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Hello people! I've some mixed news about Steam. 😮

I will try to be as short as possible:

1) Steam is telling me that due that V 0.03 is posted, there is a chance that they will not let me upload Season 1 as a different game, they want me to update it V 0.03. This is a massive inconvenience for me because the remaster has many changes that can produce bugs with older saves, I have been talking with them via email, but this seems to be problematic.

2) I was not aware that if the game was in 30 languages, I have to create 30 Steam pages... One for each language... I was not expecting this amount of work, but it's very logical for them to make different texts for each language, so I've been creating all of them.

3) Due to point 1, it's very possible that I will take down V 0.03 from Steam, in case someone want it, download it, once you download it, you will own it forever (even in case I stop publishing it)

For me, it was not the week I was expecting, the Steam news are not the best, I'm doing all this work, and at this moment, I'm not sure if they will let me publish it...

But I will do my part, do the best that I can, and hope for the best. 🙂

I already have a preview of how it should look if they let me publish it, I'm posting it today.

I'm working as hard and fast as I can to have all the Steam pages done, I can't wait to finish it and know if I will be able to publish or not.

Sorry that this is taking so much time, I'm the first that want to close all things related to Season 1 as soon as possible to I can focus in development new content for Season 2.

Have a great weekend! 👋

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Aaron Shulman

Try working the best that you can, but never mind fast - as that can very easily cause burnout.

marcialart

Thanks a lot Aaron! 🤩 Is just that I already want to finally close Season 1 to develop new things for Season 2 😅

Monk3yman69

Are they not going to let you upload Season 2 when it completed. Like V 0.03 and Season 1 situation? You should find out that too.

marcialart

Hey Monk3yman! 👋 As far as I understand, they want all to be under the same name, so I guess that I will have to call the game "Innocence Or Money" instead of "Innocence Or Money - Season 1" and everything should be inside it, that would also solve the Season 2 stuff that you are mentioning. (It makes sense) I'm in contact with them via email, I hope they understand the situation and let me upload this one, but in the end, it's their platform and their rules. But there is so much work put into it to have a Steam version that it would be a shame if for any reason they don't let me publish it.

Michael G

I may have missed this info somewhere along the way, but are you planning to put the remaster on here as well? I imagine you will be, but any idea on when that may be available?

Dheck

Why can't you close out season 1 on here or on a different platform. I don't understand what is so great about steam. So many developers try to put on steam but f*** steam. Why is it so important to get any game on steam when you can put it on here or subscribstar and other easier to get on platforms.

Dionysus69

I understand Steam being ridiculous and creating issues for you Marci, but isn't the reward for being Patreon supporters for you having access to your work here, ahead of other sites?

raptor2807

yup, otherwise we could just not contribute and go to steam. I will won't do it quickly because i appreciate someone's work, but

marcialart

Hello Don Heck! 👋It is not easy to publish on Steam, but it is the biggest platform and the only one of that size that allows adult content like IoM (I wanted to try with Epic Games but they don't allow this kind of game there) I know that many people from here were aware of the existence of IoM thanks to Steam. 🙂 I want to publish on all the platforms at the same time because that's the way I've more control in case a bug appears and allows me to be more organized.

marcialart

Hello Diony! I've always put Patreon first because I started the project here, and if there is any doubt about that, just look at what is the reality today, Patreon has IoM V 0.08 while Steam has IoM V 0.03. 😉 Also, Steam will have full price, while here, I give to even the lowest tier access to the full game.

Michael G

Thanks, don’t know how I missed that. Look forward to playing it!

Mr. S

I found IOM on Steam and probably as intended, felt it ended too soon, so looked it up on Patreon. There are a ton of great projects on Patreon and other platforms, but it is often difficult to find new devs unless there are cross posted promotions by devs I already follow.