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 editor
  • 00:06:13 Opinions on the coop maps
  • 00:06:48 No nepotism in SteamLUG!
  • 00:07:03 Mevious' history in coop maps [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970484475/myworkshopfiles?appid=620&requiredtags[]=Cooperative]
  • 00:07:57 Is Mevious just gifted or did he learn his puzzle-making skills?
  • Lemmings [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_%28video_game%29]
  • Lode Runner [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Runner]
  • The Incredible Machine [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine_%28series%29]
  • 00:09:41 How did you become involved with Portal Pro? [http://www.moddb.com/mods/portal-pro]
  • 00:11:48 Cheeseness remembers that we should maybe ask our guest things
  • 00:12:02 Who is Mevious and what does he do?
  • Mevious' Steam Workshop profile [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970484475/myworkshopfiles]
  • 00:12:30 He worked on the mod Rexaura [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=265557293] which should come out on Steam soon.
  • 00:13:52 How did you come about working with Valve/being awarded the "Employee of the Moment" award? [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68462137]
  • 00:15:25 How did the players respond to the DLC and your content?
  • 00:16:34 How important is public testing to map design?
  • 00:17:17 Should a puzzle have only one solution or multiple ways to solve it?
  • 00:19:43 Do you ever get the opportunity to watch other people play your maps?
  • 00:20:48 Your contributions to and opinion on Aperture Tag [http://store.steampowered.com/app/280740]
  • 00:22:05 Suggestions for SteamLUG mappers
  • 00:23:59 Elevator pitch for Rexaura [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=265557293]
  • 00:26:34 Opinion on the new version of Hammer that shipped with the Dota 2 SDK
  • 00:28:31 Advice for aspiring puzzle-makers
  • 00:31:33 Our resident firefighter asks: How did you feel when Valve approached you for beta testing?
  • 00:33:27 In which areas could the in-game editor be improved? And comments on BEEMOD [http://portal2backstock.com/bee/]
  • 00:37:34 What are you up to now?
  • Cardboard Sled [http://cardboardsled.com/]
  • 00:38:19 Mapping Challenge poll results and thoughts on the highest rated maps [https://steamlug.org/poll-archive] [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug/discussions/2/35221031598904725/]
  • 00:46:57 Closing thoughts on the challenge

Past Events

  • 00:47:48 Garry’s Mod Prop Hunt [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/154565071659018225]
  • 00:47:50 Dota 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/154565071659019147]
  • 00:47:51 Guns of Icarus [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/154565071659019780]
  • 00:47:53 Running with Rifles [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/154565071659021972]

Upcoming Events

  • 00:48:44 Post‐cast Event: Monaco [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/146686310026413929]
  • 00:48:52 6th Sat, Sanctum 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/146686310026415258]
  • 00:49:08 12th Fri, TF2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/146686310026438490]
  • 00:49:10 13th Sat, Forced [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/146686310026440815]

Other Community Stuff

  • 00:49:23 /r/linux_gaming got a theme change; many lives were lost. [http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/2fdbhp/new_stylesheet_for_rlinux_gaming/]
  • 00:49:48 SteamLUG Mapping challenge [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug/discussions/2/35221031598904725/]
  • 00:49:52 Early poll support on the website, will open the door to a bunch of other projects [https://steamlug.org/polls]
  • 00:50:31 Cheese streamed The Maker’s Eden for Game Club [http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/14637/]
  • 00:51:14 Community videos from Lejoni, Nemoder and Hero of SteamLUG events and Portal 2 maps [https://www.youtube.com/user/lejonicom/videos] [http://www.hitbox.tv/Nemoder] [https://www.youtube.com/user/HER001/videos]

Steam/Valve News

  • 00:52:10 Client updates: In‐home streaming has been restored [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements/detail/211989137065361169]
  • 00:53:33 Debconf talk on SteamOS [http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2014/debconf14/webm/SteamOS_and_Debian.webm]
  • 00:53:57 Linus Torvalds talk [http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2014/debconf14/webm/QA_with_Linus_Torvalds.webm]
  • 00:55:22 In‐client music playback now supports Steam soundtracks [http://store.steampowered.com/news/14358/]

