Valve's new handheld PC the Steam Deck is starting to ship out but there's going to be a long wait for some, and others might not be able to get one at all for various reasons - I'm here to help.
Now that any embargo is up and I can do whatever Steam Deck content I like, I had a thought. I know a lot about Linux, and since I have a Steam Deck why not help out those who need it? So that's exactly what I'm announcing: a free Steam Deck testing service for developers.
"You must be crazy doing it free", probably but the Steam Deck is important for Linux as a whole and I personally want to see it succeed. The more games that can get tweaked and fixed before many thousands end up in the hands of regular consumers, the better it will be for everyone. Valve of course have Deck Verified but it's going to take a long time to get through the tens of thousands on Steam and more releasing every day. It's also difficult to test on something you don't have, patches might need re-testing and so on you get the idea I'm sure.
How will it work? Developers just need to send an email and it will go into a queue. Be sure to include one single Steam key in case I don't already own it, and notes on any Beta I might need to opt into (don't forget a password if it needs one). If there's any performance concerns, a save game ready to check would be helpful.
While I won't take any payment at all for it, as I will be doing it because I want to, I do accept any no-strings donations and regular support via Patreon, see more on the Support Us page.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Jk, great to see you put effort into the SteamDeck yourself, good luck!
Great initiative!
i saw a lot of reports on protonDB from people who never played an particular game saying it run flawless on linux, then you open the game and... where are the cutscenes? where is the video behind the title screen?
mr-victory Feb 27, 2022
Quoting: elmapulyou need an comparision point... eg: test it on windows too.If they didn’t notice something is wrong, then Proton did its job nicely
i saw a lot of reports on protonDB from people who never played an particular game saying it run flawless on linux, then you open the game and... where are the cutscenes? where is the video behind the title screen?
Maybe more people will do some testing for developers after they receive Steam Deck.
Arehandoro Feb 27, 2022
Quoting: mr-victoryQuoting: elmapulyou need an comparision point... eg: test it on windows too.If they didn’t notice something is wrong, then Proton did its job nicely
i saw a lot of reports on protonDB from people who never played an particular game saying it run flawless on linux, then you open the game and... where are the cutscenes? where is the video behind the title screen?
Lol, until the players review bomb the devs because the story "was too confusing" and the ending was "abrupt". J/K.
While I say it in jest, I do remember seeing a post a long time ago where a Linux user "discovered" the opening cutscenes for Witcher 3, having never known it was missing.
Quoting: mr-victorysigh, nope, they never tried the game on windows so they dont know they are missing some features.Quoting: elmapulyou need an comparision point... eg: test it on windows too.If they didn’t notice something is wrong, then Proton did its job nicely
i saw a lot of reports on protonDB from people who never played an particular game saying it run flawless on linux, then you open the game and... where are the cutscenes? where is the video behind the title screen?
some people may not care about missing features, but a lot of people do, especially those who know those features supose to be there.
if we dont fix it, they will go back to windows.
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