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Steam Greenlight: 1000 games and counting, more Greenlit every few weeks

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ZoddGutts

Member
The people downvoting iOS port games is pretty dumb if their good games and might be even better on PC thanks due to the controls now.
 
Sentenza

Sentenza

Member
Personally I would change the UP/DOWN votes with a bunch of five-six pre-set buttons/comments like: “I would buy it now”, “It looks nice”, “Not interested”, “It looks bad”, “Terrible” and so on.
 
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charlequin

Banned
TucoBenedictoPacifico said:
Personally I would change the UP/DOWN votes with a bunch of five-six pre-set buttons/comments like: “I would buy it now”, “It looks nice”, “Not interested”, “It looks bad”, “Terrible” and so on.
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From what I understand, you actually tend to get more statistical noise with a bigger gradation of options like that. I think for something like Greenlight (where it's assumed you haven't actually played most of the games enough to form a solid opinion) a straight up +1/-1 scale will work out, but I guess we'll see how it goes going forward.
 
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Mavromatis

Member
Wok said:
If there is an audience, there will be upvotes. Only potential buyers should upvote in my opinion.
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This is my advice to GAFers submitting their games to Greenlight.

Greenlight includes both the ones who like and pay for your game and the others, yet your sales figures just include the former. It is like meeting the evil brother of your fans.
 
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Blizzard

Banned
One thing that is going to be hard to impossible to take into consideration with these games is, what about games (if any) that were rejected by Steam because they were too buggy? You can't judge that from screenshots, videos, or even potentially a demo.

I guess there are lots of buggy big-release games so maybe it's not an issue, but it seems to me that there could be a risk of very buggy/glitchy games getting through the system unless Valve is careful to review on the backside. Presumably that's the idea though.
 
Fixed1979

Fixed1979

Member
I thought about starting a thread just to show a game you want to see get votes, but I'm way too lazy...

I've been keeping an eye on Sang-Froid : Tales of Werewolves. I really dig the setting (1858 lower Canada (Quebec)), and it seems like a fun strategy game with some light RPG elements and fun characters.

Combining action and strategy in a unique way, Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves transports you into an epic folktale co-written with best-selling Canadian author Bryan Perro (Amos Daragon, Wariwulf), in which two feuding brothers will have to put aside their differences to save their sister, who is pursued by the Devil himself!

This time however, sheer brute strength won't be enough to save the day as your enemies are way stronger than you are. Only your wits and the ability to combine ingenious traps to setup deadly ambushes will give you a chance to see the sun rise again on your frozen piece of forest...

Plan your strategy! - Take advantage of the calm during the day to fill your forest with all kinds of traps that are as inventive as they are deadly.

Hunt your enemies! - When night falls, use the wind and lure the diabolic beasts into your traps using bait... But watch out! You have to be on constant guard to make sure you don't become the prey of the beasts you are tracking!

Fight heroically! - If some of the beasts get past your traps, that's when it gets bloody! First you can shoot them with your trusty musket and then eliminate the ones that survive by slaughtering them with your axe! Action and carnage guaranteed!

Use fear to your advantage! - All the mechanics of the game revolve around the innovative concept of Fear Factor, which makes your ability to intimidate your enemy your best weapon. For example, use fire to frighten the wolves and scatter their packs.

Customize your character! - Choose one of the two O'Carroll brothers and develop your character using a skill system based on role-playing games (RPGs), making your hero as unique as he is powerful!

Discover a rich universe! - Immerse yourself in 19th century Canada where legends meet History in a world filled with lore and wonders. Buy historical weapons and items, fight mythical beasts and uncover the truth about werewolves...
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VOTE:
Steam Greenlight
WEBSITE:
http://www.sangfroidgame.com/
 
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SapientWolf

Trucker Sexologist
I just played Forge on the PAX show floor. It really reminds of Phantom Dust or maybe Sacrifice. So basically a magic based, multiplayer focused, third person action game. I think it'll be on Greenlight. There's a Kickstarter too. It's one to watch.
 
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LuchaShaq

Banned
futnownarcade said:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92991377
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Anyone remember Real Heroes Firefighter for Wii? My brother worked on it, and now its on steam greenlight.
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The giant bomb quicklook was amazing.
 
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Traumahound

Member
Reported a few fake projects today (Metal Gear Solid, Minecraft, some Battlefield/Call of Duty mashup troll).

Later I actually got an email from Steam thanking me for reporting "inappropriate content" and "Because of your efforts, we've removed 2 more items from the Steam Community."

Don't know if this is common, but it made me feel pretty boss.
 
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HadesGigas

Member
Traumahound said:
Reported a few fake projects today (Metal Gear Solid, Minecraft, some Battlefield/Call of Duty mashup troll).

Later I actually got an email from Steam thanking me for reporting "inappropriate content" and "Because of your efforts, we've removed 2 more items from the Steam Community."

Don't know if this is common, but it made me feel pretty boss.
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I got one of those a few days ago for reporting screenshots that were just random images unrelated to games.
 
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Jables Swan

Member
Traumahound said:
Reported a few fake projects today (Metal Gear Solid, Minecraft, some Battlefield/Call of Duty mashup troll).

Later I actually got an email from Steam thanking me for reporting "inappropriate content" and "Because of your efforts, we've removed 2 more items from the Steam Community."

Don't know if this is common, but it made me feel pretty boss.
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Yeah I got that when I reported some troll ones. It does make you feel like you contributed.
 
