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Re: Valve's Steamworks [Re: Nems] #180961 02/01/08 20:39 02/01/08 20:39
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,185 mpdeveloper_B Expert
mpdeveloper_B Expert Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,185	btw, steamworks is not just for selling through steam, i spoke with Mike Dunkle of steam and got this: Quote: To use Steamworks you do not necessarily need to have your game distributed on Steam. An example would be that you use our DRM/CD key solution and you sell the product through traditional retail. Customer takes the product home and Steam is used to verify and unlock your product. We will be shortly post more information on the new Steamworks website. This is for all developers large and small. Mike as you can see he assured me that steamworks is for indie and bigname developers alike, and that you don't have to publish through steam, it would just verify that you bought the game, and you'd never have to open steam again... - aka Manslayer101

Re: Valve's Steamworks [Re: mpdeveloper_B] #180962 02/02/08 07:16 02/02/08 07:16
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,364 Minbar M MaxF Serious User
MaxF Serious User M Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,364 Minbar	Hi I for one love it, great news from a development point of view and even better from a publisher view (13 million users)

Re: Valve's Steamworks [Re: MaxF] #180963 02/04/08 14:26 02/04/08 14:26
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 8,177 Netherlands PHeMoX Senior Expert
PHeMoX Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 8,177 Netherlands	Quote: Hi I for one love it, great news from a development point of view and even better from a publisher view (13 million users) Yeah, that's probably the biggest pro... 13 million people are likely to see your product. I've seen all games available through Steam now, simply because I wanted to see what they offered and I'm sure a lot of people did so too. Fortunately there is nearly no real crap on Steam, so mostly anything will be okey, but when in serious doubt the metascore gives a good and quite objective view too, let alone the trailers, movies and demos. All in all I think it's one of the best inventions, if not th� best invention of recent times for the distribution of games. Cheers PHeMoX, Innervision Software (c) 1995-2008 For more info visit: Innervision Software

Re: Valve's Steamworks [Re: PHeMoX] #180964 02/04/08 23:37 02/04/08 23:37
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,538 WA, Australia J JibbSmart Expert
JibbSmart Expert J Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,538 WA, Australia	love it too. same reasons as phemox. julz Formerly known as JulzMighty. I made KarBOOM!

Re: Valve's Steamworks [Re: PHeMoX] #180965 02/05/08 08:00 02/05/08 08:00
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Machinery_Frank Senior Expert
Machinery_Frank Senior Expert Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany	Quote: Fortunately there is nearly no real crap on Steam... Because of that we all should only be much excited of this new option when we have a real burner, a high quality game to offer. Otherwise it is only another place to dream of. Models, Textures and Games from Dexsoft

Re: Valve's Steamworks [Re: Machinery_Frank] #180966 02/05/08 17:21 02/05/08 17:21
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 8,177 Netherlands PHeMoX Senior Expert
PHeMoX Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 8,177 Netherlands	For most people here yes (myself included), but I'm sure that if someone here manages to make an interesting game with a working concept behind it that it has a really good chance at getting accepted. There's a bunch of 2D games there too and although those are great and polished games mostly it's perhaps not as dreamy as you think it is. I'm not talking about the 2D of the games, but I don't think all games on Steam are 'high quality games', there's just nearly no real crap. (Example: Culpa Innata on Steam) Don't get me wrong, but I think your comment is a bit misplaced anyway because getting accepted on any game portal will require a 'good' game. Cheers PHeMoX, Innervision Software (c) 1995-2008 For more info visit: Innervision Software

Re: Valve's Steamworks [Re: PHeMoX] #180967 02/05/08 18:02 02/05/08 18:02
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Machinery_Frank Senior Expert
Machinery_Frank Senior Expert Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany	Quote: ...any game portal will require a 'good' game. That is what I am talking about. You got it Models, Textures and Games from Dexsoft

Re: Valve's Steamworks [Re: Machinery_Frank] #180968 02/06/08 01:52 02/06/08 01:52
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,264 Wellington Nems .
Nems . Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,264 Wellington	What interests me in this technology is the 'silent' updater process. Our Tiltle (our = Team Abandoned) requires patches and updates so maybe this could prove to be enough to take a look at, by that I mean, develope with the thought in mind of using this package.

Re: Valve's Steamworks [Re: Machinery_Frank] #180969 02/06/08 13:57 02/06/08 13:57
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 8,177 Netherlands PHeMoX Senior Expert
PHeMoX Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 8,177 Netherlands	@Frank: Aah, okey, lol, then I've sort of misunderstood you, because I thought you were pessimistic about Steam as publisher in particular or something. My bad, Cheers PHeMoX, Innervision Software (c) 1995-2008 For more info visit: Innervision Software

Re: Valve's Steamworks [Re: PHeMoX] #180970 02/19/08 05:32 02/19/08 05:32
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,364 Minbar M MaxF Serious User
MaxF Serious User M Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,364 Minbar	http://www.steampowered.com/steamworks/ More info is now available

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