Thank u!

Not sure I understand the price question, the game will be $5 at early access and about $10 in full release.

Cards are something I will add at the end of the development.

No haven't thought of a Team Fortress 2 Promotional crossover, didn't know that was a thing at all, will look into it.

引用自 Fabian Viking：

Thank u!

Not sure I understand the price question, the game will be $5 at early access and about $10 in full release.

Cards are something I will add at the end of the development.

i was refering to the early access/full release prices & if you DO make steam cards an actual thing, may i reccomend making the backgrounds/emoticons earned from the cards something easy to see & wanted for daily use.

i mean, you dont see people clamoring to use in their sentances, but you do see people using due to it seen as a swear's equivalent for 'urine or crap'

引用自 Fabian Viking：

No haven't thought of a Team Fortress 2 Promotional crossover, didn't know that was a thing at all, will look into it.

and to perhaps help you with your concerns over the cross over, its not essentially a two-way crossover, but more like team fortress 2 will feature a hat or cosmetic of some sort, that is directly or indirectly linked to your game in some way. this not only serves as a 'promotional service' for you, as players would want to buy the item, but can only initially do so by buying your game in the first week it is released for purchase (hence the term 'promo item')







to simplify it for you incase you didnt get that, this hat located here:
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Tomb_Readers


is one of the latest cross promotional items featured on team fortress 2, from the popular video game series 'Tomb Raider'

http://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/289690/


both the Square Enix & Valve prospered from the item(s) existance as it not only made players want to pre-order or buy the game first hand right away (the only way the item is initially first available by) but it also made players want to use the item on TF2

essentially you DONT need to be a owner of a widly known company or game series to have one of these cross promotions will valve, NOR do you need the option to have the game go through a pre-order phase. as long as you pitch the idea to valve itself, seeing if they O-K the idea of your game having an item is basically the only step.

although i am no quite sure if either you or valve actually model/make the item. but im 100% sure you have a say in what the item itself actually looks like. perhaps a blocky beard or viking hat, or anything else you favour seeing in their game, that features something/way from your game.




there is one rule for any item from any cross promotion however. it has to follow TF2's art style, so instead of just straight up low polygon blocks forming a hat or beard, it would, say, be something like small cardboard boxes forming into a fantasy like helmet, something that a deranged homeless man would be seen wearing....JUST AS AN EXAMPLE


hope your game is as awesome as it looks when you release it, and im sorry if this took too long for you to read, or confused you in any way.

The hats are pretty interesting, if I just have to make a 3D model, it should be easy...

引用自 Fabian Viking：

The hats are pretty interesting, if I just have to make a 3D model, it should be easy...

basically thats all that is needed. but inform Valve or the team fortress 2 staff, or whoever it is in charge of promotional aspects, seriously, they need a heads up before you even think about making the hat in the first place.

i realise this whole concept hadnt even occured to you, or matters anywhere close to the top of your current objective list with the development of this game, but so many wonderfull indie games like your own can really get a great boost of community & fanbase from these cross promotions.

i know about nearly all the inner workings of Team fortress 2, and what valve deems 'usable' for cosmetics, so if you need any pointers or whatnot, comment back here, or message me through chat. ill be glad to help.

also, thanks for accepting my friend request. never had a developer as a friend before, and hope its a great experience for both of us

I have no way to communicate with Steam, maybe if the game gets popular they will pop me a message.
Dont cheer yet, I am a bad friend, always working - no time for fun

引用自 Fabian Viking：

I have no way to communicate with Steam, maybe if the game gets popular they will pop me a message.

this is another indie developer that hasnt released its game yet:

http://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/251650/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1

they somehow have made a team fortress 2 item, ready to ship when the game comes out.

the developer is RagTag Studio.

i suggest contacting them, and seeing how they found out how they managed to convince/find out how to submit cross promotional items to the team fortress 2 team


they provided many websites to contact them with on the steam page

twitter: https://twitter.com/ragtagstudio

their website: http://www.ragtagstudio.com/

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ragtag-Studio/119186928194030?_rdr

strangely they even left a phone # on their contact info

773-458-6174

^ i uh... dont reccomend using this contact...unless its like, the LAST choice you have.

引用自 Fabian Viking：

Dont cheer yet, I am a bad friend, always working - no time for fun

also dont worry about it. i have many friends who dont talk all that much

you dont know how excited i am just to have even got your attention, let alone even have you accept a friend request.


again, sorry if i seem pushy with trying to help you out with this. i understand this is all new to you.

