Introduction
00:00:09
Cheese introduces
00:00:16
attends the cast, also known as Ethan Lee [source ]
00:00:20
is also present
00:00:23
Ryan Vandendyck, founder of [source ]
00:00:39
Waveform [source ]
00:00:52
Citizens of Earth [source ]
Crowdfunding campaign [source ]
00:01:18
How did Ethan and Ryan get in touch with each other?
00:02:46
What was the initial reason for you wanting the audio work done?
00:03:31
Are there still chances of that content for Waveform making an appearance at some stage?
00:04:56
Ethan Lee, were you expecting to be doing any porting going into Waveform and going out of that?
00:06:02
What kind of reception have you got from Linux users in regards to Waveform?
00:06:59
How you find that has changed at all since Steam for Linux has been released?
00:08:21
Does Ethan Lee think that there are any outstanding issues with the Steam for Linux client?
00:10:45
Waveform’s interface mechanics seems intuitive, did it go through any polishing?
00:13:58
Thoughts on the new Steam Controller
00:18:12
Inspirations behind Citizens of Earth
00:22:57
How long have you been working of Citizens of Earth?
00:23:28
You launched a crowdfunding campaign now, how has that changed how you approach working on the game?
00:25:28
Do you think the extra visibility that even a failed crowdfunding campaign has any downsides?
00:32:12
Ryan reveals exclusive information on SteamLUG Cast!
00:37:34
When Citizens of Earth is released, can we expect an simultaneous launch?
00:38:06
Ethan talks about what he’s learned between porting Waveform and today
00:41:14
Using F/OSS libraries made Waveform easier to develop and to port
00:42:01
Open sourcing games
‘Dude, everybody’s code is terrible!’
00:42:57
Ryan’s plans for the future
Android port of Waveform
Possible ports of Waveform and Citizens of Earth to Nintendo platforms
Eden Industries’ ‘Garden of Indie’ initiative [source ]
00:47:08
Porting to new platforms and architectures takes work
00:50:28
Ethan’s plans for the future.
Blueberry Garden’s Linux release. [source ]
Currently working on 4 - 6 concurrent ports
One ‘Massive’ project for 2014
Citizens of Earth Linux port
00:52:04
From a porting perspective, what makes a title big or small?
00:52:59
Ryan’s work prior to Eden Industries’ founding in May 2010
Next Level Games [source ]
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon [source ]
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon [source ]
Mario Strikers Charged [source ]
Spiderman: Friend or Foe [source ]
Silicon Knights [source ]
00:54:05
Ryan Vandendyck on Sup, Holmes? [source ]
00:54:15
Comparison between working on mainstream ‘AAA’ titles and working at Eden Industries
Exciting to work on original projects
Garden of Indie allows for a greater contribution to industry and gaming culture than individual work
00:59:48
British Columbia Institute of Technology [source ]
01:00:42
Ethan’s ‘Astronomusic’ tech demo, which Cheese also worked on [source ]
01:02:11
Dust: An Elysian Tail [source ]
01:03:18
Do failed projects make moving onto the next project hard, or do they make you more determined?
01:07:36
No Linux demo if Citizens of Earth yet, but it does run comfortably in Wine
01:08:56
Eden Industries will continue working on Citizens of Earth regardless of the Kickstarter campaign
Announcements of exciting post-Kickstarter stuff will come soon!
