We’re joined by Oliver Franzke of Double Fine to chat about Broken Age, adventure games, open development and supporting Linux. Afterward, Cheese, sword and DerRidda ramble on about Ye Olde SteamOSe, Steam Dev Days, In-home Streaming, Humble Bundles, game releases, VR and more!

Introduction

  • 00:00:10 Cheese @ValiantCheese introduces
  • 00:00:17 DerRidda @DerRidda
  • 00:00:20 Sword @swordfischer
  • 00:00:24 Oliver Franzke @p1xelcoder

Chat w/ Special Guest Oliver Franzke of Double Fine, Broken Age’s Lead Programmer

  • 00:00:49 Broken Age, Act 1 will be publicly released on Steam on Tuesday the 28th of January [http://store.steampowered.com/app/232790/]
  • 00:01:15 Oliver’s development history
  • Stacking [http://www.stackingvideogame.com/]
  • Technical Engineer on Once Upon A Monster [http://www.onceuponamonstergame.com/]
  • Lead Graphics Programmer on The Cave [http://thecavegame.com/]
  • Autonomous [http://www.autonomousgame.com/]
  • Lead Programmer on Broken Age [http://brokenagegame.com/]
  • 00:02:03 Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition [http://www.lucasarts.com/games/monkeyisland/]
  • 00:03:44 Changes in point-and-click adventures over the past 20 years
  • 00:04:14 Hugo’s House of Horrors [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo%27s_House_of_Horrors]
  • 00:04:27 Machinarium [http://machinarium.net/]
  • 00:05:24 Amnesia: The Dark Descent [http://www.amnesiagame.com/]
  • 00:05:41 Colossal Cave Adventure? (text based adventure game) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure]
  • 00:06:34 Gobliiins [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobliiins]
  • 00:07:03 A typical day at Double Fine
  • 00:08:50 Double Fine’s Flash Games [http://www.doublefine.com/games]
  • Tasha’s Game [http://www.doublefine.com/games/tashas_game]
  • Host Master [http://www.doublefine.com/games/host_master]
  • Host Master Deux [http://www.doublefine.com/games/host_master_deux]
  • My Game About Me [http://www.doublefine.com/games/my_game_about_me]
  • Epic Saga [http://www.doublefine.com/games/extreme_fighter/]
  • 00:09:04 Middle Manager of Justice [http://middlemanagerofjustice.com/]
  • 00:09:09 Moai [http://getmoai.com/]
  • 00:09:19 Plans for a PC port of Middle Manager of Justice are uncertain, but ‘One can always hope!’
  • 00:09:58 Engine selection considerations for Broken Age
  • 00:10:23 Double Fine’s internally developed 3D engine ‘Buddha’
  • 00:10:28 Brutal Legend [http://www.doublefine.com/brutallegend/]
  • 00:10:31 Costume Quest [http://store.steampowered.com/app/115100/]
  • 00:11:49 Amnesia Fortnight [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Fine_Productions#Amnesia_Fortnight]
  • 00:13:00 Contributing upstream to Moai
  • 00:13:24 Zipline Games [http://ziplinegames.com/]
  • 00:14:52 Double Fine’s experiences with supporting an increasing number of platforms
  • 00:16:49 GDB (GNU Project Debugger) [https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/]
  • 00:17:02 ‘But yeah, overall, I’m super happy with Linux.’
  • 00:17:12 Linux support for Spacebase DF-9 [http://spacebasedf9.com/]
  • ‘We certainly, like, benefitted from that as well - for the company, we’re collectively learning how to support a certain platform.’
  • 00:17:51 Double Fine’s internally developed ‘2HB’ editor
  • 00:20:08 2HB still aiming to be released as an Open Source project
  • Original mention of 2HB’s open sourcing plans (requires backer access) [http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/6947/]
  • ‘We do want to make this happen, absolutely’
  • 00:22:11 Experiences with community interaction in an open project
  • 00:22:21 Massive Chalice [http://massivechalice.com/]
  • 00:22:23 Amnesia Fortnight 2012 [http://www.doublefine.com/fortnight]
  • 00:24:31 Mass Effect [http://masseffect.bioware.com]
  • 00:25:55 Halo [http://www.halowaypoint.com]
  • 00:25:57 Assassins Creed [http://assassinscreed.ubi.com]
  • 00:26:46 Programming Update 1: Early Engine Work (requires backer access) [http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/6688]
  • 00:27:38 Open development is something that players are coming to terms with as well
  • 00:30:43 Getting used to working with 90,000 people ‘looking over your shoulder’
  • 00:31:37 2 Player Productions [http://www.2playerproductions.com/]
  • 00:32:10 Massive Chalice fortnightly ‘Teamstreams’ [http://www.twitch.tv/doublefine/profile/pastBroadcasts]
  • 00:33:28 The impact of such a broad pre-release audience on bug prioritisation
  • 00:35:27 Redbot’s future
  • Amnesia Fortnight 2012 pitch thread [http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/7880/]
  • 00:36:13 Linux support for Amnesia Fortnight titles
  • (this question was more about the post-AF2012 Leap Motion version of Autonomous, but Oliver’s answer is still interesting)
  • 00:37:55 Autonomous’ chances of becoming a larger game
  • 00:38:25 [https://www.leapmotion.com/]
  • 00:38:54 What is Amnesia Fortnight?
  • 00:44:37 What is Broken Age?