引用自 Fabian Viking：

Thank u!
Cards are something I will add at the end of the development.

i was thinking the other day.

what have you planned for emoticons & backgrounds, and what will the badges look like? if you have any sketches or early-out planned images, can you link me some in chat? i am interested into seeing what type of art style & what images you will use for these.

"emoticons & backgrounds, and what will the badges look like?"
I probably just use screen shots from the voxel editor, like I did with the cover art

引用自 Fabian Viking：

"emoticons & backgrounds, and what will the badges look like?"
I probably just use screen shots from the voxel editor, like I did with the cover art

with voxel editor you can literally make anything...

just a silly suggestion, but what about making voxel editions of current meme's?

people would love to have a troll face as their background for steam. lots of people would probably buy it off steam market afterwards too.

im just saying, your voxel system can make any object (and the object will follow your game's art style, cubed) and people would use it to express themself by using it as their background.

same goes for the emoticons & badges. people feature the badge they like the most on their steam profiles (you havent done so for your own profile yet by the way)

and they use emoticons to give emotion to their sentances


this entire topic is something i really want to pitch idea's for

Its a pretty cool idea

引用自 Fabian Viking：

Its a pretty cool idea

i mean, as long as the voxel editor is used, you can pretty much make any image & then submit it as the 4-5 backgrounds for steam

so the possibilities that you can choose as the background is nearly limitless

引用自 Smithy The Blacksmith：

引用自 Fabian Viking：

Thank u!

Not sure I understand the price question, the game will be $5 at early access and about $10 in full release.

Cards are something I will add at the end of the development.

i was refering to the early access/full release prices & if you DO make steam cards an actual thing, may i reccomend making the backgrounds/emoticons earned from the cards something easy to see & wanted for daily use.

i mean, you dont see people clamoring to use :crate: in their sentances, but you do see people using :jarate: due to it seen as a swear's equivalent for 'urine or crap'

引用自 Fabian Viking：

No haven't thought of a Team Fortress 2 Promotional crossover, didn't know that was a thing at all, will look into it.

and to perhaps help you with your concerns over the cross over, its not essentially a two-way crossover, but more like team fortress 2 will feature a hat or cosmetic of some sort, that is directly or indirectly linked to your game in some way. this not only serves as a 'promotional service' for you, as players would want to buy the item, but can only initially do so by buying your game in the first week it is released for purchase (hence the term 'promo item')







to simplify it for you incase you didnt get that, this hat located here:
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Tomb_Readers


is one of the latest cross promotional items featured on team fortress 2, from the popular video game series 'Tomb Raider'

http://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/289690/


both the Square Enix & Valve prospered from the item(s) existance as it not only made players want to pre-order or buy the game first hand right away (the only way the item is initially first available by) but it also made players want to use the item on TF2

essentially you DONT need to be a owner of a widly known company or game series to have one of these cross promotions will valve, NOR do you need the option to have the game go through a pre-order phase. as long as you pitch the idea to valve itself, seeing if they O-K the idea of your game having an item is basically the only step.

although i am no quite sure if either you or valve actually model/make the item. but im 100% sure you have a say in what the item itself actually looks like. perhaps a blocky beard or viking hat, or anything else you favour seeing in their game, that features something/way from your game.




there is one rule for any item from any cross promotion however. it has to follow TF2's art style, so instead of just straight up low polygon blocks forming a hat or beard, it would, say, be something like small cardboard boxes forming into a fantasy like helmet, something that a deranged homeless man would be seen wearing....JUST AS AN EXAMPLE


hope your game is as awesome as it looks when you release it, and im sorry if this took too long for you to read, or confused you in any way. :coolthulhu:

Not every game can do cross-promos with TF2 though. Only high profile games usually get that sort of attention. Also it'd probably cost a fortune

引用自 Tokyo Banana：

Not every game can do cross-promos with TF2 though. Only high profile games usually get that sort of attention. Also it'd probably cost a fortune

thats somewhat true, but some indie games made by one off developers (developers who only produced one game) have had cross promotions with valve before, one even has done so before the game has even been released.

and it only cost's money if you submit the cosmetic or weapon idea to workshop. the minimal fee for workshop creators is 100$, but its a one time payment, and afterwards they can submit as many ideas as possible.

same goes for greenlight games