Game Launcher
TinkerGame comes with a small Game Launcher that starts selected games using Steam's -applaunch parameter.
The Launcher has several modes, which can be selected via Command Line:
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Without additional command line parameters:
tinkergame launcher(will start the Game Launcher with all installed games) -
Optional arguments for launcher are:
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tinkergame launcher $CATEGORY(will show only the installed games in the Steam Collection$CATEGORY) -
tinkergame launcher menu(will open a small menu with all available Steam Collections) -
tinkergame launcher last(will open the last played game as 'menu') -
tinkergame launcher auto(automatically creates/downloads required data for all installed games before opening the launcher with all installed games) -
tinkergame launcher update(recreates the already auto-generated category menus - can be combined with auto') -
tinkergame launcher $INVALID(with any invalid parameter all faound valid Steam Collections will be listed)
The contents of the corresponding categories are auto-generated on the fly (in /dev/shm/) using Game Pictures and Game-Desktop-Files.
With the auto option above, both Game Pictures and Game-Desktop-Files are auto-generated or downloaded if missing.
