Game Launcher

[eggie]

I have written a program that allows you to have a list of games and to launch a game from that list, reducing icon clutter on the desktop and is also helpful if you have multiple games in various locations such as multiple drives etc.

 

Some things that it features:

 

- displays box art for a game when selected

- drag and drop support of adding games and box art

- support for launching games that have command line arguments

- support for games that require steam (its not a steam replacement it still uses steam)

 

Documentation on installation and use of the program is included in the .zip file (readme.txt)

 

The latest version is Release 4 and is available here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ckage_id=240334

 

The source code is available on SVN

 

Tell us what you think of it, any suggestions, improvements....

 

All feedback is welcome

 

Here is a screenshot:

[Lkr]

pretty cool, i'll try it out if it works in XP. but Vista has a games folder, and steam can add non steam games, so I don't really see a point, unless you got a TON of games and you can't get them to work in steam for some reason. not to mention i just make a folder on my drive called LOL GAMES and just put all of my shortcuts in there

[~pcwiz]

Nevertheless a useful tool if you have lots of games. True, you could just put all the shortcuts to the games in a folder and launch from there which is what I do but using a launcher is simply more stylish.

 

Only one improvement I can think of:

 

Make a slick interface (glossy black...ooohh) and design. The blocky buttons and grey interface makes it look sorta like a legacy app.

[eggie]

thanks for your replies,

 

Make a slick interface

it will be added on the to do list

Vista has a games folder

the vista games folder acts weird for me, some games aren't added and dont get the artwork for others, i dont like steam that much and this was a little fun project that i made for myslef