Simon Roth joins our hosts to talk about Maia, a colony-building game currently in Early Access on Steam

Introduction

  • 00:00:10 @ValiantCheese introduces
  • 00:00:17 @HeroOhOne
  • 00:00:17 @DerRidda
  • 00:00:19 Special guest Simon Roth (@SimoRoth), developer of Maia [http://maiagame.com/]

Our Gaming

  • 00:00:36 Her0 has been playing Arma3 and Assault Android Cactus
  • 00:00:54 DerRidda has been playing FTL, The Stanley Parable and CS:GO
  • 00:01:37 Cheese has been playing The Stanley Parable and The Stanley Parable Demo, Assault Android Cactus and Crypt of the NecroDancer
  • 00:01:59 Simon has been playing Saints Row 3, Tropico

Chat with special guest Simon Roth

  • 00:03:01 What is Maia?
  • 00:03:58 Natural Motion [http://www.naturalmotion.com/]
  • 00:05:24 Chris Delay from Introversion [http://www.introversion.co.uk]
  • 00:05:39 Subversion [http://www.introversion.co.uk/subversion/]
  • 00:07:09 Simon's history
  • 00:07:51 Animator [http://anim8or.com/]
  • 00:08:08 Lightwave [http://lightwave3d.com/]
  • 00:08:59 Frontier Developments [http://www.frontier.co.uk/]
  • 00:09:10 Kinectimals [http://kinectimals.frontier.co.uk/]
  • 00:09:38 The Outsider [https://www.frontier.co.uk/games/outsider/]
  • 00:09:51 Elite [http://elite.frontier.co.uk]
  • 00:10:33 Mode 7 Games [http://www.mode7games.com/]
  • 00:10:55 Frozen Synapse [http://www.frozensynapse.com/]
  • 00:10:56 Frozen Cortex [http://www.frozencortex.com/]
  • 00:11:21 Maia's Kickstarter campaign [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/simonroth/maia]
  • 00:11:28 VVVVVV [http://thelettervsixtim.es/]
  • 00:11:37 Terry Cavanaugh [https://twitter.com/terrycavanagh/status/36101914743545856] [https://twitter.com/SimoRoth/status/57800364602302464]
  • 00:12:51 Humble Indie Bundle 3 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4c6PWtE9mI]
  • 00:14:02 Games that no longer support their creators (archived) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082246/http://machinestudios.co.uk/viewentry.php?id=45]
  • Good Old Games (aka GOG.com) [http://gog.com]
  • Spy Fox [http://store.steampowered.com/sub/42722/]
  • System Shock 2 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/238210]
  • 00:20:00 Syndicate (2012 remake) [http://www.ea.com/syndicate]
  • 00:20:41 Marketing
  • 00:23:10 The impact of extraneous additional content
  • 00:23:56 Team Fortress 2 [http://teamfortress.com]
  • 00:24:59 Killing the "Lucky indie" myth: How to build a sustainable microstudio [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BCg31KVJok]
  • 00:26:44 Flaming chickens [http://www.maiagame.com/images/Development/Chickens_Low.gif]
  • 00:29:22 Winter's Wake (Cheese's game) [http://winterswake.com]
  • 00:31:17 Influence and homage
  • 00:32:48 Dungeon Keeper [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Keeper]
  • 00:33:10 Aliens [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/]
  • 00:33:20 Aliens: Colonial Marines [http://www.sega.com/alienscolonialmarines/]
  • 00:34:11 Avatar [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/]
  • 00:34:13 Ridley Scott [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000631]
  • 00:34:15 Sci-fi authors influencing film makers
  • Philip K. Dick [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick]
  • Isaac Asimov [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov]
  • M. John Harrison [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._John_Harrison]
  • 00:34:46 Star Trek (the original series) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/]
  • 00:34:54 Harlan Ellison [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_Ellison]
  • Dangerous Visions [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Visions]
  • 00:35:47 The Avengers [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228]
  • 00:35:58 Cinematography
  • 00:36:06 Star Trek (2009 reboot) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/]
  • 00:37:03 Star Wars: Episode I [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120915/]
  • 00:37:46 2001: A Spacey Odyssey [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622]
  • 00:38:42 Lawrence of Arabia [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172]
  • 00:38:57 Max Max: Fury Road [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190]
  • 00:40:28 Doom E3 3015 Presentation [https://youtu.be/QiinO9JPUGw?t=2m22s]
  • 00:42:14 Flashback (2013 remake) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashback_%282013_video_game%29]
  • 00:43:00 Exposing one's self to broader culture
  • 00:43:47 Star Wars [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/]
  • 00:44:01 #maiagame IRC channel on Quakenet [http://webchat.quakenet.org?channels=maiagame]
  • 00:44:31 Tropico [http://worldoftropico.com]
  • 00:47:19 Patches, DLC and expansions
  • 00:50:36 Volume [http://www.volumegame.net/]
