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+ | *Crossplay services<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://docs.gog.com/sdk-crossplay/|title=GOG Developer Docs - Crossplay|date=2021-12-30}}}</ref> | ||
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Common features
Launcher/Client features
- Supported features and such of the launcher/client of a platform.
- Note that features not exclusive to the launcher/client (e.g. they are also accessible through a web browser) is better listed in another section.
Feature | |||||||||||||||
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Offline mode* | |||||||||||||||
Offline launch* | |||||||||||||||
Preloading games | |||||||||||||||
Incomplete download launch | |||||||||||||||
Supports installing games from disk | |||||||||||||||
64-bit client for Windows |
Store features
- Supported features of the store of a platform.
- This section tries to be launcher/client agnostic, as in Early Access is listed here because the store allows for a game to be released in such a state, regardless of how the game files themselves might be downloaded.
Social features
- Social features; generally simplified as in "all features of a platform that allows two or more users of the platform to interact with one another," with the exception of game-based interactions (multiplayer etc).
Feature | |||||||||||||||
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Nickname change | |||||||||||||||
Friends list | |||||||||||||||
Friends activity records | |||||||||||||||
Chat | |||||||||||||||
Customizable profile | |||||||||||||||
Community forums* | |||||||||||||||
Game gifting* | |||||||||||||||
User reviews | |||||||||||||||
Library sharing |
Game features
- Features that games of a platform might use. This section is highly tied to the Developer features section.
Developer features
- Features that are available to developers to use in their games. This section is highly tied to the Game features section.
Feature | |||||||||||||||
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Opened submissions | |||||||||||||||
Matchmaking / master servers | |||||||||||||||
Account tied Anti-cheat | |||||||||||||||
Microtransactions support | |||||||||||||||
Cloud storage |
Special features
- Special platform features:
Steam
Launcher/Client features:
- Create installers from installed games
- TV Mode
Social features:
- Community guides
- Screenshot cloud
Developer features:
- Inventory support
GOG
Store features:
- Digital feelies (Digitalizations of physical accessories included in some 80's and 90's game boxes.)
Developer features:
- Crossplay services[1]
EGS
Social features:
- Support a creator program
Developer features:
- Crossplay services[2]
Itch
Developer features:
- Pay what you want
- Choose store-developer revenue split
References
- ↑ GOG Developer Docs - Crossplay - last accessed on 2021-12-30}
- ↑ Epic Online Services Developer - Multiplayer Cross-platform Functionality - last accessed on 2021-12-30