We have four hosts to take you through the previous fortnight’s Linux Gaming News, and we discuss our kickstarter funded projects and expectations. Enjoy!

Introduction

  • 00:00:11 @johndrinkwater introduces…
  • 00:00:17 @ValiantCheese
  • 00:00:20 @swordfischer and
  • 00:00:22 @DerRidda

Our Gaming

  • 00:00:59 John has been playing more LYNE, watching DOTA’s TI4, Pivvot, and Three Dead Zed
  • 00:02:02 DerRidda played (and watched) DOTA, Broken Sword 2, and Pulsar
  • 00:04:46 Swordfischer played Block Storm, Fractal
  • 00:06:20 Cheese played Left 4 Dead 2, Guns of Icarus: Online, Hand of Fate, X‐Com, Planetary Annihilation, Starbound and testing BANG BANG BANG!

SteamLUG Community Stuff

  • 00:07:58 Past Events:
  • Starbound [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262444873166560778]
  • Planetary Annihilation [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262444873166561904]
  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262447672748968788]
  • Deathmatch Classic [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262447672748970480]
  • Regular Guns of Icarus events [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug/discussions/2/558752449259869101/]
  • 00:12:54 Upcoming Events:
  • 11th Skulls of the Shogun [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262447672748971841]
  • 12th Left 4 Dead 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262447672748972535]
  • 18th Civ V [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262447672748973507]
  • 19th Team Fortress 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1262447672748974302]
  • 00:13:00 Event suggestions welcome via:

  • SteamLUG IRC [http://steamlug.org/irc]

  • Twitter @SteamLUG
  • SteamLUG Mumble [http://steamlug.org/mumble]
  • Discussion thread [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug/discussions/2/828934424146675833/]
  • Email cast@steamlug.org
  • 00:13:14 Other Community Stuff
  • 00:13:18 The Raven chapter 2 for Game Club [http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/14388/]
  • 00:13:43 Soeb’s XCOM article [http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/page/blog/_/features/port-reports/pc-report-xcom-enemy-unknown-on-linux-r151]
  • 00:15:38 PC Gaming Wiki PLUG HERE [http://pcgamingwiki.com/]
  • 00:16:10 SteamDB Linux’s crowd‐sourced repo has now confirmed 500 working titles on Steam Linux.
  • 00:17:09 John mentions Braid ‘We’re doing a from-scratch Braid/linux port, but there’s no ETA yet.’ [https://twitter.com/icculus/status/486526723136446466]
  • 00:18:30 Wry is keen to organise regular Starbound gatherings [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug/discussions/2/46476145200059698/]
  • 00:19:06 psymin has been experimenting with a SteamLUG group chat bot
  • 00:19:30 Upcoming Cast guests
  • Edwin Smith ‐ Feral Interactive
  • JP LeBreton ‐ Double Fine

Steam/Valve News

  • 00:20:38 Steam Survey stats, up by 0.1% against other platforms
  • Slight growth from Mint 17, drop for Mint 16 and growth for ‘other’
  • 00:22:38 Steam Client updates
  • Fix performance issues for overlay for subscribed guides
  • On s02e13 we mentioned better NV support for H/W acceleration, it’s been disabled now!
  • Mac/Win duplicate games are now hidden!
  • 00:23:30 Epic funded this research, ReVuln ‐ Steam VOIP Security [http://revuln.com/files/ReVuln_Steam_Voip_Security.pdf]

Tech News

  • 00:24:12 Unity 4.5.2 released, includes fixes for mouse/freezing issues [http://unity3d.com/unity/whats-new/unity-4.5.2]
  • 00:25:02 Unreal Engine 4 Linux demos [https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Linux_Demos]
  • 00:27:30 John mentions issues at CrytekUK [http://www.joystiq.com/2014/06/24/report-crytek-uk-in-trouble-staff-leaving/]
  • 00:27:37 Sword is looking for a Single-Player First Person Shooter, can you recommend a title?
  • 00:29:49 Leszek mentioned that he is porting DarkSiders to Linux [https://twitter.com/TheIneQuation/status/487612207149359104]
  • Only the first one so far [https://twitter.com/TheIneQuation/status/487622154880823296]
  • 00:31:08 Epic sponsors Blender Development Fund to improve FBX export [http://www.cgchannel.com/2014/07/epic-games-funds-blender-development/]
  • 00:32:31 Oculus acquires RakNet and releases it under a simplified BSD licence [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game/posts/902527]
  • 00:33:39 OBS Studio is getting more usable, Nemoder has been streaming using it [https://github.com/jp9000/obs-studio/]

