Is this a new feature request?
Wanted change
Add multi-user support to the docker-scummvm container so that multiple people can:
- Each have their own isolated save files and save states that don't interfere with each other
- Access the container simultaneously from different locations (e.g. different browsers/devices on a home network or over the internet)
- Optionally have their own game settings/preferences per-user profile
A basic implementation could work by mapping user profiles to subfolders under /config (e.g. /config/users/alice, /config/users/bob), each containing their own saves/, scummvm.ini, and any other per-user state. A login/profile selection screen in the KasmVNC web UI, or environment variable-driven profile selection (e.g. SCUMMVM_USER=alice), could be used to switch between profiles.
Reason for change
Right now the container is a single-user environment — all save files, save states, and config live in one shared /config directory. If two people use the same container (e.g. a family sharing a home server), they overwrite each other's progress and can't play the same game independently.
There's also no way for two people to use the container at the same time, since a second browser session just mirrors or interrupts the first.
For a self-hosted game server shared among family members or housemates, multi-user isolation and concurrent access would make the container dramatically more useful. Each person could maintain their own playthrough of a game without affecting anyone else.
Proposed code change
A possible approach without deep changes to ScummVM itself:
- Store user profiles under /config/users// (saves, ini, etc.)
- Add an env var SCUMMVM_PROFILE (default: default) to select which profile directory is symlinked/mounted into the active ScummVM config path at container start
- For true concurrent access, run multiple isolated ScummVM+KasmVNC instances on different ports (e.g. user 1 on port 3000, user 2 on port 3001), each pointing to their own profile directory — orchestrated via a lightweight user management layer or additional env vars like SCUMMVM_USERS=alice:3000,bob:3001
Is this a new feature request?
Wanted change
Add multi-user support to the docker-scummvm container so that multiple people can:
A basic implementation could work by mapping user profiles to subfolders under /config (e.g. /config/users/alice, /config/users/bob), each containing their own saves/, scummvm.ini, and any other per-user state. A login/profile selection screen in the KasmVNC web UI, or environment variable-driven profile selection (e.g. SCUMMVM_USER=alice), could be used to switch between profiles.
Reason for change
Right now the container is a single-user environment — all save files, save states, and config live in one shared /config directory. If two people use the same container (e.g. a family sharing a home server), they overwrite each other's progress and can't play the same game independently.
There's also no way for two people to use the container at the same time, since a second browser session just mirrors or interrupts the first.
For a self-hosted game server shared among family members or housemates, multi-user isolation and concurrent access would make the container dramatically more useful. Each person could maintain their own playthrough of a game without affecting anyone else.
Proposed code change
A possible approach without deep changes to ScummVM itself: