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Not exactly the best place to post this, but maybe someone will be interested.
Anyway, I recently purchased a Steam Deck and was wondering if it would be possible to get GB Studio running on it. There's been a few posts over various subreddits and discord servers, but it seems no one has managed it yet.

I'm new to linux, which doesn't exactly help the situation...



Thanks in advance.
 

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Strange. A quick Google showed it has a Linux port, and getting non steam windows games (or rather: programs) to run hasn't let me down so far. The process of adding programs is a bit finicky, though.

(and of course you've got to wonder whether it's convenient. Most mouse controlled programs do'okay' on the deck. Then again: there's a Docking mode if you invest in it).
 

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Strange. A quick Google showed it has a Linux port, and getting non steam windows games (or rather: programs) to run hasn't let me down so far. The process of adding programs is a bit finicky, though.

(and of course you've got to wonder whether it's convenient. Most mouse controlled programs do'okay' on the deck. Then again: there's a Docking mode if you invest in it).
They have a linux build. Just get the appimage, make it executable, and then run it.
I'll try reading up on installing different versions. Like I said, I'm new to Linux, so I could be missing something stupid...


Anyway, I've seen a few posts like this talking about it to and it don't seem like anyone has found a solid way.
 

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I'll try reading up on installing different versions. Like I said, I'm new to Linux, so I could be missing something stupid...


Anyway, I've seen a few posts like this talking about it to and it don't seem like anyone has found a solid way.

A question: have you tried running it through proton (recently)? That post is from 9 moths ago, and there have been quite some improvements to proton since then.

Again: running windows software on the deck is a bit finnicky to do, but it's worth trying. :)
 

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.____. I literally said what to do. I only use linux and I'm telling you the answer. Whether the appimage is as stable or not, I don't know, but it should work the same on the steamdeck as any other linux box.
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.____. I literally said what to do. I only use linux and I'm telling you the answer. Whether the appimage is as stable or not, I don't know, but it should work the same on the steamdeck as any other linux box.
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A question: have you tried running it through proton (recently)? That post is from 9 moths ago, and there have been quite some improvements to proton since then.

Again: running windows software on the deck is a bit finnicky to do, but it's worth trying. :)
Huh, seems to work now this way ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Well, thanks to both of you nonetheless!
 
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