Neat tool. How would this compare to something like lgogdownloader? That's kinda the standard for console downloading for Gog, at least what Heroic uses for its workaround....
Neat tool. How would this compare to something like lgogdownloader? That's kinda the standard for console downloading for Gog, at least what Heroic uses for its workaround.
You’re correct, my b. Far from a solved problem, and hopefully now that GOG is turning an eye to Linux support, we get a more official way it’s supposed to be done.
You’re correct, my b.
Far from a solved problem, and hopefully now that GOG is turning an eye to Linux support, we get a more official way it’s supposed to be done.
So, I wanted to download a game I had on GoG last night. And apparently Galaxy doesn't work (what the what?). I tried for a long time to get it working, but no matter what I did, it would not...
So, I wanted to download a game I had on GoG last night. And apparently Galaxy doesn't work (what the what?). I tried for a long time to get it working, but no matter what I did, it would not work. I searched the internet for a while.
I tried another tool I found online, and THAT didn't work either.
And then decided to Claude my way out of this hole. 15 minutes later I had vibe coded goggle. It will Oauth to GOG and get a token (only ever saved locally!).
You can then list your games, download and install them.
I decided this morning to finish up the work, adding a README, release management, tests, linting, all the things a good dev should be doing.
And it just works. I'm impressed with how quickly tools can be built which scratch an itch. I would have never sat down and hand coded this thing.
Feel free to try it out, and post an issue if you have a problem with it or want more features. I've only tried it on MacOS...so Linux or Windows may completely fail, I have no idea.
Sorry, but what's wrong with downloading games directly from GOG site? On my machine corp antivirus berates GOG Galaxy, so I always download installers from GOG site from games library.
Sorry, but what's wrong with downloading games directly from GOG site?
On my machine corp antivirus berates GOG Galaxy, so I always download installers from GOG site from games library.
On MacOS at least, when I downloaded the game, it downloaded an installer which installed Galaxy to install the game. I don't GoG much, so I just figured that was the only option on the web UI....
On MacOS at least, when I downloaded the game, it downloaded an installer which installed Galaxy to install the game.
I don't GoG much, so I just figured that was the only option on the web UI.
This is how the offline installer link looks, at least on Windows. Maybe it doesn't show up elsewhere? The installers should include the full data for the games themselves. Of course, a tool to...
This is how the offline installer link looks, at least on Windows. Maybe it doesn't show up elsewhere? The installers should include the full data for the games themselves.
Of course, a tool to automate it will still be useful, especially if you're archiving your entire library.
I'd use this if I wanted to batch download installers/installs. Say I wanted every ultima game I own. I could filter the goggle list with "ultima" and feed that to download. Bit easier than going...
I'd use this if I wanted to batch download installers/installs. Say I wanted every ultima game I own. I could filter the goggle list with "ultima" and feed that to download. Bit easier than going page by page.
Neat tool. How would this compare to something like lgogdownloader? That's kinda the standard for console downloading for Gog, at least what Heroic uses for its workaround.
https://sites.google.com/site/gogdownloader/
I could be wrong, but I think Heroic uses gogdl.
You’re correct, my b.
Far from a solved problem, and hopefully now that GOG is turning an eye to Linux support, we get a more official way it’s supposed to be done.
So, I wanted to download a game I had on GoG last night. And apparently Galaxy doesn't work (what the what?). I tried for a long time to get it working, but no matter what I did, it would not work. I searched the internet for a while.
I tried another tool I found online, and THAT didn't work either.
And then decided to Claude my way out of this hole. 15 minutes later I had vibe coded
goggle. It will Oauth to GOG and get a token (only ever saved locally!).You can then list your games, download and install them.
I decided this morning to finish up the work, adding a README, release management, tests, linting, all the things a good dev should be doing.
And it just works. I'm impressed with how quickly tools can be built which scratch an itch. I would have never sat down and hand coded this thing.
Feel free to try it out, and post an issue if you have a problem with it or want more features. I've only tried it on MacOS...so Linux or Windows may completely fail, I have no idea.
Sorry, but what's wrong with downloading games directly from GOG site?
On my machine corp antivirus berates GOG Galaxy, so I always download installers from GOG site from games library.
On MacOS at least, when I downloaded the game, it downloaded an installer which installed Galaxy to install the game.
I don't GoG much, so I just figured that was the only option on the web UI.
Was also fun just to build.
This is how the offline installer link looks, at least on Windows. Maybe it doesn't show up elsewhere? The installers should include the full data for the games themselves.
Of course, a tool to automate it will still be useful, especially if you're archiving your entire library.
It's the same for MacOS. IIRC you could also download other versions as well but I'm not in a place to look up right now.
I'd use this if I wanted to batch download installers/installs. Say I wanted every ultima game I own. I could filter the goggle list with "ultima" and feed that to download. Bit easier than going page by page.
Funnily enough, I did this to get Ultima IV.