LinuxGameCast Weekly EP73 — 12 Steamy Monkeys

Coming up on Linux GameCast Weekly: We’re giving away some Metro Last Light! Then, Steam boxen ..everywhere. Humble rediscovers Linux support, cities get in motion, and Unvanquished brings the grangers? Then we throw the chairs at Papo & Yo. All this, plus your hate mail.

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Links

PSA

https://github.com/dotfloat/steam-appmanifest

Away of GIVE #7

http://linuxgamecast.com/discussions-2/#/discussion/871/away-of-give-7-last-light

Steam

News

Review

http://www.weareminority.com/papo-yo/

Feedback

PSA:

Steam media yoinker 2K

https://github.com/dotfloat/steam-appmanifest

Hella helpful for downloading game content needed for things like OpenMW, DOOM3 etc..
According to Strider, Lutris already has a similar script in place.

Away of GIVE #7: Mr. MangoooooooooooooSir from Shatrealm wants to throw a copy of Metro LL in your face organ.

http://linuxgamecast.com/discussions-2/#/discussion/871/away-of-give-7-last-light

Rules

Funniest new years resolution for 2014
Involving amputee midgets.
Must submit a youtube video

Considering this contest requires effort you should have a go.

Colour key – Venn Jordan Pedro

Steam News :

12 Monkeys

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/5/5278060/valve-has-at-least-twelve-steam-machine-partners-according-to-engadget

Thar be the list: http://steamdb.info/blog/39/
http://m.imgur.com/W3wY5KS
Some of these price seem…off
- Off? That’s like saying hitler was a tad heavy handed.
Aaaaaaand there goes my 2014 prediction or does it.

No Box from Steam

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/08/valve-has-no-plans-to-release-its-own-steam-machine

Told ya!
- Pfft! My prediction, Pablo.
  - I told you Valve had already said they wouldn’t be building the machines themselves
- Ah Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh
  - Exactly as they said.

Cities in Motion 2

http://store.steampowered.com/app/225420/

Part of the Humble Jumbo Bundle
Guess this is what ryan C was working on?
- Holy mother of disappointment!

Secrets of LSD-laced Origami

http://store.steampowered.com/app/246680/

I no longer back early access games.

Metal Slug Zombies without multiplayer

http://store.steampowered.com/app/264730/

16-bit Contra /w zombies …yawn
Its three bucks, so it might be worthwhile if you’re really, really bored

News:

Humble X

https://www.humblebundle.com/

filbitibibebilibijo ported Reus
Can we get the Humble/Steam releases synced up FFS?
- No!
  - NEVAR
A bundle with only 1 game I already owned, not bad Humble! Not bad at all!
Reus for Linux only downloads in Steam for people who got it from the Reus branch, if when you activate the key it says Reus Retail it still doesn’t download anything yet.
- Flibit says he’s trying to figure out how to update the Retail branch. (http://steamcommunity.com/app/222730/discussions/0/630802344093180647/)

Unvanquished Alpha 23 released

http://www.unvanquished.net/news/114-alpha-23-with-added-grangers

Now /w with added grangers! ZOMFGBBQ
Audio system rewrite
Improved turrets

Liquid War updated

https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=7839

I made the “trailer” for the game way back when.
Oh! rpm’s!
Its…its certainly somehting

Sky Rogue

http://www.indiedb.com/games/skyrogue

Hey, screen-res and controller options!
- Check this shit out! Unity game in which the pop-up actually works! Sweet!
chmod a+x fkrs
Holy starfox batman!

Scale:

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

Game: Papo & Yo

Webzone: http://www.weareminority.com/papo-yo/

Devel: Minority Media

Engine: Unreal 3

Price: $14.99/€10.99

Wazzat: As Quico, players will build their friendship with Monster by solving puzzles together and adventuring through a magical, surrealist world. Players will need to learn to use Monster’s emotions, both good and bad, to their advantage if they want to complete their search for a cure and save their pal.

Makes with the working

V-

Runs OOTB /w everything on 11
Updates Steam achievements
No stupid load times.

J-

P-

First UE3 game to work out of the box with the open sauce drivers since Dungeon Defenders

Total-

Shiny / Sounds

V-

Sounds work for what they are
Really takes advantage of the ageing Unreal 3 engine.
Knocking it one since the main character model looks like MEH

J-

P-

Fucking frame-smoothing doesn’t work! GIVE ME A GODDAMN OPTION TO DISABLE IT!

Total-

Control

V-

Gamepad worked OOTB
Gamepad also flipped the hell out a few times
Keyboard/gerbil works

J-

P-

The only gripe I have with the controls is that I can’t disable mouse smoothing from the game. Which just like frame smoothing DOESN’T FUCKING WORK!

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FUN

V-

Checkpoints can eat a big fat bag! Lemme save the fk mothering game FFS!

J-

P-

It had the 6 year old in me prancing like a little girl.
It pulls at the heartstrings with the underlying story and it does so in a way that puts certain other “games” to shame.
Much like Venn, I’m forced to duck it a chair at the inability to save whenever I want.

Total-

Final –

Hate Mail:

Pinky swear

http://slexy.org/view/s2Q0DhNuuT