Posted June 09, 2018
vv221: You might want to give a try to ./play.it alternative installation method.
It already handles custom installation path, and we’re working on uncluttering $HOME from all the mess some games tend to put in there (done for WINE games, in progress for native games).
ssokolow: Do you have plans for games which bypass the typical $HOME wrapper hacks for moving their junk into a hidden folder? (eg. The Escapists uses either getpwnam(3) or getpwuid(3) (can't remember which) to retrieve the location of the user's home directory and I've been too busy to write an LD_PRELOAD hack to outwit it.) It already handles custom installation path, and we’re working on uncluttering $HOME from all the mess some games tend to put in there (done for WINE games, in progress for native games).
I think it's GOGs responsibility to provide install scripts and make the games work as intended, even when installed in custom locations.
ssokolow I hope you brought it up with the devs, repeatedly, wielding a large stick.