sergio, on 17 November 2018 - 04:28 AM, said:
We could get mutch more users interacting and developing more content.
For me this game seams like "garry's mod" but for trains. When i play this game i always experiment new content (trains and routes).
We certainly need a better story for people to get content; to that end, we have a Publishing and Downloading Content blueprint (proposal) in the works and, as others have noticed, some content partner promotions on the Open Rails homepage (they both include OR 1.3).
EricF, on 01 December 2018 - 05:39 AM, said:
My understanding is that there is only a $100 fee to set things up. If we thought that it was a good fit, I'd be more than happy to donate $100 towards Open Rails to put it on Steam. However, I tend to agree that it isn't a great fit.
EricF, on 01 December 2018 - 05:39 AM, said:
I think you've basically described the entire plan we have with the Publishing and Downloading Content blueprint (unfortunately the discussion has been private so far), although I think we're planning to use JSON instead of RSS. Where possible, I am pushing to reuse existing standards, such as SoftwareApplication from Schema.org.
EricF, on 01 December 2018 - 05:39 AM, said:
This gets towards the problems I foresee with putting Open Rails on Steam: if you take advantage of any Steam/Steamworks features (cloud sync for saved games, mods, etc.) you still have to support the non-Steam way of doing things, unless you are only on Steam (which is an even worse idea AFAICT).
We simply don't have the resources to take advantage of Steam features while still supporting non-Steam users IMO, which makes Steam less attractive.
EricF, on 01 December 2018 - 05:39 AM, said:
Chris will correct me if I've got this wrong, but the current plan is that the Open Rails website will be programmed with a list of all content providers, free and paid, which will be aggregated for the website and menu to display. The website and menu would show a clear indication of which content is free vs paid, with filtering to show only free or paid.
No curation of individual items, but we would be in control of which content providers are included. There is also the option in the future of promoting individual content (new releases, seasonal favourites, etc.) if we wanted.