I figured this would have been asked before, but search didn't turn anything up. Do you think there is any possibility of a Steam release in the future? Mainly would like to know because if there is, I'd rather hold off getting the game until then if for nothing else than so I don't have to back up and keep track of yet another disk for an indie title. If there are no plans though, or at least plans to make the keys Steam aware, then I'll likely just pick it up and deal with it, it's definitely worth it either way.

Not until the game is finished, which I would not expect for at least another six months.

... there is no disk anyway?


It it were released with steam, the authentication servers would likely still be the same ones they are now anyways. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see a reason that he couldn't put just the download on steam and maybe make a link to the purchase page, without ever connecting authentication.

The only thing I'll say is that the longer you wait to buy it, the more it is going to cost :/

Does not Steam also collect a royalty on games sold through it?

Why bother making a backup? Anyone can download the latest version at any time, all you have to keep is the serial.

To keep track of said serial. Leaving codes laying about on random scraps of paper is asking for issues. The only reason I would prefer a Steam release is because it would allow me to not have to remember where I bought it from for the rest of eternity if for whatever reason I needed to restore it (hell just recently I had my game drive get wiped). It doesn't seem like a huge deal at first, until you're keeping track of 20-30 indie pages. Thats the downside of digital distribution, you either get it from one or two places, or you have a logistical nightmare keeping track of all the places you've bought things. That and with the auto updates, I don't need to check the website constantly to make sure I'm using the latest version which is always nice.


I would assume so, but the dev package to put it on Steam is provided for free. Generally, the extra exposure provided by Steam far outweighs the licensing costs in sales.


I'm not sure why exactly that would be. Maybe slightly more, but I don't see a logical reason to suddenly double the price.


That's not the point, see part one. Just linking the game into the Steam client hardly helps if/when my Steam client gets hosed, which would be the only reason I would need to recover the files and such anyway.


Fair enough answer, which is why I'll likely not wait up then and make a personal disk for it to keep track of it.

http://www.datarealms.com/devlog/cortex-command/what-to-expect/

I'm afraid the price is only going to keep going up the longer you wait.

When will he get it, this Indie game isn't going to the steam press, back to the ironing boards.

Dumb boy not know that time = cost.

Ahh, well that does make a bit more sense. Moot point now anyway as I'm planning on getting it now since I'm impatient and can deal with maintaining my own backups rather than waiting half a year for the slim chance it will make it to Steam. Thanks for the help all.

How about notepad on the pc?And, the key is saved onto your settings.ini in your game folder. you can put it where ever you think it is going to be safe.

Or maybe, you can, move the REGISTER.dll thingy into the new build.

And you can register offline, and reset your code ( as in unregister it if something happens ) BY YOURSELF!!!

Yes but you're missing the point. If I save it to the notepad on the PC, and my disk hoses itself which is the whole eventuality I'm talking about, exactly how does a file on a corrupted disk help me at all? Yes, I'm well aware I can just back everything up, key and all. I've done it with plenty of other indie games. I was just wondering if there was any likelihood that I wouldn't need to keep yet another CD floating around. Seriously, what's with the third degree?

Thick nips, why don't you save the Register Batch File ( when activated ) so you don't have to go through the bull of the repetitive re-registering.

i think the greatest possible way for data to make money would be to port the game to xbox live, wii shop and whatever the ps3 one is(could be difficult or could be easy). however a steam release could be possible but not yet