  • 00:50:59 Natural Selection 2 [http://www.naturalselection2.com/]
  • Key CDT members have since been brought onboard as employees [http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/ns2-dev-team-our-community/]
  • 00:51:08 Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad [http://www.heroesofstalingrad.com]
  • 00:51:21 Pay Day 2 [http://www.crimenet.info]
  • Arma 3 [http://arma3.com/]
  • 00:51:46 Unreal Tournament [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament]
  • 00:52:17 CD Projekt [https://www.cdprojekt.com/en]
  • 00:53:02 Preserving older versions of games
  • 00:54:30 Counter-Strike "1.6" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike]
  • 00:54:34 Counter-Strike: Source [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Source]
  • 00:54:40 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [http://counter-strike.net]
  • 00:54:59 Portal 1's updated ending [http://store.steampowered.com/news/3547/] [http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/Party_Escort_Bot]
  • 00:55:11 Blade Runner [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versions_of_Blade_Runner]
  • 00:55:36 Open sourcing as a preservation strategy
  • 00:58:16 Development tools
  • 00:58:29 Visual Studio [http://visualstudio.com]
  • 00:59:27 Maya [http://autodesk.com/maya]
  • 00:59:47 3D Studio Max [http://autodesk.com/3dsmax]
  • 00:59:53 Blender [http://blender.org]
  • 01:00:21 CPPCheck [http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/]
  • 01:00:41 Libraries and APIs
  • 01:00:53 FMOD [http://fmod.org]
  • 01:01:18 TinyXML [http://www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml2/index.html]
  • 01:01:32 Open source engines
  • 01:01:47 OGRE [http://ogre3d.org/]
  • 01:01:50 Iirlict [http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/]
  • 01:03:31 Unity [http://unity3d.com]
  • 01:03:39 How much work is Linux support?
  • 01:04:11 "35 lines of code"
  • 01:04:43 SDL [http://libsdl.org/]
  • 01:08:02 Advantages of porting early in a project
  • 01:11:17 LLVM [http://llvm.org/]
  • 01:11:23 GCC [http://gcc.gnu.org/]
  • 01:12:07 "There are so many good reasons to be developing side by side on multiple platforms all at once."
  • 01:12:47 Crowdfunding platforms
  • 01:13:09 Maia on Kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/simonroth/maia]
  • 01:13:51 Maia on IndieGoGo [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/maia]
  • 01:15:48 Godus on Kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/22cans/project-godus]
  • 01:19:56 Limit Theory [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshparnell/limit-theory-an-infinite-procedural-space-game/]
  • 01:20:03 Community responses to Maia
  • 01:23:11 Maia Steam Community forum post [http://steamcommunity.com/app/252250/discussions/0/517142253857747761/]
  • 01:24:06 Maia 0.5.0 update [http://blog.maiagame.com/update-stardystopia-0-50/]
  • 01:30:24 Community impact on development
  • 01:34:25 Development hurdles
  • 01:34:56 Batman Arkham Knight PC launch issues [http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/145588947502686164]
  • 01:38:23 Steam and non-Steam userbases
  • 01:39:35 Pleasant surprises
  • 01:40:12 DayZ [https://www.dayzgame.com/]
  • 01:40:16 Banished [http://www.shiningrocksoftware.com/]
  • 01:40:40 Advantages of self-distibuting
  • 01:41:41 FastSpring [http://www.fastspring.com/]
  • 01:43:00 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._%28series%29]
  • 01:44:11 Balancing persistence of vision against ongoing insights with open development
  • 01:48:37 Starvation bug [https://twitter.com/SimoRoth/status/643837788056629248]
  • 01:51:28 Responses from Linux players
  • 01:52:23 GamingOnLinux coverage of Maia [https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/maia-05-stardystopia-released-its-a-pretty-huge-update-to-the-colony-builder.5906/]
  • 01:54:39 Changes in crowdfunding
  • 01:57:05 Brenda Romero's SHAKER [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lootdrop/an-old-school-rpg-by-brenda-brathwaite-and-tom-hal]
  • 01:58:47 Potato Salad [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324283889/potato-salad]
  • 02:01:27 Prison Architect [http://www.introversion.co.uk/prisonarchitect/]
  • 02:02:20 ARK: Survival Evolved [http://playark.com]
  • 02:04:10 Minecraft [https://minecraft.net/]
  • 02:07:15 Health related question from Simon's Reddit 2012 AMA [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/12kqw6/im_simon_roth_creator_of_scifi_godgame_maia_ama/c6vwk9v]
  • 02:15:33 Further thoughts on Linux
  • "I think more developers should support Linux as a matter of fact."
  • "I think more Linux users should push developers to support Linux (politely)."
  • "I think developers who use [...] open source tools should thank the open source developers."
  • 02:16:19 Ryan C. Gordon @icculus

