Sanatana Mishra and Tim Dawson of Witch Beam Games join our hosts to talk about Assault Android Cactus

Introduction

• 00:00:10 @HeroOhOne introduces
• 00:00:19 @ValiantCheese
• 00:00:21 bean (@beansmyname)
• 00:00:22 Sanatana Mishra (@SanatanaMishra)
• 00:00:28 Tim Dawson (@ironicaccount)

Our Gaming

• 00:00:44 @ValiantCheese has been playing Crypt of the Necrodancer, Assault Android Cactus, Airscape and testing some Megasphere
• 00:01:07 bean (@beansmyname) has been playing The Stanley Parable, Crimsonland, Coffin Dodgers, Risk of Rain, Monster Loves You! and Assault Android Cactus
• 00:02:04 @HeroOhOne has been playing Verdun, Risk of Rain, Crimsonland and Arma 3
• 00:02:33 @SanatanaMishra has been playing DOTA 2 and some games at expos and conventions
• 00:03:50 @ironicaccount hasn't had a lot of time but has been playing some Persona Q on the Nintendo 3DS and some Dungeon League

Chat With Special Guest Tim Dawson and Sanatana (Nart) Mishra of Witch Beam Games

• 00:07:11 The elevator pitch for Assault Android Cactus [http://www.assaultandroidcactus.com]
• 00:09:18 A little background on Tim
• Started work as a cinematic artist for Ratbag Games [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratbag_Games]
• After that, went to Team Bondi doing character work on LA Noire [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Bondi]
• Moved on to Pandemic Studios and worked on a cancelled movie tie-in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic_Studios]
• Met Sanatana while working at Creative Assembly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Assembly]
• Left their jobs in February 2013 to pursue independent development of Assault Android Cactus
• 00:15:13 Tim talks about the genesis of the Cactus character [http://sycle.deviantart.com/gallery/52882696/Assault-Android-Cactus]
• First Cactus artwork created in 2003
• The other characters were created during the course of the game's development
• 00:18:51 Assault Android Cactus' relation to Antibody Boost [http://www.moddb.com/games/antibody-boost]
• Came out after work on Assault Android Cactus had begun
• Was released entirely free on Android [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.CircleOfJudgement.Antibody]
• 00:26:20 Thoughts on Early Access development of Assault Android Cactus
• 00:28:45 Reaction from players during Early Access was very positive
• Daily Drive was a result of watching players during Early Access
• 00:31:20 Tim talks about creating the boss battles in Assault Android Cactus
• 00:33:17 Some interesting insight into large game development
• 00:35:06 Nart highlights some interesting milestones of Assault Android Cactus' development
• 00:36:34 Some moments that Tim found particularly interesting
• 00:39:20 Tim addresses the question of new players having a different experience than Early Access players
• 00:43:33 Cactus' main mechanic, "Aggression is life," separates it from other games in the genre
• 00:51:55 The launch trailer gives a first look at Assault Android Cactus' opening cutscene [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zludenp6QRE]
• 00:54:31 New EX modes in the official launch, like MEGA WEAPONS and the awful, awful normal-sized head mode [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFWWX8_uGfg]
• 01:04:17 The release from Early Access includes a secret ninth unlockable Android
• 01:12:32 Hurdles during development and how they were overcome to get the game to release
• 01:16:34 Some real surprises during the course of development
• Appearance in the Steam Controller advertisement [https://youtu.be/_tjWsje9qBc?t=58]
• Community member Sylaris wrote a comprehensive game guide [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=182391861]
• 01:24:54 The future for Witch Beam Games

SteamLUG Community Stuff

• 01:33:57 Past Events
• Team Fortress 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/74659441564285827]
• Sir, You are Being Hunted Multiplayer [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/74659441564285988]
• Coffin Dodgers [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/74659441564311155]
• Terraria [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/74659441564311282]
• 01:36:13 Upcoming Events
• Teeworlds [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/74661790130698122]
• Seriously Casual Serious Sam 3: BFE [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/74661790130698257]
• Hammerwatch [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/74661790130706975]
• No More Room in Hell [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/74661790130707129]
• 01:36:41 xPaw has made it possible to filter by OS in SteamDB's calculator [https://steamdb.info/calculator/]
• 01:36:56 @ValiantCheese published his Planetary Annihilation unboxing video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogpgPfssyYI]
• 01:37:24 @ValiantCheese chatted with Airscape developers Daniel West and Dieter Theuns [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uROY1dq4P0E]
• 01:37:57 @ValiantCheese did a second Winter's Wake dev stream [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRINuSvwuRo]
• 01:38:10 @ValiantCheese published a retrospective on being an Assault Android Cactus Early Access player [http://cheesetalks.net/aac2.php]
• 01:40:08 Upcoming guests
• Simon Roth (@SimoRoth)- Developer of Maia [http://store.steampowered.com/app/252250]
• Aaron San Filippo (@AeornFlippout) - Developer of Race the Sun [http://store.steampowered.com/app/253030/]
• Question (@magiccirclegame) - Developers of The Magic Circle [http://store.steampowered.com/app/323380/]

Valve/Steam News

• 01:40:39 Steam Music in beta client adds more formats including FLAC and OGG Vorbis [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements/detail/52144327686735794]
• 01:41:04 Big list of Steam Machines on PC World [http://pcworld.com/article/2893726/computers/steam-machines-revealed-full-details-and-pictures-for-every-model.html]

Tech News

• 01:42:27 Wine 1.7.50 released - preliminary implementation of DirectX 11 [https://www.winehq.org/announce/1.7.50]
• 01:43:08 nVidia GTX 950 is out [http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-950-2GB-Review-Maxwell-MOBA]
• 01:43:33 Unity editor comes to Linux - experimental build now available [http://blogs.unity3d.com/2015/08/26/unity-comes-to-linux-experimental-build-now-available/]

General Gaming News

• 01:46:55 Duskers released to Early Access [http://store.steampowered.com/app/254320/]
• 01:48:05 Megasphere Early Access (Steam and itch.io) release with Linux support [http://www.antonkudin.me/megasphere/]
• 01:48:19 Universe Sandbox 2 in Early Access [http://store.steampowered.com/app/230290/]
• 01:48:35 Project Cars news update, apparently the release is still coming, will be native [http://steamcommunity.com/app/234630/discussions/0/610573009248356568/#c521643320347815166]
• 01:49:00 Rocket League coming to SteamOS later this year [https://twitter.com/RocketLeague/status/636949002538188800]
• 01:50:37 Satellite Reign released out of Early Access [http://store.steampowered.com/app/268870]
• 01:52:04 Arma 3 is in beta [http://dev.arma3.com/ports]
• 01:52:58 Previous guest JP LeBreton has released a small example project using Playscii [http://vectorpoem.com/playscii/] [http://jp.itch.io/endless-ladder-climbing-2]
• 01:53:37 Double Fine have announced a new game - might have a Linux version [http://headlander.com/]
• 01:54:13 Obsidian Entertainment have spoken about their experiences with supporting Linux [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx-8lxjuXKo&t=33m41s] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx-8lxjuXKo&t=56m09s] [https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/81598-devs-thanks-for-the-linux-support/?p=1726009]
• 01:55:02 Starbound's Colony Update [http://playstarbound.com/stable-pleased-giraffe-is-here/#more-3670] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6db4718sRY]
• 01:55:44 Armello is out of early access [http://steamcommunity.com/games/290340/announcements/detail/808745814637528530] [http://store.steampowered.com/app/290340/]

Crowdfunding

• 01:56:49 Everspace unlocked Linux stretch goal [https://twitter.com/Rockfishgames/status/639190125184987136]

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