Just found this place, I dig it! I do gamedev on my Steam Deck, and I'm also a systems engineer. I have a repository of all sorts of Arch based things for pirates that are somewhat specific to Steam Deck ('cause Valve does some weird shit in the name of convenience, but I get it, people don't buy this machine to be a laptop like I did).
Any who, now that I've found this place I may put together more of my scripts into an easier to digest format and throw it up on Codeberg or something.
For now, I'll point you all towards a tool that I found on GitHub. I have a fork that I wrapped with a bash script to make life easier when it comes to grabbing FitGirl repacks. I've made a Pull Request to get it merged into the original repository, but my fork will probably be kept up to date more frequently (I don't know the original maintainer).
My Fork: https://github.com/madamegaymes/Fucking-Fast-Multi-Downloader
Original tool: https://github.com/JOY6IX9INE/Fucking-Fast-Multi-Downloader
My PR: https://github.com/JOY6IX9INE/Fucking-Fast-Multi-Downloader/pull/2
What does the tool do?
- You give it a FitGirl game URL (or several URLs)
- It scrapes all the fuckingfast direct download links
- Passes all that to python to download each part automatically
It probably isn't bug-free, I made these tweaks for myself and just today decided to try to get it merged into the original tool. I have ideas on how to make the tool much, much easier to use, so feel free to let me know if you run into issues!
The README should have the details, but I can add more if something is not clear. I'm not sure what the average level of tech savvy is in this community yet.
Nice, how do I know which of these I can run on steamdeck?
Option 1: Search for it on Steam and see if Valve have confirmed playability.
Option 2: Search through ProtonDB for community notes and tweaks that might help run games better.
Option 3: If you really want to play a game, but it isn't listed on the above 2, then it probably won't run. However, you can always fall back to double-checking system requirements on the game's Steam Store page against the Deck's specs.
ETA: Some times, even what's listed as playable just can't be played for one reason or another from a FitGirl repack. For instance, I really want to play Assassin's Creed Odyssey again, but alas it simply will not run no matter which repack I get. Some times that's just the way it goes, unfortunately.
Oh! Ok, I know how to check if games are playable on the deck in general, I was meaning if I go to Cypherpunk on fitgirl, how would I know what is there could be installed on my deck. I guess what you are saying is if it's playable on the deck and it's on fitgirl, then should be good to go, with some exceptions that you outlined
Ahh, I see what you're saying. Yea, that's about the gist of it.
One thing to keep in mind, these repacks are all Windows based, so if a game has a native Linux version (like Shapez for instance), you can't get the Linux version on FitGirl. Otherwise, they will run in Proton just like if you bought it on Steam or GOG.