Have you had any luck on this front? Compiling and other features functional? I’ve tried with no luck and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of discussion of others doing it successfully.
Posted Feb 7, 2023, 10:05 AM UTC
Steam deck is a gaming console, not a development machine. Why would you do this?
? Its a Linux PC.
The thing is awesome as well, and any developer should consider it when designing a game I would think. Its basically a Switch on steroids. I find I use mine more than my high-end PC, just because its so convenient and well made.
He isn't talking about making a game for it, sounds like OP is asking about running the IDE itself on the steam deck. So developing on it, not for it
Precisely.
It's utter nonsense to try to run a development IDE on an 1280x720 pixel screen, when GameMaker barely fits onto 1920x1080 screens.
Testing your game for SteamDeck? Absolutely. Develop on it (i.e., run GM)? Not really meaningful.
Imagine if external monitors were a thing…
Ah, gotcha.
Although, the thing can be docked and ran off another monitor. Its very possible their Steam Deck is weaker than their PC and so there is actual reason to use it just for the extra power if needed.
Curiosity I suppose
How ill informed some are. It’s a literal Linux pc.
I've seen someone on one of the Facebook GM groups always posting their game builds on Steam Deck.
It is a Linux box, so I assume there are some steps similar to setting up the Unbuntu target build. I have a Steam Deck and plan on considering it for anything I make going forward...it would be silly not to, the thing is awesome.
are you using windows or Linux version?
I’ve tried the windows versions.
give the Linux download a shot?
I’m going to have to. I wasn’t aware a Linux build was released. Every time I looked into it it was just building to a Linux machine but not an actual ide.
gms2 has had fur a year
its incredibly slow but yes you can get it to run on windows or proton.
the most recent update took over half an hour to install... but once its running you could in theory do small things.
issue is you cant see text well. and building on deck takes forever. Still good to have one though cause you can test your games on it :)
You can install the Linux version of GM and it should run fine, running it through proton doesn't work well at all
Had a lot of trouble running it through proton via Steam or Lutris. But I saw earlier forum posts doing it, so it must work to some degree.
I also tried running the native Linux beta version. Seemed like I'd need to install.a different distro.
I think there is a software that somewhat emulates different distros for purposes like this. The name escapes me but I’ll find a link when I get home.
You can install windows on a steam deck. Would that work?
It runs Proton which is a compatibility layer for Windows games on Steam Deck, so most things will run ok. However, since the Deck is a Linux PC it makes more sense to simply include a build that doesn't bother with Proton.
I think OP is asking about getting the GameMaker IDE running on a Steam Deck.
Yes. I mean actually installing a partition with windows if there's a problem getting GMS running.
I mean, it's not ideal but you can easily using windows on the steam deck
I haven't so far, it would load then crash after the loading was done.
Nope, though it's fun to play my own games on it
did you build them for windows, or for linux? Or are you just running what you've already put up on steam?
I never put any of em on steam, but you can play em via proton files like any other windows exe
Cool, I haven't had much time to get around to trying it.
I recall someone managing to run it on early days when Steam Deck was released, though it looked pretty crammed. I don't remember did I see the picture in GameMaker Discord server, or from Twitter. I would guess you have to install Linux version, which is not updated as frequently as Windows/Mac. Though latest IDE version for Linux might be from November - December?