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Theres some panels these idiops are attending, I hope they are streamed and/or televised. http://floridasupercon2014.sched.org First thing is on friday about 4:30 florida time. The second, the meat and potatoes and end all be all of Q&A is at 7:00pm, friday also. Have no idea about if they are streamed or recorded. I hope they are.
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Hey ToGmeisters, what are your plans for integrating your game into the various systems of gewgaws and gimcracks that Steam's system lets you dole out? Trading cards and such. Will there be a :chaosdunk: emoticon?
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Jul 5, 2014 01:25
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We absolutely want the shittiest cheevos and cards. 100% worst on Steam.
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Jul 5, 2014 03:38
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How do cards work? Can you have a card of Cyberdwarf breast feeding a baby?
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Jul 5, 2014 03:39
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Chef Boyardee posted:How do cards work? Can you have a card of Cyberdwarf breast feeding a baby?
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Jul 5, 2014 03:48
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I think there's an upper limit of 15 cards per game but breastfeeding sounds like it'd fit within Steam's guidelines. Here's the best existing card, "No Transparency". I feel you might appreciate it: Ever had issues where your characters or any image files really, having some kind of colored border around them? Make sure to import them using the Resource Manager or edit them in an image program to give them transparency! And most important of all, don't replace your RTP files!   Is Barkley 2 on Greenlight already? You're gonna have to go through it unless Valve decommissions the thing. poo poo takes a while.
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Jul 5, 2014 06:10
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Valve is already discussing dismantling and revamping Greenlight. I can't remember the details or context of the conversation, but it turns out it has been generating a bunch of problems for the company. The joys of quasi-democratic market systems at work!
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Jul 5, 2014 06:17
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The invisible hand truly is the greatest judge.
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Jul 5, 2014 06:21
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Chef Boyardee posted:How do cards work? Can you have a card of Cyberdwarf breast feeding a baby? I'm assuming at this point you're going to get on Steam because most of this other horrible shovelware gets in.
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Jul 5, 2014 07:22
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For cards here's what you should do: get a camera, pick some object, and take a ton of nearly identical shots for the card images. Make a single title and description for all of the cards but mix up text characters that are hard to identify from each other such as |, l, 1, I, O, 0 and other similar. Produce the maximum cards allowable (guessing it's 15/20 but I hope it's like 50 or more). Everyone will love the adventure of trying to craft that Steam badge.
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Jul 5, 2014 07:22
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If I can't crash the game by repeatedly summoning and dismissing the steam overlay, I don't want to play it.
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Jul 5, 2014 07:33
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TimeServ posted:For cards here's what you should do: get a camera, pick some object, and take a ton of nearly identical shots for the card images. Make a single title and description for all of the cards but mix up text characters that are hard to identify from each other such as |, l, 1, I, O, 0 and other similar. Produce the maximum cards allowable (guessing it's 15/20 but I hope it's like 50 or more). Achievement suggestion: Complete the game without fulfilling the conditions for any other achievement.
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Jul 5, 2014 07:56
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Nessus posted:You also get a badge, like in City of Heroes, except that NCSoft won't buy you out... or will they? NCSoft buyout kickstarter is right around the corner. Keep your eyes open and your wallet on standby. Actually nevermind, they have the worst library of games. Supercon seems to be trudging along, I can't wait to see some footage of the ToG sludgelords making a fool of themselves. As for the steam cards... I think the fabled "Baby Huey's Final Sacrifice" -card will become one of the most coveted cards on steam.
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Discendo Vox posted:Valve is already discussing dismantling and revamping Greenlight. I can't remember the details or context of the conversation, but it turns out it has been generating a bunch of problems for the company. The joys of quasi-democratic market systems at work! Greenlight's still a thing for now and Valve's still putting them through in batches. You may as well put the game on Greenlight instead of just waiting for them to say, "Welp, Greenlight wasn't that great so we're shutting it down. Sit tight for its replacement!" (In the interim, Valve returns to its original 'beg to a brick wall' model; several galactic years pass.) BiggerJ fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Jul 5, 2014 |
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Jul 5, 2014 14:06
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Yep. Get it in there while the getting's hot.
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Oh! Don't forget the rewards players get for crafting badges - an emoticon and a profile background, both related to the game the badge is for. These are each randomly selected from a pool of several, each with a rarity (common, uncommon or rare), and they can be traded or sold like cards. What emoticons and profile backgrounds could Barkley 2 have?
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On the sick cheevo front you could always make a bunch of bizarre requirements. Or do like the Stanley Parable guy and keep changing what you need to arbitrary stuff. Off topic but I don't get Greenlight. Is it supposed to be a cheaper/easier way for indie people to get their stuff on? I see a lot of games that you'd think would be able to just throw whatever the usual amount is to get listed.
