Our hosts talk about exciting new Linux game releases and predictions for 2016

Introduction

  • 00:00:15 DerRidda introduces
  • 00:00:26 @beansmyname
  • 00:00:29 @Corben78
  • 00:00:31 @HeroOhOne
  • 00:00:33 @hmccio
  • 00:00:35 Nemoder

Our Gaming

  • 00:00:43 @beansmyname has been playing Nuclear Throne [http://nuclearthrone.com], Saints Row: Gat out of Hell [http://store.steampowered.com/app/301910], and Rocket League [http://store.steampowered.com/app/252950]
  • 00:01:35 @Corben78 has been playing Rocket League, Assault Android Cactus, Axiom Verge, Saints Row IV [http://store.steampowered.com/app/252950]
  • 00:05:30 @HeroOhOne has been playing "Make configurations for the Steam Controller" [http://store.steampowered.com/app/353370]
  • 00:05:53 @hmccio has been playing Undertale [http://store.steampowered.com/app/391540]
  • 00:07:37 @DerRidda has been playing Saints Row IV [http://store.steampowered.com/app/206420], Saints Row: Gat out of Hell [http://store.steampowered.com/app/301910], Insurgency [http://store.steampowered.com/app/222880]
  • 00:08:43 Nemoder has been playing 7 Days to Die [http://store.steampowered.com/app/251570], Saints Row IV [http://store.steampowered.com/app/206420], DiRT: Showdown [http://store.steampowered.com/app/201700]

SteamLUG Community Stuff

  • 00:09:41 Past Events
  • Worms Clan Wars [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65660201580929753]
  • Broforce [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65660201580929882]
  • Insurgency [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65660201580930000]
  • Dota 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65660201580930118]
  • Teeworlds [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65660201580930396]
  • Vertiginous Golf [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65660201580930543]
  • Storm United [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65663374974982800]
  • Running With Rifles [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65663374974982937]
  • DiRT Showdown [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65663374974991030]
  • No More Room in Hell [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65663374974991175]
  • Trine 3 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65663374974999613]
  • Serious Sam 3 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/65663374974999751]
  • 00:11:08 @HeroOhOne used his Steam Controller for every event
  • His favorite Steam Controller config during the events was for Running With Rifles
  • 00:12:28 Upcoming Events
  • No upcoming events were scheduled, but suggestions are welcome in the forum [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug/discussions/2/611696927927623325/]

Steam/Valve News

  • 00:12:58 Steam allows permanent removal of games from library [https://help.steampowered.com/]
  • 00:15:41 New security policies have been introduced for Steam trading [http://store.steampowered.com/news/19618/]
  • 00:18:22 Steam Controller has received many feature updates [http://store.steampowered.com/controller/update/dec]
  • Steam Controller open source user space driver is limited but usable [https://github.com/ynsta/steamcontroller]
  • 00:22:58 Christmas privacy issue on Steam Store [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/steam-issue-allowing-access-to-other-users-account/1100-6433371/]
  • Caching issue allowed some information to be visible to others

Tech News

  • 00:29:07 Unity 5.3 released with OpenGL 4 rendering [http://blogs.unity3d.com/2015/12/08/unity-5-3-all-new-features-and-more-platforms/]
  • 00:30:07 Steam Controller assembly video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgnWqoP4MM]
  • 00:31:58 AMD announces GPUOpen initiative [http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/12/15/1429257/amd-goes-open-source-announces-gpuopen-initiative-linux-compiler-drivers]
  • Open source middleware to help developers take advantage of GPU hardware
  • 00:33:53 Vulkan specification delayed until 2016 [https://www.khronos.org/vulkan]
  • Waiting for conformance testing and legal review
  • 00:35:54 Wine 1.8 has been released [https://www.winehq.org/announce/1.8]
  • Pulseaudio and dwrite support has been added

General Gaming News

  • 00:37:26 GRID Autosport [http://store.steampowered.com/app/255220] has been released by Feral Interactive [https://twitter.com/feralgames/status/672361644090130432]
  • 00:38:41 Bound by Flame action RPG has been released for Linux [http://store.steampowered.com/app/243930/]
  • 00:39:57 XCom 2 is to be available on February 5th 2016
  • New trailer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0qHZG1-rEg]
  • 00:41:30 Total War: Attila has been released on Linux [http://store.steampowered.com/app/325610]
  • 00:42:26 Payday 2 has signs of Linux support [https://steamdb.info/app/218620/history/?changeid=1613021]
  • 00:44:40 Flippfly is letting their next game be decided by the community [https://flippfly.com/vote/]
  • 00:45:41 Capcom announced that Street Fighter V is coming to Linux [http://www.capcom-unity.com/street_fighter/blog/2015/12/17/announcing-steam-os-support-for-sfv] [http://steamcommunity.com/games/310950/announcements/detail/76484848421811607]
  • 00:48:05 Hacknet [http://store.steampowered.com/app/365450/]
  • Ported by @flibitjibbibo [https://plus.google.com/+flibitijibibo/posts/24Krz6YnMGX]
  • 00:49:01 Firewatch gameplay video released [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo8O2h2daE8]
  • 00:49:37 Saints Row IV [http://store.steampowered.com/app/206420/] and Saints Row: Gat out of Hell [http://store.steampowered.com/app/301910/] has been released on Linux by Virtual Programming
  • 00:56:43 @DerRidda played the early, native port of Saints Row IV and it performed worse than this release with eON
  • 01:02:32 Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition finally released for Linux [http://store.steampowered.com/app/373420/]
  • 01:04:08 @DerRidda liked the SPOILER
  • 01:04:38 OpenMW 0.37.0 released [https://openmw.org/2015/openmw-0-37-released/]
  • Graphical framework switched from Ogre3D to OpenSceneGraph [http://www.openscenegraph.org/]

Crowdfunding

  • 01:05:57 Psychonauts 2 [https://www.fig.co/campaigns/psychonauts-2]
  • 01:09:33 Smach Z Kickstarter campaign started [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smachteam/smach-z-the-first-handheld-steam-machine]
  • Canceled soon after [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smachteam/smach-z-the-first-handheld-steam-machine/posts/1445260]

Predictions

  • 01:13:34 @beansmyname "predicts" that Rocket League will come to Linux [http://store.steampowered.com/app/252950/]
  • 01:13:38 @HeroOhOne, @beansmyname, and Nemoder have thoughts on Vulkan [https://www.khronos.org/vulkan/]
  • 01:14:34 @DerRidda thinks that Linux support in engines will result in more unexpected ports
  • 01:15:03 @Corben78 wants Elite: Dangerous [https://www.elitedangerous.com/]
  • 01:15:57 @DerRidda predicts that The Witcher 3 [http://thewitcher.com/witcher3] will release in sync with a new version or GOG Galaxy on Linux [https://www.gog.com/galaxy]
  • 01:17:00 itch.io client was released for Linux [https://itch.io/app]
  • 01:17:34 Nemoder hopes that awesome original games will be released
  • 01:18:27 @Corben78 thinks Evolve will come to Linux in 2016 [https://evolvegame.com/]
  • 01:19:53 @DerRidda says Deus Ex: Mankind Divided could be ported for us [https://www.deusex.com/]
  • 01:20:26 @hmccio believes that we will be playing Undertale this year
  • 01:22:54 Lots of games were released in 2015!
  • 01:23:31 xPaw made a graph of confirmed Linux games [https://s.xpaw.me/confirmedlinuxgraph.png]
  • 01:25:37 @DerRidda predicts that Steam Runtime will have more issues this year

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