Comment on GOG job listing for a Senior Software Engineer notes "Linux is the next major frontier"

• seathru@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Knowing what games are compatible and to what degree before purchasing them would make me happier. That’s what https://www.protondb.com/ is good for.

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  • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There’s also a very generous 30 day refund policy, so if you’re at all unsure, make sure it’s working in that first month. I was pretty close to refunding The Alters, because that game just barely works via Proton, even with the right workarounds. Hell of a game though.

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    • massive_bereavement@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Being able to filter what works from what doesn't is a great way of weeding out possible disappointments.

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      • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Sure, but you take the good with the bad. Most games work, and you get to actually own a copy via GOG. Hopefully they do proper integration with Proton in the future, and this position they’re hiring for may very well lead to that. There’s the option to buy games through Heroic, which gives Heroic a cut of GOG sales, so I’m sure to always do that so that I send the signal to GOG what’s important to me and how they can earn my whole dollar.

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