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Posted By Gabriel B. about 10 months, 1 week ago
PENGUIN CHAINSAW PANTY RAIDERS: YAY OR NAY?
Today, Valve has announced “Steam Greenlight,” a new program that will allow steam users to select what games will come to the popular online game distributor. The program won’t start until August 30th but a few details have been given. For example, developers do not need to have a finished game to submit to Greenlight, an early build will suffice. Submitted games do however need to at least be playable on Windows PCs (though Macs are encouraged as well) and the submitted game idea does need to meet the following requirements:
” A square branding image (similar to a box cover) to represent your game in lists and search
At least 1 video showing off your game or presenting your concept
At least 4 screenshots or images
A written description of the game along with tentative system requirements”
Games must also not infringe on intellectual property rights or contain offensive material. Games will also remain on Greenlight indefinitely unless the developer pulls it off. There is no telling how many votes will be required for a game to be selected, but it has been stated that this will be ironed out in the first few weeks of the service. Games can also be selected if they pick up a lot of attention or impress Valve staff. So, what so you think? Is this a good way for indie developers to get exposure? Be sure to keep following Blistered Thumbs for all the latest gaming news!
Source: Steam
Here’s my pitch: You’re a scientist right? And you’re fighting an alien invasion while wearing a special protective suit. You team up with a band of scrappy rebels and some alien slaves you released. We make a series out of this, release two games some expansion packs and a couple of smaller “episodic” games and then we stop, just flat out stop and leave the story unresolved for YEARS. Then when the fans have all but given up hope of seeing the 3rd game… we make DOTA 2 *trollface*
You know, it’s really hard to find any flaws in Valve’s business model if they keep doing things like this.
A very neat idea. It will be interesting to see the games small time developers have to offer.
Also will developers need to pay to get their game featured?
Nope. They just have to submit their game/pitch, no charge