Why was the Steam curator page abandoned?

[Fedora Master]

Do you always answer questions posed to other people?

Felipe answered with the mystery ghost so I provided a better one.

Speak only when spoken to, flesh robot.

 

[Infinitron]

In honor of Xorazm's passionate post, I've added all the indies that the Codex had reviewed since 2022, plus some other stuff I felt had to be there, like Colony Ship.

Lots more to add, but it's a start.

Thanks for this.

That would be the resident kike Infinitron

FYI, felipepepe and several others have always had permission to add games to the curator. As with the Codex front page, some people assume that I'm the only person who can do it because I'm usually the only one who does it.

 

[felipepepe]

Since we're discussing this, can you give some insight into the free games we get sent, Infinitron ?

There should be hundreds of keys there. I don't need them, but also don't want to see a single person taking all of them as if it was their free game stash. They should be shared for reviews and things like that.

 

[Infinitron]

There should be hundreds of keys there.

They aren't offered as keys, there's just a button to add the game to your account. The problem is they expire after a month. It'd be nice if they could stick around forever until somebody wants to review something, but it's usually going to be loot 'em or lose 'em.

 

[felipepepe]

There should be hundreds of keys there.

They aren't offered as keys, there's just a button to add the game to your account. The problem is they expire after a month. It'd be nice if they could stick around forever until somebody wants to review something, but it's usually going to be loot 'em or lose 'em.

So I assume you're just looting them?

 

[Infinitron]

There should be hundreds of keys there.

They aren't offered as keys, there's just a button to add the game to your account. The problem is they expire after a month. It'd be nice if they could stick around forever until somebody wants to review something, but it's usually going to be loot 'em or lose 'em.

So I assume you're just looting them?

Sometimes, when I remember to look at the curator. Haven't done it in over a year.

Since you seem to be taking charge here and adding new games, I could give you access to the game stash. I think the default permissions are that only the creator of the curator page has access and I just never changed them.

But as I said, it doesn't give you a key you can distribute to a reviewer on the forum. The idea is that the curator staff member plays the games himself.

 

[Moaning_Clock]

I help with the blurbs.

"Sonucido: The Mage very good please buy."

"Fight in the Arena very good please buy."

"The Blood Mage very good please buy."

np

Just sent the keys!

 

[Xorazm]

In honor of Xorazm's passionate post, I've added all the indies that the Codex had reviewed since 2022, plus some other stuff I felt had to be there, like Colony Ship.

Lots more to add, but it's a start.

Thank you so much, but an even bigger thanks from all the devs who are going to get a little bit of extra money and attention coming their way, without any idea of what you've done to help them.

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

Sometimes, when I remember to look at the curator. Haven't done it in over a year.

Since you seem to be taking charge here and adding new games, I could give you access to the game stash. I think the default permissions are that only the creator of the curator page has access and I just never changed them.

But as I said, it doesn't give you a key you can distribute to a reviewer on the forum. The idea is that the curator staff member plays the games himself.

So just for me to understand how it works in practice, let's say there's two staff or more, only one of those staff can use the reclaim of x game or more can reclaim a certain game for independent review? Also does it stays permanently on your account or it gets remove when your sharing privilege on the curator also expire? (Given it have 1 month period to use the reclaim).

 

[Infinitron]

Sometimes, when I remember to look at the curator. Haven't done it in over a year.

Since you seem to be taking charge here and adding new games, I could give you access to the game stash. I think the default permissions are that only the creator of the curator page has access and I just never changed them.

But as I said, it doesn't give you a key you can distribute to a reviewer on the forum. The idea is that the curator staff member plays the games himself.

So just for me to understand how it works in practice, let's say there's two staff or more, only one of those staff can use the reclaim of x game or more can reclaimi a certain game for independent review? Also does it stays permanently on your account or it gets remove when your sharing privilege on the curator also expire? (Given it have 1 month period to use the reclaim).

Yes, stays permanently.

 

[Abu Antar]

If you want to, I could help add games to the curator list, without taking any keys. It would probably not happen often, but if I see something pop up, I could add it.

 

[felipepepe]

If you want to, I could help add games to the curator list, without taking any keys. It would probably not happen often, but if I see something pop up, I could add it.

