LinuxGameCast Weekly EP57 — GladOS

Coming up on this Linux GameCast Weekly: Gabe talks about his box! AMD cocks up another driver release, Ledwerks brings the Penguins, and Humble goes full troll. Then we throw the chairs at Assault Android Cactus. All this, plus your hate mail.

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PSA:

Map that input

http://www.ryochan7.com/projects/antimicro/

Shatrealm Member Ryochan7’s Github page!

Steam News:

Gabe Newell Teases Steam Box Announcement For Next Week

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/

Gaben sayeth unto thy dirty console-gaming peasants: Linux is the future. New hardware is coming. And in true Gaben fashion, there is no third thing
Seriously, Gabe needs to put up or STFU this time. No more “in the future” BS.
Even the countdown L4D3 page is now turned into another russian blog.

New Steam Guard feature to help protect your items

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/864979455390821081/

My…hats…
- ….MY PRECIOUS

25 new green

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=179196547

Warsow?
Warsow.
WARSOW

Ironclad Tactics

http://store.steampowered.com/app/226960/

What’s with the increase in Strategy games for Linux lately?
- Hey, at least it’s not another first person shooter
  - Still not RPGs or proper Racing games
    - CHILDRENS CARD GAMES!
Fucks given 0 \:D/

Pay $13.49 for a game that was originally free

http://store.steampowered.com/app/242860/

“We want monies!”
“they removed all standalone builds after”
- Which are probably still floating about, so this amounts to a big fat nothing

Change gear, change gear

http://store.steampowered.com/app/227300/

Murder prostitute
Check Mirror

News:

A Machine For Penguins

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/a_machine_for_penguins.htm?shownav=0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSNHn18DTK0

Use the new joint motor features to build a game involving your scariest, coolest, or craziest contraptions.
Win a Nexus 7, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, or shwag
Yay, at least one moderately decent game for Linux will come out of that!
Hopefully it’ll help promote awareness of Ledwerks as well. We need more devs to start working with it.

OpenRA September release

http://www.moddb.com/games/openra/news/release-20130915

I really tried to like this game but it’s sooo dated.
Holy nostalgia batman!
I’m possibly one of the very few people who never played a single Command and Conquer game

Iesabel Throws Some Hack ‘n’ Slash On Desura

http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/09/iesabel-throws-some-hack-n-slash-on-desura/

Sweet mother of touchscreen optimized controls
I payed $9.99 for a fk mothering app.
I like how it looks, reminds me of the original Dungeon Siege.
That said, I’m not comfortable paying €10 for an Android game.

Humble Fumble

https://www.humblebundle.com/?hib9

At this point they’re trolling us. Seriously. bringing back the WINE game?

Luna’s Wandering Stars Kickstarter

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/serenityforge/a-gravitational-adventure-lunas-wandering-stars

“NOTE: We have a finished Linux build.”
See what happens when you follow instruction kiddies?
Reminds me of that annoying orange thing, but with celestial bodies.
Angry Birds Space with a dash of Solar 2?

FGLRX 13.9 Now available

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx

Ladies and gentlemen, the 3rd cock up in a row.
This time around: No support for the 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 kernels. *slow clap*
This dude made a patch: https://plus.google.com/100326685944184966403/posts/VvbRdUbjQZv
Got it working: http://goo.gl/wimK4i
“You should continue using AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta for Linux. We mistakenly posted a Linux AMD Catalyst 13.9 driver, which was older than the AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta driver. Linux users can expect a new Linux driver coming in Oct, 2013”
- How long have you been in business exactly?
- They’ve reverted it back to 13.4 on the download page.

Scale:

– Nooope
– Not sure if want
– Check it out
– Shutupandtakemymonies

Game: Assault Android Cactus

Webzone: www.assaultandroidcactus.com

Devel: Witch Beam

Engine: Unity

Price: US$14.99/€13.99/932.83 Indian Rupee

About: Assault Android Cactus is a twin stick shoot ’em up with an emphasis on high pressure and stylish action. Expect screens full of enemies, buckets of bullets and high scoring combo chains!

Makes with the working

V-

J-

P-

Total-

Shiny / Sounds

V-

For what it is, shiny.
The background music could use some work.

J-

Its actually fairly decent looking

P-

Have to ding it a chair because those sky boxes are horrible and they contrast with how nice the rest of the game looks.

Total-

Control

V-

Works with the Xclone 360 gamepad but the default layout is a bit wonky.
Sharper controls /w keb+gerbil but holding Lft button while moving gets painful after a while.

J-

Wonky is a bit of an understatement
Works much better with a keyboard and mouse.
The aiming requires a mouse but movement requires an analog stick

P-

Dual Shock 2 works Outhabox
Playing with keyboard with mouse isn’t as much a hindrance as other games, bonus points for that.

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FUN

V-

If you like competing for the high score or local co-op with with friends I could almost recommend it. Hell, if it supported online multiplayer I would.
I enjoyed the first few levels but it became hella repetitive with a quickness.
Single players does not make with the fun.

J-

The missions are pretty short, so this is an easy pick up and play
I didn’t really enjoy it all that much

P-

Too frustrating for me to give it the perfect score.
Shotgun android (Coral) is great for most levels but sucks in bosses.

Total-

Verdict –

Are you looking for a decent Bullet Hell game with non-retro, pixel graphics? This is your game! No questions asked, no quarter given.

Feedback:

Buggy

http://slexy.org/view/s2WH1c5zaM

Well shit. IIt still deserves the crappy score I gave it

No 32-bit for you!

http://slexy.org/view/s21r0gOZro

Good luck with being the other game that only supports 64-bit.
Email motherfuc*er! Do you use it?
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