01:10:14
The sounds of Ryan working
SteamLUG Community Stuff
01:10:27
Recent Dota 2 event attracted some new faces [source ]
01:11:11
Recent Left 4 Dead 2 event [source ]
01:11:40
Upcoming Planetary Annihilation event [source ]
Planetary Annihilation pricing mentioned in s01e02
01:12:59
Upcoming Legends of Aethereus event [source ]
01:13:50
Possible events for November
Natural Selection 2 is more stable now
Left 4 Dead 2 has mic support on Linux [source ]
‘Late Rocktober’ Brütal Legend event
Team Fortress 2 Halloween
Killing Floor Halloween
01:15:04
SteamLUG.org is now on GitHub [source ]
Bugs and feature requests [source ]
01:15:13
Epitron has added dynamic item highlighting for cast shownotes [source ]
01:16:24
AMD vs Nvidia performance discussion thread [source ]
01:17:26
Cheese’s Assault Android Cactus review [source ]
Assault Android Cactus mentioned in s01e05
from Witchbeam Games, creators of Assault Android Cactus will be joining us for s01e13
01:19:00
Cheese’s Game Club interview with Costume Quest lead, Tasha Harris [source ]
Cheese’s Game Club interview with Ron Gilbert [source ]
Game Club playing Costume Quest [source ]
Steam/Valve News
01:21:44
Steam client beta updates
Lots of big picture related changes
Steam will now better track games using launcher scripts [source ]
Preparation for SteamOS related features
01:22:26
SteamDB has been investigating recent client updates
Web server for handling remote control [source ]
Samba support for music streaming appears to have been removed [source ]
Looks like x264 codecs will be used for game streaming and vorbis and mp3 for audio
01:30:39
Notable github happenings
01:31:39
Minecraft Youtuber Coestar’s first impression of Steam for Linux was that it didn’t support his distro [source ]
01:33:52
Newer versions of Pulseaudio on some distros causing issues for some users
01:37:43
Steam Developer Days [source ]
October Greenlight Batch
01:39:43
18 of 37 titles offering Linux support [source ]
01:40:12
The Fall (congratulations to developer and recent guest, John Warner s01e10 ) [source ]
01:40:42
Neverending Nightmares [source ]
01:40:47
J.U.L.I.A. Enhanced Edition [source ]
01:40:54
Axis Game Factory [source ]
01:41:21
Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold [source ]
01:41:48
Universum [source ]
01:43:18
Fotonica [source ]
01:45:16
Alien Swarm First Person [source ]
01:46:52
Stanley Parable developers having trouble getting cross platform compatibility but Linux is important [source ]
01:47:16
Alien Swarm vs Portal 2
01:47:23
Portal 2 vs Portal
Our Gaming
01:52:34
has been playing Painkiller Hell & Damnation, Payday, Portal, Teleglitch and Euro Truck Simulator 2
01:55:31
has been playing Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Rogue Legacy, Shadow Warrior and Escape Goat
02:00:18
Ethan’s recent porting work
02:01:50
Handling feedback and who should be responsible for customer facing interaction for Linux ports
02:05:50
Escape Goat is now on Steam for Linux [source ]
02:09:41
Does the player play as a photon in Waveform?
02:10:37
has been playing TF2, Worms: Reloaded, Costume Quest, Distance, Super Hexagon, The Fall (early prototype)
Gaming News
02:13:26
Humble Bundle with Android 7 [source ]
Worms; Reloaded
The Bard’s Tale
Ticket To Ride
Greed Corp
Incredipede
Anodyne (not likely to be getting a native port) [source ]
02:14:56
Correction: Worms: Reloaded does not support cross platform play at all (Linux users can not play with Mac users)
02:18:14
Rogue Legacy is now on Steam for Linux [source ]
02:18:28
Monaco launching soon for Linux [source ]
02:19:30
The Dark Mod is now standalone [source ]
02:20:09
Indie Royale’s Birthday Bundle includes Perfection for Linux [source ]
02:21:28
Trine 2: Complete Story now available DRM free with Steam key from the Frozenbyte website [source ]
02:22:21
Dark Matter (mentioned in s01e03 ) is now available on Steam [source ]
Nuclear Dawn for Linux is still moving ahead [source ]
02:23:18
Roundabout is on Steam Greenlight [source ]
02:24:47
Octodad: Deadliest Catch [source ]
02:25:08
Xonotic Steam F.A.Q. [source ]
Crowdfunding News
02:26:19
Citizens of Earth [source ]
02:26:34
New Double Fine crowdfunding project, Spacebase DF-9 [source ]
Project lead JP LeBreton
Spacebase DF-9 introduction videos by Welshpixie (SteamLUG Cast guest from s01e04 ) [source ]
02:30:02
Skyjacker has another crowdfunding campaign [source ]
Sign-off
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