A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.
Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.
Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.
These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.
Rules:
I use custom categories for my games, both to categorized the style of game and also mark completed ones. You can add to multiple categories.
I also use the hell out of Steam Notes per game, which supports markdown by the way. I use it to note things I've played elsewhere, or unique notes about setting up a game to play, custom settings, or stuff to remember if I don't come back to play for months or something.
They generally sync between my Deck and PC too.
How are you all doing that?
HA jokes on you I'm not!
Chaos!
Not what I was hoping for, but hey, more power to you!
I use my digital journal to document my thoughts on games that I have played or are next in the pipeline. The notes grow organically as my thoughts form with each gameplay.
That's actually a novel approach I didn't think about. Thanks for sharing!
I am not playing a ton of games really so maybe that is also something I could consider.
What software are you using for this and could you share something you've written? Only if not too personal of course, I understand you might not want to share, that is OK.
I am not playing a ton of games really so maybe that is also something I could consider.
I too don't play games that often, not for want of trying.
However, it allows me to be deliberate with my gaming sessions as well as when I am writing about it.
What software are you using for this and could you share something you've written? Only if not too personal of course, I understand you might not want to share, that is OK.
I use Org-Mode in Emacs, but I previously used Obsidian. You may definitely find the latter more palatable, as it did to me initially.
As for what I write, my write-ups starts out with links to the game's Steam/PlayStation store and Wikipedia entry (resolved on a best effort basis), and to my journal entry to Steam Deck or PS5 (nothing more than to facilitate reverse lookup). Followed by my own brief description of the game, story, and any special gameplay mechanics worth highlighting. The rest are my thoughts on what worked and what did not for me.
There are some older, obscure games like Camy series, Monster Hunter (not the famous series), Heart of Darkness, and many more. which do not have any links but my write-ups are longer. Perhaps I play them more and have more to write about because not much is available online.
Thanks for sharing!
TabMaster with dynamic collections.
I've made steam game lists for games I definitely want to play (library is huge, and I'm aware that most games I'll never get around to), and a separate list for games I've finished playing.
I hadn't given this any thought previously, but reading your post now that I have kids playing through my library, and that I'm constantly adding games, this would be helpful.
So for self hosted I found this: Slaanesh
And for a letterboxd feel for games I found this: Backlogged
I had seen Slaanesh before but it seems quite early in dev, so I am wondering if it is up to the task or not. Maybe I will give it a spin, it does come closest to what I have in mind, I think.
I do this with movies in IMDB. Bookmark movies I'm meaning to watch. Rate the movies I have watched. You need to find a website or ap that let's you track games in this way. I can see there's IGDB.com, but have never tried it. This game tracking will happen on your phone and be seperate from your collection, so it doesn't matter which market or platform you use.
Game suggestions are more difficult. Sites tend to suggest sponsored content and AAA expensive suggestions. The better way to find new content is from user forums or trusted reviewers/publications.
IGDB looks interesting, but I realise I think I'd rather like something that can be run independently or has some way to export data in some manner, maybe IGDB has that. Didn't check yet. Reason being, as soon as they close their doors I have to start over. Maybe that will never happen, maybe it happens next month.
Wish I had an answer but I have to track on my main Windows PC using Launchbox since they don't have Linux support (it's built on .net, making that very hard). Someone got it working with Wine supposedly, but meh. At least steam is automatic so Deck progress is logged.
It's frustrating since they just released a bunch of useful tracking tools too.
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