GameLauncher/README.md

🎮 Steam‑like Game Launcher

A lightweight, offline game library manager built with Python and customtkinter.
Add your games (executables + optional icons), launch them with one click, and keep your collection organized – no cloud, no login, just your local JSON.

✨ Features

• Clean, dark UI inspired by Steam’s library.
• Add / Remove games – store name, executable path, and optional icon.
• Instant search – filter your library by name.
• Launch games – supports .exe, .bat, .cmd, .lnk (Windows), and native executables on macOS/Linux.
• Open game folder directly from the launcher.
• Right‑click context menu for quick actions.
• Persistent storage – library saved as JSON in your home folder.
• Portable – one‑file executable available with PyInstaller.

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📦 Dependencies

• Python 3.8+
• customtkinter – modern GUI toolkit
• Pillow – image handling (icons & placeholders)
• tkinter – usually bundled with Python
• (Optional) pyinstaller – to build a standalone executable

Install dependencies with:

pip install customtkinter pillow