Introduction
00:00:19
Tele (Tele42) introduces , bean () and special guest,
Our Gaming
00:00:40
bean ()
Destroyed wave after wave of malfunctioning robots in Assault Android Cactus [source ]
Wished for human combatants while pummelling bots in top-down Q3/UT-inspired arena shooter, Daedalus - No Escape [source ]
Got his steampunk fix in the team-focused multiplayer airship combat game Guns of Icarus Online [source ]
Relived his driving exam by exploding and being exploded in the action racer BlazeRush [source ]
Led a conga line of RPG characters into the arena for the honor of #SteamLUG in Nimble Quest [source ]
Avenged the death of the last human in twin-stick shooter Ultratron [source ]
00:03:16
Shifted between the worlds of light and dark to defeat the forces of chaos in the 2D puzzle platformer Outland [source ]
Destroyed some evil robots for killing off mankind in Ultratron [source ]
Raced against the clock, other racers and death by rolling grindy rock in BlazeRush [source ]
Stared in awe at MASSIVE CHALICE and created some fanart for the game [source ] [source ]
00:06:24
Tele (Tele42)
Took to the skies to fight enemy airships for the glory of SteamLUG in the semi-weekly Guns of Icarus Online practice events [source ]
Cracked some skulls, stalked some minions as the Dark Knight in Batman: Arkham Asylum [source ]
00:06:57
Relaxed after porting Shadow Warrior with the ultra-violent, ultra-stylish action of Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number [source ]
Wandered the world as a bowman with a single arrow, slaying giant bosses in the stylish Titan Souls [source ]
Chat with Special Guest Aaron Melcher ()
00:07:31
's background [source ] [source ]
Attended Full Sail University
Went to work for AMI, manufacturers of bartop video games porting titles like Luxor and Chainz to a custom Red Hat distribution [source ]
Moved to Boston and found work with DoubleTap porting between various platforms, console and desktop [source ]
Worked at Turbine, Inc. porting Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online to Mac [source ]
Left Turbine to branch out on his own as a contractor, worked on HOARD for Humble Bundle [source ]
00:17:01
Was part of the Boston Chapter of the IGDA [source ] [source ]
00:17:59
Porting HOARD to Linux was first solo porting experience and first to Linux
00:19:43
Discussion of responsibility for post-release support of ports
00:21:25
After HOARD, some engine and renderer work for Snapshot [source ]
00:24:20
La-Mulana is second port started for Linux, ported from Japanese codebase [source ]
00:26:48
After porting Democracy 3 to iOS, began porting Braid to multiple platforms [source ]
00:28:07
Ported Outland from consoles to Windows, Mac and Linux including adding Steamworks integration [source ]
00:29:00
asks about the inclusion of the XNA Effects Framework in Outland [source ]
00:31:18
Super Splatters was made easier to port to Linux due to the foundational work of the original developer [source ] [source ]
00:31:52
Next big port is Shadow Warrior, home to the best codebase Aaron has seen [source ]
00:34:52
The porting work for Quadrilateral Cowboy has already been done [source ]
00:35:45
Mighty No. 9 confirmed for Linux [source ]
00:37:47
SOMA is also being ported to Linux [source ]
00:39:18
has something to say about your code and it's not elegant [source ] [source ]
00:41:52
Vessel is a good example of elegant code [source ]
00:44:46
What game would port if he had the chance? Age of Empires II HD [source ]
00:46:35
What platform do you primarily work on? What benefits do you derive from it?
00:48:05
What does your Linux environment look like?
00:50:29
The benefits of early testing on a variety of hardware
SteamLUG Community Stuff
00:52:53
Past Events
Fistful of Frags [source ]
Battleblock Theater [source ]
Awesomenauts [source ]
00:56:26
Upcoming Events
Outland [source ]
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel [source ]
Steam/Valve News
00:57:19
"Does anyone have an opinion on Steam Refunds?" [source ]
Indie developers provide their reactions to the new policy
Puppy Games [source ]
Retro Remakes [source ]
Peter Moorhead [source ]
Licensing can be tricky and some games may lend themselves to performance licenses [source ]
01:22:47
Dota 2 Source 2 DLC depots [source ]
01:25:35
Steam Hardware now available for preorder [source ]
01:27:45
Valve is shipping the HTC Vive Developer Edition [source ] [source ]
Tech News
01:28:48
SDL2 2.0.4 release approaches [source ]
01:30:35
Unreal Engine 4 native Linux editor marked as "complete" on trello [source ]
It is "ready for early access" and they are asking for users to help test [source ]
#UE4Linux on freenode IRC
01:32:25
Unreal Engine 4.8 released with tons of fixes and new features [source ]
Experimental "desktop" target platform which exports Win/Mac/Linux in a single directory
Speedtree is now useable on Linux
01:33:32
RAD game tools never cause issues on Linux [source ]
01:34:54
Aaron Melcher is having difficulty porting something using the Play First SDK [source ]
01:37:20
GOG.com has added Cyberia 2 Resurrection: [source ]
See the latest Linux games on GOG by sorting by date added [source ]
01:37:50
Blender Game Asset Creation video tutorial on Steam [source ]
Also available on Blender Cloud [source ]
01:38:27
XCOM 2 announced for November, Linux port by Feral [source ] [source ] [source ]
01:39:37
Massive Chalice released [source ] [source ] [source ]
With documentary, Massive Knowledge [source ]
01:46:00
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution receives beta updates [source ]
01:47:02
Humble Indie Bundle: All-Stars
World of Goo, Super Meat Boy, Dustforce DX. BTA: Dungeon Defenders Collection, LIMBO, Braid. BTA + $1: Risk of Rain, Antichamber
01:47:32
Shadow Warrior 2 lists Linux system requirements [source ]
01:48:27
Wizorb, Wyv and Keep released on Steam [source ] [source ] [source ]
Crowdfunding
01:54:17
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night [source ]
Koji Igarashi, spiritual successor to Castlevania
Funded within hours
01:56:03
The Bard's Tale IV [source ]
01:57:48
Perception [source ]
Horror game as a blind woman, with a sonar-like vision
Linux/Mac as a stretch goal, $175,000
01:59:39
Power Drive 2000 met its goal [source ]
Sign-off
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