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Indie developer behind 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rated shipbuilder argues that Steam's "free advertising" is worth the 30% cut (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] consumptionone@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Since the headline blew it, the game mentioned is called Cosmoteer.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You know what also justifies Valve's 30% cut? Their outstanding efforts in getting games to run on Linux, and the overall impact that this had on the Linux community.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

For most developers, that's not much of a value. The Linux share of the gaming market only exists because of Steam. 99% of those gamers would just play on Windows if Valve hadn't pu in the effort.

It is good for Linux though.

[–] DoctorButts@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, Cosmoteer. Extremely fun for like 10 hours, then you realize there is nothing left to do. I guess that dev has made a fortune off of it though, so hats off to that guy.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 months ago

Yeah I enjoyed it for longer than that but it just becomes so tedious once you have a few ships.

I prefer Starsector and Avorion.

[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Just a few days ago, I wrote a comment about how you would theoretically try and become a significant competitor to Steam, and one of the points I raised was that Steam's storefront and recommendations are very generous (compared to others). It makes a huge difference that even indie games can appear on the front page regularly, both improving user and dev experiences. Players find games that they enjoy, while devs pay a very small amount to get effective, targetted advertisements.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I found weird ass games like Age of Decadence because of steam. I dount I wouldve found that lovingly crafted load of slavic jank without steam, or atleast it wouldve been until Warlocracy made a video on it.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My library and tastes are pretty eclectic so I think Steam's recommendation engine struggles with me lol. That said, I love how it sends me shit no one seems to know about at the time, like Kenshi, Volcanoids, PULSAR, etc.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, though my tastes seem to be a rather close to a venn diagram circle with Mandaloregaming which is disconcerting at times. Maybe a bit more post apocalyptia on my part.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 months ago

Yeah it's becoming a bit uncanny when I pickup a game and see Mandalore, SplatterCat, or AlphaBetaGamer covering it a few days later.