You're a bro who has been doing great work on keeping track of games, I vouch for giving you access and letting you take any key you want.

I think the bigger question is what we actually want to do with that page. I've already added most games we officially reviewed and made a list with our GOTYs and Top RPGs. But we have hundreds of new RPGs every year and only 6 Codex reviews this year. So, what now?

Do we add the games from your upcoming list as "informative"? Do we make a thread in the forum for people to suggest games they like & post their reviews?

Personally, I think we should give access to interested people and establish the curator as a tool for finding interesting games, not a review page. For example, Soldak put out Soldak Din's Champion, but seems like the only mention of it on the entire website is on your upcoming games list. I've played it, it's a great mix of Depths of Peril & Terraria, plus Soldak has always been supported by the Codex, so I would still add it.

 

[Infinitron]

Personally, I think we should give access to interested people and establish the curator as a tool for finding interesting games, not a review page.

Yes, the curator is not just for games we've properly reviewed or given official front page recognition.

Do we make a thread in the forum for people to suggest games they like & post their reviews?

It's worth a try. We would decide which submissions to accept, of course.

 

[Abu Antar]

I think that only games that a person has played should be added.

With my Upcoming games list, I just post a lot of games.

With the curator page, I would be more picky, and ask myself if a title I added was relevant to most Codexers.

 

[Vic]

With the curator page, I would be more picky, and ask myself if a title I added was relevant to most Codexers.

It should be decided by either a staff member or by a thread like suggested to represent the codex as a whole and not based on what one member thinks.

 

[Abu Antar]

With the curator page, I would be more picky, and ask myself if a title I added was relevant to most Codexers.

It should be decided by either a staff member or by a thread like suggested to represent the codex as a whole and not based on what one member thinks.

I don't disagree.

 

[Kev Inkline]

If there's a prospective reviewer, can't you like add him to the curator staff, let him obtain the game, and then remove him from the said staff? Sounds a bit involved, but who says life's got to be easy?

 

[felipepepe]

If there's a prospective reviewer, can't you like add him to the curator staff, let him obtain the game, and then remove him from the said staff? Sounds a bit involved, but who says life's got to be easy?

So, apparently these are the settings:

Infinitron can change so that moderators can also accept games (right now we can only post reviews). The risks would be the person taking all the games for themselves or messing with other curation stuff, like trolling other reviews or deleting stuff. We could also make so only admins can edit reviews and leave moderators just able to get keys.

But honestly, I have no idea what kind of keys we even get... if it's just "here my indie game with 10 reviews" we probably don't need to put much thought into it, but if publishers are sending big games, that's a harder issue to solve.

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

I think Beans00 should be given access to the curator page for review copies of games. He is a veteran of the Codex and trustworthy.

 

[Infinitron]

But honestly, I have no idea what kind of keys we even get... if it's just "here my indie game with 10 reviews" we probably don't need to put much thought into it, but if publishers are sending big games, that's a harder issue to solve.

Endless piles of RPGMaker shovelware, with the occasional gem.

I don't think the keys are very important though. It seems unlikely that we'd ever decide to add something to the curator because somebody sent us a game that we'd never heard of before.

 

[Beans00]

I think Beans00 should be given access to the curator page for review copies of games. He is a veteran of the Codex and trustworthy.

I'll do quite literally anything for free games.

 

[Grauken]

I think Beans00 should be given access to the curator page for review copies of games. He is a veteran of the Codex and trustworthy.

I'll do quite literally anything for free games.

Why?

 

[ds]

I'll do quite literally anything for free games.

Anything? Including paying for them?

 

[Skinwalker]

I think Beans00 should be given access to the curator page for review copies of games. He is a veteran of the Codex and trustworthy.

I'll do quite literally anything for free games.

There is a lot one could with this information.

 

[Gerrard]

You want a better environment for CRPGs but can't even bother to throw some quality indies a bone?

Infinitron should give the reins to someone like Abu Antar or felipepepe instead if he doesn't have the time to properly manage it personally.

Felipe is too busy libsplaining to the Japanese people how problematic their culture is in their own country. Also