GitHub - Rolv-Apneseth/rofi-games: A rofi plugin which adds a mode that will list available games for launch along with their box art (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by _hovi_@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19516210

Hey! Figured I haven't posted this on Lemmy before so should be OK to share here in case anyone else finds this cool/interesting.

This is a rofi plugin for launching your games, simple as that. I built it both because I think it looks cool and to make launching the game I know I want to play faster (no need to navigate the dreaded Steam UI). It parses games from several sources, such as Steam, Heroic Games Launcher, Lutris and Bottles, as well as some modded Minecraft instances (check out the readme for instructions).

The repo can be found here, and there's an AUR package available for Arch users.

Let me know what you think! I haven't built all that much but this my favourite tool that I've created (I am addicted to games).

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[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

That looks awesome I'll have to give it a go

I guess it just launches the games via the shortcut the same way rofi normally works?

[-] _hovi_@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Thanks hope you like it.

It parses files from different launchers like Steam or Bottles preaent on your system, and when the game is selected, it will spawn the command for launching the game directly via e.g. a steam command to launch that specific game ID. It doesn't interact with desktop shortcuts in any way if that's what you mean, though that is how it started

[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Ahh perfect the desktop shortcut thing was what I was worried about, doesn't seem like an ideal solution

Props to you for making it work with the launchers directly

[-] bastionntb@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Looks good. Now I can view all the games I won't ever play in a beautiful menu! /s

For real though, looks good. 🙂

[-] _hovi_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Ty 🙏 I find I usually know what game I actually want to play, and just typing in that name to filter for it lets me mostly ignore other games and not feel bad for avoiding them lol

[-] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Sweet. Kenshi is #3. What a gem of a game that is.

[-] _hovi_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Not sure how Steam orders the games actually but yes, amazing game and definitely in my top 5 (with mods of course)

[-] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Considering the types of games I am seeing, I'm assuming it's ordered by playtime.

[-] _hovi_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Definitely not, Civ 5 and Skyrim are still my highest play times and they're not there. Not to mention many of those games I've played only a handful of hours

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