 @ValiantCheese posted an unboxing video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUNVSgVtoaY] of the Assault Android Cactus IndieBox [https://www.theindiebox.com/aac]

Steam/Valve News

  • 00:13:00 Valve has added GitHub repositories for the CS:GO Demo Parsing Tool [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-demoinfo] and OpenVR driver for Razer Hydra [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/driver_hydra]

Steam Store received 115 Lionsgate movies on April 22nd [http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=category1=992&developer=Lionsgate]

Tech News

  • 00:18:44 Intel mesa driver now has Vulkan support mainlined [https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=cab30cc5f90b99ba9b5c2bcc34cd88d3523bf30c]
  • 00:19:01 radeonsi now supports OpenGL 4.3 [https://mesamatrix.net]
  • GL 4.2-4.3 needs llvm 3.9+
  • Shadow of Mordor and Alien: Isolation will see improvements [https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/4fiizr/radeonsi_is_the_first_open_source_driver_with/d294kqx]
  • 00:20:49 CodeXL [https://github.com/GPUOpen-Tools/CodeXL] has been released by AMD, in a continued commitment to their GPUOpen initiative [http://gpuopen.com/compute-product/codexl]
  • Comprehensive debugging and profiling tool with Linux support
  • 00:21:29 Nvidia driver version 364.19 has been released
  • Adds support for Vulkan, their own flavor of Wayland, and DRM KMS support

General Gaming News

  • 00:22:09 Valve has started CS:GO Prime Account Matchmaking as an experiment allowing one to register their account with a phone number [https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2235-QYCN-3295]
  • This prevents "smurfing," or experienced players making new accounts to play at lower ranks with less experienced players
  • 00:23:40 Randomized character generation in Rust now includes female characters [https://playrust.com/devblog-105]
  • 00:24:23 Pyre has been announced by Pyre [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvxfmnrNj2U]
  • 00:24:52 More video of gameplay in Shadow Warrior 2 has been revealed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIikukPw9f4]
  • 00:25:32 SpeedRunners has been released from early access [https://steamcommunity.com/games/207140/announcements/detail/969773433453209437]
  • 00:26:07 Don't Starve Together is now out of early access [https://steamcommunity.com/games/322330/announcements/detail/618492910171592433]
  • 00:27:13 The Culling has had a Linux port released [http://store.steampowered.com/app/437220]
  • 00:29:06 Tomb Raider (2013) is now on Linux [https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/news/604]
  • 00:31:11 The Torchlight 1 Linux port is now available for purchase [https://www.humblebundle.com/store/torchlight]
  • 00:33:54 The Linux version of Darkest Dungeon is out of beta [http://www.darkestdungeon.com/linux-release-town-events-update-playstation-and-more]
  • 00:34:51 Master of Orion (2016) port released [https://store.steampowered.com/app/298050]
  • 00:36:18 Kerbal Space Program 1.1 released [http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/developerarticles.html/kerbal-space-program-11-turbo-charged]
  • Adds Unity 5, a rewritten UI, KSPedia, and new tutorials and scenarios
  • 00:37:46 Air Brawl is free to own [http://store.steampowered.com/app/375600]
  • 00:40:01 Gog.com officially supports Ubuntu 16.04 [https://www.gog.com/news/ubuntu_1604_now_supported_on_gogcom]
  • Includes derivative distributions which use Ubuntu 16.04 as a base
  • 00:41:08 This is in contrast to Steam's webpage stating support for Ubuntu 12.04
  • Not many official Valve sources state support for any particular Linux distro, but the few that do only say Ubuntu 12.04 [http://repo.steampowered.com/steam] [http://store.steampowered.com/bigpicture]
  • meklu says in chat "the page has been lost in the whirlpool of bitrot"
  • 00:44:22 The Witcher 3 [https://www.gog.com/forum/general/to_cd_projekt_red_bring_witcher_3_and_your_other_games_to_linux_please/post192]

Crowdfunding

  • 00:47:02 Happy Dude [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162667751/happy-dude]
  • Platformer that uses changing colors as a means to solve puzzles

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