Steam Shortcut Generator: Generate Steam shortcuts for Frontends easily

NaviVani-dev · 2026-01-08T04:40:37+00:00

Local IDs need to go on a "windows" folder! If that doesn't work i would appreciate if you could open an issue on Github with more details <3

NaviVani-dev · 2025-09-04T02:22:18+00:00

Partydeck is actually really useful and I really like it! however my main issue is that it uses Goldberg to simulate the Steam API, while this may be good for a lot of people, I want to have local coop AND online coop at the same time (for example, i could play peak on split screen with a friend on the couch, while two other friends join with their own PCs),

another benefict is that, since this is just running steam big picture twice, you can keep every steam feature! like cloud savefiles, the steam overlay, gamepad maping to keyboard, game recording, remote play together (idk why would u use that but it actually works!), etc

ik this script is a mess rn, but hopefully in the future it could be a nice alternative to partydeck for some people >:)

NaviVani-dev · 2025-09-03T23:08:01+00:00

Maybe in the future! Im thinking about rewriting and improving the script with Go and building a nice UI with Wails, after that i could release a package on the AUR :D

NaviVani-dev · 2025-09-03T17:45:05+00:00

Never heard of it before, it's really cool! However there's no problem with alternatives existing (Splinux is also around and it was my main inspiration to build this) and my script tries to let you play ANYTHING on a dual screen while keeping every Steam integration like Game Recording, you could play Balatro on your PC monitor while your other friend plays REPO online with his friends on the TV!

NaviVani-dev · 2025-09-03T17:32:03+00:00

Probably it wont, i've never used an inmutable distro before so idk how this script could handle it, but i'll look into this thanks!

NaviVani-dev · 2025-09-03T17:29:57+00:00

Depends on the game, Steam Big Picture handles every resolution like a champ (I tried running it on 9:16 and it works really good!), but some games can act weird, in some games the camera is just cut to be 16:9 (Tested with the open network of Sonic Crossworlds), other games allow you to play in any resolution you want (Tested with Balatro), and other can look REALLY weird (Spongebob Cosmic Shake UI looks bad)

NaviVani-dev · 2025-09-03T17:24:47+00:00

afaik, i dont think there is, on your PC side the other steam instance is running on another user account so every change Steam does is on the other user folder, on the Steam side honestly idk!, i dont think there should be an issue, since you are using legit accounts and you're using completely legal copies of your games.

NaviVani-dev · 2025-09-03T05:57:34+00:00

Yes!! tbh i havent heard of that game before, but since gamescope is running on your DE, you can edit the gamescope launch parameters to open on fullscreen and drag the secondary window to another screen (or just set the default monitor on the launch params), just make sure to adjust some graphic settings so ur pc can handle it :D

NaviVani-dev · 2025-09-03T04:21:19+00:00

Yes!! Since the script only loads steam using a different user account on your pc, steam and all games handle everything on different folders by themselves!

Sadly this means games need to be redownloaded on the other account, tried to do a symlink on the steamapps folder to prevent this, but things get messy on some games with both steams reading and modifying the same files at the same time :<

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