The Release Valve
Welcome to the Release Valve, formerly the Greenlight Spotlight. I finally found a better, more creative name for the series at the suggestion of a friend. Since my last article,…
Greenlight Spotlight Vol. 7
Wow, so Valve has been busy since my last article. There were two normal sized batches over the last few weeks, then Valve went crazy and released a mega batch…
Greenlight Spotlight Vol. 6
Earlier this month we had another wave of Greenlights, with three pieces of software and eight games: Actual Multiple Monitors, FL Studio, Leadwerks 3: Steam Edition, Cognition: An Erica Reed…
Greenlight Spotlight Vol. 4
My previous few Greenlight articles focused primarily on games with active crowd-funding campaigns. Most of those campaigns are over now, so let's take a quick look at the results: Among…
Greenlight Spotlight: Concept Games Edition
My previous article focused on Greenlight games with active Kickstarters. Three of those Kickstarters have since ended, and I'm happy to report that C-Wars, Chasm, and Worlds of Magic were…
Greenlight Spotlight: Kickstarter Edition
Before I get to the real meat of this article, it's time for a quick Greenlight update. As I reported, 18 games have been Greenlit since my previous article. Of…
Steam Greenlight Spotlight
Even though Valve seems pretty indie-friendly, actually getting your game onto Steam can be a mysterious, arcane process. If you look around, you'll find a lot of horror stories from…