It’s a solved problem! Try https://containers.dev/

Artists can just clone the repo and open your project with a supported editor(like VSCode). Done. You can write a config that says what base OS, install packages, and install VSCode extensions (via VSCode workspace settings).

Many projects use this setup and it has been magical.

Ah, thanks! It seems like they just buy out the game, and they can give out unlimited licenses.

I feel like they have some sweet deals with publishers that only when people download a game for the first time does the license get activated. Or you just have an IOU license. Just a speculation tho.

Lmao its apple map alright

Very recent news: proton has gone full maga: https://archive.ph/2025.01.15-162500/https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i1zjgn/so_that_happened/m7a91fs/