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Ask HN: Is a show HN with a Steam game okay
Hi everybody, I'm looking forward to publishing a very small game fairly soonish. Is everyone generally cool with me posting a link to a steam page where you can download the game. I know this website tends to be very much against centralized platforms such as Steam, but I'd rather not just send an AWS link.
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- ThrowawayR2 6y agoHere's a link to the official rules for "Show HN"'s: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html You can also contact the mods directly if you have a question that's not answered.
- offtop5 6y agoLooks like forcing users to sign up for an account is frowned upon. This is something Steam definitely does, so I'll release a version on Itch.io which doesn't require a sign up.
- ThrowawayR2 6y agoThis is just my impression but forcing users to sign up for an account would be a problem only if it was directly owned and managed by your product and you were the possessor of the account data. Accounts for a third party, particularly for something ubiquitous like Steam, would probably not run afoul of this rule.
- offtop5 6y agoIn that case I'll go ahead and email the mods to ask. Thanks for the response, I hope to target PC and Mac early next year
- floatingatoll 6y agoBest to email the mods and ask. They’re friendly. Contact link in the footer if you decide to.