Coming  up on this LinuxGamecast Weekly. Steam is finally out of beta. Double Fine talks Brutal Legends. Spectraball brings the pain, and Jordan explains curling.

Links

Steam

http://store.steampowered.com/news/9943/

http://store.steampowered.com/browse/linux/

http://www.shacknews.com/article/77823/report-valve-hit-with-layoffs-large-decisions-ahead

http://vrge.co/XMMBsm

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=125965803

http://jmtd.net/log/steam/

http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Steam-for-Linux-Update-Fixes-Corrupted-Textures-on-Intel-GPU-328292.shtml

News

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47692017&postcount=258

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ssgajd2wZ6c

http://pi.minecraft.net/

http://www.x-plane.com/x-world/lawsuit/

Games

http://www.modulaatio.com/runningwithrifles/

http://www.modulaatio.com/runningwithrifles/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=957

http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/02/alien-arena-mercury-edition-do-not-run-we-are-your-friends-zap/

http://neotron-games.blogspot.se/2013/02/prometheon.html

http://sourceforge.net/projects/defender-space/?source=directory

http://code.google.com/p/get-your-rocks-off/

http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/02/spectraball-platforming-puzzle-solving-rage-inducing/

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Steam News :

Steam is out of beta (plus a tux TF2 item)

http://store.steampowered.com/news/9943/

Steam for Linux – Celebration Sale. Save 50%-75% on All Linux Games

http://store.steampowered.com/browse/linux/

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• This disappointed me, where is Portal, L4D2?
  

Valve hit with layoffs; ‘large decisions’ ahead

http://www.shacknews.com/article/77823/report-valve-hit-with-layoffs-large-decisions-ahead

http://vrge.co/XMMBsm

Warsow is up on Steam Greenlight

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=125965803

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• Just vote for it
  
• Does Steam allow FOSS games?
  

Steam for Debian

http://jmtd.net/log/steam/

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• A script to simplify… Guess Ubuntu isn’t Debian anymore.
  
• Is it that hard on Fedora?
  
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  • Not really.   Grab .deb, unar it, extract it to /usr/, grab dependencies and it runs
    
  
  
  

New Steam for Linux Update Fixes Corrupted Textures on Intel GPU

http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Steam-for-Linux-Update-Fixes-Corrupted-Textures-on-Intel-GPU-328292.shtml

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• Fixed audio hang in games on systems with XDG_RUNTIME_DIR set (Kubuntu 12.10)
  
• Fixed crash on startup caused by corrupt ClientRegistry.blob file
  
• Fixed bug w/overlay corrupting textures on Intel gpu machines
  
• yay!   Decreased barrier for entry!
  

News:

P – Chris Remo (Double Fine) responds to questions to port Brutal Legend to Linux – P

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47692017&postcount=258

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ssgajd2wZ6c

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• Can’t promise anything
  
• Trying to work towards a goal of heavily supporting open platforms
  
• It would be nice if they did
  
• I think this is lip service
  

Minecraft: Pi Edition Mine

http://pi.minecraft.net/

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• The folks from Mojang have finished the Minecraft: Pi Edition port, and it’s available for download now. For free.
  
• 7 more and Minecraft will beat Myst at the “Most Platforms Supported†record
  

Patent trolls are suing the developers of X-Plane Mine

http://www.x-plane.com/x-world/lawsuit/

Games :

P – Running /w Rifles 0.79 – P

http://www.modulaatio.com/runningwithrifles/

http://www.modulaatio.com/runningwithrifles/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=957

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• Launches out of the box
  
• Thing we inherited from Fedora 14 was getting in the way, had to re-compile wxWidgets 2.8 without 2.4 compatibility; Should be fixed upstream soon.
  
• Same here, after some RPM based idiocy on my part (accidentally threw in a # in the specfile in a place it shouldn’t be, caused RPM to freak out for hours
  
• Runs pretty well
  
• Mouse sensitivity set WAY TOO DAMN HIGH, my mouse is set to 1600dpi and with RwR’s settings, XInput was actually having trouble registering my mouse movement, lowering the sensitivity in-game fixed it.
  
• Flickering and Artifacts on FGLRX 13.1 with VSync enable… What else is new…
  

Alien Arena Mercury Edition: Do Not Run, We Are Your Friends! *zap* -

http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/02/alien-arena-mercury-edition-do-not-run-we-are-your-friends-zap/

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• Major improvements in map rendering speed
  
• HD lightmaps
  
• IQM mesh animation now handled in GPU for major performance gains
  
• Particle rendering optimizations
  
• Fixed issues with ATI and shaders
  

Prometheon

http://neotron-games.blogspot.se/2013/02/prometheon.html

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• Prometheon is an action jump-and-run platformer with lots of shooting and light adventure elements.
  
• Love the soundtrack, is there a place we can download it? (you’re the hype man, get some keys)
  
• Using outdated OpenSSL
  

DEEP Space

http://sourceforge.net/projects/defender-space/?source=directory

Just watching until the 0.1.3 release

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• Very similar to Ensign1, at least visually, and since it’s just a Beta demo, the visuals play a big part.
  
• Crummy sound effects paired with the lack of background music and the previous statement make it… well… Ergh.
  
• I’m not sure if this isn’t just the waves of Markus “notch†Persson’s entry into the space game thing with 0x10c
  

Get Your Rocks Off – an unfinished curling-like game made in love2d

http://code.google.com/p/get-your-rocks-off/

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• As resident canadian, I am apparently the curling expert
  
• Very unfinished.   No BROOMS!
  
• I have friends who might be interested in this game
  

Spectraball: Platforming, Puzzle Solving, Rage-Inducing

http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/02/spectraball-platforming-puzzle-solving-rage-inducing/

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• Game crashes on Startup if I’m using the 13.1 (or even the 13.2 beta) AMD graphic drivers. (http://steamcommunity.com/app/18300/discussions/0/864959336483194801/)
  
• Removing fglrx lets me play the game, but the game still crashes if I try to increase graphic details using the Open Source drivers. (Changing resolution works fine)
  
• Stutters a bit using the open source (Gallium) drivers but it might be unrelated (http://steamcommunity.com/app/18300/discussions/0/864959336634568407/)\
  
• Runs fine one f18 64 bit
  
• Kind of like portal meets super monkey ball.  Either way, it drives my carpel tunnel nuts
  

Feedback:

Youtube Comment on LGC 25:

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• http://slexy.org/view/s2MOf1AQGD