Publish your scratch game on Steam??

lloll_lloll

First of all, sorry if I repost this topic multiple times, I just don't know where to find answer. Thanks.

Hello

Recently I found out that there is a software that is based on Scratch called BYOB (Snap) from UC Berkeley that can help combine your .sb file (Not .sb2, but that's okay) to .exe file.

So my question is:

Can we submit that .EXE file to Steam Greenlight.

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Sure, I know scratch limitations, but after looking at Steam Greenlight, It looks like it's very possible for scratch to have a chance.

lugga

If it's good enough, standalone and all assets are by you then yes, you can

Racer500

lloll_lloll wrote:
First of all, sorry if I repost this topic multiple times, I just don't know where to find answer. Thanks.

Hello

Recently I found out that there is a software that is based on Scratch called BYOB (Snap) from UC Berkeley that can help combine your .sb file (Not .sb2, but that's okay) to .exe file.

So my question is:

Can we submit that .EXE file to Steam Greenlight.

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Sure, I know scratch limitations, but after looking at Steam Greenlight, It looks like it's very possible for scratch to have a chance.

It's possible. If it is a proper .exe file and meets all the requirements, definitely.

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scratchisthebest

You can, but it's incredibly likely that it will be very poor quality compared to other Steam games. You can't do much in Scratch besides very basic graphic effects, it has low performance, only 30FPS, and very low resolution as well.

I wouldn't bother.

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NoMod-Programming

scratchisthebest wrote:
You can, but it's incredibly likely that it will be very poor quality compared to other Steam games. You can't do much in Scratch besides very basic graphic effects, it has low performance, only 30FPS, and very low resolution as well.

I wouldn't bother.

Long-since moved on from Scratch, if you need to find all my posts, search this in google: 3499447a51c01fc4dc1e8c3b8182b41cb0e88c67

MikeyTheHippo

I for one would love to put a Scratch game on Steam. Just like you, I'm not sure if it's possible, but some people on Scratch but lots of time into there games and I'm sure they would love to make a bit of money off of it.

badatprogrammingibe

Don't use steam, for it is proprietary.

SeeminglyOkay

badatprogrammingibe wrote:
Don't use steam, for it is proprietary.

Steam is the biggest market for PC gaming other than GOG.

When you don't finish your signatu-

badatprogrammingibe

SeeminglyOkay wrote:
badatprogrammingibe wrote:
Don't use steam, for it is proprietary.
Steam is the biggest market for PC gaming other than GOG.

That doesn't change the fact that it is proprietary, and therefore by nature is unethical.

SeeminglyOkay

badatprogrammingibe wrote:
SeeminglyOkay wrote:
badatprogrammingibe wrote:
Don't use steam, for it is proprietary.
Steam is the biggest market for PC gaming other than GOG.
That doesn't change the fact that it is proprietary, and therefore by nature is unethical.

what is ethical and what is not depends on the person you ask.

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bybb

badatprogrammingibe wrote:
SeeminglyOkay wrote:
badatprogrammingibe wrote:
Don't use steam, for it is proprietary.
Steam is the biggest market for PC gaming other than GOG.
That doesn't change the fact that it is proprietary, and therefore by nature is unethical.

I'd just like to ask how exactly steam is unethical if we ignore the two major arguments:
1) Freedom
and
2) Privacy
As I have the freedom to voluntarily exchange some of my freedom and some of my privacy for a service or money. Think of it as a job, you're exchanging some freedom (you can't just not turn up, you lose that freedom of choice) and some privacy (the employer has to know government issued unique information to employ you legally) for money, why should I not be able to do the same for software?

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imfh

According to Google definition of Proprietary:
“Relating to an owner or ownership.
'the company has a proprietary right to the property'”

So basically I think it means you will give up some of your rights to the ownership of the game.
This Steam link may be helpful.

I would publish on itch.io instead. You don't have to pay fees and stuff in order to publish there. This wiki link describes how to publish there.

Scratch to Pygame converter: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/600562/

bybb

imfh wrote:
According to Google definition of Proprietary:
“Relating to an owner or ownership.
'the company has a proprietary right to the property'”

So basically I think it means you will give up some of your rights to the ownership of the game.
This Steam link may be helpful.

I would publish on itch.io instead. You don't have to pay fees and stuff in order to publish there. This wiki link describes how to publish there.

No, badatprogrammingibe is saying that because Steam is proprietary (the opposite of libre), it is bad as it is unethical due to you not having the right to distribute, modify or see the source of code of Steam as this is a violation of it's EULA and copyright law.
Libre (free as in freedom) software is under a form of license that makes the software libre, sometimes this is referred to as “open source” but is a misuse of that term. Most of the time, libre software gives you the right to modify, distribute and see the source code of the software you're using.
Libre software is often referred to as free software and non-free software is often referred to as proprietary.

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Inkulumo

lloll_lloll wrote:
First of all, sorry if I repost this topic multiple times, I just don't know where to find answer. Thanks.

Hello

Recently I found out that there is a software that is based on Scratch called BYOB (Snap) from UC Berkeley that can help combine your .sb file (Not .sb2, but that's okay) to .exe file.

So my question is:

Can we submit that .EXE file to Steam Greenlight.

==========================

Sure, I know scratch limitations, but after looking at Steam Greenlight, It looks like it's very possible for scratch to have a chance.

If you want to pay 100 bucks to get the project on it? Go ahead.

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Luckythepolarwing

scratchisthebest wrote:
You can, but it's incredibly likely that it will be very poor quality compared to other Steam games. You can't do much in Scratch besides very basic graphic effects, it has low performance, only 30FPS, and very low resolution as well.

I wouldn't bother.

i mean you can upload your own art in hd to you games(lacks hd if not using the add-on for scratch) you can also get 60 fps by using add-ons,theyre really good

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