Other Games Thread

[Swish]

Valve changing early access rules (last month)

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ste...y-access-rules

Don’t launch in Early Access if you can’t afford to develop with very few or no sales.

There is no guarantee that your game will sell as many units as you anticipate. If you are counting on selling a specific number of units to survive and complete your game, then you need to think carefully about what it would mean for you or your team if you don't sell that many units. Are you willing to continue developing the game without any sales? Are you willing to seek other forms of investment?

Make sure you set expectations properly everywhere you talk about your game.

For example, if you know your updates during Early Access will break save files or make the customer start over with building something, make sure you say that up front. And say this everywhere you sell your Steam keys.

Don't launch in Early Access without a playable game.

If you have a tech demo, but not much gameplay yet, then it’s probably too early to launch in Early Access. If you are trying to test out a concept and haven't yet figured out what players are going to do in your game that makes it fun, then it's probably too early. You might want to start by giving out keys to select fans and getting input from a smaller and focused group of users before you post your title to Early Access. At a bare minimum, you will need a video that shows in-game gameplay of what it looks like to play the game. Even if you are asking customers for feedback on changing the gameplay, customers need something to start with in order to give informed feedback and suggestions.

Don't launch in Early Access if you are done with development.

If you have all your gameplay defined already and are just looking for final bug testing, then Early Access isn’t the right place for that. You’ll probably just want to send out some keys to fans or do more internal playtesting. Early Access is intended as a place where customers can have impact on the game.

[shovelquest]

crumbling skeleton... got me interested.

[jolanar]

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Valve changing early access rules (last month)

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ste...y-access-rules

None of that seems enforceable though. Or if it does get enforced it's already too little too late.

[shovelquest]

you remember when there was so few cool things that we had to gargle this shit's balls and like it? I miss those days.

New starwars game project.

[Ekco]

grats to them that looks pretty damn good.

i remember hanging out in the SWG emu alpha server like 10+ years ago but without the hook of nostalgia having not actually played the game when it was "good" going in blind now that the emu part is done + a resto mod is pretty enticing

[shovelquest]

I really enjoy the latest live tlp servers

[Ekco]

i'm looking forward to the Eve Online emulator, with the move over to Eve 2 and based on crypto nonsense we'll have enough people hopefully to play Dominion era sov with again.



"Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand, I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me"

[Ekco]

But the really interesting stuff is on the macro scale, as it shows that Steam users spent just 15% of their total playing time in games that launched in 2024. 47% of the total playing time on Steam was spent on games released in the last one to seven years, while a sizeable 37% of time was spent in games that have been out for eight years or more.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/only-1...eased-in-2024/

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[Swish]

At this point I've probably got over 20 games from previous Steam sales to play... I'm slowing down and playing those this year lol

[maddysinko]

The Minsc quest is one of my favorites, he’s such a memorable character. Let me know how it goes, Boo would want you to keep him happy! Right now, I’ve been bouncing between Slay the Spire and Hades. They’re great for quick sessions when I don’t have much time but still want something engaging. For multiplayer, I’ve been diving back into Counter-Strike 2. Check out how to sell CS:GO skins for real money. It’s been a great way for me to fund my Steam library without dipping into my actual wallet!