Info Steam Greenlight

Drok'Slit · #1 August 30th, 2012, 05:13 PM

Hello. I've played Dominions 3 on and off since it has come out and have always suggested it to friends to buy. Lots of them were interested but the fact they had to order it online and also the price tag on it really turned them off to the game.

Now just recently Steam released this feature where game developers can submit their game on this and have it liked or disliked by people with steam accounts whether they support it being on steam or not. I always loved this game and wished more people bought it so I could play multiplayer with other people more easily.

I simply want more people to know about this great game and think this is an opportunity to make this game more well known and help it live on and maybe even expand the modding community. I hope shrapnel will see this and take it into consideration. I want to help in any way I can to spread the word of this amazing game.

Here's a link to what exactly Steam Greenlight is: http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/a...65&section=faq

Admiral_Aorta · #2 August 30th, 2012, 07:24 PM

unfortunately shrapnel have no interest in marketing the game any further, people have suggested this sort of thing in the past and they've always responded with pithy excuses about how niche their market is. they say the same thing whenever someone suggests lowering the price of a game released in 2006.

Gandalf Parker · #3 August 30th, 2012, 09:30 PM

Steam turned down Illwinter on their new game Conquest of Elysium 3. So it might help there. Maybe Steam didnt know who they were turning down so this campaign might help

As far as price drops, maybe Dom2 or Dom1. Heck Conquest of Elysium 2 is one of the free download games from Shrapnel.

Drok'Slit · #4 August 31st, 2012, 01:26 AM

yeah I don't know if there is a way to contact them directly but this is the best alternative I could find. Hopefully this is taken into consideration to breath new life into the game. I seriously would love to see the modding community for this game spring up again and I think Steam distribution/advertisement would be the answer. If anyone knows a way to get this message to the guys behind this then please help. Thank you all for taking the time to read my topic

elmokki · #5 August 31st, 2012, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

Steam turned down Illwinter on their new game Conquest of Elysium 3. So it might help there. Maybe Steam didnt know who they were turning down so this campaign might help

As far as price drops, maybe Dom2 or Dom1. Heck Conquest of Elysium 2 is one of the free download games from Shrapnel.

That said Dominions 3 is a ton better game than Conquest of Elysium 3. I am not surprised at all Steam didn't accept CoE3. It's a cool concept but a very flawed game (I haven't played in ages though, but I doubt patches overhauled pretty much everything.) Though while I believe Dominions 3 would have fair chance of being accepted by Steam, the current pricing is so ludicrous that there is no way that would happen.

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Gandalf Parker · #6 August 31st, 2012, 10:02 AM

@Drok'Slit consider it passed on. And yes they do appreciate efforts like this from the community.

@Elmokki Isnt that what this effort is about? To convince Steam. There are great games on Steam. And there are cheap games on Steam. There are even some great cheap games on Steam. And altho some people may think that defines Steam it does not seem true. There are games on there which are more expensive than Dom3, and there are games on there which are crappier than Coe3.

So maybe just telling Steam that they should look past their initial impressions of those games, and there there is a dedicated following, might be enough to get ours listed there also.

Altho personally Im more interested in whether they are listed on Amazon.

Soyweiser · #7 September 1st, 2012, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

There are games on there which are more expensive than Dom3

There are games on steam more expensive than 55 dollars? I'm gonna have to ask you to show me one. iirc steam has a max of 50 bucks.

Edit:

Right, after doing my own homework, I see that call of duty: black ops 2 is 60 bucks. Link: http://store.steampowered.com/search...rt_order=DESC&

Admiral_Aorta · #8 September 1st, 2012, 12:08 AM

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Isnt that what this effort is about? To convince Steam.

concvincing steam won't do anything if shrapnel don't allow further disribution.

Gandalf Parker · #9 September 1st, 2012, 12:29 PM

Im not sure of the particulars on how things like that work. Maybe Steam could still sell it but just no going on sale.
Dom3 is on Amazon

Besides, it would still help CoE3 get on there

elmokki · #10 September 2nd, 2012, 04:44 AM

Oh seriously. They might turn CoE3 down very easily even if it was free. While the game is not THAT bad, the terrible UI (and actually fairly plain graphics) make it seem quite crappy.

When it comes to Dominions 3, I would definitely not see it as a $50/50€ game and would definitely turn it down if the developer insists on that price. It's a fairly hard to access indie strategy game with fairly plain graphics. Does not matter whose fault it is, but the market for such probably just does not have enough demand at $50, especially when it would be sold next to all the AAA titles at the same price.

Of course Valve most definitely has a better clue than I do when it comes to demand curves of digital download games.