game-to-flatpak

A script to automatically convert Linux game installers in various formats to flatpak bundles.

Requirements

• lua
• lua-posix
• lua-socket
• lua-archive (from this location, PR)
• luasec
• unzip
• flatpak-builder

Features

• Supports the MojoSetup installer
• Supports the MojoSetup + makeself installer (as used by GOG.com)

Usage

This will add the game to the repo directory:

./game-to-flatpak [installer file]

You will only need to do this once:

flatpak --user remote-add --no-gpg-verify --if-not-exists game-repo repo

Check which games are available in the repo:

flatpak --user remote-ls game-repo

Install the game for that user:

flatpak --user install game-repo com.gog.Call_of_Cthulhu__Shadow_of_the_Comet

Similar projects

• Unpacker classes from Gentoo's gamerlay
• ./play.it's Debianification scripts
• flatpak-gog, a project with similar goals, written in Python

Out of scope

• WINE, DOSBox, etc. automagic wrappers are not planned, don't ask for them.