Steam Greenlight: Because Valve needs to hear us shout "FUCK YES" for the true gems.

Aldurin · 10-08-2012, 12:38 AM

So Steam Greenlight has been out for about a month and it already has 10 games greenlit with 1 released, and the stuff that still needs to get through is really cool.

"What is Steam Greenlight?"
I should have mentioned this first, basically it's Steam's way of figuring out whether it's worthwhile to support/sell a proposed product that isn't complete or something Valve is entirely confident about. Basically people use the Workshop database style to submit their game or source mod or whatever it is and then people vote up and down (down just saying that at best you're not interested). It's not clear whether Valve is going by when a game hits a certain number or if they skim off the top-voted games (I think it's the latter), but the big issue is needing to vote.

You just need your Steam account and you can start browsing.

". . . That's a lot of games to look through, I don't have that kind of time."
Valve added a nice queueueueWORDS system that generates a list of a dozen games you haven't voted on yet, based on genre criteria you put in the queue generator. It's useful for sifting through Greenlight in small chunks, which is good because there's a lot of it and it is worth looking into.

"This thumbnail looks like shit, I'm not even gonna click it."
Shut up you judgmental pri- I mean, you shouldn't judge these by the cover and hover text. Many of the games on there I've thought "this is gonna be dumb" and I click on them to get the downvote going and I find something pretty awesome.

Smaller details to note:
Voting does not obligate you to buying the game when it's released, acting as a polling system instead. This is Valve's way of measuring interesting among the people that use Steam.
Many proposed games/mods are in beta/alpha/concept stages, often waiting to see that support come in. Valve will put them on the "support that shit when it's done" list for when it finally comes out.
Use the queue system, it's the only way to sanely approach this.

Cool shit to note (I'll probably link to my Greenlight favorites later if that has its own link.):
Intruder: A different approach to the Slenderman lore where you actually try to prepare and defend yourself in an area where you don't know where your stuff is immediately. Pretty awesome concept given the ambiguity to being able to fight the Slenderman.
Purge: A first-person parkour game in a Borderlands-esque art style.
The Light: Freakishly artistic adventure game with a strong philosophical focus.
Miner Wars 2081: An indoors space combat game with no true up and what appears to be a really strong handling of indoors gameplay in no grav.
StarForge: Essentially space minecraft with physics and ridiculous weaponry. Hit that Yes button with your gaming boner right now.

Anyone else have certain games that stand out to them?

10-08-2012, 12:38 AM	#1
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	Steam Greenlight: Because Valve needs to hear us shout "FUCK YES" for the true gems. So Steam Greenlight has been out for about a month and it already has 10 games greenlit with 1 released, and the stuff that still needs to get through is really cool. "What is Steam Greenlight?" I should have mentioned this first, basically it's Steam's way of figuring out whether it's worthwhile to support/sell a proposed product that isn't complete or something Valve is entirely confident about. Basically people use the Workshop database style to submit their game or source mod or whatever it is and then people vote up and down (down just saying that at best you're not interested). It's not clear whether Valve is going by when a game hits a certain number or if they skim off the top-voted games (I think it's the latter), but the big issue is needing to vote. You just need your Steam account and you can start browsing. ". . . That's a lot of games to look through, I don't have that kind of time." Valve added a nice queueueueWORDS system that generates a list of a dozen games you haven't voted on yet, based on genre criteria you put in the queue generator. It's useful for sifting through Greenlight in small chunks, which is good because there's a lot of it and it is worth looking into. "This thumbnail looks like shit, I'm not even gonna click it." Shut up you judgmental pri- I mean, you shouldn't judge these by the cover and hover text. Many of the games on there I've thought "this is gonna be dumb" and I click on them to get the downvote going and I find something pretty awesome. Smaller details to note: Voting does not obligate you to buying the game when it's released, acting as a polling system instead. This is Valve's way of measuring interesting among the people that use Steam. Many proposed games/mods are in beta/alpha/concept stages, often waiting to see that support come in. Valve will put them on the "support that shit when it's done" list for when it finally comes out. Use the queue system, it's the only way to sanely approach this. Cool shit to note (I'll probably link to my Greenlight favorites later if that has its own link.): Intruder: A different approach to the Slenderman lore where you actually try to prepare and defend yourself in an area where you don't know where your stuff is immediately. Pretty awesome concept given the ambiguity to being able to fight the Slenderman. Purge: A first-person parkour game in a Borderlands-esque art style. The Light: Freakishly artistic adventure game with a strong philosophical focus. Miner Wars 2081: An indoors space combat game with no true up and what appears to be a really strong handling of indoors gameplay in no grav. StarForge: Essentially space minecraft with physics and ridiculous weaponry. Hit that Yes button with your gaming boner right now. Anyone else have certain games that stand out to them? Last edited by Aldurin; 10-28-2012 at 01:31 AM.