Valve inför nya regler för Steam Early Access
Vill se till att spelen inte är för dåliga
Det är många som har publicerat sina spel via Steam Early Access den senaste tiden, en tjänst som gör att spelare kan köpa spel som ännu inte är färdiga. Men det verkar som om tjänsten blivit lite för populär. Nu sätter nämligen Valve upp nya regler för att se till att höja nivån på spelen som publiceras där. Bland annat uppmanas utvecklare att förklara exakt i vilket skick spelet är. Om det har kritiska buggar ska de meddelas. Kunden måste veta exakt vad de köper. Spelet ska också vara spelbart. Ett tekniskt demo kvalar därför inte in. Spelen ska heller inte vara helt färdiga. Tanken är att kunderna ska kunna påverka utvecklingen."When you launch a game in Steam Early Access, there is an expectation by customers that you will continue development to a point where you have what you consider a 'finished' game," reads Valve's new document."We know that nobody can predict the future, and circumstances frequently change, which may result in a game failing to reach a 'finished' state, or may fail to meet customer expectations in some other way. We work hard to make sure this risk is communicated clearly to customers, but we also ask that developers follow a set of rules that are intended to help inform customers and set proper expectations when purchasing your game."Hela innehållet i de nya riktlinjerna kan ni läsa nedan.
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Valves nya riktlinjer för Early Access via Steam
Don't launch in Early Access if you can't afford to develop with very few or no sales. There is no guarantee that your game will sell as many units as you anticipate. If you are counting on selling a specific number of units to survive and complete your game, then you need to think carefully about what it would mean for you or your team if you don't sell that many units. Are you willing to continue developing the game without any sales? Are you willing to seek other forms of investment?
Make sure you set expectations properly everywhere you talk about your game. For example, if you know your updates during Early Access will break save files or make the customer start over with building something, make sure you say that up front. And say this everywhere you sell your Steam keys.
Don't launch in Early Access without a playable game. If you have a tech demo, but not much gameplay yet, then it's probably too early to launch in Early Access. If you are trying to test out a concept and haven't yet figured out what players are going to do in your game that makes it fun, then it's probably too early. You might want to start by giving out keys to select fans and getting input from a smaller and focused group of users before you post your title to Early Access. At a bare minimum, you will need a video that shows in-game gameplay of what it looks like to play the game. Even if you are asking customers for feedback on changing the gameplay, customers need something to start with in order to give informed feedback and suggestions.
Don't launch in Early Access if you are done with development. If you have all your gameplay defined already and are just looking for final bug testing, then Early Access isn't the right place for that. You'll probably just want to send out some keys to fans or do more internal playtesting. Early Access is intended as a place where customers can have impact on the game.
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