imaginationra

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by imaginationra 5y ago
If you want to see early innovative work on crypto native games check out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UByPeT5O-c
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by imaginationra 5y ago
%100- I had a game in submission status "retired" this week because "NFT's"- the game is 45gb so its more difficult to find a place to host it/etc when its that big and have it make financial sense right now. S
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by imaginationra 5y ago
Now I know why they "retired" our recent game in progress that had two QR codes in it that linked to an NFT for the game. Steam was TERRIFIED of our little erc721 token haha.
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by imaginationra 5y ago
Its Valve's responsibility to make sure all dev's on their platform are treated fairly. Do you think this would happen to a major publisher? That support agent would never pull this kind of thing with a major publisher as they wou
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by imaginationra 5y ago
There are several issues here- in the normal submission process if your game/app has issues they notify you- you remove it and resubmit- my store page had external urls in it which is against their written policy- they let me know and
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by imaginationra 5y ago
What makes this especially odd- I asked around other Steam dev's/forums etc and no one has ever heard of a game in the submission process being "retired" by a support agent like this. Game "retirement" is usual
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by imaginationra 5y ago
Sorry- I was just trying to be funny- our studio also does comedy ^_^
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by imaginationra 5y ago
You got it- here you go the entire interaction that led to the game being removed https://imgur.com/a/F9jIsuJ
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by imaginationra 5y ago
Thank you- yeh the steam "support" process is very frustrating 0_0 If we can't get through to Steam we'll just release the "game" for free on internet archive or something. This isn't about money for us b
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by imaginationra 5y ago
That's what a bot would print.
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by imaginationra 5y ago
At the point it was "retired" or banned essentially- there was no escalation, no warning and it was through a single agent.
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by imaginationra 5y ago
Ok so what if they collude like humans do? Is that ok? Steam support agents are humans not smart contracts with immutable code.
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by imaginationra 5y ago
Yes, this is what I am on about. Game dev's need Steam to make a living. I don't think its right to allow steam support to arbitrarily "retire" games at any point in the games lifecycle for any reason of their choosing.
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by imaginationra 5y ago
Are you a bot?
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by imaginationra 5y ago
Also if you haven't been through the Steam submission process- you submit a build- they tell you what is wrong with it- you fix it and resubmit- and thats the normal loop. This one was submit build- issue- fix issue - submit build - ga
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by imaginationra 5y ago
Its an idealogical thing- we don't need steam for our livelihood but most game dev's do. I'm assuming that indie dev's don't want to be treated like this but maybe most all of their backs are already broken and they
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by imaginationra 5y ago
You are unable to send help requests to steam support for 30 days it seems. These help requests are the only way for a dev to communicate with the people who control your game.
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by imaginationra 5y ago
So you think its ok for a support agent to essentially ban your game at any time for any reason with no recourse?
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TIL: Steam support can “retire” any indie game at any point, then censor the dev
9 points by imaginationra 5y ago|36 comments
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Steam bans the worlds first interactive animated feature film because NFT's 0_0
11 points by imaginationra 5y ago|0 comments
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by imaginationra 6y ago
Mediocre artist using cg as a crutch with a gimmick of making an image everyday- yeah that's called "work" and you are supposed to work everyday- I don't see what the big deal is. Don't we all work everyday? Can I m
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by imaginationra 6y ago
No Ethereum network- no go for me as well.
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by imaginationra 6y ago
You are correct fine onion- This is youtube in 2084 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ3fOdorpCQ Great sarcasm by the way- its going to inspire generations of smart asses with the smooth chill it was written with. Snarky and
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by imaginationra 6y ago
This is where the cool kids hang out- at this concert in Funland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tk5REKdZso
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by imaginationra 6y ago
It's just a platform and for now we can put things like this on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3SDNrxe-1M
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by imaginationra 6y ago
We work just fine without mobiles. The plus is that we aren't enslaved to a handheld device ruled by rich guys.
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by imaginationra 6y ago
You have to pull to find it- we live in a push world now and that's why all you see is the same old crap- because people aren't searching new works out- they are just sitting around letting curators and algo's push it to them
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by imaginationra 6y ago
Its not arrogance- it is confidence. We've been doings like this for twenty years. We made Potato Phones in 2002 before a potato phone was a thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo3StA3INws Youtube is lame- our work i
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by imaginationra 6y ago
I run an independent film/animation/music/interactive studio- I have never owned any mobile phone and don't use any social media except for youtube. Our studio is not on any social media platforms. We are the countercult
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by imaginationra 6y ago
Latest album for the band I do with my wife https://rittoddottir.bandcamp.com/

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