virgil VS GameHub

github.com/lxmcf/virgil, this is an engine being developed for elementary OS and vala. Check it out.

Well, the fact that there are not a lot of Open Source game devs out there could be a reason and of course the complexity of developing games, after all, developing a game it's harder than developing an app. The app ecosystem of eOS is still growing so it's just matter of time for indie devs that like foss stuff to put their eyes on eOS. There are some efforts tho, there's Virgil (a game engine to create games for eOS).

I like https://github.com/tkashkin/GameHub. However, it has some caveats.

Right now there's Steam, Heroic (Epic, Gog), Itch, Gamejolt, Humble, etc. Nothing really integrates all of them except GameHub and it's inactive and doesn't have EGS support.

The Github directs users to https://tkashkin.tk , which redirects to a very sketchy site/sites.

Some that I have found: - GameHub (Neat project, but does not support the usage of proton or wine for steam games - PlayNite (Only supports Windows at the moment, Linux support will come some time in the future) - steam-tui (A little too bare-bones for my taste)

Attract mode and GameHub also support adding other games besides emulated ones.

Idk if this is up your alley, but gamehub is a program I use daily and from what github reports, it's 95% vala.

Bonus: Since you mentioned GOG and some ROMs, check out Gamehub, it's a game launcher (like Lutris) that combines gog, itch, humble, steam and emulators. Looks really nice and its pretty easy to use. Specifically for GOG it has a way to automatically download and install the games on your account.

GitHub: https://github.com/tkashkin/GameHub

There is the GameHub issue related to this: https://github.com/tkashkin/GameHub/issues/630 documentation linked there is made by us - the Heroic team.

I use GameHub for managing Gog games, it even has joypad support.