SteamLUG Community Stuff

  • 00:48:17 Past events
  • Guns of Icarus Online [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1371642583203024214]
  • Nuclear Dawn ‘bughunt’ event [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1371642583203025979]
  • ND event video by @Xpander69 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu15yeVjYkQ]
  • ND event servers provided by Xeno Gamers [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/xenogamers]
  • Left 4 Dead 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1371642583203028622]
  • No More Room In Hell [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1371642583203030565]
  • 00:51:33 Upcoming events
  • ‘Early Rocktober’ Brütal Legend event [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1371642583203034023]
  • Panikiller Hell & Damnation [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1371642583203035621]
  • Februrary Events TBA
  • 00:53:21 Event suggestions welcome via:

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

  • Twitter @SteamLUG
  • SteamLUG Mumble [http://steamlug.org/mumble]
  • Discussion thread
  • Email cast@steamlug.org

Other Community Stuff

  • 00:53:50 Double Fine Game Club is playing Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold with developers Josh Mandel and Paavo Härkönen [http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/11634/]
  • 00:54:13 Cheese’s Toki Tori 2+ Linu port fan art [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=218364648]
  • 00:54:46 SteamLUG community member @directhex has been maintaining a SteamOS fork called Ye Olde SteamOSe [https://github.com/directhex/steamos-installer]
  • 00:55:22 SteamOS gets a non-UEFI installer thanks to downstream community contribution [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/648817378243644036/]

Steam/Valve News

  • 00:55:56 Steam Dev Days [http://steamdevdays.com/]
  • 00:56:02 #SteamDevDays hashtag [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SteamDevDays]
  • 00:56:21 SteamLUG Steam Dev Days summary [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#announcements/detail/1279322033591261985]
  • 00:56:31 Steam Controller removing touch screen? [https://twitter.com/TheIneQuation/status/423578712148164608]
  • Original Steam Controller announcement [http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamController/]
  • 00:57:53 VOGL OpenGL Debugger/Tracer [http://richg42.blogspot.de/2014/01/vogl-opengl-tracerdebugger-bonus-content.html]
  • Comment confirming open source committment [http://richg42.blogspot.com.br/2014/01/vogl-opengl-tracerdebugger-bonus-content.html?showComment=1389950449081#c343074267754586249]
  • 00:59:04 New OpenGL/OpenGL Es reference compiler [http://www.khronos.org/opengles/sdk/tools/Reference-Compiler/]
  • 00:59:40 Valve’s VR demo
  • 01:01:09 Garry Newman’s impressions from Valve’s VR demo [https://twitter.com/DaveOshry/status/423955183538671616]
  • 01:01:38 Gigabyte Brix Steam Machine given to each Steam Dev Days attendee [https://twitter.com/SteamDB/statuses/423526787167961088]
  • 01:02:40 In-home Streaming Beta invites have been going out. @swordfischer and @ValiantCheese have been testing.
  • 01:06:39 Debian developers offered copies of all Valve’s past and future titles [https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/01/msg00006.html]
  • 01:08:15 SteamVR, a new HMD friendly mode for Big Picture launched in the Steam client beta [http://steamcommunity.com/app/250820/discussions/0/630802344730488459/]
  • Update: The post linked to has since been updated to say that Mac and Linux support are ‘on the way’

