Side-load a game that isn't in a game store about hyperplay-desktop-client HOT 12 CLOSED

The act of Sideload means that you are responsible for the game you are adding since it is manually added.
We could have a list of recommended/curated browser and installable games in the future though. And then auto Add/Install them.

But for this feature, I think the user would be responsible for it.

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@flavioislima Can you help me understand what this looks like in terms of an mvp side-loading feature? What other acceptance criteria would we need here?

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Sure!

• It needs to have a way of opening the form to sideload a game
• This form needs to contain the following fields:
  • Name of App/Game
  • Platform (on Linux and mac this could be native or Windows)
  • Artwork
  • Brief Description
  • Checkbox to mark if it supports web3 transactions
  • Input to select the binary
  • If a Windows app/game on Linux should have Wine and Wineprefix selection options/inputs
  • if a Windows game on macOS, should show the option to select the Crossover Version and Bottle Name.
• This should be a Modal like the current Install Dialog we have and follow same design guidelines
• When clicking ok the game should show under the HyperPlay runner filter

That is what I think is necessary for acceptance.

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@flavioislima amazing. Thanks! How will the form accommodate browser-based vs PC games? Is it the same set of info and there would be optional questions like the crossover and OS questions?

Naive question: Can you even side-load a browser game?

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Nope, browser games we would need to add manually or create another type of sideloading. These would be for games with a binary.

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With browser games is it as simple as pointing our browser to the right url?

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Yes.
We could in reality add an option for browser games when sideloading. 🤔
So we could open it on an internal webview or external window.

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But with side-loading a PC game you only curate the game locally. With Browser games it would be pretty easy to curate globally so all users of HyperPlay could discover?

This would require some moderation, but would be fairly straightforward it seems to me.

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Current DRAFT of the screen on Heroic (adding a Windows game on Linux):

The main functionality is almost finished, just need better design on this one, margins, image position, etc.
also to decide the titles etc.
Besides what we talked about above, I added a button to run an installer before adding the app/game, in case the user wants to first run the setup.

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PR on Heroic repo:
Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher#1864

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It can be improved a little more, using some more space between elements and aligning the card with the first element of the right side, also adding the same corner radius that we are using for the buttons and input boxes (I've added 4px here):

spaces:

Others adjust:

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ok, thanks. Will update the UI acordling.

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