How to by-pass Steam closed beta (updated)

It seems that there is a bug that allows everyone to play Steam games. However, not all games are playable. A guy called Directhex tested some Linux games under Steam:

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Game	Works?	Tester	Notes	Updated
Amnesia: The Dark Descent	✔	/u/directhex	missing dependency on libxmu6:i386	2012-11-06
And Yet It Moves	✔	/u/directhex	missing dependency on libjpeg62:i386, screwed launcher script (trivially fixed by changing ayim_dir=)	2012-11-16
Aquaria	✔	/u/directhex		2012-11-06
Braid	✘	/u/directhex	no files	2012-11-06
Cave Story+	✘	/u/directhex	missing executable	2012-11-06
Cogs	✔	/u/directhex		2012-11-06
Crusader Kings II	✘	/u/sm222	missing executable	2012-11-06
Cubemen	✔	/u/directhex		2012-11-06
Darwinia	✔	/u/directhex		2012-11-06
DEFCON	✘	/u/directhex	no files	2012-11-06
Dungeons of Dredmor	✔	/u/directhex		2012-11-06
Dynamite Jack	✔	/u/ronjouch		2012-11-06
Eversion	✘	/u/ronjouch	error while loading shared libraries: libportaudio.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory	2012-11-06
Frozen Synapse	✔	/u/directhex		2012-11-06
Galcon Fusion	✔	/u/ronjouch		2012-11-06
Killing Floor	✘	/u/directhex	missing executable	2012-11-06
LIMBO	✘	/u/directhex	no files	2012-11-06
Multiwinia	✘	/u/directhex	no files	2012-11-06
Osmos	✘	/u/directhex	no files	2012-11-06
Penumbra: Black Plague	✘	/u/ronjouch	no files	2012-11-06
Penumbra: Overture	✘	/u/directhex	no files	2012-11-06
Penumbra: Requiem	✘	/u/ronjouch	no files	2012-11-06
Psychonauts	✘	/u/directhex	no files	2012-11-06
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45	✘	/u/WienerWuerstel	missing executable	2012-11-06
Rochard	✘	/u/directhex	no files	2012-11-06
Serious Sam 3: BFE	✘	/u/directhex	missing executable	2012-11-06
Space Pirates and Zombies	✔	/u/directhex		2012-11-06
SpaceChem	✘	/u/directhex	packaging error, only runs on 32-bit Ubuntu (technically 64-bit if mono in $PATH is 32-bit)	2012-11-06
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution	✔	/u/directhex	64-bit binary, but crashed Compiz for me on quit	2012-11-06
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP	✔	/u/directhex	missing dependency on libcurl3:i386	2012-11-06
Trine 2	✔	/u/nothingbutcontempt		2012-11-06
Uplink	✔	/u/directhex		2012-11-06
VVVVVV	✘	/u/directhex	no files	2012-11-06
World of Goo	✔	/u/directhex		2012-11-06

I’m testing on Ubuntu 12.10 AMD64, with FGLRX.

Copy & Paste doesn’t work.

Tenfoot mode works, but is super blurry. Supposedly this is related to the auto-detected quantity of VRAM, and for me it isn’t detected properly.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t trust entries from people who aren’t me, but you could always gift me titles I don’t own on Steam if you want to see all games tested on the same platform (and kept updated). Plus as an Ubuntu dev, I’ve got a reasonable handle on how to properly fix some of them for you (e.g. working out missing dependencies)

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sudo apt-get install ia32-libs  (only for 64bit)
steam steam://open/games

steam steam://store

steam steam://open/friends

steam steam://open/games

for example: http://imgur.com/c8DOy

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So once you have Steam successfully installed, let’s trye World of Goo. Go to http://store.steampowered.com/app/22000/

and click Download PC Demo button.

Afterwards, there will be a pop-up menu craving for Steam launch.

Next please…

Finish. Now wait until the download is complete.

And click Play the game.

For those who don’t believe me, here’s a video on Youtube. That’s me using my Macbook and Ubuntu 12.10, playing World of Goo via Steam using Intel HD3000 IGPU.

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