Steam Reviews are something else. After 8,276 hours: “Nah, too hard” #steam

The recent Steam Next Fest had me wondering what the differences are between a demo and a Steam Playtest, so I write an article about it. TLDR; demo's are for marketing and the purpose of playtesting is more about gathering feedback. #gamedev #steam www.resonate.gg/post/steam-...

Literally unplayable (for almost 12k hours)

Too many a game developer have failed to listen to player feedback and seen their game slowly dying out as a direct result of it. It’s time to change the way game developers, community managers and publishers work with and analyze player feedback.

I love @timberborn.bsky.social and last week, I ran an analysis on all 28,000+ reviews to see how sentiment developed over time and what people thought of the Wonders of Water and Badwater updates. Here are the results🧵 #timberborn #gamedev

we all start somewhere! #firstclick #seo

Somehow got lured into an Adobe yearly plan again. Prices and cancellation fees completely lack transparency. I can't be the only one, how is this still allowed?

Different LLM’s when asked about the Tianenmen Square massacre. Something to keep in mind now that there’s a new toy in town.

i do be like that

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 20: Hunt Showdown #games #gameschallenge

me: there’s real value in Steam Reviews the reviews:

This is insane. I was working on sentiment analysis for Hunt: Showdown when I decided to ask AI to make a podcast over the 3,123 Steam reviews of the past month. It made a 15-minute talk between two hosts talking about the latest update. And now I'm scared Cant share audio files so: bitly.cx/dVLIy

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 19: Escape From Tarkov #games #gameschallenge

For some reason @zerosievert.bsky.social flew completely under my radar. I just looked it up on YouTube and as a Escape From Tarkov player, I just found out about every streamer I followed has played this. Properly exicting to try it store.steampowered.com/app/1782120/...

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 18: Satisfactory #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 17: World of Warships #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 16: GTA 2 #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 15: The Witcher 3 #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 14: Total War: Three Kingdoms #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 13: PUBG #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 12: Total War: Shogun 2 #games #gameschallenge

Some screenshots of my analysis of reviews for #Timberborn. This particular report is based on only 900 reviews written in a single month, but there's a lot of headroom. Entire report is 25 pages and includes bugs, technical issues, player suggestions, etc. #gamedev

I prefer the Moonlight/Sunshine setup myself, but this is pretty big for Steamdeck. With SteamOS reportedly on the way this year, Steam seems to be moving into living rooms. steamdeckhq.com/news/nviida-...

It's definitely worth your time.

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 11: Company of Heroes #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 10: Total War: Rome #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 9: Banished #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 8: Battlefield 2 #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 7: Counter-Strike: Source #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 6: Half-Life 2 #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 5: Call of Duty #games #gameschallenge

2024 was such a pivotal year for me: started the year at an AI startup & declined a co-founder role to chase my own gaming industry business. Kept freelancing, began building in November & launched this month. Feeling more determined than I've felt in a long time #buildinpublic

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 4: Operation Flashpoint #games #gameschallenge

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 3: Battlefield 1942 #games #gameschallenge

Question for game devs and game community managers: Where would I find job listings for game community managers? Which sites/places are common? looking to do some research

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 2: Transport Tycoon #games #gameschallenge

Successes should be celebrated, no matter how small. Got another demo request for my Steam review sentiment reports from a game studio! #gamedev #indiedev #buildinpublic

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 1: Lemmings #games #gameschallenge

Is the market over saturated? Stats show games need time to nurture and people seem attached to their once chosen games. When playing with my friends we also keep falling back to the same games, which are very hard to dethrone. And we've certainly tried. www.pcgamer.com/games/only-1...

Managing multiple Google accounts is such a pain. Constantly switching between them just to access Google products or services feels like such an inefficient workflow. Anyone else wish there was an easier way to streamline this? Share your tips if you’ve figured out a better system #google

Player feedback can be overwhelming for game devs and CM's. As Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan said: 'The challenge is sorting through that feedback... some of it is valuable, but some might take us in the wrong direction.' It's time for new and more efficient ways of feedback analysis.

that looked seriously impressive, even for a cinematic trailer. #witcher4 #childoftheelderblood

I've published my #webflow site a week ago and apparently it published all the pages that were set as draft. Sitemap is set to automatic, and it looks like all these pages are being indexed for Google as well. Is this is normal? How to stop these pages from being indexed by Google? #buildinpublic

my experience so far playing Drova Forsaken Kin by @just2d.bsky.social: >> arrived at a camp and their hunter is missing >> i find their hunter wounded somewhere in a forest >> she's embarrassed she got hurt >> i choose to help her, but promise not tell anyone its for her

How does one game developer or community manager keep on eye on FIVE TO SIX different major platforms at the same time? #gamdev #communitymanagement

Created a Starter Pack for SaaS Founders. :) If you'd like to join: ✅ reply with your best project ✅ like and repost for more visibility Let's connect! #StarterPacks #buildInPublic #IndieHackers #SaaSFounders #SaaS go.bsky.app/GQjwrGC

This is a great piece by @gamemakerstoolkit.com. Clarity and transparency on what it's like to release a game on Steam are much appreciated! Recommended for anyone active in the gaming space

I've spent about 2 weeks here now on @bsky.app as a newbie and here are some of my findings. ⬇️🦋

as much as Deepmind's work in the AI space is appreciated, this doesn't look like groundbreaking by any stretch of the imagination. Creating playable worlds from prompts is nice, but it will take a LONG time to take this from a technical feat into a utility #gamedev deepmind.google/discover/blo...

this game, for some reason, has me reminiscing about the first video games I ever played, Prince of Persia being one of them. The fact this game has a 97% rating on Steam and is mentioned as one of the best games of 2024 goes to say that gameplay is still king in game development #drova #gamedev