Hello community!
Here I am back again with a lot of experiences...
My game wasn't published neither on Steam nor on Desura. But Desura wrote me a nice email that explains why my game isn't good enough. I think that's a fair handling. I would like to share my experience with you in hope that you don't make the same faults as me and wish you look for your games! I know now, that game creation will keep only a hobby of mine. I enjoy it and what a luck that I don't have to earn Money with it
Now the email from Desura:
[quote]Thank you for submitting Hell Eagle 2.1 to us for consideration for publishing on Desura. Unfortunately we must decline to accept your title for sale on our storefront, as it does not meet the quality standards for Desura. After reviewing the game, we found that it only has 3 levels, and this is insufficient content for a game to be released. In order to be considered ready for marketing and sale, we would need to see quite a bit more added to the game, as well as cleaning up the visuals. Retro styled games are popular, but you also want to be sure the project is presenting as a professional undertaking, and this means utilizing modern effects and graphics to enhance the 2D visuals. Use of shaders, particle effects and more can make a 2D game stand out from many others on the market.
Creating a feeling of depth and completeness to the project is also very important. You can use leader boards, score boards, time challenges, achievements and so much more to flesh out the game, and give players a reason to want to keep going. After adding more levels of your own to the base game, you could also toss in a level editor, inviting your player base to create more content as well.
I hope that these suggestions will be helpful to you, and will spark some new ideas for your project. Thanks once again for your interest in Desura, and I wish you the best with your game!
