mreliptik / game_launcher

A simple game launcher made with Godot for developers to showcase their games

Hey there, I'm Victor

My name is Victor Meunier (MrEliptik) and I'm a French full time indie gamedev living near the moutains ⛰️. I make games with Godot, and create videos on YouTube. If you want to work with me, contact me at [email protected] 📧

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Apart from coding and YouTube, I also maintain a blog - you can find my articles on my website at https://mreliptik.dev/.

🧪 Experiments with Godot

🧰 Tools & addons

🎮 Twitch overlays and games made with Godot

📱 Android apps

game_launcher's Issues

Shortcut to kill currently running game

I added ctrl-c as a shortcut to kill the game but Godot won't receive inputs when not focused. It could probably be done with OS specific functions. If anyone want to help on that, let me know.

Support Linux

To support linux we need to:

• Make a linux build
• Detect executable and images when parsing the game folder

Support Mac

To support linux we need to:

• Make a mac build (will not be signed)
• Detect executable and images when parsing the game folder

Configuration

A simple configuration file to handle

• shortcut to kill game: #5
• auto relaunch mode: #4
• launch in fullscreen: #6

Auto relaunch game mode

Add a mode where game launched will always be relaunched if it crashes

Option to force launch game in bordeless fullscreen

I don't know if it's possible to force an application to launch in borderless fullscreen if the application itself doesn't have the option but it would be cool to do that.

Setup github action to build automatically

What is the license of this source code?

Hi. This is an interesting project, I would like to know what is the license for this source code?

Is it possible to copy and modify this code for my needs? If yes, will I have to publish the source code of my version?

Thank you!

Display more information about the game

The current game description is fairly limited and it would be cool to include more information, such as release date, platform, player count, etc.. We need to move to an ini or json file for that and the UI needs to be updated

Games have to be in a subdirectory of the launcher

Now I'm not sure if this is an issue or not, but as I understand it, games have to be installed in the launcher's subdirectory.

Is this true? Is there a way around this? Can we use batch files / shortcuts? Could we launch a Steam shortcut?