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What is the dev experience like? Did you do your development on the Steam Deck itself?
by MiddleEndian 3y ago
What is the dev experience like? Did you do your development on the Steam Deck itself?
- JKCalhoun 3y agoI did for the Linux port (using CLion and CMake files). But as I've said, I ended up dropping it before shipping since Proton on Steam Deck ran my Windows port so well. In the end, perhaps sadly, the Steam Deck was for testing only. I rarely boot into the Desktop any longer. CMake, BTW, was a great way for someone like me who does not know Visual Studio to get something working on Windows. (Xcode is familiar to me so I didn't bother trying to generate the Xcode project from CMake.) SDL2 is the amazing framework I found for cross-platform development. Just the right level of abstraction for my code-it-in-C game projects.
- MiddleEndian 3y agoFunny enough I am also working on a game project and use SDL2 for the cross-platform aspects (I don't need to learn some incredibly specific IDE, I get the control, but it abstracts away all the more boring stuff), but I specifically want to target the Steam Deck for my next PC game project. Thanks for the tips!