He never fails to make me laugh :)

The initial goal was Steam but it looks like some people prefer GOG so I'll study that possibility too :)

Yes that seems to be the consensus in the end. Thanks for your answer :)

For the docs I've found this for Proton common issues: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamdeck/proton?l=english And this for Steam Deck compatibility: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamdeck/recommendations I'm sure there are other resources, but if someone finds the thread later and needs a starting point, here they are

Noted, thank you :)

Good point indeed. Thanks :)

I think it's what I'll do indeed. And for the Steam Deck I intend to make the game fully compatible with it as I've read a lot of time how it enabled people with otherwise few opportunities to play to get a bit of "me time". Being a dad I empathize a lot with that struggle haha

Proton it will probably be then :) The game is Uncharted Sectors, I don't have a Steam page public yet, but you can subscribe to the mailing list if you are interested, subscribers get access to the beta (https://uncharted-sectors.com/)

I'm not that familiar with GOG, I'll take a look at it. Does it have a similar Linux compatibility layer? Because if not I do need to make a native build then

Yes I had a similar experience with Paradox Games, where the native build delivers very poor performance over the Proton-run version. It seems to be the consensus. If I don't receive other real counterpoints I'll follow your advice.

Yeah I agree, it's honestly impressive how well it works. As soon as I have the possibility I'll take a Steam Deck and try to make my game compatible with it, I'm sure if I manage to make it work on it that should eliminate 90% of Proton compatibility-related bugs if I don't make a native build.

I'm still seeking for answers from people for whom it doesn't work well or who have bad experiences with it, because I'm sure there are cases where it doesn't work

That is my experience too, I guess some Linux builds are just poorly optimized in comparison to the Windows ones.

Valve's engineers did a wonderful job with Proton honestly