Plawerth Jul 11, 2019 @ 2:12pm
Steamworks / eCafe / School eSports - game auto-install scripts?
I am the IT network admin for a K-12 public school district. I am researching doing eSports in our school using Steam on desktop classroom computers. I have signed up on Steamworks and installed the Steamworks licensing server.

I am looking into how to go about setting up about 60 classroom computers to be able to play free eSports games.

I do not want to have to manually install the 20 or so free games one at a time on each of the computers, because the Steam client often spends many minutes "allocating disk space" (??) before each game download begins..

Is there some way to automate the software installations?

I use linux and I do programming so I am fine with writing scripts to do this.

I am familiar with thick drive imaging. I use Windows Deployment Services and Sysprep, and the Microsoft Key Management Service to build desktop Windows images for rapid deployment, but I currently do not have the 1+ TB of deployment storage needed to make a drive image of all this software.
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Satoru Jul 11, 2019 @ 2:23pm 
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3303-QWRC-3436

You need to be part of the cyber cafe program
Plawerth Jul 11, 2019 @ 2:39pm 
Already did that, as mentioned in the 3rd sentence, "I have signed up on Steamworks and installed the Steamworks licensing server."
cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jul 11, 2019 @ 3:10pm 
Log into your Steamworks account and ask your rep.

:qr:
Plawerth Jul 12, 2019 @ 9:47am 
There is no "rep" to contact as far as I can tell.

There are three parts to Steamworks:
1. Game or Software Distribution
2. Steam PC eCafe License
3. SteamVR Tracking License

I have ONLY signed up for item #2. I am not publishing a game or software. We are a school district that wants to participate in eSports.
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Date Posted: Jul 11, 2019 @ 2:12pm
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