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Platy

Member
Qasir, a game released yesterday and an IndieCade nominee is released on Steam today !

Tower of Gorillion has some kind of interesting "assymetric gameplay" so popular right now with the WiiU ... even if my artistic feel makes me feel bad because it don't follow exactly GameBoy limitations =x

Also, Out There Somewhere deserves more love ... even if it is because it is a released game with a soundtrack awesome enoght to deserve a rock cover !
 
Sentenza

Sentenza

Member
Bauhaus said:
I just read it wasn't accepted because of its humor tone.
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I can confidently say that NO one except Valve knows the first thing about why that wasn't accepted, as they didn't even give a reason to the developer himself.
The humor tone of the game, by the way, is cheesy but completely harmless and inoffensive... Which makes that version of the story even more unlikely.
 
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Blizzard

Banned
Jables Swan said:
I still want a most popular filter though. Filtering on most views, most up votes etc. Come on Steam. I have faith.
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I think the problem with this is the iOS app store problem -- the apps that make it to the top 10 or whatever essentially snowball, getting lots of views and attention, while the apps that are newly launch or not as popular, even if they ARE good, don't get attention.

I think that's the idea behind the random sorting which I think makes sense, because otherwise you have the same sort of problem as before Greenlight. Games that aren't well known or which have niche fanbases could get ignored again.

TucoBenedictoPacifico said:
No, it's not.
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I think the presidents game looks funny. I wouldn't mind it going through. I don't think I'm interested in Oniken, Postal 2, La-Mulana, BasketBelle and Fly'n, so yeah. :p I'm going to check them all now to make sure.
 
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HP_Wuvcraft

Banned
Fixed1979 said:
I thought about starting a thread just to show a game you want to see get votes, but I'm way too lazy...

I've been keeping an eye on Sang-Froid : Tales of Werewolves. I really dig the setting (1858 lower Canada (Quebec)), and it seems like a fun strategy game with some light RPG elements and fun characters.



VOTE:
Steam Greenlight
WEBSITE:
http://www.sangfroidgame.com/
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That looks fantastic and the music is amazingballs.

Some doofus downvoted it because it lacked co-op.
 
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Blizzard

Banned
I just checked since someone mentioned these. Here are my opinions, to give an example of how opinions differ:

Oniken: Looks kind of neat, but sort of like a NES or SNES Metroid with worse graphics.
Postal 2: Graphics look mediocre, and it looks violent. I'm not interested.
LA-MULANA: The music seems cool, but I don't like the voices or the art style. It seems super low-resolution and I'm not sure I'd play it.
Basketbelle: I really don't like the grainy, particle effects this one uses. It also looks very hard to keep track of what's going on in the game. The gameplay doesn't strike me as something I'd want to play -- maybe not even if it were polished. It's hard to tell. The backgrounds are a bit jarring and remind me of that game people complained about the backgrounds of...looks like stuff cut out of paper? Maybe there are two of them. I forget.
Fly'n: This looks quite polished, as if it might have been an iOS game before. It is perhaps the game of this group I'd be most interested in, but even with it I'm afraid that the art style is so baroque and strange, it could be easy to lose track of things.
 
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cbox

Member
Gintoki said:
Yea. You can also contact Glass Rebel to add it to the Neogaf greenlight collection.
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Awesome message sent, thanks.

Here's the page, http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93006616

I accidentally made the game public, and the community ripped me a new one - Added the trailer I was working on, and some screens- hoping for some traction.

My game's called Shwip, a friend and I started it after Bizzare was bought out, our hopes for a new geo wars was dashed so we decided to create our own take on it.
 
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HP_Wuvcraft

Banned
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Blizzard

Banned
Sang-Froid does look neat. Is it tower defense or full RPG?

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This looks really cool, but the age of single-player games is over. We're on the internet already, which is a social system. Any game is made better with co-op or multiplayer, but especially this type of game. Being able to coordinate strategy with a friend would help immensely with gameplay. I usually don't even consider games that are single-player on Steam. If I'm online, I'm with friends, and talking about strategy pales in comparison to actually being able to work together on a map. I'm voting this down solely because it lacks co-op or multiplayer, but I am going to add it to favorites to keep an eye on its progress.
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I'm really sad to see this...people actively campaigning AGAINST singleplayer games on Steam?
 
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SteveWinwood

Member
ConvenientBox said:
Awesome message sent, thanks.

Here's the page, http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93006616

I accidentally made the game public, and the community ripped me a new one - Added the trailer I was working on, and some screens- hoping for some traction.

My game's called Shwip, a friend and I started it after Bizzare was bought out, our hopes for a new geo wars was dashed so we decided to create our own take on it.
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This is my new favorite game I've seen on greenlight so far.
 
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HP_Wuvcraft

Banned
Anyone heard about this new "No WIP" rule?

Blizzard said:
I'm really sad to see this...people actively campaigning AGAINST singleplayer games on Steam?
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Yeah, that's fucking weird.

I also like how insensitive they are towards the fact that multi simply may not be in the budget for a fucking indie studio of probably only one guy.
 
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gabbo

Member
HP_Wuvcraft said:
Anyone heard about this new "No WIP" rule?



Yeah, that's fucking weird.

I also like how insensitive they are towards the fact that multi simply may not be in the budget for a fucking indie studio of probably only one guy.
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That explains why so many of the single-player only games I've voted for are sticking around 1-2% tops. Absurd, absolutely absurd.
 
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