Tech News

  • 00:56:06 Ryan Gordon on the Linux Action Show [http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/65607/a-chat-with-icculus-linux-action-show-328/]

Gaming News

  • 00:57:33 Borderlands 2 confirmed for Linux [http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/borderlands-2-also-looks-like-its-coming-to-linux-update-confirmed.4235]
  • 00:59:04 Flockers has unused Linux depots [http://steamdb.info/app/260330/history/]
  • Worms: Reloaded [http://store.steampowered.com/app/22600]
  • Superfrog HD [http://store.steampowered.com/app/234000]
  • Worms Clan Wars [http://steamdb.info/app/233840/#section_history]
  • 01:01:02 Empire: Total War showing signs of Linux support [http://steamdb.info/app/10500/history/]
  • 01:02:05 This War of Mine coming to Linux at launch [http://rootgamer.com/11568/news/this-war-mine-confirmed-linux-launch]
  • 01:02:57 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter devs looking into Linux support [https://twitter.com/adrianchm/status/502519538672758784]
  • 01:03:26 Gauntlet Linux version will only support SteamOS and won’t ship until Steam machines are available [https://twitter.com/ArtOfMalin/status/507193601630416896]
  • 01:04:56 Altitude is now free [http://store.steampowered.com/app/41300/]
  • 01:05:17 Braid on Steam, port refreshed by Aaron Melcher of Knockout Games [https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/505117666701373440] [https://twitter.com/knockoutgames/status/505228682303393793]
  • 01:06:54 Robocraft has added Linux/Mac support [http://store.steampowered.com/app/301520] [http://robocraftgame.com/robocraft-adds-pflops-to-mac-and-linux/]
  • 01:07:33 Screencheat is now available [http://store.steampowered.com/app/301970/]
  • 01:09:19 Book of Unwritten Takes 2 hits Steam Early Access [http://store.steampowered.com/app/279940/]
  • 01:11:07 Journey Down Chapter 2 is out (plus new trailer), raised half the money needed to help build a school in Tanzania [http://www.thejourneydown.com/] [https://twitter.com/theowaern/status/504008678325112836]
  • 01:13:50 Firewatch trailer and gameplay footage from PAX [http://blog.camposanto.com/post/96193204069/in-case-you-were-unable-to-join-us-live-in-seattle] [http://www.twitch.tv/pax2/b/563131781?t=23h16m50s]
  • 01:15:59 New Civ: Beyond Earth trailer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Jx6GVxuPQ]
  • 01:17:02 Double Fine News Bonanza
  • 01:17:14 Spacebase DF-9 Update + in-fiction leadup [http://spacebasedf9.com/post/96592426710/spacebase-df-9-alpha-6-brig-ambitions-broken-dreams] [http://spacebasedf9.com/post/96545969130/case-file-101204-excerpt-index-07-06-05-04-03-02]
  • 01:18:40 Grim Fandango Panel at PAX [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-LSMCYjHow] [http://www.twitch.tv/pax/c/5038825]
  • 01:20:28 Hack ‘n’ Slash due for release on the 9th of September [https://twitter.com/DoubleFine/status/502898958234947585]
  • 01:20:53 Costume Quest 2 available for pre order, windsock guy confirmed [http://store.steampowered.com/app/275180/] [https://twitter.com/bburbank/status/505846403747160064]
  • 01:21:55 Massive Chalice overview from PAX [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTVuVtahMBs]
  • 01:22:24 Witcher 2, linux client download has appeared on GOG now as v 1.0.0
  • 01:23:32 [discussion] Topic that came up on /r/linux_gaming, How is the performance of games on Linux? [http://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/2fchw6/people_that_game_on_linux_how_is_the_performance/]
  • 01:25:48 Feral wants to know why people play games on Linux [https://twitter.com/feralgames/status/507176386658721794]

Crowdfunding

  • 01:27:59 Pathologic [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1535515364/pathologic]
  • 01:28:16 A Rite from the Stars was successfully funded (mentioned in S02E16) [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/risingoat/a-rite-from-the-stars-a-3d-graphic-adventure/posts/974664]

Sign-off

  • 01:28:58 Hexcells Infinite [http://www.matthewbrowngames.com/hexcellsinfinite.html]
  • 01:31:12 Feedback email cast@steamlug.org

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