My family use only free-as-in-freedom software as far as I can.
I am also quite pleased that my 2nd daughter is quite fond of the setup of her Debian GNU/Linux box as she can play all the games she likes, using Steam and ProtonDB.
With one sorely exception: Infinity Nikki. It has requirements so high that they seems almost excessive, but after being explained that the games resolve around “extremely fashionable and detailed outfits” I can understand why each single frame must be more detailed than still, award-winning pictures of the nineties, such as those in hall of fame of POV-Ray ray tracer.
All because Infinity Nikki apparently does not want to run on desktop Linux due to its anti-cheat system, Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE), which is provided by Tencent and specifically whitelists only the Steam Deck running SteamOS.
In facet a user of protondb named Bash a couple of weeks ago claimed to have been able to have Infinity Nikki up and running again “for now”
Up and running again (for now!)
Tinker Steps:Proton personalizzato: proton-EM-10.0-2C, Imposta le opzioni di avvio
SteamOS=1 %command%► Multiplayer
Complessivamente (online):Excellent
I only recently had this game running with GE when I started getting the ACE message like everyone else. Thanks to Anticitizen below for suggesting Proton-EM-10.0-2C. (I initially tried the latest available on github, but got ACE message with that)
My steps:
-Installed flatpak steam
-Installed Nikki
-Manually installed Proton-EM-10.0-2C to .var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/compatibilitytools.d
I think I will have to install proton-ge-custom, Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components from GitHub and umu-launcher, Unified launcher for Windows games on Linux. As she actively use ProtonDB and Steam to play Ogward’s Legacy and Sky I think I will create a separate user to avoid messing her setup. That’s the magic of Linux and Unix, dudes!
I’ll try to try this before Christmas as a little gift for her… wish me luck!