LinuxGameCast Weekly EP104 — Demonic Carrot

DayZ teases the penguin! Alienware releases something completely useless, Direct X goes native, and Unreal 4 flips the hell out. Then Flashout 2 faces our Chairquisition! All this, plus your hate mail.

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Steam News :

Source 2 to have level streaming (aka no more load screens)

http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1415694&p=45659262&viewfull=1#post45659262

I remember Neverwinter Nights also had streaming levels, but the loading screens were still very much there!

Alienware’s ‘Alpha’.. yeah, I quit reading there as well

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/12/alienware-alpha-software/

“Alienware says you’ll be able to upgrade to Steam OS and the Steam Controller whenever Valve’s got those ready.”
- *grabs popcorn*
“For now, though, the Alpha feels undercooked — a rushed product which serves Alienware’s bottom line and little else.”
- Well… DUH!
- Valve time sucks, but when they release things they tend to be good!
- Haste makes waste and all that business.
I really stopped giving a shit about this when they announced that they’d be using a custom GPU soldered on to the mobo itself
Though it sounds like they got the name right.

Depression Quest doesn’t let you depress buttons on linux

http://store.steampowered.com/app/270170

Lists full controller support, but if you scroll down to the requirements
Didn’t know Robin Williams used Linux
- Well, you don’t know Jack
- Does this game have you Hook’d yet?
- Don’t leave me hangin’
- Sorry, still a bit shook up
A text adventure without animu cleavage? What has this world come to?

Shots fired!

http://steamcommunity.com/app/308420/discussions/0/34095131825112139/#c34095131826073781

http://store.steampowered.com/app/308420

A sorcery FPS with randomly generated levels.
- Good on them for getting rumble working on the 360 gamepad, but who in the hell would play an FPS using a controller on PC?
Interesting levelling concept. Supposedly it changes how you play the game in order to ensure that you need to be skillful to succeed.
- Will it live up to that? We’ll see when they actually release the damn thing

A week too late

http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/2daw61/leadwerks_game_engine_now_shows_up_in_linux_steam/

They listened
We should be taking full credit for this!
Dammit Ledwerks! Where’s our cut of the kickstarter!?
Me: After the steam release would you (or someone in the company) be up for an interview via Skype?

Bring out the GIMP!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/314500/

Really expensive GIMP with a Pinta look to it.

FLESHOUT 2 updated to version 1.2

http://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=298340

Busted game is still busted.
Controls only work for in-game movement FK menu navigation
I had forgotten this game existed >.>
I like how there’s an update from June 18 which is called the same as this one
Updates include
- Achievements bug fixed.
- Graphics optimization.
- AI mechanics improvement.
I think I want to cough up some blood

That’s racist

http://store.steampowered.com/app/303870/

Demo http://www.indiedb.com/games/blinding-dark/downloads
Demo nopes
As far as shit unity games go, this one doesn’t look half-bad from what I saw on the trailer
Demo is busted in a way only Unity games can get busted.
Mouse is so twitchy. At least it doesn’t crash.

News:

DayZ confirmed zomg !!11!

http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/2dcof5/dayz_for_ps4_announced/cjoj4mk?context=3

Really, the devel said it would be a neat idea. You would have to be a retarded hype machine to make a story out of that commen… oh, wait.
- http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/dayz-looks-like-it-will-come-to-linux-in-future.4150?utm_content=buffer417de&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

NVIDIA OpenGL 4.5 Driver Release for Linux

https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-driver

At this Rate, Mesa will have GL4.5 compatibility by the time Apophis hits

GLXOSD

https://nickguletskii.github.io/GLXOSD/

A handy partial FRAPs replacement
Needs FPS logs

Native X?

http://rootgamer.com/11403/news/directx-linux-gallium-driver

The interview itself was a wee painful to read
Its an interesting project, but currently its usefulness is restricted to people using AMD cards whilst playing games on WINE
And you need the d3d double buffer patch on WINE to get it to work.

Early Caffeine Linux Demo

http://incandescentimaging.net/2014/08/11/caffeine-linux-demo-release/

Missing game binary
- It has a binary, in the Engine/Binaries/Linux folder it’s called UE4Game
  - That’s the engine
    - Oh…
Still doesn’t work on the r600 open sauce-drivers
Zip is corrupted for me. yey

Early UT4 Builds

https://ut.rushbase.net/raxxy/Builds/OldBuilds

And it’s gone
Someone pushed the “Oh shi-” button.
And it’s back
http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/2demmm/play_ut4_no_need_for_ue4_subscription/cjp5wxl
It’s super trippy.

Super beta editor

http://supertuxkart.blogspot.ro/2014/08/supertuxkart-track-editor-beta-released.html

Both players reportedly overjoyed
FFS! Make with the online multiplayer

Scale:

– Nooope

– Not sure if want

– Check it out

– Shutupandtakemymonies

Game: Fleshout 2

Webzone: http://jujubee.pl/?portfolio=flashout-2

Devel: Jujubee S.A.

Engine: Unity

Price: $9.99 (50% off until the 18th)

Wazzat:”FLASHOUT 2, the sequel to the highly-acclaimed anti-gravity racer FLASHOUT 3D is finally here! Get into one of many ultra-fast ships and use your arsenal of rockets, guns, bonuses and upgrades to fight your way to victory!”

Makes with the working

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Audio gets periodically fucked.
Seriously, it scared the cat

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Shiny / Sounds

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Da wub… DA WUB!!!!

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If a game’s visuals make me physically ill, you either made a horror game or you’re doing it really fucking wrong.
Music was muted 5 minutes in
- Long enough for Nory to ask me why I hadn’t muted it yet.

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Control

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