Valve now requires developers to launch their game through the Steam client and run it for at least five minutes before submitting it for review, as part of several new additions to Steam's pre-release checklist. It doesn't have to be the developer playing, since anyone's playtime counts, as long...

Apparently, Valve keeps getting builds that were never run through Steam at all, which is how games end up with broken launch options or missing depots.

  • Saledovil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 days ago

    But looking back, do you think that after you were done with testing, you could have said: “These tests we’ve run show that our game runs according to our standards” with confidence?

    • codydodd@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I suppose! Another part of it is we are indie devs. Years of programming experience but not on games. So we are learning a lot as we go! And hope to make new friends along the way looking for a platform to do the same.