Steam Deck
Project Gorgon is compatible with the Steam Deck. This page shares advice and feedback from a few players.
Jackencola's Advice
“Game runs fine on the Deck. On the highest graphic settings, I get 30-40fps in busy areas, so there's plenty of room to tweak and adjust. The default controls are fairly comfortable, although there is of course a learning curve if you're used to kb/mouse. If you're going to use it in dock mode with a kb/mouse, then those issues won't exist. I have not personally tested playing in dock mode.
There is a bit of a jerk for loading stuff if you run toward a busy area, but once it's all loaded it runs normal.
— Admin Jackencola(Discord) - November 28, 2022
Chompy's Advice
“Overall it worked really well and much better than I expected. Pretty much every hotkey that's important is mappable. I collected a few thoughts on how to improve the experience but none of these were particularly problematic and I don't think they warrant being high priority
— Chompy Nibblers (Discord) - January 19, 2023
“I think I saved/published my controller settings as "pg custom chomp". Requires remapping some keys in-game too though:
I disabled Q/E strafe and instead will hold the left trigger (right click) so that the left joystick swaps horizontals from turning to strafe and the right joystick turns/angles. While not holding right click I have no strafe.
- E - Use selected
- R - Select next non-combatant
- T - Move Up
- G - Move Down
- L - Open crafting menu
- Disable keybind for: Ctrl+D opens skills menu
Optional:
- Ctrl+Numlock - open saddlebag
- Alt+1...Alt+9 - loadout 1 through 9
Edit: I still have not mapped hotkeys associated with selecting party members. This could make healing difficult, I use alt+# for loadouts but changing those hotkeys in-game to selecting each party member might work too (e.g., alt+1 selects first party member)
— Chompy Nibblers (Discord) - January 18, 2023
Reported Concerns
1. When steering with the left joystick, Autorun can become disabled when a W or S input is read.
2. If you use a held right-click to steer while moving (because doing so makes the left joystick swap from steering to strafing), if the cursor is over a menu or sidebar when right click is initially held down, it will not enable the steering.
3. Chatting can be tedious without a peripheral keyboard.
4. Actions that do not have hotkeys can be more tedious when performed on Steam Deck. Both controlling pets and moving items between inventory bags are mouse-heavy tasks.
5. If you want to inspect individual pieces of loot before you collect it off a corpse, this requires extra cursor movements as loot re-center-aligns itself when one item is collected.
6. Changing zoom levels can be tough. (Following Chompy's control suggestions above can improve this)
7. There is a visual bug in some zones (like Eltibule) where trees behind walls may render in front of walls.