SteamLUG Community Stuff

  • 02:18:46 Past events
  • Teeworlds
  • Serious Sam
  • No More Room in Hell
  • Hammerwatch
  • 02:19:32 Software Freedom Day [http://softwarefreedomday.org]
  • 02:20:04 Upcoming events
  • Dying Light
  • Torchlight 2
  • Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  • Second Portal 2 Mapping Challenge
  • 02:20:42 Tele42 is taking now hosting the SteamLUG IRC bot [https://github.com/SteamLUG/steamlug-bot]
  • 02:21:08 Cheese attended TasJam [https://www.patreon.com/posts/3344826]
  • 02:21:22 Her0 achieved a world best score in Assault Android Cactus [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2YbiaxL9zs]

Steam/Valve News

  • 02:22:09 Steam store now features responsive CSS
  • 02:24:18 Steam Machines hardware is shipping
  • 02:24:37 Will Maia support the Steam Controller?
  • 02:26:10 Ian Hamilton [http://ian-hamilton.com/]
  • 02:27:04 Dota 2 not likely to have Workshop Tools not planned for Linux [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2/issues/305#issuecomment-139794936]
  • 02:28:52 Dota 2 Reborn is out of beta [http://blog.dota2.com/2015/09/reborn-has-arrived/]
  • 02:31:22 Github tracker for Reborn [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2]
  • 02:31:52 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update [http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2015/09/12492/] [http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2015/09/12496/]

Tech News

  • 02:33:04 Mesa 11.0.0 has been released [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2015-September/094286.html] [http://mesa3d.org/relnotes/11.0.0.html]
  • 02:33:18 AMD Catalyst 15.9 and FGLRX 15.201.1151 should improve CS: GO and Dota 2 performance [https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/3l2van/amd_catalyst_159_with_lots_of_improvements/]
  • 02:34:07 AMD talk at XDC2015 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXi0ByVTFyY]
  • 02:34:47 Ryan C. Gordon's SteamShim [https://hg.icculus.org/icculus/steamshim/]

General Gaming News

  • 02:35:54 The Stanley Parable has been released for Linux [https://twitter.com/GranPC/status/641618722919157760] [http://store.steampowered.com/app/221910]
  • 02:36:58 The Stanley Parable demo also supports Linux
  • 02:37:06 Airscape: The Fall of Gravity has a Linux demo [http://store.steampowered.com/app/317260]
  • 02:37:20 SteamDB shows signs of Saints Row 2 and Saints Row: The Third Linux support [https://steamdb.info/app/9480/history/?changeid=1269413] [https://steamdb.info/app/55230/history/?changeid=1270733]
  • 02:38:50 Pulsar: Lost Colony beta 2 update [http://steamcommunity.com/games/252870/announcements/detail/117447719330259908]
  • 02:40:52 Guns of Icarus Alliance has entered testing for pre-orderers [http://gunsoficarus.com/blog/alliance-welcomes-kickstarter-backers-for-early-testing/]
  • 02:43:28 Fullbright developer testing the native Linux Unity editor [https://twitter.com/DonJuanLeon/status/642682421863825408]
  • 02:44:45 AMD release notes leak Alien: Isolation Linux release [http://www.pcworld.com/article/2984515/software-games/alien-isolation-linux-release-hinted-at-by-since-scrubbed-amd-driver-release-notes.html]

Crowdfunding

  • 02:45:29 The Dwarves [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingartgames/the-dwarves-a-new-storydriven-fantasy-rpg]
  • 02:46:46 12 Is Better Than 6 [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1926605606/12-is-better-than-6/]
  • 02:48:04 ESSENCE [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/448730379/essence]
  • 02:49:29 Alternate currencies as a hurdle for crowdfunding campaigns
  • 02:50:50 Human Resources [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/human-resources-an-apocalyptic-rts-game/]
  • 02:51:35 Planetary Annihilation [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/planetary-annihilation-a-next-generation-rts]

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