A GM example on Steam

Posted by firestormx on Aug. 30, 2012, 8:54 p.m.

Edit: Steam has removed the game. However, the google docs link still works.

This is probably the greatest thing I have ever seen. Everyone should give it a thumbs up so it actually gets put on steam.

House Fire Simulator 2013 - on Steam

Here's a link to the "Horrible Build" (according to the developer):

Download from Google Docs

He will make a "final build" if the game gets approved.

This guy is working to achieve what so many of us tried to do…

First we tried to learn to use GM, and realized it was too hard.

Some of us then went to the GMC and asked someone to make a game for us, and we'd put them in the game's credits (I personally skipped this step, as I wasn't smart enough to come up with such enticing ways for people to make me a game).

Finally, we realized that the examples on Mark's page (back before yoyo…Evidently the examples are still available on yoyo), and find sprites online, and decided to change the sprites, rename the file, and call the game complete.

At this point, you're sitting on a completed game. You dream of becoming famous. You can't even comprehend how many people will play your game, once you send it to Mark to put on his page. Imagine how popular you'll be when you submit it to the GMG, and Juju reviews it as the greatest game he's ever seen. This is the crowning achievement of your 11 year old life, and you are ecstatic.

At one point, I think Tankoz was on Mark's site…Or maybe it was a different game, I can't even remember.

You begin to think that if you managed to re-write this game in those mysterious languages that professionals use, like "Pascal", "C++", or "HTML", you could even get this game hosted in the big leagues, like gamehippo!

Now-a-days, you have Steam. Steam is the new version of having your game on (the now defunct) gamehippo (which I doubt anyone even knew of). And it's bigger than it too.

So please, if you have a steam account, vote for this game. Help this developer achieve what we never could, with our Click the Clown, and 1945 remakes.

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Edit: The developer is updating the game comments a lot, so I added the link to the game.

Comments

firestormx 12 years, 3 months ago

Nope! This has ruined my entire impression of GM games. Never again shall I play one!

Toast 12 years, 3 months ago

$100 seems a bit of a kneejerk reaction, considering you're not even guaranteed submission. I wouldn't be surprised if that fee is reduced after malicious interest in the system dies down.

firestormx 12 years, 3 months ago

Quote:
YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS?
WHY DO YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE BLAMING ME FOR THIS?!

In the comments, there's a lot of talk about $25 limit. I think that would be better, and Valve seems open to what developers have to say.

Coolest part is that the money goes to charity.

S3xySeele 12 years, 3 months ago

I'd pay $100 to potentially get a game onto Steam.

Alert Games 12 years, 3 months ago

Depths for steam 2013.

JuurianChi 12 years, 3 months ago

$100 doesn't seem so bad.

It's a pain in the arse though.

Castypher 12 years, 3 months ago

A $25 deposit for submission would work out really well, I think. Sad to see that people are abusing it so early but I think it'll be great once things die down.

Visor 12 years, 3 months ago

The possibility of getting denied makes the $100 seem a whole lot worse.

Castypher 12 years, 3 months ago

You don't get denied unless you submit work that clearly lacks quality (not sure how they are on censorship though). Once on Greenlight, you stay indefinitely until you reach the quota.

…Or so they say in the FAQ.

Astryl 12 years, 3 months ago

Quote:
WHY DO YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE BLAMING ME FOR THIS?!
It's the avatar.

Personally, I'd rather that they had kept the old submission system; but perhaps they were getting too many submissions to handle on their own? Who knows. All I know is: I can't afford $100, nor can I afford $25. Therefore, I shall not be submitting my games to Steam anytime soon; I'll probably do what Desktop Dungeons and To The Moon are doing.

EDIT: Also, I'm pretty sure that GOG.com takes submissions from indie developers.