Hi guys,
we’re excited to reconnect with you all here on Lemmy after our project “Crackpipe” generated quite a buzz on reddit. With its brand new name, we proudly present “GameVault”!
In case you missed our, let’s say - “controversial” debut on reddit, let us give you a quick rundown of what GameVault is all about:
GameVault is a fantastic gaming platform that you can host yourself, allowing you and your friends to enjoy “alternatively obtained” games on your own terms. It simplifies the whole gaming experience by organizing, downloading, installing, playing, and tracking your favorite games right on your file server. GameVault automatically detects game files, builds a metadata database, and offers a user-friendly client for seamless downloading and gameplay. Imagine having your own personalized Steam for games stored on your file server!
Linux users, please note that we don’t currently have a native client available. However, our documentation includes a community-driven approach to running the client on Linux, which you can find under “Advanced Usage.”
Are you ready to add another Link to your Dashboards?
Feel free to pay a visit to our website and join our Discord and Lemmy Community to become part of an awesome community!
Hang on a sec, I nearly spewed my half-finished iced tea after reading that! Who on earth mentioned Windows servers :D? Our backend is completely containerized and operates on Alpine Linux. You could even run the server on a toaster if you’re up for it!
Appreciate the kind feedback. So, regarding the slogan, we’ve actually grown quite fond of it. It doesn’t suggest piracy in any way; it simply refers to games from alternative sources, like your DVD collection or a developer’s website.
Fuck, really? Now I feel like an idiot. Thanks for making me aware. Still praying for a Linux client, NixOS doesn’t play too well with things outside the Nix ecosystem. Maybe I can contribute to the Linux efforts when I gain the proper skills.
Fair enough, hopefully it doesn’t lead to any fuss with the big corpos if this project grows to a decent size. Gaming is pretty untouched in the self-hosted world, who knows what’ll happen. It’s pretty exciting tbh.
Off topic, is there any chance you guys can create a Matrix space and bridge it with the Discord? I’d love to chat, but I really am trying to move away from Discord.
We’ll check Matrix out, and if we do bridge it, you’ll definitely hear about it in the blog :)
Awesome! Just to explain a bit, Matrix is a FOSS and decentralized chat protocol that’s more feature rich than XMPP, but also younger and less mature. It’s more popular than XMPP at the moment, and has a lot of nice and modern clients to pick from. I hope it can serve your team well if you guys decide to pick it up.