General Gaming News

  • 00:37:09 Grim Fandango to get simultaneous Linux release [http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/grim-fandango-will-be-reaping-its-way-onto-linux.4005]
  • 00:40:13 Darksiders is being ported to Linux [https://twitter.com/TheIneQuation/status/487612207149359104] It’s only the first one so far [https://twitter.com/TheIneQuation/status/487622154880823296]
  • 00:42:12 Dwarf Fortress update [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html]
  • 00:43:11 Hand of Fate launches on Steam Early Access [http://store.steampowered.com/app/266510]
  • 00:46:38 Crawl release delayed [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=230002412]
  • That GIF [http://www.powerhoof.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/powerhoof_VS_IRS_big.gif]
  • 00:47:13 Team Fortress 2 Pre-Alpha map update [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=13817]
  • 00:48:35 Dragon’s Lair for Linux is ‘in the pipeline’ [http://steamcommunity.com/app/227380/discussions/0/810924774427223517/#c45350244875719874]
  • 00:49:39 Mountain is now available [http://mountain-game.com/]
  • 00:50:56 Virtual Programming have opened a beta channel on Steam with improvements to The Witcher 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/app/20920/discussions/0/45350790916720011/]
  • 00:53:02 Natural Selection development handed off to the ‘Community Development Team’. Linux devs wanted [http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/135095/we-need-you-linux-developers-to-join-the-cdt]
  • 00:56:23 Humble
  • 2K Bundle includes XCOM [https://www.humblebundle.com/]
  • Weekly Bundle: Gamepedia includes Stacking [https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly]
  • Store has its DRM Freedom Sale [https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/drmfreedom]
  • Eye Candy Weekly Sale is still available? [https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/eyecandy_weekly_storefront]
  • 01:00:12 Steam releases
  • Sakura Spirit [http://store.steampowered.com/app/313740/]
  • Quest for Infamy [http://store.steampowered.com/app/264560/]
  • Deponia: The Complete Journey [http://store.steampowered.com/app/292910/]
  • Q*bert: Rebooted [http://store.steampowered.com/app/285960/]
  • Three Dead Zed (zombie platformer) [http://store.steampowered.com/app/291390/]
  • Hand of Fate [http://store.steampowered.com/app/266510/]
  • Mount and Blade: Warband [http://store.steampowered.com/app/48700/]
  • Cult of the Wind [http://store.steampowered.com/app/293840/]
  • 01:03:35 Greenlight [http://steamcommunity.com//sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283183175]
  • Ionic Surge, Wipeout‐alike [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=264374097]
  • Attractio [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=182738655]
  • Bonetown, third-person fantasy-adventure [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=277664705]
  • Parcel, 3rd person maze puzzler [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=275337301]
  • Coloropus [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=101886585]

Crowdfunding

  • 01:07:56 Nixie Pixel has a Patreon [http://www.patreon.com/nixiepixel]
  • 01:08:32 Cheese asks about our thoughts on Crowdfunding progress and experiences…
  • 01:08:56 John mentions Dyscourse [http://store.steampowered.com/app/234920/], NOWHERE [http://www.duangle.com/nowhere], Neverending Nightmares [http://neverendingnightmares.com/]
  • 01:10:51 Blender Open Movie Projects [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_Foundation#Open_Projects]
  • 01:12:54 Leadworks [http://store.steampowered.com/app/251810/]
  • 01:13:56 The Maker’s Eden (We interviewed them back in s01e04!) [http://makerseden.screwylightbulb.com/]
  • 01:14:58 Expeditions Conquistador [http://store.steampowered.com/app/237430/]
  • 01:15:10 Battle Worlds: Kronos [http://store.steampowered.com/app/237470/]
  • 01:15:25 The Fall [http://store.steampowered.com/app/290770/]
  • 01:15:31 Race The Sun [http://store.steampowered.com/app/253030/]
  • 01:16:24 Chasm [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=116879147]
  • 01:17:00 Wasteland 2 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/240760/]
  • 01:19:24 Cheese mentions Planetary Annihilation [http://store.steampowered.com/app/233250/], Distance [http://survivethedistance.com/], and Maia [http://store.steampowered.com/app/252250/]
  • 01:19:48 Star Citizen [https://robertsspaceindustries.com/about-the-game]

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