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Together with the VN Wik & Support Discord we (mostly moogul) worked on a new way to give you the best possible guides for playing Visual Novels on Steam Deck and Linux! Because of that I'm happy to introduce you all to the VisualNovelWiki, a site dedicated to guides and tips for your favorite VNs. It's open to be edited by everyone (and will stay way more up to date then this post because of that) I wish you all happy gaming on your Decks! If you have questions regarding a specific game don't hesitate to ask in the VN Wiki & Support Discord, there is quite some talented folk in there, which helped me quite a lot!

It's not that weird for JAST to have English exclusive remasters/HD versions, same also happened with the Sagara Family remake and the X-Chage Collection. Yeah JAST is special in that regard, just picked the game up a few weeks ago so it's quite nice for me and I appreciate it from them. It's not normal to give out remakes for free.

JAST announced today that they will release a fully remastered version of Heart de Roommate from Angle Smile at the end of September 2022! Content in the remaster: The remastered version will be free of charge for owners of Heart de Roommate on JAST. PreOrder here to get a 15% launch discount. (sorry for the styling, I'm on a phone. Will tidy it a bit up once I am on a computer)

Yeah it would be nice to have a website, but im not really good in webdesign , the launch parameter needs to be set only for a select few VNs today btw. If its needed its added above to the the VN in the list (example Dead End Aegis). If you know someone who can build a platform like ProtonDB with user submissions, i will gladly add all my findings to it

HimeYoku: A Sacrifice of Lust and Grace which just released today by Shiravrune does work on Steam Deck (excl. audio in opening) with Proton GE and the adult patch from Johren! Edit: Doukyuusei: Bangin' Summer got fixed!! Its now fully playable on Steam Deck including Opening!

Found new fixes together with another person, which fixes the text spacing issue in the System NNN engine as well as the mpeg1 splitter issue of KamiYaba. (and no more blog spam, hope that it will still say searchable on Google etc when I do it this way)

PlayAsia also has Asia games which are normally pretty hard to come by and not found on amazon jp etc, as well as the Play Exclusives and unlike proxy shippers they offer DDP shipping which is quite nice if you dont wanna do customs yourself.

Crosspost from JASTUSA Forum, thought it might be good to have it here too. We encountered some issues with Kana - Little Sisters together on the Discord and after finding a resolution we compiled it here for you Thanks to CanRanBan & Aglaophotis from the JAST Discord. Check the Windows Feature Menu if Media Features and Legacy Components are installed Check if old DirectX versions are installed, if not install DirectX 9 Install Magpie & LAV Filters 1 (select everything with LAV in the name during install), Magpie will need .NET 6.0.4 Desktop Runtime (DotNET Runtime) and MSVC 2015-2022 Runtime (MVSC Runtime) Install Kana - Little Sister on your C drive in the Program Files (x86) folder Start Magpie Start Kana - Little Sister (if you see a blackscreen and the opening is not showing just click on the screen) On the title screen press “Alt”, click “Screen(G)” & Windowed(W) Now with Magpie running in the background press “Alt” & “F11” (or the shortcut you have set in Magpie) Enjoy Kana - Little Sister in fullscreen

So I know who I can force to translate stuff for me

Got back into playing a bit of No Mans Sky on my Steam Deck, the game did quite the turn over the years and nowadays is a great game to play

Finished Vol. 3 of "I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top" yesterday and now I'm reading "Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs" Vol. 6.

I'm new around the block here! While searching for a place to put my Steam Deck guide Hata said I should put it here! So I hope you enjoy it! See you playing some VNs on the go!

It might help someone who stumbles upon it That issue still happens with newer releases & Locale Emulator is always a great help for those

In the main post there is a section called "Visual Novels from JAST, MangaGamer and other third party stores via Lutris", if we now just ignore that I havent written the part yet its in there And yes you can add the games as non steam games to the launcher. Itll be all explained once I finished that guide. As its a bit more work, itll take some time.

If you mean ingame settings, you can change them to your liking, Settings you need in order to launch and use the game are done with the Launch Options, Proton GE and Protontricks.

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The Steam Deck is a handheld console based on SteamOS from Valve. As the system does not run on Windows not every game will work directly out of the box, for that reason I try to aggregate as much information as possible in this thread Games get added after I played them for a time to look out for issues and fixes. Please also add your experience with VNs on Steam Deck in the comments so I can add them to the list I recommend using an external keyboard when setting up Lutris, Protontricks and Proton GE. The on screen keyboard can be opened with "STEAM" + "X" and closed again with "B". NEW GUIDE AVAILABLE UNDER VisualNovelWiki Website also has specific instructions for games like Dead End Aegis, Full Metal Daemon Muramasa and more. Steam Launch Options Some games require you to set custom launch options in Steam, if required the launch options will be listed with the game. How to set custom launch options Protontricks Protontricks is a software which lets you easily install adult patches and additional required software, you can check out the project on GitHub here. Installation Guide Using Protontricks Proton Versions: Click Proton comes in different versions, normally you'll be okay with using the default version, sometimes you can encounter issues though which can be fixed with Proton GE, Proton Experimental or an older version of Proton. Proton GE: Click Proton GE is a community fork of Proton which adds additional support for mediaplayback, you can check out the project GitHub here. Installation Guide How to install Lutris: Click How to setup Wine prefixes: Click How to enable Japanese Locales: Click How to get custom artworks to Steam (for Steam games and non steam games): Click Controller Layout for most Visual Novels A, L1, R1, L4, R4 & R2 -> Left mouseclick B, Start -> Escape X & L2 -> Right mouseclick Sticks & Tackpads -> Mouse with clicking down being left mouseclick Battery Saving Settings The Steam Deck is a portable system and runs on a battery, because of that I changed some options on my device in order to extend the playtime. You can use the "..." button to open the quick access menu and change the settings under the battery icon. All the settings can be made either per game or global for the full system. For my Steam Deck I usally limit the refresh rate of the pannel to 40hz & limit the FPS to 40, 20 or 10 depending on how motion heavy the VN is A TDP limit of 5-8w should be enough for most VNs too, but you can adjust this to your needs. For some older games (and RPG Maker ones) you can enable FSR to get a sharper image. Additional Tips When possible chose windows mode instead of fullscreen for the best performance. Gamemode will make those games fullscreen anyways. Only chose fullscreen for RPG Maker games or other which show content outside of the visible screen. Some more tips thanks to barjed on Reddit: All Unity based VNs should work without Problem (excl. Video). If a game crashes due to a video, a possible fix is the deletion of the video in the game files You can also prepear the games on Windows and use Warpinator to push the game on Deck. Videoguide Addtional Resources ProtonDB Sekai Project's Compatibility List (thanks to hubb2001 on Reddit) WineHQ Lutris Steam Deck Reddit Linux Gaming Reddit Discord Server for help with Lutris and Proton