Coming up on this Linux GameCast Weekly: Metro: Last Light is on the way! Natural Selection 2 emulates Gary Busey’s career. Arcade racing comes to Linux with a vengeance and Green lights ..everywhere. Then we throw the chairs at Gone Home. All this, plus your hate mail.
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PSA
Steam
- http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=171260210
- https://twitter.com/MetroVideoGame/status/372393446134136832
- http://store.steampowered.com/app/4920/
- http://store.steampowered.com/app/244870/
- http://steamdb.info/app/224760/#section_history
- http://survivethedistance.com/
News
- http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/oculus-rift-first-impressions/
- http://www.indiedb.com/games/thecorpse-beta-v2
- http://modisoft.webs.com/
- http://www.reallyslick.com/blog/2013/08/retrobooster-demo-updated-to-version-0-7-5/
- http://www.reallyslick.com/retrobooster/
- http://www.indiedb.com/games/clr-cannons-lasers-rockets
- http://freegamer.blogspot.com/2013/08/browser-based-mmo-ironbane.html
Review
Feedback
- http://linuxgamecast.com/submitted-posts/
- https://plus.google.com/105130872099394975836/posts/H8vPW8tRS6E
- http://slexy.org/view/s2pXpZ1zk5
- http://karboom.net/
Colour key: Venn Jordan Pedro
Steam News :
Green lights ..everywhere
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=171260210
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Legends of Aethereus
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Gravi
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Dead Robot
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Road Redemption
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Teslagrad
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100 titles were greenlight, 44 of which have promised Linux support. Well alrighty then…
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Always good to see the linux catalogue on steam expand
Metro: Last Light (soon)
https://twitter.com/MetroVideoGame/status/372393446134136832
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Sooo in the next four months?
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Finally an excuse to buy new graphic cards
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After doing a little research, it seems I may be able to play MLL on my calculator, at least on the lowest settings.
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The linux gaming community holds their breath
Natural Selection 2 (thank pyguy for the keys)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/4920/
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Woo
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75% off and play for FREE this weekend
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Loads slow (20+sec) and nopes out during the tutorial
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Getting around 47 FPS on the old 560Ti
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Getting 29-32FPS on my calculator, tutorial crashes and there’s no sound.
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Runs acceptably on the Fedora boxen
Electronic Super Joy
http://store.steampowered.com/app/244870/
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Hardstyle, platforming orgasm simulator?
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Devel was at fanexpo. Gameplay seemed interesting, didn’t check it out
FEZ port still in the works?
http://steamdb.info/app/224760/#section_history
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Flibitijibibo did say on twitter that he was going to keep working on it, I guess Phish didn’t object it when he dropped the mic.
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Well, it won’t take much to make it better than the Win version.
Distance alpha live for $55 backers
http://survivethedistance.com/
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Runs OOTB on the Steam box
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Needs optimizing and additional controler support
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$15 backers are o_0 and begging to up their pledge
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Gotta wait for the beta, here.
News:
Tuxing the Rift
http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/oculus-rift-first-impressions/
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So… effectively speaking, all we need are proper drivers for the motion sensors and we’re gold?
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“The wall wart blew up when I first plugged it in.”
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“hard to work out a sequence that reliably brings up the Oculus.”
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It is a Display, after all. Plugging everything in with both the Occulus and the PC powered down may just do the trick, hm? (xorg.conf? XD)
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I just don’t see people wearing sh*t on their head for gaming.
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I think it lends itself to a particular style of game and game play er. People who are hardcore dear esther and amnesia players might dig this.
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The Corpse Horror Game Beta v2.1
http://www.indiedb.com/games/thecorpse-beta-v2
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“I going to make full version if it get over 1000 downloads and one youtube gameplay video”
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Well I’m not helping you.
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64bit Linux only… Nope!
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^ THIS!
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Retrobooster demo updated to version 0.7.5
http://www.reallyslick.com/blog/2013/08/retrobooster-demo-updated-to-version-0-7-5/
http://www.reallyslick.com/retrobooster/
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I’ve actually played this developer preview version for a little bit, still amazing!
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Upgraded from SDL 1.2 to SDL 2.0
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Added anti-aliasing choice to Settings menu
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Added customizable menu navigation buttons to USB game controllers
CLR Demo
http://www.indiedb.com/games/clr-cannons-lasers-rockets
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Eve Online on a budget?
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Eve is another spreadsheet simulator that actively rewards you for not playing the game.
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Everything of interest that happens in Eve makes the news, everything else is simulated corporate bs. A job you have to pay for.
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This… this is a multiplayer arcade space combat game.
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Or at least I think it is, because fuck all if I can play it.
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Yeah, this’uns a bit weird.
Browser based MMO: Ironbane
http://freegamer.blogspot.com/2013/08/browser-based-mmo-ironbane.html
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Doesn’t work for me in Chromium.
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In firefox I can at least see the loading screen.
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It’s doing “something” from the look of it: http://i.imgur.com/SIo7idX.png
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Waited for 10 mins, nothing else happened.
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Runs OOTB but it’s a pixel game BLECH!
Scale:
– Nooope
– Not sure if want
– Check it out
– Shutupandtakemymonies
Game: Gone Home
Webzone: thefullbrightcompany.com
Devel: The Fullbright Company
Engine: Unity
Price: $19.99
Makes with the working
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Shiny / Sounds
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Holy unoptimized bluntman! This thing is full-metal herky-jerk on MAX and HIGH
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I bring this up since the graphics are meh+ at best.
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Voice work is top notch for indie.
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First time I ever told rain to STFU.
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Holy Choppy Batman! I wanna take the stairs and not enter bullet time
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I disabled VSync and Anti-Aliasing , pushed everything else to 11 and the game ran smooth on my calculator. (If Oblivion has taught me anything is that Bloom and AA don’t get along)
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The sounds are amazing, the atmosphere will suck you in like a $10 hooker.
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1.4GB for a 90 minute “game”, those are some High Res textures.
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Control
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It controls well enough but had the gerbil input flip out once or twice while running about maniacally screaming “here’s johnny” while slinging shite around the room putting things down.
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I too got the input flipout a few times.
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Slowdown while climbing down stairs are
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Finally, a Unity game that comes pre-configured with the directional arrows and the mouse sensitivity settings actually work!
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FUN
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This game is a real tearjerker. I wanted me a suicided teen up in that basement but nooooo. Happy, fk, mothering, ending. I was in tears ..of rage.
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If this was a $4.00 title I would give it two chairs.
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Talk about a lack of payoff
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All the creepy atmosphere and for nothing? Bah!
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It’s a 90 minute movie you play through.
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Too short and not enough variety for me to give it a better score
Total-
Verdict –
Thoughts?
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$20 for a 90min “game” that has zero replay value.
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This is a short story with bad graphics and very unoptimized.
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That said, the story was fine. No issue with it.
- Is it worth $20? No, not even to the Dear Esther fan crowd. This should be priced considerably lower. That said, I did enjoy it but, like Venn, I’d rather have found Samantha’s mangled body than just a frickin’ diary saying she ran away from home.
Feedback:
Now in hard copy
https://plus.google.com/105130872099394975836/posts/H8vPW8tRS6E
KarBOOM now playable on Linux
http://slexy.org/view/s2pXpZ1zk5
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“The simple controls mean up to 4 players can play on one keyboard. Gamepad support means up to 8 players can play on one computer.”
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My skepticism is acting up.
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