They seem to have moved the client into the main repo.

That's only true for the client app that they link to from their website. However, on their GH org, if you go to another repo with a similar name, and then go to releases, you'll see a newer version only with source code packages, no binaries. Maybe they archived their old client and are in progress of a full client re-write ? Sorry I can't link to it, I'm on mobile.

Apparently not:

We have a no-AI contributions policy. This is because, generally speaking, LLMs generate code that, while may work, is poorly organised and difficult to maintain.

Looks like human steered, AI assisted. Nothing wrong with that but by all rights it should get 1) disclosure 2) [AIT] tag, if OP is dev

https://slopscan.ava.pet/

At the very least, it deserves more than just a naked URL drop without explanation.

Edit: fwiw

https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.ml/comment/26821243

I haven't done a deep dive, but on the surface, I haven't found Claude as contributor. So, if it is vibe coded, it's not obvious for me, I'm not a dev.

Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

https://github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-app/issues/560

unfortunately the website has no gamepad support, we may add something like this in the future if you request it: https://www.voorhoede.nl/en/blog/navigating-the-web-with-a-gamepad/

But i can't promise anything, as of now

I think this would definitely make sense as soon as we have native Tauri builds of our application instead of web-only.

Nice! This would be great.

Meanwhile, I hope someone codes GameVault plugin for Open Gamepad UI. That would close the loop perfectly!

I wonder if they plan to incorporate a moonlight server (or any form of streaming), so you could test a game without having to download it, so long as the admin host has it installed.

IDK, but you could easily bake that into the docker container. EDIT: I'm wrong. You would have to add it to the client actually. The server doesn't play games. Sorry for the confusion.

surprised they compare themselves to Steam/Epic when DRM-free is GoGs whole thing

I guess because they are more mainstream, people are more aware of Steam and Epic than GOG.

Games On Whales offers this functionality, would be cool if it integrated with something like this or GameVault

I’m also surprised they compare themselves to Steam/Epic when DRM-free is GoGs whole thing

I get the feeling that a lot of the motivation for developing something like this is to play “DRM-free” games that weren’t originally that way. 😉

Yes, they have it documented in their docs. It uses UMU, just like every other major FOSS launcher out there.

I wish you could too

Why can't you?

Absolutely! You could serve FOSS games, Abandonware, GOG games, whatever you want. And access them from anywhere, anytime. Pretty much like Plex / Jellyfin but for PC Games.

That actually seems like a really cool application for it.

My first thought, rather cynical, was "I kinda hope this doesn't just become a way to serve a mirror of stolen games at scale." That would be sad.

But also I'm sure the bandwidth that'd take would be quite prohibitive anyway.

Serving LAN / multiplayer games to friends and family, with the right patches and stuff applied, sounds excellent.

UT2k4, War/StarCraft, Mobile Forces, Metal Fatigue, Warsow, Battlefield, Nerf Arena Blast...

Could even do some real vintage stuff like Rainbow Six or Deus Ex's multiplayer mode LOL.

I tried to think of niche things you probably wouldn't find on GameRanger haha. (Geeze I haven't used that in ages...wonder if it's Linux friendly?)

I tested out v0.3 mid last year.

Essentially the store contains all games the admin has setup on the server. A user then subscribes to a game from the store, which adds it to their library, ready for download. There's no transaction or anything like that.

Store probably isn't the best terminology to use, but I guess they're trying to mirror steam as closely as possible for adoption purposes.

I don't know, that gives me the creeps though... unless they mean my own games "store".

I guess it could be useful to discover and download open-source and drm-free freeware games.