Hi i haven’t got a game to publish but i just want to know what you need to do to publish your game and where you could publish it.
Steam (I’ve used steam before and it is a cool thing to have on your pc, and i’ve also heard that you can publish games, i have a link to where to send your submission form but i just want to know a few more things)
Do you have to pay to submit your game?
Do they take some of the money when you submit a game? (Example) £15 game and they take £5 out of it leaving you with 10 pound or do they give you the full amount.
Is their a limit on the size of you game such as 8GB?
Can you run your game off of a server or are you not allowed to do that?
Apple
I’ve heard you can make games for Iphones and other apple products but can you create products for pc aswell or is it restricted to their things?
Thanks for reading (I just want to know where you can publish your finished game)
Well, that sort of depends on your target platform:
Online: you’re looking at the casual game portals (there are many, some are better than others)
PC/MAC standalone: Steam is certainly a good option, then there’s traditional publishers (retail), direct sales from your web site, and other download game sites (some of the casual game sites offer purchaseable standalone games (big fish springs to mind)
Apple: it’s their world, you’re just living in it (think I’m kidding, enroll in the Apple iOS dev program, and find out )
Console : all bets are off.
With the exception of casual game portals (who pay you based on ad revenue - calc’ed by number of hits on your game page) and direct from your website, all of these folks take a cut, from the consistent Apple 30% off the top, to traditional publishers (if you want into their supply chain, you could be the one looking at 10%).
