Game News Age of Decadence Released on Steam Early Access

[Darth Roxor]

I'll wait for a full version that I can pirate

 

[Stainless Veteran]

449 pуб.? Oh... well.

 

[Infinitron]

Hey Vault Dweller, why doesn't your game appear under Steam's "New Releases" tab?

You won't get those piles of Steambux if nobody even knows your game has appeared on the service.

 

[Vault Dweller]

It does for me. The top entry in 'rpg', 'indie', and 'early access' categories.

 

[Infinitron]

It does for me. The top entry in 'rpg', 'indie', and 'early access' categories.

I'm talking about the front page of Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/

 

[Crooked Bee]

Hmm, it doesn't show up under new releases for me either. Something having to do with time zones maybe?

 

[Jack Dandy]

Repeating my question-

Is the demo offered on Steam\the one on the site updated to be on the same "feature\version" of the newly released "super-demo"? (Balance and bug-wise, not content wise)

 

[Infinitron]

I think they may have removed all Early Access games from that tab. I'm pretty sure they were there before. What a shame.

Repeating my question-

Is the demo offered on Steam\the one on the site updated to be on the same "feature\version" of the newly released "super-demo"? (Balance and bug-wise, not content wise)

Not yet. We just talked about how the demo wasn't uploaded yet on the last page.

 

[Vault Dweller]

No idea. I don't see any 'early access' games there. Maybe that's why?

As for the demo, it hasn't been uploaded yet (shouldn't take longer than a few hours from now) but it does have the same features as the 'super demo'.

 

[Jack Dandy]

I think they may have removed all Early Access games from that tab. I'm pretty sure they were there before. What a shame.

Are you serious? Man, Valve is so fucking incompetent. They let in every damn Early Access game by some shmuck who passed Greenlight. Naturally, you get a lot of barely functioning titles that hardly get any updates. People get pissed and complain- so Valve just takes them all off the frontpage?

Is hiring a competent quality assurance team really THAT difficult for Valve?

No idea. I don't see any 'early access' games there. Maybe that's why?

As for the demo, it hasn't been uploaded yet (shouldn't take longer than a few hours from now) but it does have the same features as the 'super demo'.

Good to know. I'll try it when it's up.

 

[bonescraper]

Again & again... Russian language - where?

Hi all!

Where is languages in RPG?

 

[Infinitron]

Project Zomboid got hit by this too: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1q6yv3/project_zomboid_early_access_has_just_been/

Previously all Early Access games would have been on the frontpage in the "new releases" box, with potentially getting featured. This was changed either today or yesterday without a word to anyone, making it no longer possible. Had the devs known beforehand, they could have released before that. Stuff like this is extremely important for indie titles with minimal PR budgets, so it's screwing over other future Early Access releases too.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

It's probably because of all the "I wouldn't buy this game if I knew it wasn't complete! I want a refund! Early Access is a scam!!!!!!!!!" retards that don't even bother reading the game's description before buying. Virtually every ea game forum is littered with threads like that.

I hope they're planning to introduce a tab for early access games, would be easy and keeps everyone happy.

 

[Infinitron]

Vault Dweller Elhoim The free demo works now.

Perhaps that was just shit talking, though.

Yes.

 

[Fryjar]

Project Zomboid got hit by this too: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1q6yv3/project_zomboid_early_access_has_just_been/

Previously all Early Access games would have been on the frontpage in the "new releases" box, with potentially getting featured. This was changed either today or yesterday without a word to anyone, making it no longer possible. Had the devs known beforehand, they could have released before that. Stuff like this is extremely important for indie titles with minimal PR budgets, so it's screwing over other future Early Access releases too.

Well, they are now featured in the "Featured Items", "Now Released" slide show at least. Again, is the cost prohibitiv VD or why did you decide against doing that? Otherwise it will be pretty hard to stumble upon the game if you weren't following it before.

 

[Cancle]

Project Zomboid got hit by this too: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1q6yv3/project_zomboid_early_access_has_just_been/

Previously all Early Access games would have been on the frontpage in the "new releases" box, with potentially getting featured. This was changed either today or yesterday without a word to anyone, making it no longer possible. Had the devs known beforehand, they could have released before that. Stuff like this is extremely important for indie titles with minimal PR budgets, so it's screwing over other future Early Access releases too.

There are 6 early access games featured on my steam front page (eu). Including Project Zomboid. However Project Zomboid (and possibly some of the other 5 games too, have not checked) is not in the "new releases" list.
Not being on the "new releases" list is highly unfortunate. Hopefully the game will at least be featured eventually. If not it goes without saying the sales figures will certainly be severely hurt.

 

[Jack Dandy]

Got a question... what do the "attack bonuses" near weapon skills actually do?

http://imgur.com/d1DCbPj

Isn't it kind of weird how investing points in axes means you have more attack bonuses in HAMMERS?

 

[Zetor]

Axes are blunt weapons, duh.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Got a question... what do the "attack bonuses" near weapon skills actually do?

Bonus to THC.

Isn't it kind of weird how investing points in axes means you have more attack bonuses in HAMMERS?

Hafted weapons. Your THC with axes will still be higher because your skill is higher.

 

[Brother None]

'grats VD! Hope it does well. I bought it again on Early Access just for the hell of it.

I've heard that developers don't get told how many units they sell on Steam. And consequently, nobody knows how much of a cut Valve takes. They just send you some money, but don't give anyone enough information to calculate the percentage taken out.

No.

And Steam takes 30%, like most digital retailers.

 

[Vault Dweller]

'grats VD! Hope it does well. I bought it again on Early Access just for the hell of it.

Thanks!

 

[Jack Dandy]

Hafted weapons. Your THC with axes will still be higher because your skill is higher.

Ah, I see. Thanks.

 

[Vault Dweller]

We'll make it more clear in the future updates and show the breakdown (synergy, training, etc).

 

[Infinitron]

Vault Dweller What's this, then? http://www.irontowerstudio.com/forum/index.php/topic,3515.0.html

You surrendered to the Steam whining already? It's not even really there yet.

 

[Elhoim]

Vault Dweller What's this, then? http://www.irontowerstudio.com/forum/index.php/topic,3515.0.html

You surrendered to the Steam whining already? It's not even really there yet.

Actually, people are complaining that Maadoran is too easy