/partylan

trying to remove the steam dependency from partylan. Want to play classic LAN multiplayer games with your friends but cannot get together for a LAN party? Use PartyLAN to run a LAN party over Steam Multiplayer!

Primary LanguageC++BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" LicenseBSD-3-Clause

Quick Update: Steam rejected PartyLAN to be listed on the Steam store. I'm currently evaluating the migration plan off Steam.

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PartyLAN is a tool for playing LAN games over the Steam Network. It is designed to be easy to use and work with any game that supports LAN play. The successor to LPVPN, which amassed 5.5K downloads before Discord discontinued its Game SDK.

Compatible Games List

partylan-demo.mp4

Usage

  1. Download PartyLAN from Steam.
  2. Launch PartyLAN.
  3. Ensure all players have PartyLAN installed and running. PartyLAN icon should be visible in the system tray.
  4. For the host, open the game and start as a LAN game host as normal.
  5. For the clients, click the system tray icon , select the host in the "Online Friends" menu, an IP address should be copied to the clipboard.
  6. For the clients, open the game and connect to the host using the IP address from the clipboard.

License

PartyLAN is licensed under the BSD License (3-Clause).

Third Party Licenses

Icon from Entypo pictograms by Daniel Bruce — www.entypo.com

Wintun driver licensed under Prebuilt Binaries License

Steamworks API licensed under Steamworks SDK License