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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