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Fooley posted:On the sick cheevo front you could always make a bunch of bizarre requirements. Or do like the Stanley Parable guy and keep changing what you need to arbitrary stuff. From what I hear it used to be pretty hard for a indie outfit without a publisher to get on steam (whether they need one or not). Greenlight was created to let the community decide if a game can get on steam or not. It's just that a major chunk of indie games are poo poo and the community will let pretty much anything in no matter how bad or unfinished if you promise enough stuff or say 'like minecraft/day z' a bunch. Greenlight started out with a noble goal I guess but holy poo poo, just look at the approved titles http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=765&browsesort=pending&p=1 It's either anime,zombies, clones, ios app ports, or platformers. Now imagine a huge backlog of samey games no one wants clogging up steam and you pretty much have an idea what greenlight did. DrManiac fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Jul 5, 2014 |
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BiggerJ posted:Oh! Don't forget the rewards players get for crafting badges - an emoticon and a profile background, both related to the game the badge is for. These are each randomly selected from a pool of several, each with a rarity (common, uncommon or rare), and they can be traded or sold like cards. What emoticons and profile backgrounds could Barkley 2 have? :chaosdunk: :cyberdwarf: :cdpillow: And yeah you might want to tip your game in there if you don't need it to actually be done. I am sure it will get voted into entrance in a blaze of doom-murder.
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DrManiac posted:From what I hear it used to be pretty hard for a indie outfit without a publisher to get on steam (whether they need one or not). Greenlight was created to let the community decide if a game can get on steam or not. It's just that a major chunk of indie games are poo poo and the community will let pretty much anything in no matter how bad or unfinished if you promise enough stuff or say 'like minecraft/day z' a bunch. It looks fine, and not at all like what you described. I don't see what you think the problem is.
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Nessus posted::spaulding: an unfinished portal 2 mod made by a student in his spare time made greenlight, there's no way in hell this wouldn't
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Jul 5, 2014 18:10
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In order to get Greenlit, Barkley 2 must at least match the lofty standards set by this game, which might be difficult.
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Freak Futanari posted:In order to get Greenlit, Barkley 2 must at least match the lofty standards set by this game, which might be difficult. Well considering the gender options are: male, female, dwarf, eunuch and other with multiple selections, I'm more concerned about how that game handles basketball.
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Nessus posted::spaulding: I'd really like to see :smugx1: or :petreality: just because the events linked to those two are really funny. Are the steam emoticons those 16x16 non-animated garbage ones tho? I think I've seen a few in dota2 and they are these unintelligible piles of poo poo. Personally don't much care for Greenlight because it already has this (well deserved) garbage stigma to it, although that is fitting for bakely2. It's right up there with the iconic gender bender dna turbo or whatever that greenlight poster boy game is called.
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Gortarius posted:I'd really like to see :smugx1: or :petreality: just because the events linked to those two are really funny. Are the steam emoticons those 16x16 non-animated garbage ones tho? I think I've seen a few in dota2 and they are these unintelligible piles of poo poo.
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Nessus posted:I don't know if they're 16x16 exactly but they're real loving tiny yeah. But wouldn't an unintelligable pile of poo poo be perfect for Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa? Malformed image file that crashes the viewer.
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Jul 5, 2014 21:47
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I want :truckpump:
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Midjack posted:Malformed image file that crashes the viewer. 16x16 smiley face that is inexplicably 512MB.
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Segmentation Fault posted:I want :truckpump:
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Jul 5, 2014 22:25
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:incangold: :applebottoms:
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Gortarius posted:Are the steam emoticons those 16x16 non-animated garbage ones tho? I think I've seen a few in dota2 and they are these unintelligible piles of poo poo. I just checked and the images seem to be 360x360... and display in chat as 18x18.
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Smart design. Seriously, who thought that up? Is there a way to see them big without manually opening the image file?
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Admiral H. Curtiss posted:Smart design.
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Or hover over them in chat. It's pretty ridiculous how tiny they are.
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The game is looking absolutely amazing. Loving the art and the shooty bits. I'm wondering though, is Barkley 2 still going to have the "edutainment" value that ToG is committed to?
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Segmentation Fault posted:I want :truckpump:
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The important thing is to make them emoticons people would actually conceivably use in a conversation. For example, Surgeon Simulator has thumbs up and down emoticons, and Killing Floor has one for money. Don't be like Dota 2 and just put character's heads as emoticon.
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Liquid Dinosaur posted:The important thing is to make them emoticons people would actually conceivably use in a conversation. For example, Surgeon Simulator has thumbs up and down emoticons, and Killing Floor has one for money. Don't be like Dota 2 and just put character's heads as emoticon. I pity you if your average steam conversation doesn't include times that call for a picture of a gas pump then you should get better friends.
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Port Royale has :weed:, which is selling for about $9. Shamelessly exploiting the steam user base is the way to go.
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Liquid Dinosaur posted:The important thing is to make them emoticons people would actually conceivably use in a conversation. For example, Surgeon Simulator has thumbs up and down emoticons, and Killing Floor has one for money. Don't be like Dota 2 and just put character's heads as emoticon. Uh the dota emoticons do things (smile, laugh, cry, talk to the hand all the things Barkley 2 will make me feel.
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