GameVault Update: Cloud Saves, Steam & Discord Integration, and Affordable Family & Friends Plan

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GameVault Update: Cloud Saves, Steam & Discord Integration, and Affordable Family & Friends Plan - Lemmy.World

Hey c/selfhosted, It’s been a while since our last update, but we’ve been busy working on exciting new GameVault features! For those unfamiliar: GameVault [https://gamevau.lt] is a self-hosted gaming platform that offers a Steam-like library experience for DRM-free games on your own server. It allows you to organize, share, and play your game collection with friends and family, all while keeping complete control over your data. If you are a gamer and self-hoster and never heard of it, you are probably missing out! Based on your valuable feedback, we’ve significantly improved GameVault+ [https://gamevau.lt/gamevault-plus], our main source of income, to ensure that it truly provides value for its price. ## So what’s new in GameVault+? ### 💾 Cloud Saves GameVault [https://gamevau.lt] now supports cloud saves through integration with Ludusavi [https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi]. Your server becomes your personal cloud - automatically syncing save files between PCs and your GameVault [https://gamevau.lt] server. Easily continue playing on another device or uninstall games and return to them later without losing your progress! ### 💬 Discord Integration Your friends can now see exactly which GameVault [https://gamevau.lt] games you’re playing, thanks to a brand-new Discord Presence integration. ### 🚂 Steam Integration Manage all your games in one place! GameVault [https://gamevau.lt] can now fully synchronize your library with Steam as non-Steam shortcuts, letting you launch everything from Steam’s familiar interface or your TV using Steam Big Picture. ### 👪 Affordable Family & Friends Plan We’ve especially heard your feedback on pricing for families and groups loud and clear. Our new Family & Friends Plan [https://phalco.de/products/gamevault-plus/checkout] lets you use GameVault+ [https://gamevau.lt/gamevault-plus] with up to 6 users for just €8.99/month - making the premium features affordable for almost everyone! ### 🎯 Other Improvements The latest updates also includes various bug fixes, improved stability, better theme management, UI enhancements, and performance optimizations. Lastly… Thank you for reaching 1k Discord [https://discord.gg/NEdNen2dSu] members, 10k active users, and over 100k Docker Pulls, and for supporting our passion and work on this hobby project by subscribing to GameVault+ [https://gamevau.lt/gamevault-plus]. Your feedback continues to shape GameVault [https://gamevau.lt], so please share your thoughts and suggestions here, on our GitHub [https://github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-app], or on our Discord [https://discord.gg/NEdNen2dSu]! Happy Gaming, The Phalcode Team

This goes agaist everything de-DRM. This is basically piracy if you share it with friends and family. DRM sucks. But this will make DRM even more important.

Have you ever purchased a game from GoG? If so, chances are it comes DRM-free in which case you could legally keep a copy in your “Game Vault.”

This allows you to have your own local copy to download and install. No GoG launcher required.

I always buy from GOG if it’s available. But I use it for my own convenience and I don’t share it with others as that would be piracy.
Exactly. This isn’t explicitly piracy. Just because it can be used as such, doesn’t mean it perpetrates piracy. Some prefer to have a backup for their game installers. That’s all this is.