Introduction
00:00:16 Cheeseness introduces
00:00:18 Nemoder
00:00:21 Cockfight
00:00:24 and special guest Mevious
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 [source ]
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 [source ]
00:07:57 Is Mevious just gifted or did he learn his puzzle-making skills?
Lemmings [source ]
Lode Runner [source ]
The Incredible Machine [source ]
00:09:41 How did you become involved with Portal Pro? [source ]
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 [source ]
00:12:30 He worked on the mod Rexaura [source ] 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? [source ]
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 [source ]
00:22:05 Suggestions for SteamLUG mappers
00:23:59 Elevator pitch for Rexaura [source ]
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 [source ]
00:37:34 What are you up to now?
Cardboard Sled [source ]
00:38:19 Mapping Challenge poll results and thoughts on the highest rated maps [source ] [source ]
00:46:57 Closing thoughts on the challenge
Past Events
00:47:48 Garry’s Mod Prop Hunt [source ]
00:47:50 Dota 2 [source ]
00:47:51 Guns of Icarus [source ]
00:47:53 Running with Rifles [source ]
Upcoming Events
00:48:44 Post‐cast Event: Monaco [source ]
00:48:52 6th Sat, Sanctum 2 [source ]
00:49:08 12th Fri, TF2 [source ]
00:49:10 13th Sat, Forced [source ]
Other Community Stuff
00:49:23 /r/linux_gaming got a theme change; many lives were lost. [source ]
00:49:48 SteamLUG Mapping challenge [source ]
00:49:52 Early poll support on the website, will open the door to a bunch of other projects [source ]
00:50:31 Cheese streamed The Maker’s Eden for Game Club [source ]
00:51:14 Community videos from Lejoni, Nemoder and Hero of SteamLUG events and Portal 2 maps [source ] [source ] [source ]
Steam/Valve News
00:52:10 Client updates: In‐home streaming has been restored [source ]
00:53:33 Debconf talk on SteamOS [source ]
00:53:57 Linus Torvalds talk [source ]
00:55:22 In‐client music playback now supports Steam soundtracks [source ]
Tech News
00:56:06 Ryan Gordon on the Linux Action Show [source ]
Gaming News
00:57:33 Borderlands 2 confirmed for Linux [source ]
00:59:04 Flockers has unused Linux depots [source ]
Worms: Reloaded [source ]
Superfrog HD [source ]
Worms Clan Wars [source ]
01:01:02 Empire: Total War showing signs of Linux support [source ]
01:02:05 This War of Mine coming to Linux at launch [source ]
01:02:57 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter devs looking into Linux support [source ]
01:03:26 Gauntlet Linux version will only support SteamOS and won’t ship until Steam machines are available [source ]
01:04:56 Altitude is now free [source ]
01:05:17 Braid on Steam, port refreshed by Aaron Melcher of Knockout Games [source ] [source ]
01:06:54 Robocraft has added Linux/Mac support [source ] [source ]
01:07:33 Screencheat is now available [source ]
01:09:19 Book of Unwritten Takes 2 hits Steam Early Access [source ]
01:11:07 Journey Down Chapter 2 is out (plus new trailer), raised half the money needed to help build a school in Tanzania [source ] [source ]
01:13:50 Firewatch trailer and gameplay footage from PAX [source ] [source ]
01:15:59 New Civ: Beyond Earth trailer [source ]
01:17:02 Double Fine News Bonanza
01:17:14 Spacebase DF-9 Update + in-fiction leadup [source ] [source ]
01:18:40 Grim Fandango Panel at PAX [source ] [source ]
01:20:28 Hack ‘n’ Slash due for release on the 9th of September [source ]
01:20:53 Costume Quest 2 available for pre order, windsock guy confirmed [source ] [source ]
01:21:55 Massive Chalice overview from PAX [source ]
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? [source ]
01:25:48 Feral wants to know why people play games on Linux [source ]
Crowdfunding
01:27:59 Pathologic [source ]
01:28:16 A Rite from the Stars was successfully funded (mentioned in S02E16) [source ]
Sign-off
01:28:58 Hexcells Infinite [source ]
01:31:12 Feedback email cast@steamlug.org
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