Is there a way to play Shovel Knight Coop Online?

[ElfoDeiCactus | Krew]

Basically the title tells everything. I know that there's a workaroud to make "online" Enther the Gungeon's Coop, with nvidia streaming and programs like Evolve or Hamachi.
Here's the video tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJhaCiY2c8M

Is there a chance for Shovel Knight too?

[CabbyMouse]

I mean… if a game has local multi-player and GameStream has proper controller support for said game, you can do this on any game… you don’t even need a VPN to do it. Infact, I highly recommend you don’t use a VPN unless you are super paranoid with your online security; your introducing latency for no major gain. Just port forward Gamestream itself.

The issue is whether it would be worth it or not. Even without VPN, GameStream is a very finicky piece of tech. In my own experiences, both with the official Nvidia Shield Tablet as well as third party implementations, I’m lucky if I can even find the a stream playable on a local network. Since I’m assuming you want to have an additional player who is also on PC/not be limited to specific Nvidia hardware, you are pretty much required to go with a third party solution. As great as moonlight is(better than the official app imho), you will come across various issues; poor performance, occasional disconnects… might even come into some really rare and awful problems, like breaking your PC audio or taking over Player 1 controls even when you are not streaming. Moonlight is also more focused on Android devices. The desktop ports have had a significant upgrade since the Java build days, but still a far cry from acceptable.

The most positive thing I can say is that Nvidia GameStream does have proper controller support in this game. Trying to stream it myself, however, I quit from the platforming frustration. Even with < 15 ping, I did not find this enjoyable.