Quoting: Purple Library GuyWouldn't get you all of what Galaxy does, but it would maybe help?

Galaxy has several components, which are confusingly all called Galaxy.

1. Galaxy HTTP API which allows updating games, pulling incremental deltas and etc. Galaxy client is using it for updates. However GOG need to explicitly enable it for each game on the backend. It doesn't work for Linux games (likely since they didn't yet "enable Galaxy for Linux").

2. Galaxy UDP based protocol which is used by games through its Galaxy library for multiplayer, achievements and so on. That can work with Linux games, as long as you have a). said Galaxy library built for Linux. b). some client running, that authenticates against their HTTP API. The library communicates with that client.

I.e. multiplayer only works together with client running, supposedly for encapsulating auth issues to it. There is a community implementation of such client, but it still relies on Galaxy lib (blob) and not all games are shipped with it.

All of that is called Galaxy, and part of that stuff is server backend, Lutris can't help with that.

What Lutris (or any community project) can do, is to be a UI around existing GOG downloaders like lgogdownloader and wyvern (or their library forms like Rust GOG crate). They figured out a way to emulate Galaxy updating, by using HTTP offsets in Linux installers, which are essentially indexable ZIP archives. You can pull individual files that way, and can also check if they changed before pulling. Not sure about chunks granularity there.

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Quoting: TheRiddickRelease GOG Galaxy for Linux, allow people to plugin proton to it.

GOG games are quite easy to use with Wine. Instead of clients and etc. GOG could just bundle more games like they did with Flatout 2.

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Quoting: Leopardyou're setting new lows

Quit trolling, no one is interested.

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Quoting: Klaas@Shmerl: According to elcook GOG is doing fine. And you know how accurate and honest he usually is.

I'll just repost it here for the reference:

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/conclusion_of_the_bfair_price_packageb_program_9b7f5/post199 [External Link]

First of all, thank you for your support. This was not an easy decision to discontinue the FPP program and we're grateful to you for understanding the reasons behind it. We see that quite a few of you raised concerns about GOG's future. As a part of publicly traded company, we can't comment on any financial results until they are officially reported, but we want to ensure you everything is good with GOG. Being part of a big gaming company, some reports - especially some given by significant media outlets - can often sound much scarier than reality.

You've been also concerned about your access to the games you’ve purchased on GOG. We've covered this topic years ago and it's been in our User Agreement for a long time (please check the section 17.3). This is not only a legal obligation to you but a core part of our ethics as a company.

But don’t worry, all is good, and we have a great plan for the future of GOG. We can’t wait for you to see some of the exciting things we have coming very soon.

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Quoting: razing32Now the stores are multiplying and exclusives are forcing people to choose or end up with a miriad of accounts.

Normally developers shouldn't benefit from exclusives. Same way let's say film creators should in theory be interested in selling their films through all Internet video stores to maximize their profits. The problem is vertical monopolization. I.e. merging of distributor and publisher / creator. When someone like Netflix or Disney not only make films but also distribute them exclusively through their store, it becomes a horrible mess.

TL;DR: exclusives are signs of unhealthy, monopolizing market.

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Quoting: Klaas@Shmerl: According to elcook GOG is doing fine. And you know how accurate and honest he usually is.

I guess fine is relative. They still don't have resources to implement Galaxy infrastructure for Linux. Which means things aren't perfect. Still, claims that they don't support Linux are just false.

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Most of the complaints about "GOG not supporting Linux" come from Steam users who think Linux support = updater client. GOG do support Linux by selling Linux games. Most of the Linux GOG users don't care about the client, let alone closed source one.

Problem isn't the client, but lack of some games caused by not supporting Galaxy infrastructure for Linux. But those who aren't using GOG (Steam only users) rarely get that, since... they aren't using GOG ;)

Being constrained with resources, I'm not surprised they aren't prioritizing Galaxy much. I get an impression that they tried to bite more than they could swallow with their current Galaxy effort. They should have started with something minimal (just updater) like itch.io. And once that was solid, move to more features and so on.

Anyway, it's sad that GOG seem to be struggling with being profitable. Hopefully they'll figure a way to get into the positive again.

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Quoting: ScooptaI'm assuming by more modern you don't mean AAA because it'll be a cold day in hell when AAA devs release anything DRM free.

Not all of them are crooks. More are releasing DRM-free today than a decade ago. And the biggest credit for it goes to GOG.

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Congrats!

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Quoting: bingusReminds me a bit of Overlord, which isn't a bad thing. Was fun to be the bad guy.

And Dungeons games too. Original roots are in Dungeon Keeper though.

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