Steam Deck Owner Uses the Device to Develop a Game
Pretty much throughout the entirety of its pre-launch marketing, Valve wanted to prove that the Steam Deck is more than just a Switch-like game console. Of course, gaming is primarily what most use it for, but with the Steam Deck now supporting Windows, Valve is continuing to push the idea that it's more like a portable PC. In that respect, it offers all the versatility of a standard home computer, and one person has shown that it's even possible to develop a game using just the system.
A recent tweet from Valve designer Lawrence Yang pointed out that YouTuber Tranasus has used the Steam Deck to not only create a very simple game using the device, but has added it to their Steam library. While what they actually created is very basic, being just a simple shape moving around an empty plain, the whole idea behind the experiment was to show that it's possible to use just the system to develop and upload games. Tranasus believes that the Deck is therefore a viable alternative to a regular PC, especially given that it's cheaper than a full system.
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It does show that the device can seemingly do everything that a home computer can. Tranasus says that, with just a Bluetooth keyboard and the Deck, anyone interested in programming can potentially use it in the same way that someone would use a tower or laptop. So diverse is the system that some users have even been modding their device, with one person managing to swap out the Steam Deck's SSD for a bigger one. While possible to do, Valve has insisted that others not attempt this, as it can cause issues down the line.
Since launching in February, the portable machine has proven to be quite popular. So much so, in
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