evidentlynotedthief

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Build a personal Steam-like gaming platform for your video game collection in c/crackwatch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] evidentlynotedthief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Finally somebody who appreciates it.

Build a personal Steam-like gaming platform for your video game collection in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] evidentlynotedthief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

You can use the user directive in your compose

Build a personal Steam-like gaming platform for your video game collection in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] evidentlynotedthief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

the only thing that can cause legal problems is if you distribute pirated or illegal videogames with this. the app itself is not illegal.

Build a personal Steam-like gaming platform for your video game collection in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] evidentlynotedthief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a Discord server (https://discord.gg/NEdNen2dSu) where you can join for any support you need.

Regarding permission issues, it's crucial to note that the Container utilizes User 1000 (for Docker Security Reasons). Therefore, ensure that you change the ownership of your directories to user 1000...

Your dissatisfaction will vanish once this release is available.

Build a personal Steam-like gaming platform for your video game collection in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] evidentlynotedthief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's not the same. You will have no idea how long you've played that game you can't browse, sort and share your games etc.

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Arr guys,

Recently, I came across an app called GameVault on r/selfhosted and wanted to share it here. It's like a customized Steam-like platform for games stored on your seedbox or fileserver you can run yourself on your server.

You and your family can then use the Windows app to download them, track your playtime and so on. The idea is pretty neat and like Jellyfin/Kodi but for videogames.

The developers cannot officially promote piracy, so they have a scary disclaimer on their page, but the app works perfectly fine and everything is formulated "tounge in cheek"-ish.

Personally, I have about 25 "alternatively obtained" games on my seedbox-server by now, and it's working fine for me and my kids.

If you have basic Linux-server knowledge, setting it up is not difficult. For complete beginners, there's a guide on their website: https://gamevau.lt/docs/intro

Side note: I'm definitely not the dev, and my username is just an anagram for that by coincidence.

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Arr guys,

Recently, I came across an app called GameVault on r/selfhosted and wanted to share it here. It's like a customized Steam-like platform for games stored on your seedbox or fileserver you can run yourself on your server.

You and your family can then use the Windows app to download them, track your playtime and so on. The idea is pretty neat and like Jellyfin/Kodi but for videogames.

The developers cannot officially promote piracy, so they have a scary disclaimer on their page, but the app works perfectly fine and everything is formulated "tounge in cheek"-ish.

Personally, I have about 25 "alternatively obtained" games on my seedbox-server by now, and it's working fine for me and my kids.

If you have basic Linux-server knowledge, setting it up is not difficult. For complete beginners, there's a guide on their website: https://gamevau.lt/docs/intro

Side note: I'm definitely not the dev, and my username is just an anagram for that by coincidence.