Coming up on this LinuxGamecast Weekly. Garage Games needs about tree fiddy. Shank 2 finally works, Ensign-1 gets an update and Venn wears a sweater.
Links:
Plugs
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Steam News
News
- https://github.com/swick/glc/tree/pulseaudio
- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php/packages.php?ID=62348
- http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/38966530458/three-games-added-to-humble-indie-bundle-7
- https://twitter.com/RammJaeger/status/284845942681788416
- http://linuxgamecast.com/2012/12/shank-2-hib-7-now-with-gamepad-support/
- http://www.desura.com/games/ensign-1/news/new-sounds-hud-afterburners-enemy-missiles
- http://linuxgamecast.com/2012/12/l-g-c-how-to-install-hawken-open-beta-with-winetricks/
Games
- http://www.tasharen.com/windward/
- http://tasharen.com/forum/index.php?topic=2566.0
- http://nifflas.ni2.se/?page=Knytt+Underground
- http://ancientbeast.com/
Feedback
Steam News :
Steam working towards better supporting other distros
http://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?threads/steam-working-towards-better-supporting-other-distros.1580/
- Gotten a lot of feedback around the hacky way that Steam manages dependencies
- Some of this is because of lingering multiarch problems on Ubuntu 12.04
- One proposal is to separate out the package management logic (basically the install_extra_packages() part of /usr/bin/steam.sh)
- I
News:
(PSA) GLC Pulseaudio branch
- https://github.com/swick/glc/tree/pulseaudio
- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php/packages.php?ID=62348
- This allows GLC to use Pulse in place of ALSA
- Combined with pavucontrol you can set system wide audio levels
- It’s a PITA to install
- Fortunately there’s an ARCH package. We know you guys get get confused when things like “compiling” and “cloning a git repo” come up
New games added HIB 7
http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/38966530458/three-games-added-to-humble-indie-bundle-7
- The Basement Collection
- Cave Story+
- Offspring Fling
- Two new things, which is nice. Still very impressed with selection of games this bundle
@icculus @derridda Great news you got UE3 working on Linux. We should talk ;)
https://twitter.com/RammJaeger/status/284845942681788416
- Will we ever get a port of U3?
- This could net us Red Orchestra 2
Shank 2 FIXED
http://linuxgamecast.com/2012/12/shank-2-hib-7-now-with-gamepad-support/
- Gamepad support!
- Four days after the developers fixed the issue; Humble tossed out the shank2-linux-update2-1356639361 update.
- Requires another 1.6GB download
- HIB really needs a patch system.
- Where is the steam entry mang?
Ensign-1 Update
http://www.desura.com/games/ensign-1/news/new-sounds-hud-afterburners-enemy-missiles
- New sounds
- Updated HUD
- Afterburners
GarageGames needs about tree fiddy $27k to port Torque 3D
http://www.indiegogo.com/torque3d-for-linux
- Recently open sourced Torque 3D under the MIT license
- Since open sourcing it, we have had nearly 300 forks of the codebase on GitHub.
- We want a dedicated Linux-native game development platform.
- There will also be a Linux branch live on GitHub where you can watch the developers porting the engine to Linux.
- Can’t the community take care of this?
- Doesn’t make much sense. Perhaps they want to have someone with butt in seat working on it
Install Hawken Open Beta With WineTricks
http://linuxgamecast.com/2012/12/l-g-c-how-to-install-hawken-open-beta-with-winetricks/
- This has been tested with Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit using closed source Nvidia drivers.
- Takes 10 minutes minus the download.
- Game performance is fantastic even /w a low end quad core CPU + Nvidia 500 series GPU.
Games :
Linux build of Unity game “Windward”
- Fast-paced naval combat
- Randomly generated booty to discover
- Unity engine
- Runs a bit sluggish on our new system
- Segfaults on my system
Knytt Underground
http://nifflas.ni2.se/?page=Knytt+Underground
- 2D platform game featuring a quirky story
- The demo includes the first of the game’s three chapters.
- DRM-free.
Ancient Beast
http://ancientbeast.com/
- Turn based strategy game played online against other people
- Uses HTML, PHP, and JavaScript, so it is playable from any modern browser without the need of plugins.
- There are a lot of good javascript game frameworks allowing for fairly complex games. Can provide another means of cross platform gaming
Feedback:
Jordan Brock writes in
http://slexy.org/view/s21wabDdJN
Hi,
I actually didn’t know about your site until I saw you are following us on Twitter, so I checked you out I suppose you already know, but, my team and I are working on a game called “Just Tactics.” It is a turn based, 1v1, online multiplayer, tactical war game involving squads and deck building. Here is the website: https://www.justtactics.com/
We just entered Beta, so I’m spreading the word. Please let me know if you can help us spread the word even more
Cheers,
-Jordan Brock
Roger S writes in
http://slexy.org/view/s2WF6GOgIU
Subject: ZeroK
Message Body:
http://zero-k.info/
It’s a RTS game based on spring enigne.
Zero-K is a fast, competitive game with a focus on a streamlined economy and advanced interface that takes the focus off tedious tasks and back on the action. A huge roster of interesting, unique units and a variety of unit abilities provides tremendous tactical and strategic depth to the game.