Just got Ogu and the Secret Forest free via the epic games giveaway. And while it is rated gold on proton and verified for Steam Deck I cannot get it to run properly.

Installed it va Heroic launcher, I can start it but as soon as I start a game it keeps freezing on the loading screen. Left it running for a while, nothing happens. I use Proton experimental for that. But switching Proton didn’t help. I switched to older ones mentioned on ProtonDB, then it just does not start.

Also tried installation with Lutris, doesn’t even start. Anyone who got it running successfully from the Epic games store?

  • morgan423@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Ah, see, you misheard.

    That wasn’t the free game of the week, it was the FREEZE game of the week.

      • morgan423@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 days ago

        For reals though, there aren’t many Proton DB entries for this one, but one Deck user reported they used GE-Proton 9-16. So I’d download that version of GE Proton if you haven’t and give that a go.

        • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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          6 days ago

          Unfortunately I already did, wrote that in my post. If this is all because it comes via the epic store I could probably stop trying I guess, so I am still hoping someone got it running and has any insights. Might be I am doing something different wrong, no idea what.

          • morgan423@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            6 days ago

            Never mind, I got it running!

            So, I realized that I hadn’t tried it in native Desktop mode, and it can be important, it works a little differently to Gaming mode in the background. And that was it.

            1. Go to Desktop Mode (native Desktop mode using the power menu option, not Nested Desktop)

            2. Right click Steam icon on the taskbar > Library

            3. Find Heroic Games launcher on your library list and run it

            4. Just launch the game in Heroic like you normally do. My Heroic launcher knew to use a recent version of GE Proton automatically, I didn’t have to tell it.

            5. Worked like a charm.

            Super cute game btw lol

            EDIT: I can’t remember if Heroic is naturally Steam launchable or not. If not, just add it as non-steam game. You might not even have to launch Heroic from steam, I do it for convenience, but if that was part of the magic formula then that’s how you do it.

            • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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              6 days ago

              So, wait… You are launching Heroic launcher from inside Steam and then you launch this game from the Heroic launcher inside Steam? Wow, surprised that even works. Will try when I have the time.