s03e07 – Octothorpe Krautfunding

SteamLUG Cast

Our hosts cover the many hours in the last fortnight they’ve been gaming, game development streams, and bundle politics.

Introduction

• 00:00:08 @DerRidda introduces
• 00:00:21 bean (@beansmyname) and
• 00:00:24 @ValiantCheese

Our Gaming

• 00:00:34 beansmyname has been playing Hand of Fate, Guns of Icarus: Online, and BioShock: Infinite.
• 00:01:03 ValiantCheese has been streaming Assault Android Cactus and Curse of the Necrodancer, and completed Hand of Fate.
• 00:02:22 DerRidda played CS:GO, completed BioShock: Infinite, and enjoyed Pillars of Eternity, Cities: Skylines, Torchlight 2, and finally Shadow Warrior.

SteamLUG Community Stuff

• 00:03:11 Past Events
• Frozen Cortex [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/116303508712717883]
• 7 Days to Die [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/116303508712718012]
• Hammerwatch [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/116303508712725770]
• King Arthur’s Gold [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/116303508712725875]
• 00:04:43 Future Events
• Natural Selection 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/204126864929910400]
• Tabletop Simulator (4th April) [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/204126864929954057]
• Team Fortress 2 (10th April) [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/204126864929920425]
• Worms Clan Wars (11th April) [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/204126864929923294]
• 00:06:50 ErbBetaPatched is looking to form clans for CS:GO and Guns of Icarus: Online [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug/discussions/2/617329920709596965/]
• 00:07:18 Gokuxx will be helping with coordinating Dota 2 events
• 00:07:54 @johndrinkwater has been building steamlug.org admin features
• 00:08:39 ValiantCheese’s development stream [http://www.hitbox.tv/video/474846] [http://winterswake.com]

Steam/Valve News

• 00:10:22 Steam survey stats, Linux usage up by 0.04 percentage points
• 00:10:55 GitHub activity, wifi restart bug [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3424]
• [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements/detail/230022562793283749]
• 00:11:43 CS:GO update adds quad and 5.1 surround sound options for Linux [http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2015/03/11734/]

Tech News

• 00:14:38 All FOSDEM talks are viewable online [http://video.fosdem.org/2015/]
• 00:15:05 AMD looking for 2 developers for improving open source driver [https://www.amd.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=31265&CurrentPage=20]
• 00:16:26 All GDC talks are online viewable now [http://www.gdcvault.com/browse/gdc-15]
• 00:17:20 Nvidia driver 349.12 beta released [https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/821171]

General Gaming News

• 00:19:16 Humble Indie Bundle 14:
• Pixel Piracy
• UnEpic
• Super Splatters
• Beat the Average: Outlast, Torchlight II [http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1194707], La-Mulana
• $10: Shadow Warrior Special Edition
• 00:28:35 Humble Weekly Bundle Arggghhh!! (4 of 6 supporting Linux):
• Cook, Serve Delicious
• Velocibox
• Beat the Average: Woah Dave! Tales of Maj’Eyal
• 00:30:47 Broken Age Act 2+3 will be released on 28th April [http://www.doublefine.com/news/comments/broken_age_is_coming_on_april_28th/]
• Documentary episodes continue to be released [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joKjDdKcOMQ#t=36]
• 00:32:45 Hand of Fate upgrading to Unity 5 alongside DLC [http://steamcommunity.com/app/266510/discussions/0/618456760276860846/]
• 00:35:22 War for the Overworld is out of Early Access [http://store.steampowered.com/app/230190/]
• Awesome April Fools trailer: [https://youtu.be/xESrx1EFj6I]
• 00:39:01 Running with Rifles is also out of Early Access [http://store.steampowered.com/app/270150/] [http://steamcommunity.com/games/270150/announcements/detail/243533361674588800]
• 00:39:48 Pillars of Eternity released [http://store.steampowered.com/app/291650/]
• 00:41:23 Star Citizen on Linux still waiting on upstream renderer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joKjDdKcOMQ#t=36]
• 00:45:43 Pirates, Vikings and Knights II out now for Linux [http://store.steampowered.com/app/17570/]

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