Our Gaming

  • 01:08:43 @swordfischer has been playing Savant: Ascent, Rogue Legacy, In-home Streaming testing
  • 01:09:49 @DerRidda has been playing Dota 2, Dungeons of Dredmor, Red Orchestra: Ostfront/Darkest Hour mod
  • 01:11:01 @ValiantCheese has been playing FTL, Broken Age, Toki Tori 2+, Worms: Reloaded, Osmos, Strike Suit Zero, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome, Surgeon Simulator 2013

Gaming News

  • 01:12:53 Towerfall will ‘probably hit Linux at some point, but not at launch’ [https://twitter.com/MattThorson/status/422881575819169792]
  • 01:13:21 Shadowgrounds games will be heading to Linux eventually [http://steamcommunity.com/app/2500/discussions/0/846945579759868213/#c630802344822334049]
  • 01:14:01 Blueberry Garden releasing for Linux this weekend [http://eriksvedang.com/2014/01/25/blueberry-garden-on-linux-and-mac/]
  • 01:14:29 Tori Tori 2+ developers, Two Tribes are ‘rebooting’ [http://twotribes.com/message/were-rebooting]
  • Cheese’s summary on GamingOnLinux.com [http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/toki-tori-2--two-tribes-and-linux.2975]
  • 01:15:31 Humble Bundle X gets bonus titles [http://humblebundle.com]
  • Bonus titles: HOARD, Strike Suit Zero, Toki Tori 2+
  • Original titles: To The Moon, Joe Danger 2, Papo & Yo, Runner2, Reus, Surgeon Simulator 2013
  • 01:17:24 Papo & Yo appears to be the first native Linux Wwise title (Wwise Linux support was previously mentioned in s01e10)
  • 01:17:59 Octodad: Deadliest Catch slated for 30th of January [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ol3ZxZSEhY]
  • 01:18:11 Humble Weekly Sale features 5 out of 6 games for Linux [http://humblebundle.com/weekly]
  • Paranautical Activity, Dungeons of Dredmor, The Binding of Isaac, Teleglitch and Hack, Slash, Loot
  • 01:19:07 AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome gets Rift support on Linux [http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-for-the-awesome-gets-rift-support-on-linux.2941/]
  • 01:20:12 Don’t Starve DLC gets a teaser trailer [http://www.dontstarvegame.com/blog/new-dlc-teaser-trailer-reign-of-giants]
  • 01:20:58 Steam releases
  • Galcon Legends [http://store.steampowered.com/app/201040/]
  • Loren The Amazon Princess [http://store.steampowered.com/app/257970]
  • Estranged: Act 1 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/261820/]
  • Steam Bandits: Outposts [http://store.steampowered.com/app/261350/]
  • 140 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/242820/]

Crowdfunding

  • 01:22:43 The Mims reaches its funding target [http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-mims-beginning]
  • 01:22:57 Kingdom Come: Deliverance (CryEngine title promising Linux support) [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1294225970/kingdom-come-deliverance]
  • 01:24:41 Cradle (another CryEngine title with Linux support ‘intended’) [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1324765189/cradle]
  • 01:25:52 Massive Chalice fortnightly ‘Teamstream’ [http://www.twitch.tv/doublefine/b/497873014]

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