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Just Curious, so I have a few questions :)

A topic by Ubivis created Feb 16, 2016 Views: 1,054 Replies: 6

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Ubivis8 years ago

Hi Kenney,

I'm just curious:

Why should I use this? It does not look really different to Steam BigScreen to me. Okay, you can have animated banners, but is it really all that makes it better?

I do use Steam BigScreen quite often, when I am playing games with a Controller (sticking to the original screen, when I'm about to play other games, that use Keyboard / Mouse).

Would be great, if you could enlighten me, as I don't really find it useful for me right now.

Cheers

KenneyDeveloper8 years ago

Hey!

Personally, I wasn't a big fan of Steam Big Picture due to various reasons. The first and foremost is that GameGO has configuration for pretty much any aspect, from grid sizes to backgrounds and sounds. It's truly something for the perfectionist.

In the feature, it should be easy to add emulators (+ roms) and automatically get installed games and download banners. So at the moment it takes a while to set-up, but in the future it'll be easier to use than Steam Big Picture.

Ubivis8 years ago

Thank you Kenney,

I think I will wait until it is a bit more advanced then :) For me, BigPicture is all I need at the moment, but when you have added Emulators and Automatition, I surely will give it a shot :)

KenneyDeveloper8 years ago

Yeah, wanted to release a first version as soon as possible for people to report bug and request features :)

retrovisiondevelopment8 years ago

I just downloaded the GameGo and not sure what I can do with it...there is no menu and only two images that make a sound if I toggle them. How do I use this to access a game?

anishtheone8 years ago (1 edit)

Open games.xml and edit it - add your games

Here what my look like for now:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<games>

<game>

<title>Koisuru Oukoku</title>

<banner>banner/KO.png</banner>

<executable>C:\Games\Koisuru Oukoku\KINGDOM.EXE</executable>

</game>

<game>

<title>Party Hard</title>

<banner>banner/PH.png</banner>

<executable>C:\Games\Party Hard\PartyHardGame.exe</executable>

</game>

<game>

<title>PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2</title>

<banner>banner/PSO2.png</banner>

<executable>C:\Games\PHANTASYSTARONLINE2\PSO2.exe</executable>

</game>

<game>

<title>Touhoumon Gaiden Milestone</title>

<banner>banner/Touhoumon GM.png</banner>

<executable>C:\Games\Touhoumon Gaiden Milestone 1.331\Game.exe</executable>

</game>

<game>

<title>Touhoumon Puppet Dance Performance</title>

<banner>banner/Touhoumon PDP.png</banner>

<executable>D:\Games\Touhoumon Puppet Dance Performance 1.34\gn_enbu.exe</executable>

</game>

</category>

<game>

<title>Desura</title>

<banner>banner/desura.png</banner>

<executable>C:\Engines\Desura\desura.exe</executable>

</game>

<game>

<title>IDCGames</title>

<banner>banner/IDCGames.png</banner>

<executable>C:\Engines\IDCGames\idcgames_setup.exe</executable>

</game>

<game>

<title>Itch.io Featured</title>

<banner>banner/sample_itchioFeatured.swf</banner>

<executable>https://itch.io/games</executable>

</game>

<game>

<title>Origin</title>

<banner>banner/Origin.png</banner>

<executable>C:\Engines\Origin\Origin.exe</executable>

</game>

<game>

<title>Steam</title>

<banner>banner/Steam.png</banner>

<executable>C:\Engines\steam\Steam.exe</executable>

</game>

<game>

<title>Uplay</title>

<banner>banner/Uplay.png</banner>

<executable>C:\Engines\Ubisoft Game Launcher\Uplay.exe</executable>

</game>

</category>

</games>

retrovisiondevelopment8 years ago

thank you I will try this :)