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GOG is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with C++ experience to modernize the GOG GALAXY desktop client and spearhead its Linux development (lemmy.ml)
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https://www.gog.com/en/work/senior-software-engineer-c-gog-galaxy

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's kind of sluggish. I don't know if that is the case but it feels like an Electron application. Basically a website running in Chrome with an integrated backend.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't used the GOG client (might once they build a Linux one), but it can't be worse than EGS, right?

Steam uses Electron and manages to make it... Not great, not terrible.

EGS runs Chromium inside Unreal Engine 4. Yes, you heard that right. A browser inside a game engine just to run a god damn game launcher.

[-] Shatur@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Steam includes a browser for the store. But the user UI is native. And I think it's fine.

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