It took me a few moments to work out what the feeling was looking over NextFest. Once I did, I joined the groaning online discourse. But a lot of people view Steam browsing more casually, and don’t have such forums.
The exact moment of “I’ve been fooled!” is unclear too. Many genuine indie devs have traditionally put out half-functional games, so it’s nothing new, and sometimes you just get what you pay for.
But Steam’s gotta do something about this or it’s going to degrade the value of the store.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Yea. There have always been half baked indie titles for Next Fest. They are indie devs, not every title is going to be a hit. Some people are just starting out.
But the real big issue is that a lot of the “indie devs” this season have begun to lean heavily on AI generation, so now there is a massive inflation of half-baked titles from people who really have no business publishing a game making it that much harder to actually find the diamonds in the rough.