{"id":498,"date":"2014-04-09T14:29:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T14:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/?p=498"},"modified":"2014-04-09T14:34:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T14:34:46","slug":"the-deal-with-steam-greenlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/the-deal-with-steam-greenlight\/","title":{"rendered":"The Deal With Steam Greenlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hate Steam Greenlight. I really do. I even wrote at length about why<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A lot of people are asking me if Another Star<\/cite> will ever be on Steam Greenlight. Back in August, I stated that I didn’t know the answer to that question<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Truth be told, I\u2019m not sure I care that Another Star has a tiny chance of getting through. I\u2019m not sure I care that I\u2019m losing sales by not putting the game there. Out of principle, I simply cannot stand the very idea of submitting it. I may yet give in, but the whole thing ticks me off and I\u2019d rather just say \u201cscrew it\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The problem is, principles don’t pay the bills. They don’t put food on the table. They don’t fund future projects, or even help keep hardware and software up-to-date. Valve has a virtual monopoly on the PC games market with Steam. A large number of gamers will not even consider buying a game if it’s not already on the service. It’s a sad, sorry state of affairs, but it’s the way things are, and despite Valve’s continued, empty promises that they’re going to overhaul the system it doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon.<\/p>\n

That said, Greenlight has improved since I wrote both of those entries, even if only a little. At this point, I can say with certainty that Another Star<\/cite> will eventually be on Steam Greenlight<\/strong>. I’m still not comfortable with the service, but at least it’s gotten to the point where I don’t immediately<\/em> gag at the thought of it. (It’s more of a slow, delayed reaction now.)<\/p>\n

The problem at the moment is cash. Steam’s horrendous $100 gate is effectively shutting me out for the time being. Moreover, it’s not a free ticket to success. The money I have right now is already set aside for things like bills and groceries, and my credit card is just about maxed out. I can’t justify buying what amounts to a lottery ticket at this exact moment in time. Later in the month, however, I should have a bit more money to work with, and I’ll try to get Another Star<\/cite> up on Greenlight then.<\/p>\n

To be clear, I’m not asking for a handout<\/strong>. I’m just asking for patience. If you have $100 to pay for someone’s Steam Greenlight fee, please find someone who needs and deserves it more than me. There are a lot of struggling developers out there who deserve a shot. I have more money on the way, but a lot of them don’t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I hate Steam Greenlight. I really do. I even wrote at length about why. A lot of people are asking me if Another Star will ever be on Steam Greenlight. Back in August, I stated that I didn’t know the answer to that question. Truth be told, I\u2019m not sure I care that Another Star […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-another-star","category-computers","category-indies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":501,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionriders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}