NOTE: The original plan for this month’s meeting was a set of lightning talks, but in part due to your humble secretary’s pre-occupation, we haven’t found enough speakers, so instead we’re going to have two shorter and more relaxed talks and just have our usual coffee and chat the rest of the time.
Date
7pm, Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Topic 1/2: OpenTTD: A Free Transport Game
Speaker: Tom Ryder
OpenTTD is a free and open-source software remake of the classic MS-DOS-era game Transport Tycoon Deluxe, in which players build a transport network of trains, trucks, planes, and ships, moving both passengers and cargo around a map of towns and industries. On top of re-creating the original game for the modern era, the developers of OpenTTD have added many niceties, including entirely new features—and, perhaps most fun of all, networked multiplayer. It’s one of Tom’s favourite games, and he’ll close the talk with a short demonstration of gameplay.
Topic 2/2: Making a vent of frustration useful—WTF is TF?
Speaker: Nick Skarott
Things sometimes don’t go your way and you need to vent a volcano of stress. Thankfully, someone made a helpful command line package so you can make those vents useful. Nick will walk you through this hilarious wee program that will turn your frown upside down and potentially restore productivity.