Maybe should add that these are accessed via the desktop mode, discovery store. Then they need to be added as non-steam game to start them outside desktop mode.
I know it is a meme, but I feel this is a little too belittling of climate change being responsible for increase in temperature. Like, I can see this unironically shared on Facebook and twitter with people being "hurrdurr, fake climate change, heat comes from sun!!!".
That's actually a novel approach I didn't think about. Thanks for sharing!
I am not playing a ton of games really so maybe that is also something I could consider.
What software are you using for this and could you share something you've written? Only if not too personal of course, I understand you might not want to share, that is OK.
I had seen Slaanesh before but it seems quite early in dev, so I am wondering if it is up to the task or not. Maybe I will give it a spin, it does come closest to what I have in mind, I think.
IGDB looks interesting, but I realise I think I'd rather like something that can be run independently or has some way to export data in some manner, maybe IGDB has that. Didn't check yet. Reason being, as soon as they close their doors I have to start over. Maybe that will never happen, maybe it happens next month.
Are these from the epic store? I had the same issue yesterday with a game I installed via Heroic from the Epic Store. First started it from desktop via Heroic, went well. It got added by Heroic to Steam so I tested it in Game mode, worked as well.
Then I switched off and wanted to play again after a few hours, got the same issue as you in Game mode, game starts loading but spinning animation keeps showing and I can hear the menu music.
How I "fixed" it, I went to desktop and added the game as non-steam game myself, so selecting the .exe and adding proton experimental in Game mode for starting. But that made me lose my save game, since I just started it didn't matter though, might matter for you.